Tim Cohen gets his knickers in a tangle choosing a Bob Dylan desert island track
Names tossed about in the speculation include Caribbean-American author Jamaica Kincaid, Canadian poet Anne Carson, Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Hungary’s Peter Nadas and American novelist Thomas Pynchon.
As Picasso said, though he may have had TS Eliot’s words put in his mouth: “Good artists copy; great artists steal.”
The company said it "apologises to Britney Spears and her fans for any confusion."
Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize for literature speech was read by Azita Raji, the United States ambassador to Sweden
Should we make the printed page the standard of what counts as literature?
The singer-songwriter has always stood for a craftsmanship and artistry that make his Nobel deserved and unsurprising.
Regarded as the voice of a generation for his influential songs from the 1960s onwards, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in a surprise decision
The draft of ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’ lyrics contains scribbled revisions and scratchings-out to the song that Dylan recorded in December 1962.
The soundtrack to "Inside Llewyn Davis" is heartfelt without being sentimental, a modern folk journey inspired by Bob Dylan and David Van Ronk.
New pastel portraits by American singer Bob Dylan will go on show for the first time at London’s National Portrait Gallery next month.
The first project for Johnny Depp’s publishing imprint, Infinitum Nihil, will be a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
Chris Roper finds Bob Dylan’s Tempest isn’t a great Dylan album – and it doesn’t have to be, because it’s still one of 2012’s finest offerings.
Bob Dylan’s new album, to be released officially on September 11, marks his 50th year in the music industry. Stream the full album here.
US folk rock legend Bob Dylan is releasing the 35th studio album in his 50-year recording career on September 11.
A compendium of reviews by an American music journalist doesn’t provide a comprehensive portrait.
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/ 2 December 2011
The golfing fraternity could see the Nedbank Challenge taking place earlier to accommodate a World Championship event in South Africa.
He turns 70 this month and yet Bob Dylan remains
a mystery.
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/ 18 December 2009
In their way the sleigh bells opening Bob Dylan’s christmas are as shocking as the snare drum that opened <em>Highway 61 Revisited</em>.
Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren’t musical acts in a summer concert series: They’re artists featured on Barack Obama’s
iPod.
Bob Dylan believes Barack Obama is redefining politics in the United States and could deliver change to a nation in upheaval, according to a British newspaper interview.
A new Dylan biopic continues the cliché of the artist as Great Man, no matter what the reality, writes Bidisha.
<b>NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews Richard Gere’s latest film, <i>I’m Not There</i>.
Lloyd Gedye talks to Stephen Malkmus about his work on the <i>I’m Not There</i> soundtrack and his new album with The Jicks.
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/ 28 January 2008
Daniel Day-Lewis and British veteran Julie Christie underscored their status as Oscars frontrunners on Sunday after winning the top prizes at the 14th Screen Actors’ Guild awards. British-born star Day-Lewis was crowned best actor for his performance as a tyrannical oil prospector in There Will Be Blood.
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/ 23 January 2008
Actor Heath Ledger was found dead at a Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said. He was 28. Ledger, who moved to the United States at age 19, quickly turned away from typical teen films and instead started to build a career on more challenging roles.
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/ 22 January 2008
Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men, a gory meditation on moral decline, and There Will Be Blood, a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards on Tuesday, organisers said. Get the full list of nominations here.
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/ 22 January 2008
Heath Ledger, the Australian actor nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for his depiction of a brooding gay cowboy, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. He was 28. He was discovered in his bedroom in the apartment in the SoHo neighbourhood of Manhattan at 3.30pm by a housekeeper and a masseuse.
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/ 5 September 2007
With hair teased into the familiar bird’s nest of frizz, Cate Blanchett’s portrayal of Bob Dylan is already being tipped for Oscar success. Yet as Todd Haynes’s surreal biopic I’m Not There was premiered at the Venice film festival on Tuesday, the director revealed that the Australian actor’s decision to take on the role had been far from instant.
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/ 4 September 2007
Two very different movies about the Iraq war are among the favourites for awards at this year’s Venice film festival as it passes the halfway stage, and an unusually high number of male leads have stood out. For pure shock value, Brian De Palma’s Redacted wins hands down, stunning audiences with an uncompromising reconstruction of the real-life rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.