Best Fitness Cover of the Month: The August 2015 issue of Women's running made some real strides (lol) when it chose a plus-size model for its cover.
There has only been positive feedback to this refreshing image that proves that
runners come in all sizes. --J.K.
Most Squee-Inducing Instagram: Chance the Rapper has a baby "coming soon"!!! -- S.S.
Tastiest Artworks: There's apparently an artist named Scorpion Dagger who specializes in Renaissance x hot dog gifs. Because, Internet. -- S.S.
Best Headline of the Week: Because how can you beat "
Pop Star Most In Need of 
Most Mouth-Watering Sculpture: Artist 
Most Tasteless Insult: Mail Online's 
Best News That Will Probably Scare The FCC: This week, our cover star/all-around badass Miley 
Best Display of Canadian Pride: After Meek Mill called out Drake for using ghostwriters on his songs, Toronto politician Norm Kelly swooped in to defend the King of the 6's honor. -- T.S. 
Hottest Fashion Accessory:
Best Photo You Didn't Know You Needed In Your Life: It really just speaks for itself.Billy Corgan takes his Mellon Collie self to the Happiest Place on Earth -- see the pics! http://t.co/8s6GhTBFyH
-- Us Weekly (@usweekly) July 25, 2015
And that you didn't really do anyway. [
For secret reasons. [
Sometimes you just need to get away from it all. [
It takes a village. [
By now, following developments in the Bill Cosby story can, and maybe should, feel kind of exhausting -- the flood of people who said nothing before Our site is still down but you can listen to 2 women's testimony about Cosby on Instagram
https://t.co/GEoDc8pMF0 + https://t.co/CLlPl40cGS
-- New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015Founded in 1968 and held at the lovely Quebec City, the Festival d'été de Québec is one of the biggest live music festivals in North. It runs for 11 days in more than 12 venues, and regularly pulls in more than a million audience members. Not being a Canadian, I hadn't heard of it either.
But though it doesn't have the USA clout of Lollapalooza or Coachella, the Festival has a lot going for it, if you're into seeing live music on big outdoor stages with thousands of people but are kind of out by the kids and their EDM.
Located by the sea and imbued with a quaint, European village charm, Quebec City is stunningly gorgeous, though be ready to make like Kate Bush and run up some hills. The people are unfailingly friendly, the (often Rickard's Red) is cheap and smooth, and if you've never had poutine, boy, you owe it to yourself. All of the stages are located within walking distance of each other (but seriously, stretch first before hitting those hills) and the line-up is wildly eclectic. (And yes, there is some EDM in the mix.) This was perhaps the only festival this year where one had to choose between catching Owen Pallett or the Doobie Brothers at either the nearby l'Imperial or the le Grand Théâtre de Québec stages. (Since the Doobs haven't toured with Michael McDonald in ages, it was an easy decision.)
With a linepup that included the Rolling Stones, Keith Urban, Boston, Megadeth, Jack Ü and Iggy Azalea, the Festival d'été de Québec was once again diverse bordering on incoherent. I got to attend for a few days; here were my favorite moments.
Photo courtesy of Festival d'été de Québec
Photo by Philippe Ruel, courtesy of Festival d'été de Québec
1) Playing to a smaller festival crowd than they've been destroying lately, Run the Jewels were nonetheless treated like conquering heroes by the ecstatic, continually moshing crowd. "You bastards, let me catch my breath," said a beaming Killer Mike from the stage, no doubt pleased that even this far up north, people know how to properly do his band's gun and finger salute.
Photo by Philippe Ruel, courtesy of Festival d'été de Québec
2) Though the new single they premiered that encouraged us to remember our first dance, first kiss and first other things sounded promising enough, Icona Pop are going to have their work cut out for them to avoid the one-hit wonder tag. But that hit! Watching a huge crowd at the main outdoor venue, located on the Plains of Abraham, scream in mass that they! don't! care! and would be very interested in crashing your car is one of those communal feelings you can only get when crammed together with thousands of people at a local park turned venue.
3) Though the big names get the big font on the poster, there was plenty of regional talent filling out the local clubs, including Canadian upstarts the Feather. Though they still need to fine-tune their sound a bit, they're clearly onto something: they can quiver like Bon Iver and swell like early Arcade Fire, and one doesn't even need to speak French to feel the pathos they were offering up.
4) Though I wasn't, unfortunately, able to stick around to watch Primus cover the soundtrack to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (my loss, I'm sure), I did catch their opener: recently reunited '90s guitar-effects scientists Failure. Up against a torrential downpour and a sound system that literally cut them out a few times, Failure pushed on, turning Fantastic Planet deep cuts "The Nurse Who Loved Me" and "Saturday Saviour" into the arena-filling jams they would have eventually become back in the day if these guys hadn't called it quits right as they were starting to catch on. The pianos on the latter, in particular, encouraged some shameless air-keyboarding.
