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NEW YORK —  Byron Janis, a renowned American concert pianist and composer who broke barriers as a Cold War-era culture ambassador and later overcame severe arthritis that nearly robbed him of his playing abilities, has died. He was 95.Janis passed away Thursday evening at a hospital in New York City, according to his wife, Maria Cooper Janis. In a statement, she described her husband as “an exceptional human being who took his talents to their highest pinnacle.” A childhood prodigy who studied under Vladimir Horowitz,…

Those, and there are many of us, who balk at the Alpine crags and chasms of the numerous big Byron biographies, may happily take a stroll over the level ground of this unassuming yet impressively comprehensive volume. Stauffer, professor of English at the University of Virginia and president of the Byron Society of America, manages, with the aid of a choice handful of the poet’s vivid and hugely entertaining letters, to fashion a rounded portrait, venereal scars and all, of one of the prime movers of the Romantic…

Byron Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of the Allen Media Group, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2022.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesByron Allen, the media mogul offering $14 billion for Paramount Global, told CNBC on Wednesday that he has the money to finance a deal, despite skepticism around his deal-making."We have more than enough capital available to us. The real challenge is certainty of close," Allen said."This deal lives or dies at the ," he…

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise is a Phantom of of the Opera and Dante’s Inferno send-up, but within it there’s an homage in a fake play where one of the film’s most standout characters, Beef, performs a Frankenstein-inspired song “Life at Last,” penned by the film’s songwriter, composer, and star Paul Williams (who also wrote The Muppets’ “Rainbow Connection”). Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the…

Byron Kaye / Reuters: Australian telecom Optus says the recent massive outage that impacted 10M+ was caused by “changes to routing information” after a “routine software upgrade” — Australian telecoms provider Optus said on Monday that a massive outage which effectively cut off 40% … Byron Kaye / Reuters: Australian telecom Optus says the recent massive outage that impacted 10M+ was caused by “changes to routing information” after a “routine…

The track is accompanied by a music video shot in Jamaica Burna Boy has teamed up with Saint Kittian artist Byron Messia for “Talibans II,” a new twist on Messia’s breakout hit, “Talibans.” The duo also shot a music video for the track, which was filmed in Jamaica and sees the musicians hanging out a beach-side resort. Messia originally dropped “Talibans” earlier this year as part of his No Love release. The song quickly topped the charts, hitting No. 1 in 13 countries on Apple…

Having amassed bad debts and upset the wrong people, a protagonist with a habit of making poor decisions goes on the run and relocates to a small town, hoping to start afresh – until the past inevitably catches up. This evergreen story trajectory is once again rehashed, in Tyler Atkins’ cloying and sometimes flat-out cheesy film Bosch & Rockit. Opening with the words “inspired by true events”, Atkins goes on to demonstrate why these words tend to mean very little: a well-crafted, entirely fictitious feature can feel…