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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]