Personality of the Month: Debbie de Coudreaux is America’s royalty, for she reigns over its stages, musicals, pictures and cabaret’s world. She has class, style, looks, heart, and an immense talent. At the Cabaret, she is the “Femme Fatale”, on stage, she glitters like a Diva. When she dances or even when she moves she becomes charmingly dangerous…Read full article.

Exhibition of 400 National Treasures

Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Hank Williams Jr., Jack Clement, Steve Earle, Larry Gatlin and Cash's daughter, Rosanne, are scheduled to perform, Cash publicist Lou Robin said Thursday. Discussions also are under way with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Bono, Robin said. Tickets will be free, but details on how…

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman accepted an apology and undisclosed damages on Tuesday from a British newspaper group to settle a libel suit over an article alleging that she had an adulterous affair with actor Jude Law. The settlement with News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun tabloid, is the second for Kidman over the same allegations. Kidman'...

Julia Roberts tops actress power list: Julia Roberts has emerged as the most highly-paid film actress in a list of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment ...

HEADLINERS:  Madonna,  Debbie de Coudreaux,  Bartoli,  Morisette,  Robert De Niro,  Britney Spears...

Robbie Williams, Beyonce Knowles l Liz Hurley, Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani, The Archbishop of Canterbury, Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Jagger, Jackson  Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Madonna, Debbie de Coudreaux, Soshanna Rosenstein, Alanis Morissette, Robert De Niro, Sean and Iraq… and murch more  link

A Debate of Biblical Proportions. An Austrian archeologist says an 'Israelite house' found in Egypt proves the Bible's Exodus story. Nonsense, a Canadian scholar has fired back: 'It's simply too dizzying to even be considered.' Randy Boswell reports on the controversy.

FILM REVIEWS:
Mystic River. Clint Eastwood's latest movie as a director is a stolid, masculine thriller bearing the lineaments of tragedy - something classical or even biblical. It's a film where work, good and bad, is done by men, with women getting to play the tremulous wives or daughters. Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn and Tim Robbins ...link

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The League of Extraordinary GentlemenWacky ideas don't get wackier than the one behind The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, originally a graphic novel co-written by Alan Moore, who brought us From Hell. This is a similar Victorian counter-factual adventure, or make... link

Othello’s Ron Cephas Jones, Rome and Juliet’s Alexandra Gilbreath, The Taming of The Shrewd’s Nichola McAuliffe

English are confused: Leonardo Da Vinci is Not Leornado di Caprio   link

Gest Sues Minnelli Over 'Abuse'.Liza Minnelli's estranged husband David Gest is suing her for $10m (£5.9m) in damages for spousal abuse, saying she attacked him in drunken rages. Gest, who separated from Minnelli three months ago, said she threw a lamp at him and … Read the full story .   link

Disease may kill me says Anderson. Warhol artwork fails to sell. Chart-topping group Destiny's Child are being sued for $200m (£119m) by a record producer who says they stole his music for their hit song Survivor. Top British sprinter Dwain Chambers has admitted testing positive for a banned drug but denied knowingly taking it...

On November 19, 2003, World Art Celebrities Journal conducted an international poll on the most elegant stars of year 2003. The Paris Desk sent 2,500 questionnaires to selected readers in France, Italy, Spain, England, United States, Austria and Germany. Believe it or not, all the questionnaires were completed and sent back to the magazine within 6 hours from the time, the first questionnaire was e-mailed! And the is readers’ pick was? link

 34. Civilization and Archeology link

CIVILIZATION AND ARCHEOLOGY: British adventurer Sir Aurel Stein sent home more than 40,000 relics from his explorations round Asia, most of which are still in the UK. Either one of history's heroes, or one of its greatest plunderers, the 60th anniversary of his death again raises the question of whether museums need to confront their own past.

