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21 June 2009 6:40 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

A print of an iconic photograph of legendary physicist Albert Einstein has sold for $74,000 (£49,300).

The famous 1951 snap of the genius with his tongue out, taken at Princeton University in America, was auctioned off on website RRAuction.com on Thursday.

Einstein liked the Arthur Sasse photo so much, he bought nine copies.

The photo, which was taken at a party to mark the physicist's 72nd birthday, was bought by a rare books and autographs dealer from Long Island, New York. »

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16 March 2009 2:32 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

After learning that his critically acclaimed play Picasso at the Lapin Agile had been banned at a high school in La Grande, OR, Steve Martin has written to the local newspaper offering to pay for the production of his play off-campus. In a letter to the editor of the La Grande Observer that appeared Friday, Martin wrote that his play, which imagines a meeting between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, was intended to explain "the similarity of the creative process involved in great leaps of imagination in art and science." Although the play has been performed without incident at other high schools, 137 La Grande parents signed a petition, circulated by one of them, objecting to its content, leading the local school board to ban it. Martin said that he wanted to prevent the play "from acquiring a reputation it does not deserve." It won the 1996 New York Outer Critics' Circle Awards for best play and best playwright. »

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2 articles from 2009