PHOENIX COMES BACK BANKRUPT!

After taking a few years off to refuel, the band, Phoenix, has returned with their new album, Bankrupt! 

"We worked exactly two years on it," divulged lead singer, Thomas Mar.  Apparently, the band started the album with the songs placed in the middle of Bankrupt!, which they see as the "link" from their previous Grammy Winning Album of the Year, Wolfgang Amadeus.  Have a watch at the full interview (video featured above).  Phoenix is doing a small tour, with their New York concert coming up this May 13th, where they'll present a secret on stage, like last time when they ended up performing with Daft Punk at Madison Square Garden.  Their album, Bankrupt! came out yesterday, check it out HERE. 

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THE DIRECTOR, FRIDA GIANNINI BY JAMES FRANCO

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James Franco unleashes just another one of his infinitude projects: The Director.  Franco who seems to be imperceptibly all over the place—one can hardly catch up with this modern renaissance man—with the recent blockbuster success of the movie Oz and the release of the new controversial film Spring Breakers, comes out with a diversion, far and away from his acting career: producing and directing The Director, a new documentary on the Gucci Creative Director, Frida Giannini, which launched at the Tribeca Film Festival this week.   

For showtimes at the Tribeca Film Festival go HERE. 

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SYLVIA WHITMAN SHARES HER PASSION ABOUT SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY PARIS

Sylvia Whitman, owner of Shakespeare & Company in Paris—the original—talks about the history of Shakespeare & Company and what makes it unique and an international treasure. 

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SHERYL SANDBERG: ON LEANING IN, HER NEW BOOK

Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg on the purpose of writing her new book Lean In—capturing the unspeakable zeitgeist of a woman's world—even in today's modern era.  

She fearlessly addresses the ongoing issue of the road blocks women face, which includes getting out of our own ways to reach our fullest capacity as women.  Have a watch at her video (featured above) on her hopes to start the conversation about "thinking of gender differently."

Plus, check out her infamous TED Talk, HERE. 

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WHAT MOST SCHOOLS DON'T TEACH AS OF YET BUT SHOULD: CODING

Leading technology pioneers and enthusiasts express their belief that computer programming (aka coding), should be apart of every educational program from a very early age, as the world pivots towards the digital age of technology. 

Indeed,  school curriculums should seriously consider staying in tuned with today's fast pace transformations within different work industries, in which these younger generations will enter inevitably.  Visit Code.Org to learn more about coding whether it's for yourself or you kids. 

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