Guitar-shredding queen and all around badass rockstar Marnie Stern has released the song "Year of the Glad" from her forthcoming LP, The Chronicles of Marnia (which is set to be released in March and is available for pre-order now.) You can listen to the song, an explosively loud and complex track that showcases Stern's signature tapping skills and battle-cry vocals, on the Kill Rock Stars' Bandcamp now. It's perfect for dancing but also the ultimate pump-up anthem to get ready for the new year. "And everything's starting now," she sings assuringly at the end of each chorus. We couldn't agree more.
Several years ago, Fernet Branca, the inky Italian liqueur that's been around since 1845, became an obsession among San Francisco bartenders. Now, the bitter digestif, with its forceful notes of cinnamon, myrrh and mint, is "ubiquitous," points out Adam Schmidt, barman at cozy Greenpoint hangout Manhattan Inn. "But I think people are drawn to it for its unique flavor: nothing else tastes like Fernet Branca."
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Cherie Lily is the kind of classic New York character who does a little bit of this, and a little bit of that. Lily is a fitness instructor, celebrity trainer, musician, nightlife fixture and apparel designer as well as rocker Andrew W.K.'s collaborator and wife. She is probably best known, however, for creating the genre Houserobics, her original blend of high-energy dance and workout music. Her new self-titled EP is out Jan. 29th. Here she writes about her recent trip to L.A. to meet the one and only Richard Simmons.
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How to kiss, according to a 1942 article in Life magazine.
The story includes steamy tips like "boy and girl should stand close
together but not hold each other too tightly." Get a room! [
If one were looking for unicorn hooded towels for adults that come with rainbow manes, one would buy them at 
In honor of Haunkkah, NPR's 
IKEA Monkey X Ruined Spanish Fresco Monkey Jesus = art. (P.S. Poor IKEA monkey! We hope he's doing OK in his new home at an animal sanctuary.) [
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We're loving Karlie Kloss's lewk in the new cover story for M le Monde! She can work those short pompadour hairstyles to death. Also, someone buy us that pink coat. [via 
File this under "things that were inevitable": according to Bloomberg, Chinese shoppers have beaten out American shoppers as the biggest consumers of luxury goods, making up a whopping 25% percent of global luxury sales. [via 
The big fashion Musical Chairs game of 2012 continues: a source told Fashionista that Kate Lamphear, formerly at Elle, will be heading to a new mag called The Editorialist. [via 
A mustachioed Will Ferrell will be on the cover of the newest issue of Port Magazine! There's also going to be a feature which includes the story of his SNL audition. Get excited. [via 
After her accidental upskirt picture was posted on the web, Anne Hathaway remained exceptionally demure about the whole thing. The Post overheard her talking about trying to find the comedy in the incident, and when asked about it on the Today show, she was incisive and professional: "I was very sad that we live in an age when someone takes a picture of another person in a vulnerable moment, and rather than delete it, and do the decent thing, sells it. And I'm sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies the sexuality of unwilling participants. Which brings us back to Les Mis..." We're clapping in our seats! [via 
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When Brooklyn-based Kuwaiti musician Fatima Al Qadiri began recording her new EP, Desert Strike, the artist turned to an unlikely source of inspiration: an early '90s video game. That game (whose title she borrowed for her EP and which is based on Desert Storm) was in many ways a virtual-reality counterpoint to Al Qadiri's experiences growing up in Kuwait during the Iraqi occupation and the eventual U.S. liberation. Al Qadiri refers to those experiences in her music by merging a video game's surreality with the reality of warfare, combining spacey synths and ethereal chanting with jarring gunshots and the pinging sound of bullet casings falling to the ground. Here, we talk to the artist about growing up in Kuwait, recording the new EP and why she never liked playing the Desert Strike video game as a kid.
Not only is actor Bobby Cannavale currently sharing a Broadway stage with his idol Al Pacino in the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, he's apparently sharing his time offstage with Bridesmaids' actress, Rose Byrne. We spotted them canoodling at the the premiere of the third season of Portlandia on Monday night, and couldn't help but think, "Damn, he gets around with some of the coolest ladies in the biz." Not that the talented, totally hot Cannavale is a hard sell but, still, we're impressed. Here's a guide to a few other actresses that Cannavale has dated, and what they're up to now. (You can just send our award overnight express, Pulitzer committee. Thanks.) 
As we mentioned above, a very young Alison Pill fell for Cannavale while co-starring with him in the play Mauritius, but it wasn't until after they broke up that Pill's career really took off. She's since been a regular presence on Broadway and currently stars in Aaron Sorkin's HBO hit, The Newsroom. And her love life doesn't seem so bad either. She recently tweeted a topless photo of herself to new boyfriend Jay Baruchel. 
OK, this is a huge stretch, but we once spotted Cannavale smoking with Tony-winning actress Nina Arianda, a former 
In today's Headlines You Couldn't Make Up Even If You Wanted To: "Maneater: Hall bitten by Oates." Yep, a man named Oates bit another man named Hall somewhere in Ohio. [via 
Heads up, we just found the holiday gift for that gamer in your life: a pixelated-looking Minecraft pickaxe bottle opener. [via 
Love this device that prevents that douche sitting in front of you on the airplane from putting his chair all the way back. [via 
Ikea Munkë. [via 
Okay, the Perth meteorologist has set the weather humor bar pretty high. Your move, Al Roker. [via 
You look mah-velous! [via 
This Nicki tree is giving us nightmares. [via 
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Rachel Zoe's clothing line seems to not be doing so well: Selfridges dropped the line, Saks no longer carries it in-store, and most other department stores have drastically downsized the amount of clothes they carry from the collection. [via 
Love the pliable "planks" made from Fendi's luxe leather and suede that Maartin de Ceulaer used to adorn his furniture. [via 
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Cheap Monday just released a new glow in the dark collection, which features luminescent jeans, shoes, t-shirts and wallets. [via 
Disney is clearly on the minds of fashion folk everywhere: Chopard and Harrod's are collaborating on a line of jewelry inspired by the Disney princesses, available until the end of December. [via