White Lotus star Theo James has expressed public interest in playing George Michael in a biopic about the late star. It would be fitting, given that both are of Greek descent. James’s full name is Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis, and Michael’s full name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. (Note that George Michael’s father was Greek […]
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White Lotus Star Theo James Eyeing Role of George Michael in Upcoming Biopic
February 9th, 2023 Awake Goy
VIDEO: Glassblowing Artist Turns Molten Glass Into Lotus Flowers, Hummingbirds, and Beyond
October 27th, 2021 Awake Goy
The fine art of glassblowing is every bit as intimidating as it seems. From impossibly detailed crystalware to the idea of shaping molten glass from a furnace burning at thousand-degree temperatures—imagining anyone making/working with that is just mind blowing. But artists do. And watching them do it is just as amazing as you’d imagine. The craft […]
Indian State Renames Dragon Fruit ‘Lotus’ Fruit to Distance from China
January 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy
India’s western state of Gujarat has changed the name of a locally-grown variety of dragon fruit to “lotus” fruit to avoid the original name’s association with China, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Wednesday. “The name dragon fruit is not proper, and due to its name one thinks of China. So we have […]