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Watch Foxygen's New Video "How Can You Really"

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California based band Foxygen just released their newest video, "How Can You Really," from their upcoming album '...And Star Power,' due out October 14th. Directed by Grant Smith, the video features lead singer Sam France parading around an office wearing skinny jeans, a sequined crop top, and pink streaks in his hair. Casual Rockstar Friday? Click here for upcoming Foxygen tour dates.

Get to Know Angolan Singer/Songwriter Coréon Dú

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Coréon wears a suit by Yohji Yamamoto, T-shirt by JunnJ and boots by Rick Owens.

As a kid, singer and producer Coréon Dú was constantly bullied by his peers and teachers. He towered over many of his classmates, spoke with a British accent, had a Portuguese name and came from a wealthy family. "I remember in seventh or eighth grade I forgot to push my chair into the desk, and my punishment was to stand for the whole class," Dú remembers. "The teacher said, 'Yeah, I'm sure you're used to having maids at home but I'm not your maid here.' And that was a teacher."

For Dú music was an escape, and it even got some of his bullies to back off. The first time Dú was onstage, he braved the preteen pests to belt out Puff Daddy and Faith Evans' song "I'll Be Missing You" at a rehearsal for a middle school assembly. "Everyone was really quiet for a second, looking at me weird. I was like, 'Well that must have been really bad,'" Dú says. "But [the students] were like, 'Oh no, you're actually pretty good.'" Now an independent artist who released his debut album, The Coréon Experiment, in 2010, Dú has his own support system: a creative community called WeDú composed of fans who request his songs on the radio in Angola, don his merchandise at concerts and even inspired the musician to create his own fashion line. Nominated for Most in Demand Artist of the Year at this summer's Angolan Music Awards, Dú has performed his unique blend of Latin beats and jazzy Angolan rhythms at Madrid Jazz Festival and as the opening act for Brazilian singer Seu Jorge. His song "Bailando Kizomba" is currently on Billboard's Latin Pop chart and later this year he'll release a new album, Binario, which will include a song about his experience with bullying called "It's Not Okay."

"I'm a hopeless romantic. Maybe it's because I'm a Libra," Dú says. "I always try to find the most positive things in every situation."

Watch Coréon perform "Bailando Kizomba" and "It's Not Okay" during a kitchen concert at PAPER HQ, below:


"Bailando Kizomba"



"It's Not Okay"

Stylist: Julian Monge

Grooming: Marcel Dagenais at LVA Artists for EVO Hair Care.

Coréon's music is available on iTunes and Amazon.com.

Swipe me to the right: Listen to a Brooklyn band's ode to Tinder

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Brooklyn-based band, Miracles of Modern Science has penned an earnest ode to the modern dating miracle/nightmare, Tinder. 

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In other Tinder news, artist Kate Gavino updated The Baby-Sitters Club for 2014. Now the girls have to figure out Snapchat, style blogging, and what to turn down for




Watch Taylor Swift and Jimmy Fallon have a girls night in. [via Tonight Show]


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No offense, babe. [Mutant Funnies



This dog appears to be completely unfazed as 100 fruits and vegetables are placed on its cute little head. 

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The perfect auto-reply for when your gmail inbox is unmanageably and irreversibly out of control. [The-Pitch-Black]


 

Trending: Bored Fashion

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Lana Del Rey, the patron saint of perma-bedroom eyes and vacant stares, set us up for a sleepy summer that seemed to come and go without much fanfare. 

Summer used to have a life-changing, carefree pulse to it, but it's already mid-August and winter is far too close. Summer sandals are being murderously discounted or pulled from store displays entirely. In their place are Chelsea boots and oxfords -- the standard New York Fall/Winter uniform. But whether you're in fashion-approved Birkenstock slides or Fall transition shoes, the same ennui still hangs over you. With a wry and detached sadness, you know that your summer pales in comparison to Leonardo Dicaprio's

In a city where nightlife is ever-present, can we really be this bored? There's always another party. Another gallery opening. Another pop-up shop. Another website to refresh. And that is precisely the problem. Somewhere along the line, boredom switched from cool posturing to a genuine state of being. 

