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This video details a rejection letter received by Alec Head, the early manager of Madonna, after she submitted a tape of her songs to Jimmy Ienner at Millennium Records. Shortly after this setback, Madonna signed with Sire Records and released her first solo album, which went on to sell more than 10-million copies worldwide
In this video we detail an early rejection letter received by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, after he submitted several samples of his writing to The Atlantic Magazine in August 1949
This video details a rejection letter received by American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath, after she submitted a collection of her poems to the editorial office of The New Yorker in November 1962
This video details a rejection letter received by pop art icon Andy Warhol, after he submitted a drawing of a shoe to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Warhol sent the piece to the museum as a gift in 1956, but the Director of Collections decided not to accept it and told the artist that he could pick it up it at his convenience
People wait in line to attend a vigil for Brazilian rock icon Rita Lee, who died at age 75. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter sang with legendary group Os Mutantes and went on to a trailblazing solo career as one of Latin America's first female rockers. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).