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A sampling of noteworthy exhibits. "What an Unbranded Cow Has Cost," 1895, by Frederic Remington.

Usually I'm completely against re-makes of any kind; there's just too many times that Hollywood has inappropriately milked a franchise.

Posted in Around Town , Music by Raf Miastkowski on December 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am It's been a good year for Hey Champ .

"Celebrating Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" will be the theme of the DeKalb County NAACP's annual Jubilee Day on Jan.

Birmingham Museum of Art curator Graham Boettcher sorts fact from fiction in John Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776." The original painting, which took 34 years to complete, is part of the museum's exhibit, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." An enlarged print, shown here, can be seen in an alcove at the end of the ...

So Google and the music industry have teamed up to create Vevo , which aims to corral all music videos into a separate part of YouTube where they will be monetized by higher quality video advertising.

Seven flicks you might've missed this week. Featured: Kid Cudi, Juelz Santana, Mos Def, and Melanie Fiona.

Mothers have an effect on us like nobody else we know. They can guilt us into action with a look and when they lay down the law, there's simply no arguing.

How can an illustrated opinion column convey information as well as the creator's viewpoint? How can such creations be useful and enjoyable for learning? In this lesson, students read illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman's "And the Pursuit of Happiness" blog.

The face stares, stoic, from the page. The American Indian, flanked by a covered wagon train and the American flag, are a tribute to our nation's past.

He'd had our attention since "Day-n'-Nite," and stoked it with " Make Her Say ," but when Kid Cudi released his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day , it felt overlong and too downcast.

Every season the Alabama Symphony Orchestra welcomes a few new faces. When the second trombonist retired after 40 years, musicians from around the country auditioned for his spot in the orchestra -- nothing unusual there.

It is a safe bet that discussions revolving around the Second Amendment will continue unabated.

Women are happier than men - but only by 15 minutes a day. That's the latest theory in a new analysis of how much pleasure we get out of life.

After the initial claims were made by the men of science that the world was entering another ice age, the world listened.

Kid Cudi recently wrapped filming on the first season of his new HBO series "How to Make It in America," opened for Lady Gaga on her Monster Ball Tour and is even set to headline his own shows soon - and he's also found time to work on the video for "The Pursuit of Happiness" with Josh Hartnett and Brody Baker.

Our economy is shifting from being based on consumerism to something else. The question is what will that be.

Beautiful Lou Sulola has made her debut in front of the camera in a series of photographs posted by her proud parents Click on photos for gallery Family fun: The latest addition to the Klum/Samuel household is surrounded by her three siblings, Henry, Johan and Leni, as she sleeps on her mother's chest Dad Seal is seen gazing adoringly at his new ...

The Birmingham News' visual arts critic, James Nelson, recently described the present exhibition at the Birmingham Museum of Art as one of the most significant exhibitions ever presented in Birmingham.

From the New York Times blog And the Pursuit of Happiness , Maira Kalman explores the relationship between agrarian societies, fast food culture, and how "the fabric of our lives is bound in the food we eat." Back to the Land - Do the affluent have access to the really healthy food while the less affluent do not? Nothing earth-shattering in what ...