Trailer Trash: Step Up Revolution
Are Step Up fans ready for political action? In Revolution, this fourth installment of the surpisingly-enjoyable dance films, the MOB dance crew is out to stop a big Miami developer from building...
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Hot Ticket: Elvis Costello at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
We've suspected Elvis Costello was a closet foodie ever since his 2008 album, Momofuku. This perfect pairing confirms it: While Mario Batali, José Andrés and Michel Nischan prepare dinner on the lawn...
View ArticleHavaianas Celebrates Their Brazilian Graffiti Artists Collection at Atrium...
Last night a fabulously fresh crowd gathered at Atrium in Soho for a Brazilian bash in honor of Havaianas' limited-edition Brazilian Graffiti Artists collection (featuring designs by street artists...
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We Play Matchmaker for This Year's Met Ball
The Met Ball/Costume Institute Gala -- or the Oscars of the East Coast -- is a little over a week away (this year's event takes place on May 7th) and, in anticipation of the big day, PAPERMAG has...
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Chatting with Helen Harris Of Queer Southern Hip-Hop Party, H.A.M.
DJ and promoter Helen Harris thinks Brooklyn could benefit from a little more bass. Harris, who has DJ'd at a number of venues throughout the city including the Ace Hotel, Public Assembly and the Bell...
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Five Reasons to Drink at Landbrot Bakery + Bar
There is little better than baked goods and beer, especially when they occur within the same vicinity, like on your lunch table. Germans pair pilsner and pretzels for a reason. Enter Landbrot, the...
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Jimmy Fallon's SNL Audition + Gay "Call Me Maybe" Parody = Eight Items Or Less
1. Here is the first trailer for Judd Apatow's Knocked Up follow-up, This Is 40 -- get ready for Fun.'s "We Are Young" to be stuck in your head all day. [via Gawker]2. Starting on May 1st, more than a...
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This Guy's Our Hero
This photo is aptly titled "Grandpa's Mp3 player" and should be viewed in tandem with a video of a 70-year old woman playing the keyboard with Thin Lizzy. You'll never be that cool.[via Dangerous...
View ArticleDowntown for Democracy + OHWOW Celebrate "The Pocket Guide to Politics" at...
Last night, Downtown New York's finest headed Boom Boom Room-ward to celebrate Downtown for Democracy and OHWOW's new joint tome, The Pocket Guide to Politics. The guide, helmed by Audrey Gelman, a D4D...
View ArticleHold On, Wilson Phillips Performed at the Shops at Target Party Last Night!
Target threw a little bash last night a the IAC building to celebrate their new Shops at Target project and, WHOA, HOLY CRAP!, Wilson Phillips gave a surprise performance at the end of the night....
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New York Spring Art Week: Your Guide to Frieze, Fairs + Arty Parties Galore
Yo, Art Basel Miami! Are you ready for some serious competition? New York City is out to prove that they're still the art capital of the world and the next two weeks could be the icing on the cake with...
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Updated: Ashton Kutcher Plays Karl Lagerfeld-esque Character + Wine Perfume...
Watch Ashton Kutcher play a Karl Lagerfeld-type character named "Darl" in this new ad for Popchips. UPDATE: The video is now off YouTube, likely due to complaints over Kutcher's awful brownface...
View ArticleVashtie's Birthday Bash at Beauty & Essex
Our favorite Downtown Sweetheart, music video director/designer/general cool kid Vashtie Kola celebrated her birthday ("a true lady never reveals her age") on Monday night with an intimate affair at...
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Das Racist, Tom Morello, Dan Deacon, JD Samson and the "Guitarmy" Perform at...
At Occupy Wall Street's May Day protests yesterday, the 99% were treated to performances by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Das Racist, Dan Deacon, JD Samson and MEN, Immortal Technique and a...
View ArticleFinding Love On the Internet
Courtney Love's been online for years, writing on AOL message boards in the '90s, keeping a blog on MySpace, and, more recently -- and infamously -- using Twitter. (Last month, Love took to Twitter to...
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HOTSHOTS Photography Show Brings "Blood, Guts and Glitter of Live Rock 'n'...
Jacquelyn Gallo, a performer/dancer in the rock band Juggernut (a costumed crew that includes female blood-wrestling and a "dancing nutsuck" -- in fact, that's their logo) has curated HOTSHOTS, a...
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Top of the Pops: Jack White's Baaaaack
Congratulations, Jack White! His debut solo album Blunderbuss went straight to the top of the album chart this week -- a feat he never achieved with the White Stripes or the Raconteurs. Adele, Lionel...
View ArticleLittle Boots' "Every Night I Say a Prayer" Video Strikes a Pose
Little Boots released "Every Night I Say a Prayer" on Record Store Day 2012 late last month and now we've got the video directed by Zaiba Jabbar. There's lots of voguing (and white billowing fabric)...
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Kanye, Diddy and Jay-Z as 17th Century Noblemen in Kai's "Now Royalty"
Street artist Kai has a new show opening in L.A. featuring various rappers as noblemen and knights. "Now Royalty" includes oil portraits of Jay-Z, Diddy and Kanye in 17th century get-ups as well as...
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Obama's Ex Predicted His Marriage to Michelle
In a recent Vanity Fair excerpt from author David Maraniss' new biography of President Obama, one section has caught everyone's attention: the chapters about Obama's time in New York City and the...
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