Figge Museum in Davenport Opens With Global Art and Endowment Drive
The Figge Museum in Davenport debuts a 63,000-square-foot facility designed by David Chipperfield featuring European imports and a mixed collection. Officials promise energy efficiency cutting annual utility costs and an endowment approach backed by the Figge Foundation and Vision Iowa to sustain operations and expand regional programming.
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Terry Pitts
Davenport
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London
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Cedar Rapids
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Marsden Hartley
Whitney Museum of American Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Stanford University
Wanda Corn
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River Place Technologies
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New Zealand Court Sends Swank Fruit Ruling
A New Zealand court sent the ruling on Hilary Swank’s appeal of a 150 fine for bringing fruit into the country. Swank failed to declare an apple and orange at Auckland Airport. The decision was to be disclosed after she received the letter. thousands face on the spot fines for undeclared produce. Swank has won best actress Oscars for Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don’t Cry.
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Associated Press
New Zealand
Hilary Swank
Swank
Auckland
Shepherd May Reprise Martha Stewart in CBS Biopic
CBS talks with Cybill Shepherd about returning as Martha Stewart in a May sweeps biopic. The project, described as having a more serious tone than Martha, Inc., may avoid the infamous line.
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CBS
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Martha Stewart
TV Guide
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NBC
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Variety
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Janet Jackson wins restraining order against stalker
Janet Jackson obtained a three year restraining order in Santa Monica Superior Court against Robert Gardner a 46 year old New York man who stalked her for nine years and appeared at a 2004 SNL taping with a knife scissors and a box cutter. The judge ordered Gardner to stay at least 100 yards away from Jackson her family and friends. Gardner said I do not want to be considered a stalker I am one of her fans.
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Janet Jackson
Robert Gardner
New York
Jackson
Santa Monica
Gardner
Buffy creator Joss Whedon to write Wonder Woman film
Joss Whedon has been signed by Silver Pictures to write and direct the Wonder Woman movie for DC Comics. Warner Bros. praises his Buffy years as making him uniquely qualified to handle the iconic heroine, while Whedon calls Wonder Woman the most iconic female hero and hints at exploring her deeper nature. He also created Angel and is finishing Serenity.
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Silver Pictures
DC Comics
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Warner Bros. Pictures
Wonder Woman
Whedon
Notable Los Angeles Drummer Larry Bunker Dies at 76
Larry Bunker a Los Angeles drummer who played with Stan Getz and joined Peggy Lee's band died March 8 from stroke complications. Eduardo Lalo Guerrero Jr 88 of Los Angeles long noted for Spanish and English songs chronicling Mexican American life died Wednesday. Philip Lamantia 77 of San Francisco a Surrealist poet who helped launch the Beat movement in San Francisco died March 7 of heart failure.
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Larry Bunker
Los Angeles
Stan Getz
Peggy Lee
Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero Jr
Philip Lamantia
San Francisco
Birthdays for Patrick McGoohan Renee Taylor and more
Notes list birthdays for Patrick McGoohan the actor Renee Taylor the actress Arania Angy and other entertainers including Clarence Frogman Henry Ruth Pointer Craig Lamar Traylor and musician Gert Bettens. The text provides names with scattered fragments and partial titles.
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