Say what you will about reality competition series like American Idol and The X Factor, but without these shows, some of the most successful musicians of the late 20th and early 21st century may not have ever actually seen success. Take Carrie Underwood, for instance: Before Idol, this Oklahoman was on track to become a journalist. And Zayn Malik has said that before he became part of One Direction on The X Factor, he had plans to pursue a teaching career. Read More...
French entrepreneur, Alex Sykes is well known as the former press assistant for the Women Tennis Association (WTA). She's also the senior vice president of sales management for a Canadian-American and French manufacturing company, Polycor. Other than that, she served as a marketing assistant and sponsor partner of French National Basketball Association and Levantina Group.
Sykes was born as Alexandra Niedbalski on 2nd February 1974 in France. She grew up with her siblings, Eva, Frank and Ronnie Castillo. Read More...
Right up there with the whole starving artist stereotype is the drunk artist stereotype. Depictions of creative types getting tanked abound in the popular imagination. Whether it's Jackson Pollock splattering with a cig and a brew or Charles Bukowski getting into bar fights, artists and writers are known for their penchant for alcohol. Perhaps no writer in the last 200 years of literature said it better than Charles Baudelaire, who wrote: " Read More...