2. Book critic Caroline Weber of the New York Times had this to say about X:
“X is to our era what the idea of God was, in Voltaire’s famous parlance, to his: if it didn’t exist, we would have to invent it. Revered for its editorial excellence and its visual panache, it has long functioned as a bible for anyone worshiping at the altar of luxury, celebrity and style. And while we perhaps take for granted the extent to which this trinity dominates consumer culture today, X’s role in catalyzing its rise to pre-eminence cannot be underestimated.”
3. Salamanca or Salamangka is a common word for "trick" or "sleight of hand" in Filipino. It is believed that this location was chosen to "poke fun at" the many plot twists in the story. The "Plaza Real“, the primary location of the movie, is shown to be in Salamanca, although it actually is in Madrid and the movie was mostly shot in Mexico. Which movie?
4. The song “4 Minutes” featuring Madonna and Justin Timberlake was at the UK number 1 position for 4 consecutive weeks, but was dethroned by the debut single of a British dance-pop duo for the week May 18 - May 25, 2008. Digital Spy compared the single to a "well-shaken can of cola", and added "[the track is] brimming with sticky, yummy, fizzy goodness".
5. What significance does the wikipedia page on 16th century Hungarian painter Nicholas Hilliard have?
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3 comments:
1 Pink floyd and Rolling stones
2 Vogue
3 Vantage point
4 Ting tings
5 ten millionth article on wiki
6 where do we come from gauguin
looks like someone googled... :)
all correct. except the title of the last, which is Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
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