With major black and mainstream pop musicians effectively boycotting Donald Trump’s inauguration, event planners have been compelled to rely on artists with a large popular following who hail from culturally marginal genres. Classical crossover, a schlocky genre predicated on slavish devotion to a mirage of European high culture, is well-represented by the 16-year old platinum-selling plaster angel Jackie Evancho and a Utah YouTube quartet (5.3 million followers) named the Piano Guys. Read More...
Grigor Dimitrov 2021: Net Worth, Salary and EndorsementsBulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov is the first from his country to be among the top ten players in the world in tennis. He reached a career-high rank of Number 3 in November 2017 and is currently 19th in the rankings.
The Bulgarian is certainly talented and has even defeated three of the Big 4 at least once.
On-court?achievementsWhile he hasn't won any Grand Slam titles, he does have 8 ATP titles under his belt. Read More...
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Independent Bookstores It's become a common joke that the Germans have a word for everything (and that many of them are comically long and impossible to pronounce). But there's a grain of truth to it — take Sehnsucht, a German term that's hard to explain in English. Read More...