35. GREAT ANCIENT ARTS, TREASURES AND CIVILIZATIONS: THE KINGDOM OF URARTU by Maximillien de La Croix de Lafayette  link

Urarturians were remarkable artists especially in sculpture, architecture, palaces and houses exterior and interior design embellished with unusual and innovative balconies, verandas, windows, towers, entrances and gates made from carved stones and ornamented iron. The interiors of their houses were decorated with exquisite bas-reliefs, motives, circular and rectangular patterns and compositions embossed with an astonishing variety of colors and shades. link

36. Art and Religion  link

History Of Early Christian Frescoes By Maximillien de La Croix de Lafayette 

The early Christian frescoes were very informative and educational, for they depicted the most important and essential passages of Christianity life, history and the work of the Apostles. They were the first original large scale documents and interpretation (s) of paramount events in the life of Jesus, his times, Apostles, saints.... link

Some majestically rebellious divas…and soaring goddesses still live in Philadelphia. Did you know that? Alexander’s Drama, virtuosity and beauty brought WACJ to Philadelphia…

An analytical romantic and accomplished songwriter/pianist/composer/singer, Wynne Alexander is monumental in her thoughts, lyrics and music. The majesty of her musical power is fortified with intelligence, honest virtuosity and unorthodox originality. The meaningful beauty of her repertoire is nourished with an abundance of culture, education, warmth...Read the interview with Wynne Alexander link

39.The Greatest Show on Earth: The Divas of American Women’s Professional Wrestling. Part One  link  Part Two  link   Part Three   link   Part Four   link

SOME NUMBERS TO BLOW UP YOUR MIND! A top notch professional female wrestler in America makes four times more than the world’s greatest and most famous philharmonic orchestra’s female conductor…almost 35% more than a renown female surgeon…10 times more than Janet Reno…10 times more than Hilary Clinton as a senator, 50 times more than any female school superintendent…100 times more than a female medical assistant, 15 times more than a male federal judge…18 times more than a university astrophysics male professor…60 times more than a male preacher who has a doctorate degree in divinity or theology…28 times more than a violinist in a national philharmonic symphony orchestra …90 times more than a new secretary in a trade firm…and 100 times more than an American soldier fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan!

40. Special: Lafayette visits Lisa Bouchelle, America’s Reigning Queen of  Funk-Rock .

She is young, but she acquired wisdom. She looks like a tender sweet angel with a funky-techno-pin-up girl face, but she has more depth than you think. She might sit on a bench in an empty and foggy street, holding her guitar, gazing at images from the unknown, waiting for a divine messenger, wearing high black leather boots…Read the full story. 

41. ART AND BUSINESS: THEY ARE SELLING THEIR PAINTINGS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AFTER THEY DIED FLAT BROKE!

The Most Sought Works of Art in the World. Paintings worth over $100 Millions!! link

If a piece is “truly, truly to die for” and is still in private hands, it is no doubt on someone else’s wish list. Like that $100 million Cézanne. The 10 most wanted paintings in the world. Work by Brancusi, Duchamp, Gauguin, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock…Read the full article.link

Historic buildings do not come much grander than the Chateau de Versailles. Neither do restoration projects: the one drawn up for Louis XIV's little exercise in 17th-century excess outside Paris will last for nearly 20 years and cost almost €400m (£274m).

The Sun King's 700-room palace and 800-hectare (2,000-acre) garden are to be given a long-overdue facelift aimed at restoring their lost sparkle - recapturing their architectural purity and rendering them safe for the 10 million people who visit each year. "This is the first big restoration program for Versailles since the early 1800s, and the biggest... link

44. LATEST HOT RECORDINGS: POP, JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC: link

Mistinguett Wardrobe : Price tag of each of Mistinguett’s cabaret show outfit:  $35,000 (in today’s money). And she changed outfits, 5 times per show, every single night! Including hats, jewelry, feathers, beads and apparels, a full regalia Mistinguett’s performance dress weighted almost 20 pounds!

Years before Barbra Streisand, Cher, Liza Minelli, Madonna, Ute Lemper, Edith Piaf, Catherine Sauvage, Barbara Cook, Ella Fitzgerald,  Bette Midler, there was the first and truly incomparable queen of cabaret, music-halls and shows and her name was  Mistinguett, called by the French the "Queen of the Paris Music Hall." Tino Rossi called her “La Reine du Spectacle” meaning the queen of the show or music hall. Read the full article.  Part One: link Coming soon: Part Two, Part Three  Part Four

112 Gripes about the French: The Official Information Book Published in Paris in 1945 by the 'Information & Education Division' of the US Occupation Forces Exposing the French People...

