BooksE L James's novel has got fans' knickers in a twist – but it's not as though it's the first racy readFifty Shades of Grey by E L James.The success of E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy – an erotic tale of two lovers that originated online as Twilight-based fan fiction before being repurposed as a series of full-length books first on e-readers and now, after a seven-figure deal with mainstream publisher Arrow, as actual paper-and-ink tomes – continues to build. Read More...
MoviesInterviewJames Franco's gay porn drama: 'He loves his scandalous stories'Nigel M Smith in Los AngelesKing Cobra director Justin Kelly talks about his film based on Brent Corrigan’s career and how far Franco, who plays a porn producer, was willing to go on screen
“I like to think that I’m gay in my art and straight in my life,” James Franco said to himself in an article for FourTwoNine magazine he wrote titled, The Straight James Franco Talks to the Gay James Franco. Read More...
Anatomy of an artworkLeonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci’s A Deluge: apocalypse wowWith torrents of rain and a wrecked fortress, the artist is obsessed with civilisation’s end
Apocalypse wow …We are far from the first generation to worry about weather apocalypse. Civilisation obliterated by a storm was a subject Leonardo returned to again and again in his final years, in France at the court of Francis I. This 1517 work is one of a suite of drawings rendered in black chalk, seemingly made for himself. Read More...