In reaction to the repetition disguised as variety, some street wear brands are calling attention to this monotony of the everyday. They revel in having "no fun" and brand boredom as an inside joke. If you're bored, you get it. 

From No Fun to Bored Kids Who Draw, here's five of our favorite goods to fight off, or revel in, summertime boredom. 



1. Ocean Sweatshirt, Bored Kids Who Draw

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2. Work Clock, No Fun

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3. Bored Before I Even Began Pin, S T R A N G E W A Y S

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4. Bored Raglan, Reason

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5. No Fun Shirt, No Fun 
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Arcade Fire Releases Surprise Video For "You Already Know"

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Montreal collective Arcade Fire silently released a music video today for the bright Reflektor single, "You Already Know," which was filmed and directed by lead singer Win Butler. The dreamy, lo-fi clip is a perfect pairing to the track's fuzzy, psychedelic quality and features the band rocking out in a tropical hotel room as hanging painted portraits mime Butler's lyrics. After being enveloped by this saturated vision with leaky lights and blurry edges, the high-energy video returns to reality when Butler captures himself filming in a mirror's reflection.

Alvvays Frontwoman Molly Rankin's Favorite "Adult Diversions"

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Alvvays. press photo. red. Gavin Keen.jpgThe Toronto five-piece Alvvays often sound like the house band at a 1950s prom, but with the amps turned all the way up and the drummer gobbling Benzedrine between sets. The hazy romance is there, but so is a looming sense of disaster; as bandleader Molly Rankin sings in the totally addictive single "Adult Diversions," "One more cocktail / Is it a good time, or is it highly inappropriate?"

The band -- Rankin on guitar and vocals, Kerri MacLellan on keys, Alec O'Hanley on guitar, Brian Murphy on bass and Phil MacIsaac on drums (not really popping bennies, as far as we know) -- are currently on tour in support of their first album, which Polyvinyl put out in July. On the eve of its release, Rankin took a call from us at the end of a waitressing shift. A funny but no-nonsense woman in her late twenties, she talked about finding her voice -- the Rankin Family was a top-selling Canadian folk act in the '80s and '90s -- as well as scaring up trouble with her bandmates and starting work on the next album (warning: may contain flute).

Let's start with some of your favorite "Adult Diversions" around Toronto.
We all moved from Prince Edward Island basically, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, so to be in Toronto, there's so much to do all the time. We all work a lot. We drink probably too much. We're always the first people to be dancing anywhere -- like in a really embarrassing way. We also really like doing karaoke at the Legion. Not in an ironic way; it's a very earnest, amazing time. The people there are so cool. I did a Primitives cover last time -- from Dumb and Dumber, "Crash."

How does the songwriting work with you guys?
Alvvays started going under my name at first. It was more of a folk-pop singer-songwriter kind of vibe that grew into a kind of band sound. The majority of the songs are my ideas and then Alec has always been go-to person for streamlining things into a digestible format, rather than broken thoughts. He's got a great ear for that kind of stuff.

Have you been writing since you finished the album?
Yeah. The album has been done for a while. We did it last-last winter with Chad [VanGaalen], but it had to be resurrected because so many of the files had crap all over them -- like sonic crap. We've had cassette copies for a long time. We had them 'cause no one could really put them on the Internet if it was a cassette. But I've found some things online. Like, "Fuck, why did I think that wasn't going to happen?"

Probably a guy holding a boombox up to his laptop and recording that.
I know. Some dude has a converter resurrected from the '70s or something.

And then Polyvinyl happened. How did that come about?
That's been really exciting for us. We never thought we'd be able to put the record out in the States. We had sent some stuff out, and there wasn't a huge initial response. And just over time, the more content you release, the more interesting to people the music becomes. But I don't know, I think it was a manager thing and the label just sort of... bit.

