A rare drawing of comic book hero Tintin by Belgian cartoonist Herge fetched over $1 million at auction in Hong Kong Monday as experts say comic art is becoming as collectible as paintings. The artwork is an illustration from the cartoonist’s “The Blue Lotus” book, published in 1936, which sees Tintin and sidekick Snowy the dog on an adventure in Shanghai. It sold for HK$9.6 million ($1.2 million) and French
It’s more bad news for American Apparel. The brand well known for their bodysuits and leggings filed for bankruptcy early Monday morning, filing a for a protective Chapter 11…
Don’t use that four-letter word around Paula Deen. No, it’s not a swear word; it’s the word “diet.” Though the celebrity chef dropped 40 pounds before joining Dancing…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tracy Morgan will help salute Eddie Murphy as he receives the nation’s top prize for humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington later this month.
Instagram claims to stand for artistic freedom, yet the service has taken down photos that include nudity from the accounts of Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell and countless other users – but according to the CEO it’s not the app’s fault. Instagram CEO Kevyn Systrom has claimed Apple is the reason the app doesn’t include naked photos as the App Store has regulations against nudity. At the moment you can only
A heavenly honeymoon, indeed! Allison Williams took to Instagram on Sunday to share a stunning photo from her honeymoon, just over two weeks after tying the knot with longtime…
Ahhh, the awkward stage. Chris Pratt revealed Monday that even he had to live through an awkward stage growing up when he shared a school picture of himself when he was just 13 years…
Twitter Inc named Jack Dorsey as its permanent chief executive on Monday, potentially creating a conflict of interests for its co-founder as he juggles the role with running fast-growing mobile payments company Square. Dorsey’s appointment ends months of speculation about who will take the reins at Twitter. Twitter will recruit its next chairman from outside the company.
(Reuters) – Shares of Alphabet Inc, the new umbrella company for Google Inc, rose slightly in their first few minutes of trading on Monday. Alphabet’s Class A shares were up 0.1 percent at $657.74, while the Class C shares were up 0.27 percent at $628.79 after about five minutes of trading. Alphabet is identical to Google from a stock market perspective.
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Vringo Inc subsidiary I/P Engine, which was seeking to restore a $30 million patent infringement verdict it won against several companies including Google Inc. The high court rejected I/P Engine’s appeal, meaning a August 2014 ruling against the company by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was left intact. A jury in
