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W
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ART CELEBRITIES JOURNAL
THE
INTERNATIONAL VOICE OF WORLD'S
ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. NOVEMBER 2003 ISSUE

IN
THIS ISSUE:
Best
French Cabaret Vedette Singer of the Year
Meet: Wynne Alexander. The Diva who makes you think!
uThe
American Divas of the Ring
uGOSPEL MUSIC IN AMERICA
Debbie de Coudreaux in Concert

Editorial
staff
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How
to reach us
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To Read Other Issues And Visit The 12 Other Websites Of World Art Celebrities And Publications link

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.
1. Personality of the Month: Debbie de Coudreaux PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR PART FIVE PART SIX PART SEVEN PART EIGHT
2. History of the French Cabaret , Parisian artists and singers from the 17th century to present by Maximillien de Lafayette PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9 PART 10 PART 11 PART 12 PART 13 PART 14 PART 15 PART 16 PART 17 PART 18 PART 19 PART 20
3.
World Art News: Museums. Art Galleries. Exhibitions. Events.
Artists
Exhibition
of 400 National Treasures
The 400 exhibits, chosen from 500,000 which the Art Fund has bought or helped buy since 1903, include ancient Greek gold and a Roman bust of Augustus that was once buried under temple steps so that his enemies could trample him underfoot every time they passed. There is also Velazquez's Rokeby Venus, which competes with Canova's Three Graces for the title of sexiest bottom in art. The Becket casket, which may once have held the bones of the murdered bishop; a golden lizard salvaged.

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4.
World
Celebrities Hot Gossips and Nice Talks link
Sharon Stone is a cougar on the war-path. The recently separated
commando queen is looking to jumpstart her sputtering career Demi Moore-style,
setting her sights on Goldie Hawn's 27-year-old son Oliver Hudson. A friend
claims "She's looking…Enr
ique
Iglesias is on a roll.

5. Top Ten Albums/CDs and New Releases link
6.
World
Celebrities News link

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…

7. Essay. Music History: History of the American Gospel Music from the Colonial era to present by Maximillien de Lafayette PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR PART FIVE PART SIX

7A.Essay. Music History: History of American Music and the Birth of Cabaret in America from the Early Jazz Era to Present by Maximillien de La Croix de Lafayette Part One link Part Two link Part Three link
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8. Poetry and Literature: American Legend, Maya Angelou link
9.
World Celebrities News. Extra
link
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'...
10.
Artist /Painter of the Month LINK
Hilda
Hiary

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11.
World Celebrities Biography: Pavarotti link
12. Entertainment: Power, Fame and Fortune link
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
...
Affleck
takes swipe at US politics__________________________________________________________________________________
13.
Showbiz: Headliners: People in the
News link

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…
14.
Classical Music
link
15.
Rock, Soul and Blues Music link
16.
Jazz and Pop Music
link

Turkish
soldiers posing proudly with
17. Art History: Vanished art of the Sacred Paintings of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th centuries. Symbolic meaning of icons and miniatures. Psychological analysis of early Christian art, by Maximillien de Lafayette PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR PART FIVE PART SIX PART SEVEN PART EIGHT PART NINE PART TEN
18.
MUSEUMS:
ART EXHIBITIONS OF THE MASTERS: Delacroix, Chassériau, Decamps, Fromentin,
Degas, Seurat, Puvis de Chavannes at Le Louvre. A MUST SEE EXHIBITION link

19. Celebrating our 4th Anniversary! Revisiting De La Croix! History in the Making Part One
Get to know de La Croix. Some of his writings selected from his book "Echo of Silence". link
Theodorakis Interview with de La Croix in Rome. Historical Perspective. (Tribute to de La Croix) Link
Galleries of Painting: Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine
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20.
History/Archeology: Amazing
Discovery link
Good Movies and Bad Movies

Forty
years ago, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were struggling stage actors
sharing a tiny New York apartment. Now, with more than 130 film credits and
12 Academy Award nominations (and four wins) between them, the two are
finally sharing the screen together in Runaway Jury.
21.
Cinema: Good
News and Bad News. link
22. Film Reviews: link
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
FILM
REVIEWS:

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
23. Entertainment: link
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23. Entertainment: American Legends and Icons link ____________________________________________________________________________
24.
Ballet and Opera link
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
and Kirov Ballet – Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, USA