What does the Rankin family think of the album?
That's really funny. My uncle, who has cabinets full of old Scottish fiddle tapes, he only listens to cassettes. I gave him our cassette and he hasn't really responded, but I'm sure he got a kick out of it. I think I'm the first Rankin to ever say "fuck" on a song. At home, it's such a conservative, straightforward island. [The family] have been super cool with all the weird detours I've taken. I used to play the fiddle and tour with them a little bit, and I played more folky stuff. But they don't really care. They're all theater majors and stuff.

You're a fiddle player as well. Did you play any on the album?
I didn't. I sort of want to pick it back up' cause listening to the Women records with droney Velvet Underground kind of fiddle is really cool. I guess that would be called "violin." Chad did want to play flute on the record. It almost happened.

Something to look forward to on the next one.
Exactly.

Let's circle back to "Adult Diversions." Any others come to mind?
"Adult Diversions" actually came from a program that me and someone else in the band had to take because we were both arrested. It was sort of like a mediation process for first-time offenders. It's called Adult Diversions, and it's a little program so you don't have a criminal record. So basically I went to alcoholism counseling and had to make a donation to an alcoholic house, and then I passed the program. The song is about alcoholism, I guess, and depression, but it's a really upbeat jangly shimmery song, so yeah... [laughs]

Do you mind my asking what got you in trouble with the law?
I hit some cops. It was a bit of a... that's sort of the final sentence of the story. I was defending someone. They were sort of beating up one of my friends and so I sort of got involved, and then I was charged with a few counts of assault. Yeah, pretty funny.

Wow. Really puts a different spin on the song.
I like the way that phrase sounds. It conveniently fits a stage we're all in right now -- we're almost 30 and we're just sort of like putting off getting real careers and getting married and trying to ignore that we should probably grow up, so it is very applicable to all of us. But that was the origin of the phrase. I have a certificate on my wall that says, "YOU HAVE COMPLETED ADULT DIVERSION. YOUR RECORD WILL BE DESTROYED IN FIVE YEARS" or whatever.

Alvvays' self-titled debut is out now on Polyvinyl.

Napoleon Dynamite: Ten Years Later

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Screen Shot 2014-08-14 at 4.32.44 PM.png2004 was a big year, apparently, for teen-oriented flicks with enduringly rabid followings. Mean Girls, The Notebook, Dodgeball and Anchorman all celebrated their 10 year anniversaries this year and now another mid-aughts gem -- Napoleon Dynamite -- approaches the decade mark next week. The cult indie favorite about a socially awkward teen living with his "modern family" in Preston, Idaho, generated catchphrases ("gimme some of your tots!"), Halloween costumes, an animated TV show and even profits. Shot by filmmaker Jared Hess on a shoestring budget of $400,000, the film went on to gross $44 million nationwide by the end of 2004. In honor of the movie's anniversary, we caught up with Napoleon (Jon Heder), Uncle Rico (Jon Gries), Kip (Aaron Ruell) and Lafawnduh (Shondrella Avery) to hear their memories of filming the movie, what kind of impact the film had on their careers and what they're all up to now.

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On getting cast in the movie:

Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite): I went to college at Brigham Young University with Jared Hess, who wrote and directed the film -- that's where it all really started. I had done very little acting, only like a few student projects -- I didn't have an agent or anything. So Jared and I worked on some of the same student projects and he had brought [a short film version of Napoleon Dynamite] to me and he was like, "I think you could do this, I think you could pull it off."

Shondrella Avery (Lafawnduh): At the time, I worked at Hilton Hotels Corporation in Beverly Hills as an executive negotiating contracts for all of the lighting packages for all of the Hiltons worldwide. But the casting call came through and it was [for] a 5'10" or taller, African-American women, full figured so right then and there, I really didn't have anything to do other than to look the right part. I figured I already had 90 percent of the battle because I knew I could act.

