1) Pussy Riot update: The husband of one of Pussy Riot's members penned a week-long journal for the Guardian. He says his wife and her bandmates are being sleep deprived, that the prosecution has paraded in some truly insane witnesses and there are barking dogs in the courtroom. This Reuters story says
that the court refused to allow the defense call any witnesses on Friday. In on other P. Riot news, Danny Devito tweets his support. [DailySwarm]
2) An Inwood man held a proper funeral for his 1982 Honda Civic. "Bluey" had 170,000 miles and survived being flipped over during the Washington Heights Riots. R.I.P. [Death+Taxes]
3) Here's a deeply weird episode of new webseries Belle &Bernice: Livin' in the City with Sue Galloway (30 Rock) and Neil Casey. Special guest appearance by 2012 Beautiful Person Mike O'Brien!
4) Here's the trailer for Zero Dark Thirty, a dramatization of the Navy Seal mission to kill Osama Bin Laden by Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal. It's out December 19th for all of your fun and festival holiday movie needs. [DailyWhat]
5) Today would have been Andy Warhol's 84th birthday. NPR has a little story about fans leaving soup cans on his tombstone and a bagpipe player who visits every year. [NPR]
6) Tavi Gevinson has landed a starring role in new Nicole Holofcener movie. Per the Hollywood Reporter: "She will play Chloe, an only child who never received much attention from her parents, forcing her to grow up faster than her peers." Will Catherine Keener play her mom? [THR]
7) Ah jeez, somebody put melted cheese and/or caramel, but probably old cheese, all over this phone on Wythe in Willimasburg. Like pay phones don't already make us a little bit sad! [NYShitty]
2) An Inwood man held a proper funeral for his 1982 Honda Civic. "Bluey" had 170,000 miles and survived being flipped over during the Washington Heights Riots. R.I.P. [Death+Taxes]
3) Here's a deeply weird episode of new webseries Belle &Bernice: Livin' in the City with Sue Galloway (30 Rock) and Neil Casey. Special guest appearance by 2012 Beautiful Person Mike O'Brien!
4) Here's the trailer for Zero Dark Thirty, a dramatization of the Navy Seal mission to kill Osama Bin Laden by Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal. It's out December 19th for all of your fun and festival holiday movie needs. [DailyWhat]
5) Today would have been Andy Warhol's 84th birthday. NPR has a little story about fans leaving soup cans on his tombstone and a bagpipe player who visits every year. [NPR]
6) Tavi Gevinson has landed a starring role in new Nicole Holofcener movie. Per the Hollywood Reporter: "She will play Chloe, an only child who never received much attention from her parents, forcing her to grow up faster than her peers." Will Catherine Keener play her mom? [THR]
7) Ah jeez, somebody put melted cheese and/or caramel, but probably old cheese, all over this phone on Wythe in Willimasburg. Like pay phones don't already make us a little bit sad! [NYShitty]