8 Forgotten NYC Clubs We Wish Were Still Open
"Everything used to be better, blah blah blah," say windup old fogeys like myself. The reality is that they weren't necessarily better, but they were definitely different, back before tighter...
View ArticleMariah Carey's "Infinity" and a Taxonomy of the Breakup Song
Mariah Carey's new song "Infinity," a brutal diss of Nick Cannon, is the newest addition in a long line of breakup songs. Probably the first thing the cavemen did after inventing fire, language, and...
View ArticleThat Hot Club Track You're Listening to Right Now is by Yoko Ono
You may know Yoko Ono primarily as a formative performance artist, peace activist, and John Lennon's wife but now she's climbing the dance charts. That's right, Yoko Ono's currently got Billboard's #13...
View ArticleThe 14 New Art Shows to See This Week
Tony Oursler, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong and New York.Lehmann Maupin (201 Chrystie Street) opens a show of new works by Tony Oursler on Wednesday, April 29, from 6 to 8...
View ArticleIs the Selfie Arm the Final Sign of the Apocalypse?
Photo courtesy of Aric SneeDesigners Aric Snee and Justin Crowe have designed a novel solution to a common problem: When you look 100 but bae is not around. Or maybe there is no bae. Or maybe there...
View ArticleBeautiful People 2015: Kelela
PAPER is proud to present a conversation with Kelela -- emerging pop star and member of the Beautiful People Class of 2015. Read on for her take on the American Dream (the theme of our April issue),...
View ArticleHulu Landed the Rights to Start Streaming Seinfeld
There could be a lot of reasons you're having a bummer week: You were super invested in the Cara Delevingne-St. Vincent relationship (RIP), you're tired of waiting for the new A$AP Rocky album to drop,...
View ArticleWatch Kristen Wiig Channel Khaleesi On the Tonight Show, Try (and Fail) Not...
Kristen Wiig was scheduled to appear on the Tonight Show last night to promote her new movie, Welcome to Me, but lo and behold, it was Khaleesi from Game of Thrones who came to chat with Jimmy instead....
View ArticlePreview Pieces from Booty Worship, the Ass-Themed Art Show Coming to LA
Starting this Saturday, Los Angelenos will have the opportunity to kneel down at the altar of ass. Or, at least, view butt-themed art at a group show staged by Superchief proprietors Ed Zipco and Bill...
View ArticleICYMI: Watch This Bizarre Clip of Lil Wayne on ESPN
We get that it's in the name and everything, but a recent episode of ESPN's Highly Questionable is, actually, really questionable. It features Lil Wayne sitting mostly silent as Papi Le Batard, one of...
View ArticlePharrell's Green Boots Star In a New Chanel Ad With Cara Delevingne
We all know Pharrell's an ageless, fashion alien sent to us from the far-off, avant-garde planet of yasss but if there was ever any shred of doubt, his new role as Chanel's fashion ambassador and star...
View Article"A 93-year-old Broad with All This Attention -- How Bad Can It Be?" Iris...
In the new documentary Iris, fashion icon and jewelry magnate Iris Apfel notes that "if you hang out long enough, everything comes back." A glance at the fashion landscape over the past year proves her...
View ArticleWatch Toro Y Moi Get Pelted With Snacks In His New Video
Peep some major suburban summer vibes in Toro y Moi's new chilled-out music video for "Lilly," off his April 7th-released album What For?. Watch him wander the supermarket aisles in a Cal t-shirt and...
View Article"Um, I don't know": Notes from Hilary Duff's First Tinder Date
Photo by Aleks Kocev/BFAnyc.comLike a true single Brooklynite, Hilary Duff is doing what we're all doing: swiping through endless pictures of dudes showing off their chest plate tattoos or posing with...
View ArticlePringle of Scotland Turns 200
[Photo via Style.com]Living up to a 200 year old legacy can be daunting for a designer, but Massimo Nicosia, Head of Design at Pringle of Scotland, seems to be more than managing. This year marks the...
View ArticleKool A.D. Forecasts Your May Horoscopes
Trouble with love? Work problems? Mercury retrograde? Don't worry. Rapper, author of the forthcoming novel O.K. (Sorry House), and expert astrological navigator, Kool A.D. will safely guide you through...
View Article10 Things That Make Britney Spears Happy
photo by Denise TruscelloShortly after Britney Spears sent us the following list, she tweeted that her single "Oops!... I Did It Again" had just turned old enough to get a learner's permit. The pop...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Albums and 5 Best Songs of April
Spring has sprung, and the best music of the month has been more than happy to accommodate the less shitty weather. From cloud-bursting R&B to forward-thinking, candy-coated rap to giddy punk rock,...
View Article"How Old Do I Look" Doesn't Know What to Do With Celebrities Who've Had...
As did the rest of the internet, I spent the better half of this morning playing with Microsoft's new "How Old Do I Look" app. One of the software's guesses pegged me at 21, another at 31. I'm 32, so...
View Article"The Party Has Arrived!" Everything We Saw and Heard at Last Night's Art...
Pieces from Yinka Shonibare MBE's Rage of the Ballet Gods at James Cohan GallerySpring in New York is quite possibly the best time to see art. Not only because the parks look like a hazy Monet with...
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