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25.
World Dance
link


World Dance Championships
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Othello’s Ron Cephas Jones, Rome and Juliet’s Alexandra
Gilbreath, The Taming of The Shrewd’s Nichola McAuliffe
26. Theater: The Year's Best link
27.
Education, Web and
Arts: The
Mona Lisa was not painted by Leonardo Di Caprio.
'Saved' Art Treasures Go on Display: An exhibition of 400 art
treasures saved from being acquired by overseas buyers is being held at a
London gallery.
English
are confused: Leonardo Da Vinci is Not Leornado di Caprio
link
28.
He Said, She Said:
Celebrities Troubles and Rumors. 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...
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30.
THE 2ND GALA FOR THE CHILDREN OF HEROES
link
The Greatest Charitable, Humanitarian,
Patriotic and Entertainment Event of the Year!!
AMERICA'S MOST ELEGANT LADIES
31. THE STYLE SECTION: Stars, Style and Signature: The Most Elegant Stars of Year 2003 Part One link Part Two link
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

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32. WORLD WHO'S WHO OF THE BEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS (FROM THE 18th CENTURY TO PRESENT
Listing Criteria Link Roster of Names in Alphabetical Order link
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33.
Breaking News:
Christie's
Hid Nazi Past of Painting.
Auction house could
face legal action from family of original Jewish owners who died in
Auschwitz. Nils Pratley on the trail of a work of art sold in Berlin in 1937
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.
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35.
GREAT ANCIENT
ARTS, TREASURES AND CIVILIZATIONS: THE KINGDOM OF URARTU by Maximillien de
La Croix de Lafayette
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?
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

450
women join nude photo shoot in NY
The women crossed their arms to keep warm in the main concourse of Grand
Central Terminal early Sunday as they prepared to pose for Spencer Tunick's
latest human art installation. All 450 of them were nude.... Ryan Says she's
not the Adorable Blonde.
The 50th
Most Influential Figure in the Art World...
Meg
Ryan, known for sweetheart roles in Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got
Mail, plays a writing professor who becomes involved with a police detective
in Jane Campion's new erotic thriller, In the Cut... Actress Sadie Frost was
granted her petition for divorce from Oscar-nominated actor Jude Law by the
High Court on Wednesday... In retaliation for the Rolling Stones... 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.
Part One: Lisa’s World Link
Part Two: Discography of Lisa
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
42. Art Reviews: The Best and Worst Art Exhibitions this Month: link
43. Art Restoration: Chateau de Versailles Having a Face Life 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
JOHN MAYER,
DIANNE REEVES, CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO,
ROBERT SILVERMAN, NEW ARTS TRIO, JANN ARDEN. link
45. Fresh from the Wire: Latest World's Celebrities News link

46.
Immortal Legends: Mistinguett
by Maximillien de La Croix de Lafayette 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
47.
WACJ's
Erica
Soderlholm Investigates:
Sociology, Politics and Real Life: The American Campaign
Against France and the French People.
de Lafayette sides with the US. Soderholm exposes everything and everybody!!
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...
48. Mysteries and Power of Art:
The Healing Power of Art, Images,
Talismans, Mantras and Masks.
49.
Ask Erica: Your International Mail:
PART
ONE:
Posted Nov. 2.
Early German cabaret writers
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?
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 EIGHT: Posted
Nov. 6. The Accordion is here to say... The
hidden mysterious paintings with magical powers of the Louvre...Tom Mix, the
most highly paid actor in motion pictures history... Painter Anna
Harutynyan...Painter Joy Barth...Artis Spectrum Magazine...Agora Gallery...
Maestro Giuseppe L'Astorina... Accordion world's champions
link
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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
MODERN
ABSTRACT ART IS BULLSHIT, NOTHING ELSE!
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
PART TEN: Posted Nov. 9. ANGRY MEN IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AND ROMANTIC LOVE: Demanding Men…Artistic Men…Lonely Men…Aggressive Men…Arrogant Men...Art, Sex, Frankness, Rudeness!! link
PART ELEVEN: Posted Nov. 11. American singers CDs sales are booming in France...Best selling American recording artists in France...Why the French love Jerry Lewis...The healing powers of art...Art as a medical-spiritual therapy...link
PART TWELVE: Posted Nov. 12. The American Breast Mystique. Why American men are obsessed with boobs? « Women with big breast are vulgar…”, “..Hell no! They are sexy but don’t look at my Wife Boobs!”…Does size really matter?…Learn what rednecks and gentlemen prefer. Polls, experts and our readers comments…link
PART THIRTEEN: Posted Nov.12. Who killed Grace Kelly?...Who Killed Princess Diana?...Remembering the late great Miles Martin...link
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