Simon Doonan
A condensed version of this interview appears in the print edition of our Spring 2012 issue, on stands now."Nicki Minaj is definitely courageous and creative," Simon Doonan gushed over the phone about...
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17 Old-Timey Mardi Gras Photos
Happy Mardi Gras! Instead of showing gratuitous photos of girls flashing their boobs for beads on Bourbon Street, we've decided to look back at Mardi Gras celebrations of yesteryear. Below are photos...
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Drew Barrymore's Sonogram + HBO's Official Girls Trailer = 8 Items Or Less
1. Pace University presents Laurie Anderson's Delusion at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts on March 9-10. In Delusion, Anderson uses a series of vignettes combining video, spoken word and...
View ArticleThe Shins
Ports of Morrow (Columbia) Remember in Garden State when Natalie Portman tells Zach Braff that The shins will "change your life"? Eight years later, only James Mercer, the band's singer-songwriter,...
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5 Phrases to Avoid on Grindr
Grindr, and all of the other online gay hook-up sites, can be a scary, scary, dirty, scary place to spend your time. Alas, don't worry; I'm here to help! In this post, and more to come, I'm going to...
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Zac Efron Drops a Condom + Mark Ronson Scores a Ballet = Today's Eight Items...
1. While at the premiere of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Zac Efron dropped a condom. Check out Zac's priceless reaction: shades on, some heavy breathing into the fist and...keep it cool, keep it cool....
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Tips for Today: Dustin Wong's Record Release + Gargyle's End of Season Sale +...
Dustin Wong Record Release Show at La SalaTonight, at La Sala (the intimate backroom of Williamsburg restaurant Cantina Royal), distortion master Dustin Wong will be celebrating the release of his...
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The Funnies: Stefon's Nightclubs Get Illustrated + Jimmy Fallon Sings "Jeremy...
Here is Jimmy Fallon as Eddie Vedder singing "Jeremy (Lin)." Jer-e-my Li-iinn-saaaaan-it-y. [via Buzzfeed] The folks over at Splitsider asked a crew of illustrators to draw up the nightlife...
View ArticleMilan Fashion Week Photos: Ermanno Scervino + Street Scenes
The sound of bells and trotting hooves opened the Ermanno Scervino show fall-winter 2012 at Milan Fashion Week Thursday. The inspiration for this collection was taken from the world of horse racing,...
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Clyde Frazier's Wine and Dine Set to Open Mar. 8th
Walt "Clyde" Frazier, the NBA's Jeremy Lin of his day and the current voice of the Knicks, is shooting for a March 8th opening of his Hell's Kitchen restaurant, Clyde Frazier's Wine and Dine. The...
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Papermag's 2012 Oscars Predictions: Part II
Earlier in the week, we gave you a list of our most hard-hitting, scientifically calculated Oscars ceremy predictions (like that the camera will cut to Meryl Streep chuckling and smiling warmly...
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David LaChapelle Talks Old Masters, Quitting the Fashion Game and Newt...
Last night, the art crowd gathered at the Fred Torres Collaborations gallery for Earth Laughs In Flowers, a new exhibit of still life photographs by famed photographer, David LaChapelle. At first...
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Our New Favorite Newsstand
We were just strolling through Astor Place, after stopping by the PAPER Beautiful People shoot at the Standard East Village, and what should we see, but a newsstand that's essentially an ode to PAPER...
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Bar Crawling With the Boys From Hella Bitter
The boys from Hella Bitter know how to have a night out. I've seen it in action. The creator of the Brooklyn based bitters company, the dapper Benjamin Ahr Harrison, almost always shows up with a tie...
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Decoding Gym Types For More Efficient Cruising
Many assume the gym is a place to exercise. A facility designed to help one strengthen their muscles and keep in shape. Well, yeah, sure. But more importantly, the gym serves as the ultimate location...
View ArticleMichael Bolton's "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" Is Our Music Video of the Day
It's Michael Bolton's 59th birthday this Sunday, so in homage to the long-locked crooner and sometime paramour of Nicolette Sheridan (remember when that was a thing and then another thing?), we've made...
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Photographer Diggy Lloyd Takes Us to Cabo Polonio
Papermag photographer Diggy Lloyd was recently in South America, traveling to Colombia, Buenos Aries and Uruguay. Here, she shares photos and a little diary entry about her favorite place she visited...
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Juggalos Are Headed to SXSW + Delta Spirit Pub Crawl = Eight Items Or Less
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player 1. Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as General Aladeen from The Dictator, released a video statement from the Republic of Waddiya Media...
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Tips for Today: Patti Smith + Amy Ray + Brisket King of NYC
Patti Smith at The StrandThe iconic punk musician and recent National Book Award-winner Patti Smith heads to the Strand today, where she'll be reading from Woolgathering, her 1992 collection of...
View ArticleBon Iver's "Towers" Is Our Music Video of the Day
There's a definite Old Man and the Sea vibe happening in Bon Iver's new video for "Towers" but Hemingway aside, Justin Vernon's falsetto crooning suits the sepia-tinged visuals, which show a graying...
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