I remember I read the script in Kinkos and I thought, "If this isn't the funniest thing I've ever read!" It was just hilariously funny to me. So I went in for the casting and there were a few other girls there but I walked in and the casting guy was immediately like, "If you can act as good as you look, then you're going to Utah." 

On prepping for their roles:

Jon Heder: [Napoleon] was kind of a perfect mix of Jared's younger brothers and my younger brothers where they'd say, "Life isn't fair." It's their cadence, how everything was unfair, everything sucks, everybody's an idiot and stupid.

Jon Gries (Uncle Rico): I think there's a universal truth in Uncle Rico. He's a character that a lot of people like. Even though he's kind of a bad guy, the fact is there's a sense of being a couple of steps away from something he really believed he could've done. I think that we all share that in one way or another. There's either, the person -- the one that got away -- or the dream that didn't quite happen.

Aaron Ruell (Kip): I have a brother who spent a lot of time chatting online with babes. He had an affinity for Russian women, so my role was easy to tap into.

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On what it was like shooting the movie:

Jon Heder: I was always hanging out on set or helping the art department make stuff, or make all those boondoggle key chains they were giving out when they're saying, "Vote for Pedro." They had to make a ton of those, so I'd just sit and make boondoggle key chains all day.

I also remember that I was always like, "what do I do for dinner?" I was a newlywed and we had one car and my wife was using it. So since I didn't have a car, I would be allowed to use Pedro's bike, "The Sledgehammer," to ride around town at night after filming to grab McDonald's.

Aaron Ruell: People might be surprised to know that the cast for the most part never really broke character during takes to laugh. We all played it pretty seriously for the most part. The crew around us would bust up though. I remember the boom operator ruined a couple of takes because she couldn't hold the boom still due to laughter.

Shondrella Avery: One big memory I have is of my real family being in the movie -- a lot of people don't know that. When [Lafawnduh and Kip] get married, the wedding scene -- girl, that's my mama in there! My mama, one of my sisters and my two younger brothers. My 9-year old brother is in the film. My family also got per diem, which was shocking. And I didn't.

The other thing is that people always thought a lot of the wardrobe was from a stage house or something but no, no, no -- it was current and in a store. The wedding dress was a current wedding dress in the store!

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On their reactions to the movie becoming a hit:

Jon Heder: There was never a point [we thought it would be a hit], it was such a slow burn. When we got the news that it would be at Sundance, we knew that was great news. But again, films come and go at Sundance. So it was a hit at Sundance, but that doesn't mean it'll be a hit across the country. So again it was like, "well okay."

Maybe when they called me in to take a body scan of myself so they could make figurines, I think that might've been the moment [I first knew it'd be a hit]. But Fox Searchlight was really smart about trying to build this slow-building audience to capture this cult feel and make this website. We had cult-hit status early on in the summer. By the time the DVDs came out in  December of 2004, that's when it felt like, "Okay, this is pretty big."

Jon Gries: When we were shooting, I called a couple of people that I know in film distribution and said, "I think this film could probably make like a million bucks... or maybe two." I thought that it could get a limited run and that was within the first week of shooting when I was there. Later I would go to the editing room and that was when I started to think, "This could do pretty well." I brought a couple of friends in from time to time to watch while we were there and they'd be laughing the whole time. That's when it really became evident that people responded to this movie. 

Aaron Ruell: It was very surprising [when it became a hit]. I didn't think anyone would really see this film. I thought, best-case scenario it makes it into a handful of festivals. I had someone tell me that they saw the DVD being sold on the streets of Guatemala City...that was crazy.

On the movie's impact on their lives:

Jon Heder: I'm still so proud of that film. It's absolutely a blessing. I'm where I'm at today because of it. It was also my first film, so it holds a very special place in my heart. It felt very personal, we were out on a journey to make something different and to see the life of it become something huge -- I couldn't ask for a better circumstance. I'm a family guy and it's a family film, it's an odd film. It's about nostalgia and growing up. I love it.