Photo by Philippe Ruel, courtesy of Festival d'été de Québec
5) Is Future Islands frontman Samuel Herring the best dancer of our time? Don't bother answering: of course he is. Whether he was doing the "drop and pop" or the "spastic Magic Mike" or the "punch a hole through the space-time continuum" he gave the crowd more energy than they could handle and constantly made me forget there were three other people on stage with him. (All of whom I'm sure work very hard at their jobs: those beautiful whirs on "Spirit" don't play themselves.) Oh yeah, those moves were soundtracked by "Seasons" (Waiting On You)" and other songs that didn't break the internet but prove that there is much more to this group than one of the most magnetic personalities in recent memory.
Photo by Philippe Ruel, courtesy of Festival d'été de Québec
"I think at 16 I was probably fucking someone that was in their 20s, for sure. I wouldn't say I was even dating, probably just sleeping with them. But again, Kylie is not a normal 17-year-old. You're not gonna say, "Hey, so what are you doing this weekend?" and have her say, "Having a slumber party at my girlfriend's," or "Going to prom." That's not what Kylie does. Kylie is taking business meetings and bought her first house, or she's going on a private plane with Karl Lagerfeld to take a meeting. That's not even what people do in their 30s. It's a rare circumstance, so let's treat this as a special case."
I talk to Lamar as often as I can, which is inconsistent, but not on my terms. When you genuinely feel like that was the right relationship, you're supposed to give it all you can. That's what marriage is about...Lamar is genuinely one of the best people I've ever met, and everyone says that when they meet him. I think Lamar's gonna always be that person [for me] but that's what made it so special. Even if I had it for five years or whatever, it was the best ever and I'm grateful I did. Some people don't get that ever and I had that magic for a long time.Reaffirmation about why Kanye is the best.
Every time I went to a basketball game and he saw me, he would come out of his way to find my seat and give me a hug. Every time I would see him, it was all about Kim. It was so endearing and so cute and genuine. What I love about Kanye is that he wants to build her up instead of take her down.Some TMI about Kris Jenner's current sex life.
Why is a 32-year-old, or whatever he is, why is he talking to a 50-fabulous-something woman? That's just--and I say it to her all the time--weird. Hearing them have sex is wild and I'm traumatized...That shouldn't happen to anybody, but it's happened to me a few times with my mom. When I was younger, I was hiding under my mom's bed for some reason, and her and Bruce started having sex. I was there and I couldn't leave. I had to stay until it was over.And of course some insight into her relationship with Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner, whose transition was difficult for her:
[Bruce and I] are the closest out of the Kardashian kids. I think what hurt me the most was that we as a family wanted to be a part of his transitioning. I could imagine that it's so lonely. Don't you want people to support you and be there with you? But then I don't know if that's a selfish request.She did leave us with this (too real) gem though. Ghosters/general cowards, take note.
When you fuck someone, why would you not [be cool after you're over].... Like, if someone has seen my vagina, I think it's OK that I say hi and give him a hug hello.
Posted by Anthony Rebello on Saturday, July 25, 2015
You may have already seen this goofy, delightful Instagram video of Kate Hudson and her 11-year-old son Ryder dancing to Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" while apparently waiting for their flight in an airport.
Even
if you don't know who Vic Mensa is, seeing him walk into a room will
make your head turn. The 22-year-old Chicago-based rapper, who, on the
day we meet, has frosted tips and is wearing graphic black-and-white
custom pants that say 'Burn the Trump,' carries himself with a combination of youthful, puckish energy and
the kind of rock-star easy confidence you see in people who are
clearly comfortable in their own skin. Which makes it all the more
surprising when, over the course of our conversation, Mensa describes
spending his life feeling like an outsider.
As a leader in
Chicago's post-Kanye rap renaissance, Mensa draws from an experience
that's distinct from that of his hometown rap peers like Chief Keef or
Lil Durk, whose music describes their coming-of-age in some of the
city's roughest neighborhoods and of navigating Chicago's violent gang
scenes. A teen obsessed with skateboarding, Larry Clark's Kids
and Nirvana, Mensa attended Whitney Young, one of Chicago's most
prestigious magnet high schools and also Michelle Obama's alma mater. It
was there that he and some friends formed Kids These Days, a
rap-blues-rock fusion band that would go on to sign with a major label,
play sets at Lollapalooza and on Conan, and record an album
produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy before flaming out in spring of 2013
over creative differences. Post-breakup, Mensa didn't waste time
wallowing in frustration or regret and instead focused his energy on
starting a solo career. His well-received Innanetape mixtape was released in November of that year and officially marked the 20-year-old as an Artist to Watch.
But now, following the release of
explosive singles with Kanye West (Mensa's "U Mad" and 'Ye's "Wolves,"
which also features Sia) and ahead of his debut studio album, Traffic, which he started working on after signing with Jay Z's Roc Nation, it's clear that there's
plenty of room for both Windy City artists.
"People
say things like, 'It's just a coincidence that all these black people
get shot by police' but we have to get people to understand that this
shit is not coincidental," he says. "We live in a hell sometimes. The
system has even been set up so [black people] kill each other [as
opposed to getting killed by others]."
PAPER's no stranger to getting smoking hot dudes to answer personal questions: just peruse the 
How did you start boxing?
You were part of Friday Night Throwdown, which were the male model fights, and boxing became your entry to modeling, right?
That actually is a good segue into one of the usual TMI Questionnaire questions: Have you ever had a threesome?
Now that you've got the photography thing going, are you still modeling?
Even though 
