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David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Early life and education David Byrne was born on 14 May 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the elder of two children born to Tom (from Lambhill, Glasgow) and Emma Byrne. Byrne's father was Catholic and his mother Presbyterian. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario. The family left Scotland in part because there were few jobs requiring his father's engineering skills and in part because ...
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Adelle Lutz
Adelle Lutz (born November 13, 1948) is an American artist, designer and actress, most known for work using unconventional materials and strategies to explore clothing as a communicative medium.Koda, Harold. "View: ReView, Introduction," ''Adelle Lutz: View: Re: View'', Catalogue, London: Judith Clark Costume Gallery, 2002.McCormick, Carlo. "Hidden Dreams Exposed," ''Paper'', September 2002, p. 120–1.James, Caryn''The New York Times'', August 25, 1995. Retrieved February 25, 2019. She first gained attention for the surreal "Urban Camouflage" costumes featured in David Byrne's film ''True Stories (film), True Stories'' (1986).Conant, Jennet. "A Hat Is a Rose Is a Chicken," ''Newsweek'', November 30, 1987.Newman, Lenore and Jan L. Spak. "Flights of Fantasy," i''Designed for Delight: Alternative aspects of twentieth-century decorative arts'' Martin Eidelberg (ed.), Montreal: Flammarion, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, p. 238–247. Retrieved February 25, 2019.Poynor, Rick. "True ...
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