Aaron Ruell: The movie opened doors for me. I never had any aspirations of being an actor so I wasn't thinking about that side of it but what it did was provide the means for one of the producers from Napoleon Dynamite to finance two short films that I wrote and directed the following year. And those films [Everything's Gone Green and Mary] went to Sundance and because of that I started directing commercials. And because of the photography that I shot for ND, it also played a role in getting my photography seen all over.

Jon Gries: There's no way that having an experience like this could change your life for the worse...The self-satisfaction of playing that role and feeling like I hit the notes that I needed to hit in that role was enough to make me feel like I grew leaps and bounds. Everything else that has happened around the role has just been the cherry on top.

Shondrella Avery: For me, it's like Kip says in the movie and I say it all the time: "Lafawnduh is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm 100% positive she's my soul mate." This movie was the best thing that's ever happened to my career.

Forest Whitaker said it best: He said "Shondrella, if you can get just get one cult classic in your career, you've done it. You've done it." Because he said most people want to run away from something like that. He said, "Don't even think twice, you embrace it, you love it. When people say 'Lafawnduh?' You say, 'Absolutely!'"

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On what they're up to now:

Jon Heder: I've been doing a lot more independent films recently and have a couple in the can that are coming out. I'm shooting one right now called The Tiger Hunter [directed by Lena Khan]. I'll also start work pretty soon on an animated TV show for Disney that I'm really excited for called Pickle & Peanut. It's kind of like SpongeBob SquarePants meets Ren and Stimpy.

Jon Gries: I've been doing three things at once. I've been doing this series on FX called The Bridge, which won The Peabody Award for "Best New TV Show" for last season. I have a recurring role so it seems to work pretty consistently. It's a very interesting character, totally different from anything I've ever done. I also just completed a pilot for Adult Swim called Dream Corp LLC [executive produced by John Krasinki] -- a ridiculously funny pilot. And then I'm also doing the film Taken 3 with Liam Neeson.

Aaron Ruell: I just wrapped a new campaign for AT&T and also another for Coke -- the commercial work is pretty non-stop. I've also got another book of my photography that will be published fall of this year. And I'm working on a new body of work for next year.

Shondrella Avery: I'm a huge philanthropist and an extreme advocate for sickle cell disease. I'm a board member of the California Chapter of Sickle Cell Disease Foundation. And My family lives with sickle cell -- my mom has it. My two pairs of siblings that were next to me passed away from it. My brother lost a battle at 17, his twin sister at 8 months. And my brother went to [Camp Crescent Moon] for 10 of the 17 years he lived.




A Tinder for Stoners May Be Coming Soon

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Getting stoned alone, in your own room with an idiosyncratic assortment of bodega carbs, is sometimes necessary. Other times, you might want to get stoned with friends but there's one small problem that always gets in the way -- you don't have any.

Thanks to MassRoots and CannaBuild, two-marijuana based startups, smoking up could get a little more social. They're opening up the floor, and funding, for entrepreneurial stoners to pitch their startup concepts at the first Cannabis Startup Competition in Denver. Although they're keeping most of the event details under wraps, some of the pitches have been leaked, including a Tinder-like app for marijuana. 

"The basic idea for the app is to have a Tinder feature where you could find people to smoke with," said event coordinator Dan Hunt. He added that "it's not sexual or romantic at all."

Sure, for the first few weeks of its launch a bunch of really lonely dudes that love weed will finally make friends. But on the Internet, everything turns sexual and romantic and terrifying. At least in this case herb will mellow out the sexual/romantic/terrifying vibes.

[via Fast Company]

Lara Stone Plays a Cult Leader In The Black Keys' New Video, "Weight Of Love"

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Today The Black Keys released a new video off their Turn Blue album, "Weight of Love." Directed by Theo Wenner, the whimsical short is a follow-up to "Fever" -- also directed by Wenner -- and features supermodel Lara Stone as a cult leader conducting eerie activities on the beach for a group of women. Is it bad to admit that we want to join this cult?! 

