It's FRIDAY!!!

Have a great weekend, y'all! -SD

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Warhol vs Banksy exhibition, London

Another chance to had seen some of Warhol's art – this time it was in London and there is a modern twist. Warhol vs Banksy at the Hospital Gallery brought together for a head-to-head clash, two of the most popular/controversial artists of their respective generations.

The show looked to examine the similarities in both aesthetic and content between the two artists, in particular their interest in celebrity culture. The show included Banksy’s portrait of Kate Moss in the style of the Warhol’s Marilyn, hung opposite the 1963 original, as well as both artists’ portraits of the Queen. Other highlights of the show were the first UK showing of Warhol’s four drawings of The Beatles, and Banksy’s massive Winston Churchill painting with green Mohawk, only shown once before in the UK.

Warhol vs Banksy ran from 9 August – 1 September 2007 at the Hospital Gallery, Endell Street, London. For further details of a possible next exhibiting visit the Hospital website at www.retrotogo.com/2007/08/index.html

*To me, there is no comparison. And that is my commentary. -SD
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Christina Aguilera Buys Banksy Artwork

Featuring Queen Victoria as a lesbian....

Monday 27th Mar 2006
Recently married pop star Christina Aguilera has splashed out $25,000 to buy artwork of Queen Victoria.

The controversial painting by graffiti artist and routine prankster Banksy portrays Queen Victoria as a lesbian.

In the painting Queen Victoria is dressed in stockings and a suspender belt and is sitting on another woman*s lap!

A friend of Aguilera said to Handbag.com: "She said she loved the print so much she was going to hang it in her La living room.
"She's been a huge fan of Banksy for months and was desperate to get her hands on some of his artwork."

Banksy famously managed to sneak a piece of his artwork into New York*s museum of modern art, the gallery*s security have no idea how he got it on a wall without anyone noticing! Now that*s an artist!

By: Lowri Williams

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Social Networking, the Bane of my Career or its Salvation

From reading The New York Times a couple of days ago, it would be easy to get the impression that being on a social networking site, or having a blog would be a real problem when you're looking for a job. After all, what you post on the Web lingers forever and ever.


For example, it may be discovered years from now when I apply for a job at Microsoft that I once made fun of Bill Gates on a blog with a PageRank of 7. Or maybe the photo of me on Facebook where I'm drunk, covered in soot and making a monster face might give a potential employer pause.

But on the other side of the debate, Jeremiah Owyang is hailing the fact that MySpace and SimpleHired have joined forces to allow people to look for employment while they socially network with complete strangers.

So where's the middle ground? I'll tell you.

We're living in a world where it's increasingly easy to make your voice heard. People are posting photos, blogs, podcasts, and all kinds of other things about themselves in very public places. It used to be that you could neatly compartmentalize your personality at work and your personality elsewhere, but that's not the way things work anymore.

I expect that most of the potential employers/clients/constituent in my future will have been drunk at one time or another in their lives. Perhaps they ran around and did crazy things on their college campuses. It's possible that they've even had a little fun. So yes, my life is pretty much an open book for anyone who knows how to use Google and has a Facebook account. But isn't it possible to keep those things in context?

What I do in my free time has absolutely no bearing on how well I do my job. Sure I'm the same person, but I know how to keep things strictly business. I can dance on the bar at Cowgirls, Inc. in a miniskirt and tube top on Friday night and be completely professional on Monday morning. The two are not mutually exclusive, and they never were. Now it's just more public.

That's the truth and I'm sticking to it.

Oh yeah, and I can still hear the sound.

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Christina Aguilera Hurt

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/2874072/video/xijql_christina-aguilera-hurt_family

Added: May 06, 2008
WHOAA!! Jessica Alba actually responded! This is no joke! Go to her Ibeatyou page and look at her competitions.

And they even aired details of the competition on MSNBC!!

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Jessica Alba~ The Stare Response

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmzcKXsllWs