A Guide to Coachella 2012
The 13th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is this weekend (and next weekend, too) and -- great news! -- you're going. For three days, you'll enjoy fun, sun and some of the most exciting...
View ArticleMalick Sidibé Exhibit Comes to agnès b. Galerie Boutique
Ground-breaking Malian photographer, Malick Sidibé, brings his work to the agnès b. Galerie Boutique this spring in a new exhibit entitled, aptly enough, "The Great Malick Sidibé Solo Show!" The...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Extreme Aggression, September 1999
You know what? We're pissed. We may or may not have just been yelled at. We also may be a tad hungover. And to top it all off, it's Thursday, and we can't believe we're going to go out tonight and will...
View ArticleCheck Out a New Documentary That Goes Behind-the-Scenes On the Vans Warped Tour
With Coachella right around the corner, legions of girls will be buying feathers, bikinis, jean cut-offs and headbands while dudes are stock up on day-glo man tanks, frat-star shades and ironic...
View ArticleUh, Hey, Wanna Dance With Macaulay Culkin and His iPod Tonight?
Yep, you heard that right. New York's (le) Poisson Rouge will provide the setting and the iPod charger for another installment of Macaulay Culkin's dance party. The actor literally plugs in his iPod...
View ArticleEagleheart Masterminds Chris Elliott and Jason Woliner on Their Cult Comedy...
Chris Elliott and Jason Woliner on the set of Eagleheart.In comedy jargon, if a performer "kills" it means the comedian succeeds in getting laughs. Eagleheart, the action-comedy series whose second...
View ArticleBook Igloo + Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron = Eight Items Or Less
1. It's an igloo made from books! [via Laughing Squid]2. Happy National Grilled Cheese Day! 3. A PSA from CCOKC or Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron. [via Daily What/FunnyOrDie]4. Beyoncé wrote a...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body" Is Our Music Video of the Day
Today's oldie-but-goodie is by the original Justin. Mr. Timberlake went solo in 2002 with the release of Justified and this was the third single from that album. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the clip...
View ArticleThe Morning Funnies: Fred Armisen as Lady Edith in Downton Sixbey + Maru's...
Jimmy Fallon premiered Downton Sixbey last night on his show. Fred Armisen as Lady Edith = magic. And Brooke Shields is amazing as Cora Crawley ("Howdy!"). Watch it here. Watch Maya Rudolph sing...
View ArticleTips For Today: Shabazz Palaces + Largehearted Lit + Dom
Shabazz Palaces at S.O.B.'s The alternative rap duo led by Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler (formerly of the Digable Planets) heads to the legendary hip-hop, world music and R&B club for a set that...
View ArticleThe Music Industry's 5 Most Influential Booking Agents
With record sales declining and bands making a bigger slice of their income from live performances, booking agents may well be the new talent scouts, taking over the traditional role of A&R men and...
View ArticleSnake Earrings + Calvin Klein's "Katniss" Dress in Today's Style Scraps
CFDA head Steven Kolb mused that if he were to start his own mag, it might revolve around his obsession with owls and be called Hoot. (But online only!) [Via nymag/Fashionista]Calvin Klein has a...
View ArticleM.I.A. Wrote the Theme Song for Julian Assange's New Talk Show
Okay, before your head explodes, we'll break it down for you:1. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is getting his own talk show called The World Tomorrow2. It will air on RT, the network formerly known...
View ArticleCartier Celebrates Aldo Cipullo's Iconic "Juste Un Clou" Bracelet & New...
Last night at the landmark Cartier Mansion on Fifth Avenue, the French jewelry powerhouse unveiled a new exhibition, "New York City in the 70s," that celebrates the company's iconic designs from the...
View ArticleWatch The Black Keys "Kidnap" Anthony Bourdain & Eat BBQ on No Reservations
When not headlining music fests like Coachella, the gents of The Black Keys seem to have found time to "kidnap" Anthony Bourdain in Kansas City and take him for some delicious-looking BBQ at KC...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Swingers
Golf is having a moment and finally it has nothing to do with Tiger Woods and his mistresses. The Bubba Watson craze is bringing new energy and drawing new fans to the sport as is Miuccia Prada's haute...
View ArticleTeeny Tiny and Delicious-looking Food + Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Are...
1. It's probably safe to assume that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are officially engaged now that Jolie's wearing a big ol' sparkler designed by Pitt himself on her ring finger. [Fashionista]2. We...
View ArticleSummer Jam Alert: Rita Ora's "How We Do (Party)"
We've already declared Rita Ora, one of PAPER's 2012 Beautiful People and we'd like to bestow her another accolade: contender for Song of the Summer. After hearing Ora's Biggie-borrowing tune, "How We...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Artist Evol's Trompe L'Oeils
After seeing the fantastic new show by Berlin artist Evol over at NYC's Jonathan LeVine Gallery (529 West 20th Street), we wondered: How does he do that? His works on cardboard are trompe l'oeil...
View ArticleArtist/Photographer Vincent Skeltis Re-Makes Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl"
Artist and photographer Vincent Skeltis happened across Vanity 6's original video for "Nasty Girl" and, inspired by its early 80s awfulness fabulousness ("The original video is fucking awful, and...
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