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As we know, when lockdown commenced in March, everything stopped. People had to work from home; some workers were furloughed; some employed and self-employed workers lost their jobs; students went home and participated in their courses via Zoom; the list goes on. In the case of a significant number of professional musicians and actors, most of their income for 2020 simply vanished, with little (and in some cases, no) central financial support. Even today, there remains uncertainty for musicians...

The general consensus, it seems, to recover from the severe economic setback created by the pandemic is simply to reopen the economy. There is much agreement on this, with growth in 2021 forecast to range from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent. An artwork at the Lagusnilad underpass in Manila. TMT FILE PHOTO This year, however, reminds us about the limitations of predictions. The Philippines was forecast to have robust growth in 2020, but mainly because of Covid-19, the country is, instead, expected t...

A piece of performance arts and going out to the venice of alley in italy and sitting behind a replica of the oval office desk with everything a printout of her emails. were going to remember about this, tucker, she actually called the venice and told them i happen to be in the neighborhood. i dont know if im in monte carlo, or wherever that was, an end i come and be part of it? that shows a woman who simply refuses to get off the stage no matter how many books they try to pull her off with. >> ...

When you interview him and you meet him, hes not the person that you see at those rallies or whatever you want to call them. not the person you see, very fine people on both sides. hes someone completely different. hes very complementary and knows talent and knows when an interview is good or knows when you have done your homework but then becomes something else which is very odd or i dont know how to put it. is he just a performer? >> is there an alter ego politically speaking? >> performance a...

Michelle obama and people were encouraged with her a produce at her in a garden or lets say hillary clinton, where you through email servers at her, and she picks them up. that will be seen as what it says, sexist, misogynist, and inhuman. this is really -- >> laura: i was never big into performance arts. >> me either. [laughter] >> laura: its always like, there is a woman with a red dot on the wall, and she stares at it. >> how was a woman vacuuming art? this is called domestic chores. we have ...

>> ben, im going to throw it to you. is jeb bush toast? >> no, hes not. central part of the debates to get to your policies is to be able to master the performance arts of the debates. governor bush needs to do that. aside from that, theres another chance. we not ought get too wrapped up in precisely what happens here. >> beyond the debate in terms of the campaign, he was supposed to be the front-runner, was supposed to be the juggernaut and hes not. >> timing. >> exceeding expectations in iowa ...

And to me, the surprising aspect of going back through mitt romneys debate tapes is hes actually better at this kind of performance than any of the other sort of performance arts of politics. i think he gave a good speech last night but hes not a born platform orator. but he is better as being able to advance attacks on the debate stage and rebut them if hes prepared than in other parts of his rhetorical arsenal. >> one of the interesting points you make is you could judge who wins the debate wi...

Fund starving artists who want to learn to act better. they fund things that are really objectionable to people like me. >> greg: performance arts. thats what i call it. >> eric: whatever. some of the christ depictions. i dont want my tax money going to groups that fund that. >> greg: anything can be performance art. you can beat up a former artists. >> dana: im going to beat up greg gutfeld. were going to call it art. and then after that, were going to talk about pippa middleton. she could be a...

>> eric: they dont just fund starving artists who want to learn to act better. they fund things that are really objectionable to people like me. >> greg: performance arts. thats what i call it. >> eric: whatever. some of the christ depictions. i dont want my tax money going to groups that fund that. >> greg: anything can be performance art. you can beat up a former artists. >> dana: im going to beat up greg gutfeld. were going to call it art. and then after that, were going to talk about pippa m...

>> herman cain declaring himself to be the flavor haagen-dazs black walnut, specifically for its staying power. haagen-dazs black walnut no longer exists as a flavor. thats one of the ways we first knew herman cain was not just an art project but a really good performance arts project, a really funny one. this weekend, herman cain tripled down on that whole flavor mean thing, daring us all to unmask him once and for all. now hes riffing not only on his own black walnut flavor but now assigning a...