Watch Kool A.D., Toro y Moi, and Amaze 88 bro out in "The Front"

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The music video for Kool A.D and Amaze 88's "The Front" is just pure fun. For most of the video, the three bespectacled dudes cruise through the Bay Area in a Camaro and ride to the breezy, Toro y Moi-produced beat. They're not really on the lookout for the fly honeys that they're rapping about -- they genuinely seem more interested in making each other laugh with their dance moves. 

This nod to old school, west coast rap -- along with Kool A.D.'s endearingly goofy flow -- make this a track to keep on repeat for the rest of the day. You can listen to the rest of Kool A.D.'s most recent LP, Word O.K here

Aubrey Plaza Tells Conan About That Time She Photobombed Hillary Clinton and Katy Perry

Here's Jennifer Lawrence and Alison Brie In a Never-Aired, Horrible Teen Sitcom Spoof

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It's Jennifer Lawrence's 24th birthday today (HBD bb!), which has led to the resurfacing of this old clip for a never-aired teen sitcom spoof the actress starred in alongside Alison Brie back in 2007. It's pretty -- how do we say this nicely? -- not good. The high school comedy stars Brie as a riff on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (here she's called 'Muffy the Vampire Slayer' and there's a lot of dumb vagina jokes) and we don't really know who Lawrence is supposed to be. The pretty blonde girl? Take a look at the footage, above, and keep an eye out for comedian H. Jon Benjamin (Bob's Burgers, Archer) playing a lecherous janitor who gets stabbed by Brie.

[h/t Uproxx]

Pre-Gaming With Artists-Roommates-Club Kids Ryan Burke and Domonique Echeverria

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DomandRyan19.jpg"You're amazing," coos fashion designer Domonique Echeverria into her cellphone. The six-foot-tall siren has just returned from a visit to her native state California, where she says she met the love of her life while dropping acid at a 3-day party called Sunset Campout. "No, you are," he whispers back through the phone. "Fine, we'll both be amazing," roars Echeverria, throwing her head back in laughter while sprinkling glitter onto her made-up face.

As Echeverria finishes her call, a man barges into her bedroom with black-painted skin and a gold-mirrored curtain draped over his shoulders. He looks like the alien lovechild of Liza Minnelli and Gareth Pugh. It's her roommate/soulmate, photographer Ryan Burke. The two are putting the finishing touches on their looks before heading out to Susanne Bartsch's weekly summer party, "On Top," at the Standard Hotel where Echeverria is one of the night's hosts.

We had the chance to hang out with the dreamy duo and capture all their pre-party antics, which tonight included a DIY self-portrait session by Burke. Take a look at pics by Paper's Rebecca Smeyne, below.    

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"I'm actually pretty shy. I don't love it when people come up to me at parties and gush. I really don't dress up for anyone but myself...[And] to be honest, I don't want to be a part of nightlife forever." -- Ryan Burke

DomandRyan03.jpg"When I first moved to New York, I'd get ready by myself, walk to the train by myself, ride by myself and then meet up with friends downtown. I don't do that anymore." -- RB

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"My style is usually more minimal, but I ran out of room for all my headdresses, so I had to put them on my walls. I used to have more, believe it or not, but I threw some away." -- RB

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"My friend 3D-printed this mask. You're supposed to wear it on your face, but I think it's very versatile. I haven't decided what to do with it yet." -- RB

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"Most of the time my looks are all face, so normally I'd be sitting in front of my mirror for hours carefully painting. I always plan my color scheme and materials ahead of time, but not much else. Like tonight I'm going to be all black, but I've cut out four different possible mouth shapes to wear." -- RB

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"I've been using this glue that's used to attach prosthetic legs to your body, so these metal shapes shouldn't fall off tonight." -- RB

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"I'm obsessed with Sally Bowles in Cabaret. When I first saw that movie, I was ten years old and decided I wanted to be a cabaret singer, but I don't have a good voice. Little did I know what that movie was really about." -- Domonique Echeverria

