How I Learned to Drive, The Total Bent, Rx and More in Our February Theater...
How I Learned To Drive This is Paula Vogel's masterful, dark and witty drama that won the Pulitzer Prize 15 years ago. It's about an uncle who gives his young niece driving lessons, but wants to...
View ArticleBall of Artists Celebrates the Closing of the Pacific Standard Time...
On Saturday night in Los Angeles, an eclectic crowd gathered at The Ball of Artists to celebrate the closing of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. Not to be confused with...
View ArticleDavid Letterman's 30th Anniversary + Snooki Is Not Pregnant = Eight Items or...
1) David Letterman is marking 30 years as a late-night television host tonight. Howard Stern and Bill Murray are guests, which is pretty fun, but otherwise he isn't really doing much to celebrate. At...
View ArticleDavid Beckham's "Body Wear" Line + 19-Mile Glacier Crack = Eight Items Or Less
1. Mayor Bloomberg donated $250,000 to Planned Parenthood after the Susan G. Komen foundation announced earlier in the week that they'd be ending their donations to the family planning organization....
View ArticleTips for Today: Hospitality, Mary Stuart Masterston & A Burlesque Tribute to...
Hospitality Record Release Show at GlasslandsThis Brooklyn trio's much anticipated self-titled debut dropped on Tuesday, and to celebrate, the jangly, jagged indie-rockers are playing a record release...
View ArticleMadonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin," Featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., Is Our...
This morning Madonna premiered the video for her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin," featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj, just in time for her Super Bowl half-time performance this weekend. The video's...
View ArticleCheck Out Y-3's Mysterious New Campaign Inspired By Brasilia, Brazil
We're super intrigued by Y-3's new Spring/Summer collection inspired by the city of Brasilia. The pieces, while simple and monochromatic, feature unexpected silhouettes and structures that resemble...
View ArticleThe Morning Funnies: A Susan G. Komen-Branded Gun & Pizza in a Jar
1. This does not appear to be a joke, but is so insane that it is almost funny: In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation (which famously withdrew its funds...
View ArticleThe Magnetic Fields's "Andrew In Drag" Video Is No Drag!
Finally, Stephin Merritt and his Magnetic Fields have released a video to go along to the insanely catchy and wonderful song, "Andrew in Drag," off their forthcoming album Love at the Bottom of the...
View ArticleMichael Cera Has a Mustache + Willow Smith Shaved Her Head in Today's...
Two celebrity hair-related bits of news for your Friday afternoon: 1. Michael Cera has proven he can grow a mustache. [via Buzzfeed]2. Willow Smith shaved her head. [via New York Daily News]We are...
View ArticleKarl Lagerfeld Pops-Up In the West Village
Just in time for fashion week, a Karl Lagerfeld pop-up shop has opened in the West Village. For the month of February, the shop will sell select women's items from Net-a-Porter's collaboration with...
View ArticleSuper Bowl-Bound This Weekend? Here's Where to Party.
Since the NFL decided to let Indianapolis host the Super Bowl (as opposed to a warm weather city like Miami or New Orleans), it's now the Hoosier State's time to shine. By the way, did you know that...
View ArticleErin Courtney on Her New Play A Map of Virtue
Playwright Erin Courtney is the 12th of the original 13 playwrights, aka the 13P, who decided about 10 years ago to work together to help each one get a full-scale production. In the ensuing decade,...
View ArticleJon Glaser's Delocated Premiere Party, Complete With Ice Cream and Goosing
Being the professional, very driven journalists that we are, we left the season 3 launch party for Jon Glaser's hilarious Adult Swim show Delocated before Paul Rudd, Janeane Garofalo, Fred Armisen and...
View ArticleWin a #FashionWeekProblems T-Shirt by Sophomore for K-Mart
Chrissie Miller is now working with K-Mart? Who would've thunk! Miller, who designs downtown cool-girl line Sophomore, has teamed with the mega-chain retailer to make a "Fashion Week Problems"...
View ArticleNo Smooth Jazz Allowed at Nate Smith's Gastropub Allswell
Nate Smith changes the menu every day at Allswell, his cozy, quirky pub in Williamsburg, and archives each bill of fare on Tumblr. After several years at the Spotted Pig, the chef has really come into...
View ArticlePreemptively Grading This Year's Super Bowl Commercials
Though the Giants-Patriots rematch is pretty exciting, thank god for Super Bowl commercials to liven things up when football time is keeping the action at a snail's pace. Several have already leaked,...
View ArticleFancypants Cat Couture + Amazing Latte Art = Eight Items Or Less
1. Check out this amazing latte art made by a barista at The Breslin in New York City. [Smith Ratliff]2. Apparently Adam Lambert is going to replace Freddie Mercury as the new lead singer in Queen....
View ArticleNicki Minaj's On the Cover of PAPER's Spring Issue -- Sneak Peek Pic!
With all the attention Nicki Minaj is getting for her much-anticipated half-time performance with Madonna at the Super Bowl tonight, we thought now would be a great time to announce Ms. Minaj graces...
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