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...music, film and arts festivals in America. From seasoned veterans like PJ Harvey to unknown bands hoping to make it big, the weeklong festival is a mecca for hipster PBR-drinking music nuts. But amid all the unwashed dye jobs and American Apparel outfits will be Margaret Cho, the stand-up comedian who will appear at SXSW - as a musician? Cho talked to TIME about her sudden career switch. (See pictures from South by Southwest...
...very beautiful. One of the ones I'm doing with Patty Griffin is an imagined duet with me and my dog. You know, if my dog could sing to me, what would he say? That one is sort of whimsical, but others are real raunchy. It's like my stand-up comedy but in song form. (See pictures of the history of stand-up comedy...
...face of it, though, Myerson's chances of re-negotiating the deal look slim. "The whole deal with these clean-break settlements is people know where they stand after they're done," says Julian Lipson, head of the family law team at London law firm Withers. Exceptions might be made if one party lies about their assets, or if "in very short succession after the order has been made, a completely unforeseeable change renders the basis of the agreement wrong," Lipson says. Otherwise, "a final order is a final order. And that's that...
...maintenance of cars that are no longer new but have to be repaired over time is a tremendously large and very profitable business. Building and selling new cars has lost most of its luster. And, it is not a stand alone industry any more. There is too much competition and not enough money...
...women’s resilience. They depict sexual violence, poverty, political instability, and community strife, but do not seek to perpetuate the idea of women as helpless victims. About her documentary, Bassford says, “Really it’s a film about the courage to stand up to injustice, about having courage to act on your conscience and to initiate change, and [Patsy Mink is] kind of a way to exemplify that.” Similarly, despite the personal tragedies depicted in the films, Sheldon-Desjardins sees the festival as an inspiration. “Ultimately, the films...