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Our Aberdeen: Scotland s gemstones - Evening Express

Our Aberdeen: Scotland’s gemstones © Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection Presentation Gold Snuff Box with Agate Cover made by James Erskine Scottish agates have been used in jewellery and other precious objects for more than 200 years. While agates can be found all over the world, the patterns and variety of colours in Scottish agates have made them an important source of semi-precious stones, particularly at the end of the 1700s. Agates are most commonly found as nodules within the cavities of volcanic rocks. Formed in cavities once containing gases trapped in the hot lava, the cavities slowly filled with silica-rich fluid, building up layers and layers over thousands of years.

The Quietus | Film | Film Features | More Than An Emblem: The United States Vs Billie Holiday

Soma Ghosh , February 26th, 2021 11:26 Lee Daniels gorgeous star-spangled biopic of Billie Holiday honours the incomparable artist, but risks reducing her to a shiny, heroic emblem more than the harsh-throated contradiction she was, finds Soma Ghosh Norman Granz writes on the liner of Songs For Distingué Lovers (1957) that Billie Holiday “happened to some songs”. From the moment she happened, mainstream culture has tried to explain away the transgressions that make Billie the seminal godmother of RnB queens and punks alike. This 1959 obituary by Time magazine sums up the Establishment’s begrudging awe: Died. Billie Holiday, 44, Negro blues singer, whose husky, melancholy voice reflected the tragedy of her own life. Born of indigent teenagers, schooled in a Baltimore brothel, she stubbornly nursed her resentment ….

The United States vs Billie Holiday, review: the tragic (and chaotic) downfall of Lady Day

The second Lady Day: Andra Day plays Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels s film Credit: Takashi Seida Dir: Lee Daniels. Cast: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne, Miss Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Tyler James Williams, Tone Bell. No cert, 130 min The FBI couldn’t lynch Billie Holiday, but they inflicted their version of it. Their mutual antagonism began with the incendiary lyrics of Strange Fruit (“Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze…”), the breakout single she first recorded in 1939, and the authorities would breathe down her neck for the remaining 20 years she enjoyed between stardom and the grave. 

Lady Sings the Blues Again: The Story Behind The United States vs Billie Holiday

Lady Sings the Blues Again: The Story Behind The United States vs. Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues Again: The Story Behind The United States vs. Billie Holiday How Lee Daniels new movie (starring Andra Day) retells the singer s story for the BLM era - and brings Billie back to life  David Browne, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director Lee Daniels was in the midst of wrapping up his latest movie The United States vs. Billie Holiday, which tells the story of the late, troubled jazz singer and how “Strange Fruit,” the anti-lynching protest song she introduced to the world, brought her both triumph and troubles when he noticed an unsettling parallel. He suddenly got a firsthand look at just how timely his new film project was. “We were in the middle of editing and that [George Floyd’s death] happened,” he recalls. “People were sending me [protest] videos of people singing ‘Strange Fruit’ in the middle of the street. It was crazy.”

Discovery+ ofrecerá Francesco , una mirada al pensamiento papal | Noticias La Tribuna de Albacete

Discovery+ ofrecerá Francesco , una mirada al pensamiento papal | Noticias La Tribuna de Albacete
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