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It's one of the most iconic images in cinema: a lion, framed by a golden circle of film stock, triumphantly roaring just before the opening credits roll. Now, after almost 100 years and more than half ...

The thunderous roar of the MGM lion that has opened Hollywood films for nearly a century has conditioned us to hear the big cat’s call as a blunt declaration: a booming blast announcing power and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. What does it take to become cinema’s most iconic lion? For ...

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—John Cage, influential American composer known for his 1952 4’33”, which is performed in the absence of deliberate sound. The idea that sounds in the public domain may be owned by someone appears, at ...