porter
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Time Magazine art critic Robert Hughes once called him “the Cole Porter of modern art.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The same year, a blowout began at the Aliso Canyon SoCalGas natural gas storage well near Porter Ranch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Porter says she, like other fans, is bracing for a dramatic closing act.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Porter, who spoke to Newsbeat as she waited, in costume, outside a screening of The Last Act, says she's been "super-hyped" for the cinema release.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Even relatively liberal-minded Porter, though, could not match the devastating impact of the Abel Meeropol song ‘Strange Fruit’, recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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