Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs
The price was astounding, even more so because some experts criticized a Christie’s marketing campaign that glossed over the painting’s flaws.
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The price was astounding, even more so because some experts criticized a Christie’s marketing campaign that glossed over the painting’s flaws.
Black Cube, hired to ferret out information on a Weinstein accuser, used an elaborate ruse involving a fake job interview in another case.
The billionaire Koch brothers are said to have tentatively agreed to support the publisher Meredith’s offer with an equity injection of more than $500 million.
Two millenniums of oppression may not seem very funny, but in his latest one-man show, Mr. Leguizamo hones the art of comic revisionism.
The biggest European budget airline employs many of its pilots as contract workers — many of whom are pushing back after a recent flight cancellation episode erupted into a clash.
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2017Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (born 1960)[†]
Hiromi Tsuru was a Japanese actress and narrator. During her life, she was attached to the Himawari Theatre Group as a child and then to Aoni Production at the time of her death. She was most known for voicing the character of Bulma for over 31 years. She was also known for her roles as Ukyo Kuonji, Dokin-chan, Madoka Ayukawa, Miyuki Kashima (Miyuki), Reiko Mikami, Meryl Strife (Trigun), Naomi Hunter, Oyone-baasan, and Asuna Kujo.

2017Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (born 1934)[†]
Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's Company, Hilda Hensley in Sweet Dreams, and Merleen Elldridge in Evening Shade. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two (1978).
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]