George Lois in his book Damn Good Advice talks about an environment most of us grew up in where our parents told us to ‘be careful and take care of ourselves.’ The words ‘George, be careful’ were punctuated by George’s mother when he was growing up. They have been a...
When starting out in acting he would normally get the conventional roles of either a street hustler/drug dealer or an Islamic (wannabe) terrorist. And it’s possible that it never crossed his mind that he would become the first Asian male to win a lead acting Emmy and...
Who can remember the songs of yesteryear that always kept us upbeat? Whether it was the the crazed antic of David Lee Roth on stage singing to synthesising rock tunes, to the dance club melody arrangement of The Pointer Sisters, or the energetic pop-hip-hoppers fast...
Marco Pierre White is a chef who started from humble beginnings and at the age of 32 became both the youngest chef and the first British chef to be awarded not one or two but three Michelin stars. His pursuit of success in the culinary world has taught him many...
The Second City is known for raising some of the most fascinating and innovative comedy since it opened its doors more than 50 years ago in Chicago. It was the birth of an institution that would serve as thee leading source of cutting edge comic artistry. For those...
He was a man of many guises, a globe-trotter, a hedonist who loved women and wine and a man who involved himself in violent activities such as boxing, bullfighting and big game hunting. His ambition for such measures stemmed from being brought up by a stern...
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