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A Review of the 2016 Museum of the Year

Each year, the Art Fund hosts its Museum of the Year ceremony. Last year, the winner was the Victoria and Albert Museum. Home to some of the most beautiful exhibitions London has to offer, the Victoria and Albert has long collaborated with the Art Fund to help build its collection.

The Art Fund will be hosting its annual Museum of the Year celebration on 5 July 2017. This year, the ceremony will be held at the British Museum in London, and there are some very strong contenders for the award. The winner will be awarded £100,000, and all other finalists are recognized for their fantastic achievements towards furthering the arts with prizes of £10,000 each.

In 2016, the Art Fund named the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) museum of the year. Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund and chair of the judges, said: “It was already one of the best-loved museums in the country: this year it has indisputably become one of the best museums in the world.”

Much excitement is building on the coronation of the Museum of the Year 2017, but what is it that made the V&A so special, and such a worthy winner in 2016?

Which Cultural Waves Will the Next GTA Include?

It feels like GTA V was only just released, but it’s been almost four years since Rockstar’s flagship franchise returned to the sunny streets and beaches of Los Santos, a fictional composite of Los Angeles. Even though the studio is gearing up for their sequel to Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar cannot escape speculation regarding their plans for the next installment of the Grand Theft Auto game series.

As of now, no official word has come from the company about a new GTA title. Recent legal battles between the franchise creators have fans wondering if a new installment will even happen, but the record-breaking sales of the last release will undoubtedly force the Houser brothers and Leslie Benzies to deliver a new one shortly.

If the next GTA is set in the past, it won’t be the first time. However, we wager it will likely stay set in current times, as the last two have. With this in mind, one has to wonder what they will include as far as activities, events, and story lines are concerned. This is because the GTA games are nothing if not known for their attempt to mirror pop culture in a satirically twisted way. Whether it’s online dating, cannabis legalization, social media mania, or hybrid cars, the latest trends often make their way into the worlds created for the Grand Theft Auto games.

Convicted Coal Mine CEO Wants Justice from the Supreme Court

In 2010, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship went to court following a massive explosion in which 29 miners died. After several years of investigations and court proceedings, it was determined that the CEO was at fault. He had violated a series of health and mine safety standards that caused the explosion. Blankenship was committed to a year in prison – a sentence that just finished at the beginning of May. Now, he wants vindication from the Supreme Court.

Blankenship Appeals the Supreme Court

The Upper Big Branch (UBB) disaster went down in history as one of the biggest corporation tragedies, but Blankenship is still pleading innocent, even after a guilty conviction and a year in prison. “We never give up,” says his attorney William Taylor regarding their efforts to clear his name. Taylor notified the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to inform them of the Supreme Court petition.

Taylor is convinced that the Supreme Court will hear their plea. “It’s a pretty clear issue,” he reported. “We’re either right or wrong about that.”

Blankenship Claims Innocence Despite Opposing Evidence

Upcoming Movies 2017

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Horrors, Action, Comedy, Romance, or Amination? There are loads of movie genres, though most people have their personal preferences as to what they like to watch. Let’s look at some movies that are to be out soon!

Everything, Everything- 19th May,2017: Directed by Stella Meghie this romance based movie is about a teenager that struggles with her life when she meets the boy next door. Maddie’s life has revolved around her house, her mother, her nurse and home schooling since young. Maddie is set on exploring, but soon her adventures go down a rough path.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales- 24th May, 2017- Captain Salazar has it out for Captain Jack Sparrow in the fifth sequel of the movie. Back with his dead crew that had escaped the Bermuda Triangle, they are bent on killing all the pirates at sea, but a specific one. Sparrow’s only hope for survival forces him to form an alliance with Carina the astronomer. Will he survive?