The Healing Power of Art, Images, Talismans, Mantras and Masks.

Mysteries, Magic and Powers of Art link

PART ONE: Posted Nov. 2. Early German cabaret writers. de Coudreaux posters! American burlesque. Ethel Merman’s musicals. Are we Biased against men? Photos and Names of early American opera Singers. I need a break! Please help me!! Part One  

PART TWO: Posted Nov. 2. More of de Coudreaux's photos. Who was the first French singer to sing Piaf? Mireille Mathieux, Georgette Lemaire. Permanent exhibition of Chagall?  How much should you pay  commission for your agent? Lisa Bouchelle. Cabaret in Austria. Austria’s best composers. Mozart. Beethoven. Hayden. Schubert. Straus Jr. Strauss Sr. Part Two  

PART THREE: Posted Nov. 2. The most beautiful pair of legs in the world belong to Betty Grable, Claire Luce, Mistinguett, Debbie de Coudreaux and Marlene Dietrich. Defining Can Can. Ancient Coptic frescoes in Egypt. Coptic Church of Dair Abu Hinnis in Egypt. I need to sell my art, I am getting frustrated. 15  advices and rules on how to sell your art. Who is Sally Martin? The art of Hilda Hiary. Part Three     

PART FOUR: Posted Nov. 4. Sharon Gee elected member of the Internet World Artists Hall of Fame. Photos and roster of early American opera divas and singers. List of Broadway Tony awards winners and Broadways best musicals and awards from the beginning to present. Part Four   

PART FIVE: Posted Nov. 4. My business is failing because I have bad luck. How to remove curse and bad luck. Were ancient Armenians extra-terrestrials? Early Armenians invented the alphabet. Paris fashion between 1920 and 1930. Yes, for some ladies, legs are a great asset. Egyptian paintings on life after death. Stars of the French song era of 1920: names and photos. Part Five   

PART SIX: Posted Nov. 4. Why French women wear men’s hat? Why women like cigarette holders? Who were the first porcelain manufacturers? Photos and names of Australian song stars. Nudity was the main attraction in French cabaret. Part Six

PART SEVEN: Posted Nov. 5. REAL AND FAKE PIAF SINGERS IN AMERICA! link

A Message from Rick Steinberg...The international star Anne Kerry Ford...

Read about the featured artists: Raquel Bitton, Debbie de Coudreaux, the sensational Debbie Boiley who spent almost four years playing in cabarets in Paris, Canada’s leading French cabaret singer Joelle Rabbu, Anna Bergman of course, the great and lovely Juliette Koka,  Liesle Muller, Carol Rossio,  Claudia Hommel, Amanda McBroom. Read the full article. link

PART NINE:Posted Nov. 6. Why American Women are Violent Femmes? Women aren't the only victims of domestic violence… American Arts are Violent Because American Artists are Violent. Here are some facts from the United States Department of Justice. An official report showing the aggression and violence of American women…Working with violent women.. Stories of battered husbands and men victimized by violent women in America...Retrieving Jewish arts stolen by the Nazis... Torrie Wilson: Real or fake?...Is it true, Cole Porter house was sold for only $9,000?...World most famous people's original names...Juries frequently pick up the wrong books...Jean-Antoine Houddon sculptures...Wynne Alexander: The debate is heating up...MTV stars coverage and photos...World's oldest quartet is still alive: Komitas Quartet of Yerevan...link

Are you telling me that this painting is worth $170.000? Bullshit! I can do better. What so special about it. It is ugly. People are crazy you know. Not crazy but stupid. I can buy a house with $170.000. You know what, I know why all these painting of shit are selling like hot cake. It is business, propaganda and politics. Agents fix prices with dealers and dealers make deals with galleries owners... link