Portlandia Recap! Episode Eight: "Feminist Bookstore 10th Anniversary"
During a commercial break during "Feminist Bookstore 10th Anniversary," this week's installment of Portlandia, there was a promo for an online chat with the show's director, Jonathan Krisel. In the...
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Whitney Biennial 2102 -- Take a Sneak Peek
The 76th Annual Whitney Biennial returns this Thursday, March 1st with sculpture, painting, installations, photography, dance, theater and music filling the museum's galleries for nearly three months....
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Oscars Best Dressed and Worst Dressed According to Mr. Mickey
While Mr. Mickey wasn't wooing Sacha Baron Cohen and Tom Hanks via Twitter during the Oscars, he was keeping careful notes on which starlets and screen sirens looked pretty amazing, pretty OK, and not...
View ArticleParts and Labor's Last Hurrah
Friday's Parts and Labor show at the 285 Kent warehouse, with Oneida and Neptune, marked both their 10th anniversary and their final show before an indefinite hiatus. After the release of more than 5...
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Model-Turned-Musician Hannah Cohen Talks New Album Child Bride, the Curse of...
Some time last summer, former model and rising New York free spirit Hannah Cohen released a music video so evocative it demanded a double take. The nearly underwater visuals accompanied "The Crying...
View ArticleBreaking: Wes Anderson's Hyundai Azera Ads Are Utterly Charming
If, like us, you were busy re-tweeting Angie's Right Leg and J.Lo's Nipple during the Oscars' commercial breaks last night, you may have missed these Hyundai Azera ads. They're utterly charming and...
View ArticleScenes from YACHT's Sold Out Music Hall of Williamsburg Show
YACHT was in town for one sold-out night Sunday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Preternaturally cute duo Claire Evans and Jona Bechtolt's disco-pop art project involves powerpoints, photography,...
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Katy Perry Channels Liz Taylor + Idiot Photobombs Engagement = Eight Items Or...
1. Oh gawd. Some asshole (literally, har har) photobombed a couple's engagement photo. [Buzzfeed]2. Jonah Hill is teaming up with James Franco in a new movie produced by his Moneyball co-star, Brad...
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Tips for Today: School of Seven Bells + Rent the Runway Sample Sale + The...
School of Seven Bells + EXITMUSIC at Mercury LoungeElectro-pop trio-turned-duo, School of Seven Bells, or SVIIB for those in the know, celebrate the release of their third LP, Ghostory, tonight at...
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The Morning Funnies: Jeremy Lin's Boxer Briefs + 19 Skrillex Songs Played at...
Jeremy Lin's boxer briefs = for sale. [via Buzz Feed]Need a little more deafening noise in your life? Listen to 19 Skrillex songs played at the same time. [via Vulture]Getchyer bloodied gartered legs!...
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Peter Hoffman On Back Forty West, Fracking and Bloomberg's 'Insane' Grading...
Peter Hoffman's Back Forty West, in the former Savoy space, is now open for lunch. Dinner will start in mid-March. The grass-fed burger made famous at Back Forty's East Village location will be on...
View ArticleMagic Wands' "Space" Is Our Music Video of the Day
Fittingly, the new video for Magic Wands' "Space," starts off with soaring, 80s-style electro, reminiscent of what you might hear before watching a light show at the planetarium. The drum machines and...
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8 Photos of Dogs Wearing Turtlenecks
Our site was down for about five hours today, which, while totally nerve-wracking, also left us with plenty of time to do nothing but look up photos of dogs wearing turtlenecks. Keep in mind that we...
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Lady Gaga's First Photo Shoot + Downton Abbey's Lady Sybil Modeling = Eight...
1. L.A.-based artist Glenn Kaino will represent the U.S. at the 13th annual Cairo Biennale, which runs from December 2012-February 2013. [GalleristNY]2. We love the Victorian Gothic look that Downton...
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Tips for Today: Michael Ian Black + Craig Finn + The Ballad of Genesis and...
Michael Ian Black at WORD BrooklynHead Greenpoint-ward young comedy-lover, and catch Michael Ian Black in the cozy confines of neighborhood bookstore WORD, where he'll be reading from his latest tome...
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The Morning Funnies: Steve Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's Conflicting Feelings...
Here's Maya Rudolph appearing as Oprah in a SNL Weekend Update segment that didn't make the cut. Rudolph is always amazing as Winfrey and Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler's uncontrollable giggling make...
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Ten Unlikely Celebrities Who've Endorsed Republican Candidates
With news today that Mitt Romney barely eked out a win over Rick Santorum in his native Michigan, we wonder what would've happened had Romney not recruited fellow Michigander (and supporter) Kid Rock...
View ArticleMyBlockNYC's Video of the Week: "Firmes"
USER: ArmandoCroda TITLE: "Firmes" LOCATION: Grand Concourse, Bronx DESCRIPTION: "Firmes" is an on-going film project documenting low rider community "Firme Ridaz" in the Bronx including their art,...
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Hollywood Hunx: On the Boulevard with Seth Bogart
Yesterday, Hunx and His Punx frontman Seth Bogart debuted his first solo LP Hairdresser Blues. (We hear it was also his birthday -- happy birthday, Seth!). We're celebrating by sharing these amazing...
View ArticleRIP Davy Jones
We here at Paper were saddened to hear news today that Davy Jones, the cutest and most charming member of the Monkees, had died from a heart attack at the age of 66. He brought us hours of childhood...
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