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"Imagine being a 26-year-old drag queen -- I've never really related to girls, and I definitely don't relate to straight people in general." -- DE

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"When I was younger, I'd always play dress up with my mom's clothes. I'd walk around in a Vivienne Tam gown with a fur collar and my mom would put fake eyelashes on me. I'd go to school in an asymmetrical 1920's slip, fur coat and patent leather shoes, and play pretend by myself because no one would be friends with me." -- DE

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"I love Amanda Lepore -- she's a total hippie. We drink tea together, do yoga and I make her green juice. When I first moved to this apartment, I was at her place and told her I had nothing to put on my walls. She started rummaging through her stuff and pulled out this folder filled with pictures of herself to give me. I'm obsessed." -- DE

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 "Whenever I put on my lips, I'm like, 'There she is.'" -- DE

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"I'm a very passionate person -- it's either all or nothing with me. When I first met Ryan, I immediately introduced him to everyone as my 'best friend.' I respond to people's energy -- if you're amazing, I'll give you my world." -- DE

DomandRyan18.jpg "This is a very tedious process. I usually shoot multiple different versions of the same look to make sure I have one perfect shot. I wasn't always good -- if you go far enough back in my photos, they get really shitty. I've progressed." -- RB

Meet Spooky Black, He's Kinda Like a Cross Between Yung Lean and King Krule

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Like a hungover version of Swedish rapper Yung Lean who's desperately coping with a painful breakup, Minnesota crooner Spooky Black is very Internet (because that's become an adjective, now) -- but just a lot more gloomy. And while Lean rocks bucket hats like every other trendy hip-hopper, Black opts for durags like in his debut video, "Without You." 

After releasing his much-hyped eight-song EP Leaving earlier this week, the super young (and super mysterious) singer has followed it up with a music video for closing bonus track, "DJ Khaled is my Father." The lo-fi, VHS-style visuals capture the melancholy singer in the middle of a forest -- very Minnesota -- singing with a style that reminds us of a cross between King Krule and early Bon Iver. Check out the video above.

Dutch Masters + Designer Duds Collide In Your New Favorite Instagram

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Damn. Guidobaldo da Montefeltro's got swag.

Famous historical paintings have been getting some high fashion makeovers on Instagram, thanks to Chris Rellas, a college student with an on point eye for fashion and some great Photoshop skillz. His handle, @copylab, shows figures from works by the likes of Magritte, Kahlo or Raphael clad in Chanel, Céline, The Row, Kenzo, Givenchy and more. Take a look at some of our favorites, below.


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Celebrate AVICII with PAPER, Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren, and Macy's

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RL_PAPER_MACYS.jpgHeads up, we're having a little party with our friends over at Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren and Macy's! Join us and our very own Mr. Mickey on Wednesday, August 20th from 6pm-8pm at the Macy's in Herald Square as we check out the latest Fall collection and celebrate Denim & Supply brand ambassador AVICII with the chance to win AVICII prizes.

See. you. there.

The Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week

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Screen Shot 2014-08-15 at 6.00.03 PM.pngMost Questionable Styling Job of the Week: Whoever styled Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay for the cover of Tatler. The Fug Girls said it best: Lady Sybil looks like Ashlee Simpson!! -- Abby Schreiber


Most Earnest Use of the Name "Sarah": Max, who says (while falling out of his kayak), "SARAH, IT's TOO DEEP." -- Justin Moran

Most "Ugh" Performance Art Piece: "Save the Date" by Mischa Badasyan. The 26-year-old performance artist announced that he'd be having sex with a different person every day for an entire year to provoke questions about today's hook-up culture. 365 people? Sounds exhausting. -- J.M.


Best Way to Pick Up a Microphone: Like FKA Twigs at her recent show at Webster Hall. In fact, this is how we pick up everything. When we drop a bar of soap in the shower, we immediately do this dance -- no audience needed. -- J.M.

