An original oil painting by George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot Florida kid Trayvon Martin, has fetched more than $100,000 on eBay.
The signed 18-inch-by-24-inch artwork depicts part of a blue American flag and includes the words “God,” “one nation,” and “with liberty and justice for all” printed in the stripes.
Source: yahoo
Beyonce fifth album was released early Friday morning exclusively on iTunes. Apple said Monday that it sold 617,213 in its U.S. iTunes Store. It sold 828,773 internationally. No promotion. No Marketing
The album is being sold by iTunes exclusively for a week at $15.99. It will be sold in retailers and others websites this week.
“Beyonce” broke the first-week digital sales record for an album in the United States. It also marks the singer’s best first-week numbers.
The album will debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95 of complications from a recurring lung infection.
The anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was a beloved figure around the world, a symbol of reconciliation from a country with a brutal history of racism.
Source: Yahoo
The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the shoot, Hampton was murdered by Chicago policeman.
In an infamous moment in Chicago history and politics, over a dozen policeman burst into Hampton’s apartment while its occupants were sleeping, killing Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark and brutalizing the other occupants.
Filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk arrived a few hours later to shoot film footage of the crime scene that was later used to contradict news reports and police testimony.
“You can jail the revolutionary, but you can’t jail the revolution…You might murder a freedom fighter like Bobby Hunton, but you can’t murder freedom fighting.” – Fred Hampton.
According to an unnamed source Jay-Z bought an original painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat for a whopping $4.5 million at Sotheby’s auction house last week.
The New York Post reports that Jay Z was revealed as the anonymous buyer who forked over millions for Basquiat’s 1982 painting ‘Mecca.’ ‘Mecca’ is a crude orange, black and white painting of the Empire State Building and its surroundings.
Beyoncé continued her reign as the queen of pop, topping the 2013 list. Justin Bieber and Barack Obama are the only males making an appearance in the US Top 10.
Beyoncé
Kim Kardashian
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Madonna
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
Amanda Bynes
Miley Cyrus
Barack Obama
Source: Bing
#1. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 120,000 (1,123,000)
#7. Yo Gotti – I Am – 48,000 (48,000)
#14. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 30,400 (1,129,000)
#30. Jhene Aiko – Sail Out EP – 12,000 (46,000)
#49. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime – 7,600 (172,000)
#52. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 7,200 (1,146,000)
#89. Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 5,200 (1,065,000)
#117. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 4,300 (1,091,000)
#132. Hopsin – Knock Madness – 4,000 (4,000)
#135. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 4,000 (10,777,000)
#144. Bun B – Trill O.G. The Epilogue – 3,700 (14,400)
#153. Eminem – The Eminem Show – 3,500 (10,279,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000.
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