All hail rock 'n' roll royalty! On her 31st rippin' record, Unfinished Business (out this month), the legendary Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, delivers her gravelly, yet sultry croon over crackling-hot old-school rock. The new Justin Townes Earle-produced album follows her 2011 LP, The Party Ain't Over, a sensational dose of revved-up rockabilly produced by one of her greatest admirers, Jack White. "Oh, Jack was like a jumpin' bean in the studio!" Jackson says. "And working with Justin was like just slippin' into a comfortable pair of shoes."
Jackson burst onto the scene in the mid-'50s as Elvis Presley's opening act. (She even had a brief fling with the King, but has been married to Wendell Goodman, a former IBM programmer, since 1961.) "Elvis talked to my daddy about me singing rock 'n' roll songs. I'd done country all my life, but Elvis convinced dad to let me switch."
Tonight, October 12, Jackson will play new and greatest hits at New York's Highline Ballroom, and one song that's particularly meaningful. "I wrote a ballad called 'Right or Wrong,' about the time I met Wendell. I like to see the sweet change that comes over the audience when they hear that song. If they're with their date or husband, they snuggle up or hold hands. It's a beautiful thing."
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5. Someone has studied why we all turn into shy, socially-awkward weirdos in elevators. [via 
6. Patti Smith said she would have liked to cast Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as her and Robert Mapplethorpe in a film adaptation of her memoir Just Kids. [via 
7. Apparently, the Barclay's Center bathrooms don't have enough toilet paper. [via 
8. Wendy's has a new logo. 
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1. The Strand Book Store (828 Broadway) will be hosting Marina Abramovic and photographer Marco Anelli tomorrow from 7pm-8pm to discuss the artist's recent work, "The Artist is Present," a performance piece that originally took place during Abramovic's MoMA retrospective in 2010. Photographs taken during the exhibit (like the ones above of Sharon Stone, Jemima Kirke and Lou Reed) by Anelli have been turned into a book, Portraits in the Presence of Marina Abramovic, now sold at The Strand. 
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3. Ladies and gentlemen, Girls has been given an official season two release date and that date is January 13. Set your DVRs now. [via 
5. Celebrity Net Worth came up with a list of the 25 wealthiest people of all time (using formulas to account for inflation) and the #1 spot goes to an obscure king from West Africa who reigned during the 14th century (that's a "video game representation" of what he may have looked like) and who had an estimated $400 billion (by comparison Bill Gates' current net worth is $62.5 billion). [via 
6. Barbara Walters is going to interview Lindsay Lohan but, frankly, we'd rather LiLo just did an "AMA" (that'd be "Ask Me Anything" in Internetspeak) on Reddit. [via 
8. Happy 60th Birthday, Charlotte's Web! [via 
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Hunter S. Thompson shaving Johnny Depp's head, 
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The (pre-emptively) best Bane Halloween costume you'll see all season. [via 
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the 70th Annual Golden Globes. [via 
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We'd like to be this iphone owner's friend. [via 
This is what happens when you answer Craigslist modeling ads. [via 
Here's Oprah in Harper's Bazaar, shot by Terry Richardson. Her rings remind us of diamond brass knuckles. [via 
Glenn Beck is slinging jeans now -- they're "100% Made in America" and "100% douche-y." [via 
Holyshitholyshitholyshit: s'mores cookies. [via 
Someone developed a bicycle made of cardboard that costs around $20! [
This studded patent leather pump by Christian Louboutin is 'The Sexiest Shoe of 2012' according to Footwear News and 5th Avenue's "Sexy Shoes" contest. [
Ah, CMJ. That wonderful time of year when people shell out over $500 on a "badge" that will give them access to a head-ache inducing line-up of shows, most of which they probably won't even be able to go to because a) it's CMJ and b) it's CMJ? Paper's here to help with our guide on what to check out over the next few days. Check out the full, official schedule 
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True story: we ate a burger for lunch today and though it was a real treat (not to mention a nice change from our usual brown bagged turkey sandwiches and watery deli salads), we're sure it paled in comparison to what folks in Hendon, England enjoyed. Cult California chain In-N-Out Burger opened a pop-up shop in the London suburb earlier this afternoon and, for reasons still unknown, selected a seemingly obscure restaurant in that town to play host. After tricking the place out with signs, menus, and 
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3. Manhattan's 10065 zip code (which covers E. 60th to 69th Streets, from Fifth Avenue to the East River) is the wealthiest in the country. [via 
4. We learned a lot of fun facts about snails (among other things, they apparently "go crazy for watermelon") 
5. A dentist in Queens will pay kids $1 for every pound of Halloween candy they bring into her office. [via 
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7. For the 20th cycle of America's Next Top Model, set to air this summer, men will be allowed to compete! [via 
8. Our buddy, Vanity Fair online editor Chris Rovzar, appeared on an episode of Gossip Girl last night! 
Clémence Poésy is nervous. The 30-year-old actress, who hasn't done live theater in eight years, makes her Broadway debut this fall in Cyrano de Bergerac -- and the production isn't in her native tongue. "I'm terrified," she admits. In speaking to her further, however, one gets the feeling she'll manage. French by birth, Poésy speaks impeccable English (with a nonspecific British accent) and communicates a voluble enthusiasm for the play. She says she grew up with Edmond Rostand's 1897 story -- apparently in France, Cyrano is something of a point of national pride -- and so the pre-show jitters have more to do with doing the role justice. Poésy stars as Roxane, the objet d'amour of Cyrano (Douglas Hodge), and this version of the show, like the original, is in verse, with rhyming couplets. "It's a play that's about the power of words, and how beautiful words can be, and the power of poetry, and the power of wit," Poésy explains.