The 5 Best Kanye West Videos That Got Snubbed by the VMAs
Today, MTV announced Kanye West as the recipient of the Video Vanguard Award at this year's Video Music Awards. This is well-deserved, but also pretty funny for a number of reasons -- in addition to...
View ArticleA Kid Punched a $1.5 Million Work of Art, is Unintentionally Punk AF
A Taiwanese 12-year-old has done perhaps the simultaneously coolest and most embarrassing thing you could do as a pre-teen -- destroying a ridiculously expensive, centuries-old work of art. The boy...
View ArticleDan Savage's Amateur Porn Film Festival Is Coming to Brooklyn This Weekend
Since 2005, sex columnist extraordinaire Dan Savage has been hosting Hump!, an amateur porn film festival that showcases fan-submitted 5-minute sex tapes with names like "Butthole Lickin'" ("To kiss or...
View ArticlePremiere: Slim Twig Goes Slow-Mo On "Fadeout Killer"
photo by Vanessa HeinsSlim Twig aka Max Turnbull makes the sort of psyched-out scuzz fuzz that makes you feel like you're running in slow motion -- and the video for Thank You For Staying With Twig's...
View ArticleJ.Lo and Balmain's Olivier Rousteing On Luxury, Race and Feminism
If you were to close your eyes and think "luxury," you might imagine 29-year-old designer Olivier Rousteing being manhandled by superstar stunner Jennifer Lopez. We're pleased to say that, with this...
View ArticleJeremy Scott and CL On Moschino, Pop Culture and the Power Of Girls
Jeremy Scott is a high-fashion Pied Piper for pop stars of all nations. The Kansas City, MO, native launched his first eponymous collection in 1997 and quickly became known for his unabashedly...
View ArticleCulture Club: 8 Famous Provincetown Residents Past and Present
[Photo by Madison McGaw/BFA.com]Having spent decades summering in Provincetown, John Waters is arguably one of the most present and noticeable town celebrities. He's probably one of the few people who...
View ArticleUPDATE: Watch the New Trailer for Banksy's Dismaland, Because Only Brad Pitt...
There's a new trailer out for Banksy's dystopian hellscape theme park/pop-up art exhibition Dismaland, and it's just as bleak and shitty as you'd imagine. No fun for the whole family! Update: Watch it...
View Article10 Podcasts You Should Be Listening To
While "Serial" has become a cult-favorite and household name when it comes to podcasts, there are a million more in the K-hole of the Internet to sort through. We know you probably don't have the time...
View ArticleAntonio Banderas Is Now Studying Fashion Design At Central St. Martins
photo via TwitterApparently actor/director Antonio Banderas has a soft spot for fashion design and is currently pursuing his hobby as a student at the prestigious Central St. Martins. The alma mater of...
View ArticleA/S/L: Exploring Web 1.0 with Jake Roper
The internet has been part of our lives for long enough that a generation of writers and artists has come of age with it, and used it as a tool to construct their creative and professional identities....
View ArticleKali Uchis Channels Her Inner Barbie Girl With Sophia Webster's New Shoe...
photos by Charlotte RutherfordShoe maven Sophia Webster has just debuted a new line created to celebrate the first Barbie wearing flats and to sweeten the deal sugar-sweet R&B singer-songwriter...
View Article10 Nightclub Impresarios Who Made NYC's Glory Days Special
A party ain't nothing without a party thrower. After we rounded up ten of our favorite legendary club owners and promoters, we realized there were even more impresarios we left off the list and who...
View ArticleWatch Rod Stewart, Mark Ronson, and Miguel in A$AP Rocky's "Everyday" Video
The visuals for A$AP Rocky's At.Long.Last.ASAP have generally been pretty good, even if they didn't give us the Kanye feature we all wanted. Maybe that's why the video for "Everyday" fits in several of...
View ArticleThe 15 Most Influential Moments of the VMAs
(all photos via MTV)The VMAs are an odd awards ceremony. In contrast to, say, songs, movies, TV shows, books, Broadway plays, etc., people aren't quite as invested in music videos as an art form. (Have...
View ArticleUPDATED: Drake and Serena Williams Were Spotted Making Out -- Here's a...
Drake has had quite the summer. He got into a weird, protracted fight with a dude he is ostensibly friends with and cast aspersions on a woman he was apparently once in love with. He got really fit...
View ArticleWatch Miley Cyrus Go Undercover to Ask People About Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus is free to be herself on our cover -- but it's easy to forget that lots of people aren't as tolerant. For many, Miley is a representative of decaying moral standards or the evils of...
View ArticleLisa Kudrow Came Onstage at Taylor Swift's Concert and Performed "Smelly Cat"
Taylor Swift's 'Parade of Stars' continues at her blow-out run of shows at LA's Staples Center and last night -- her final show at the venue -- the pop star brought out Selena Gomez, Justin Timberlake...
View ArticlePremiere: Wolvereen Take Us to the Edge With "Seventeen"
Even if you are a few years removed from the titular age, there's a lot to like about "Seventeen," the debut single and future prom staple from Wolvereen, the new group from Olivia Eigel, former singer...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs' New T-Shirt Is Yours to Try
[Photo via Instagram]After deftly handling a non-controversy controversy on Instagram that involved accidentally posting a nude selfie of his butt (and a slight peek of peen) with the caption "It's...
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