Most Exciting Return to Music: Kindness. After a long two-year break from music, the British singer announced he'll be releasing a sophomore album called Otherness and gave us a teaser with the Kelela-assisted track, "World Restart." It sounds like a b-side theme song for Full House or The Cosby Show, which in other words, means it's awesome. -- J.M.


Best Fashion Moment of the Week: Daphne Guinness' "Evening in Space." A lotta singers loved space themes this week, but Guinness singlehandedly blew her competition away. Never compete with a style icon. -- J.M.

Most Cuckoo Crazy Beyoncé-Jay Z Gossip of the Week: This item about a woman filing a maternity suit against the Carters, claiming Blue Ivy is her daughter. -- A.S.

Chris Pratt's Ice Bucket Challenge Video Is Spectacular

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And the best ice bucket challenge-video so far goes to Chris Pratt. "That went in my butt crack." [Uproxx]


Weird Al's ice bucket challenge-video is pretty sweet too. P.S. We are just as sick-of/suspicious of these videos as you are, and will stop posting them when we need to.  [Uproxx]

106UW.pngHow do we own these? Fashion Week's comin' up. [Mlkshk]


Shark-cat-on-a-Roomba is back and, this time around, entertaining a shark baby. [TastefullyOffensive]
 

Meanwhile, this dog is ready to get into it with this baby over politics! Awkward. [TastefullyOffensive]


Askdfjghkl: A mother cat adopts a tiny baby bunny and the rest is heart-melting history. We'll wait here until you're done sliding down a wall and sobbing. [Jezebel]
 
A curious marmot interrupts a time-lapse GoPro camera in Montana. More marmot videos, please, internet. Thank you! [TastefullyOffensive]
 
106W0.gifHappy Monday. We hate everybody.  [Mlkshk]

Our 10 Favorite Pics From Madonna's Epic Birthday Party

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In case your invitation got lost in the mail, Madonna celebrated her 56th birthday this weekend with an epic, 1920s-themed rager in Cannes that brought out folks like Kate Moss, Riccardo Tisci, DSquared's Dean and Dan Caten and Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. The night's tagline appared to have been "La Vie En Rose" and, to that effect, guests turned out in a mix of black tie and Weimar-esque cabaret looks (think: flapper dresses, straw hats, suspenders, fishnet stockings, lingerie, garter belts). We've gathered our 10 favorite Instagram shots from the night below and, in the words of Madonna Louise Ciccone, bow down to the #unapologeticbirthdaybitch.

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Kate Moss, Riccardo Tisci, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in a golf cart. It was BYOJSH (Bring Your Own Jaunty Straw Hat).

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Kate Moss, Riccardo Tisci, Mert Alas, Marcus Piggott and Cuneyt Akeroglu and Ceyda Balaban take a mirror selfie/compete to see who can look more 'over it.'

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Damn, Madonna doesn't look a day over 35.

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Even with her eyes closed in this pic, Kate Moss still gives ultimate face. Madonna doesn't look too shabby either.

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CK: Coy Kate.

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Dapper David Banda!

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Dean and Dan Caten seem fun.

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Rocco Ritchie is a teenager. Let us repeat: Rocco Ritchie is a teenager. GAH!

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Saucy sunbathers.

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10 years from now, a little kid is going to be playing in the beautiful waters off of Cannes and a giant, glistening 'M' is going to wash up in the surf, a long-lost memento from a night that was.


Charli XCX goes punk in her new song "Break The Rules"

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Charli XCX doesn't just want to be "fancy," she wants to rock. For her new albumSucker, the 22-year-old British singer is taking the catchy pop hooks that she's known for and amping them up with youthful rebellion. "Break The Rules," a newly released track from her sophomore effort, showcases her punk influences -- from The Ramones to lesser known Swedish bands like Snuffed By The Yakuza. Even if you've been out of school for years, the song's anthemic chorus makes it almost too easy to shout along as she sings, "I don't want to go to school/I just want to break the rules." We feel you, Charli. 

Sucker is out Oct. 21. Stream "Break The Rules" below to access your inner teen angst. 

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