Win a Pair of VIP Skip-the-Line Tickets to Amadou & Mariam and Theophilus...
Blind Malian husband-wife singing duo Amadou & Mariam came out with a new album this April, Folila, and made sure not hold back in their production. The LP, which offers their signature mix of...
View ArticlePlastered's "Creative Dictator" on the Power of Immaturity and the Absurd,...
Creative Dictator and Plastered founder Dominic Johnson-Hill's big break came during a chance appearance on one of China's most widely watched shows. In front of an audience of 50 million, he wore a...
View ArticleKickstarter Campaign to Watch: James Duke Mason's Noir Thriller Disappear Here
There are so many insanely creative Kickstarter campaigns that it can be hard to wade through all of them. This project, however, immediately caught our eye: Disappear Here, a noir thriller starring...
View ArticleWin a Pair of Tickets to See M.I.A., Skrillex, Justice, Diplo, Peaches & More...
Calling all the electro fans! Our friends over at Samsung Galaxy SIII have partnered with us to give away a pair of tickets to attend L.A.'s HARD Summer Fest this weekend (Friday, August 3rd &...
View ArticleHarper Beckham Has a Commissioned Damien Hirst Piece In Her Nursery + T-Shirt...
We mentioned last month that Swedish DJ Avicii made his modeling debut in a new campaign for Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren and now you can watch the accompanying video, which shows the EDM star DJing...
View ArticlePerformance Artist Matthew Silver Keeps New Yorkers Staring
(from Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York)Matthew Silver is easy to spot. In fact, it's hard not to gawk.New Yorkers aren't strangers to sidewalk madness but even the most jaded city-dwellers stop...
View ArticleCharli XCX Talks Pre-Show Rituals, Not Thinking Onstage, and Her Craziest...
On stage, Charli XCX dances like a little girl throwing a tantrum -- and it's fantastic. The 19- year-old goth-pop princess tyrannically bounces from one point of the stage to the other -- as she did...
View ArticleIsaac From The Love Boat: Still Playing Bartender
For children of the '70s and '80s, TV was our memorable introduction to bar culture, illuminating fictional watering holes like Sam Malone's Cheers and of course the Regal Beagle, essentially a second...
View ArticleWatch A Very Introspective Kendrick Lamar In His New Music Video, "Swimming...
Compton-bred rapper Kendrick Lamar (whose recent set at Pitchfork even saw Lady Gaga climbing over a fence to watch it) has a new music video out today for his song "Swimming Pools (Drank)," a track...
View ArticleGoing Solo for the Games: 5 Quiet Bars Where You Can Watch All the Olympics...
Earlier this week, I tried to convince a friend that watching the Olympics is a group sport. He completely disagreed saying, "I don't want to talk to anyone while I'm watching. I'm that guy who stands...
View ArticleGIFs of the Week: Gabby Douglas, Gabby Douglas, Gabby Douglas
Welcome to our Friday GIF roundup, featuring a curated list of this week's most important, amusing and/or newsy GIFs and GIF sets by Mike Hayes of BuzzFeed and GIF HOUND.HUGE CONGRATS GABBY DOUGLAS!...
View ArticleKreayshawn's Trippy New Album Cover + Kiernan Shipka's Closet
1. Check out the trippy, Daniel Johnston-y cover of Kreyashawn's new album, Somethin 'Bout Kreay. When coming up with a cover idea, she wanted "Something that, when people first see it, they'll say,...
View ArticleTips for Today: Patti Smith in NYC + Avi Buffalo in L.A. + The Get Up With...
New York Patti Smith reads from her collection of stories, Woolgathering, tonight at the Brooklyn Bridge Park as part of the "Books Beneath the Bridge" series. [Flavorpill]Weeks before the debut of his...
View ArticleThe Morning Funnies: Ryan Lochte Pees in the Pool + NASA's "Mohawk Guy"
I'm looking at the man in the mirror... on two Olympic Russian synchronized swimmers' bathing suits! [via BuzzFeed]You've all been wondering... yes, Ryan Lochte peed in the pool during the Olympics....
View ArticleAntony and the Johnsons' "Cut the World" Is Our Music Video of the Day
Bit of forewarning before you watch "Cut the World," a new music video from Antony and the Johnsons: it's a little gruesome. We'll refrain from giving too much away but tell you that Willem Dafoe and...
View ArticleChoupette Lagerfeld's Editorial Debut + Natalie Portman's Wedding Dress...
Fashion designer John Bartlett is partnering with Farm Sanctuary -- a farm animal rescue and protection organization in North America -- on a capsule collection of t-shirts (above), which launches...
View ArticleNew 'Honey Boo Boo' Trailer Introduces You to Chubbs, Chickadee and Sugar Bear
Here's the new, extended trailer for the Honey Boo Boo show. Here's our reaction after watching it.
View ArticleA New Project Examines Whether Images Really Are a Universal Language
Click to enlarge imageArtist Taryn Simon and 'technologist' Aaron Schwartz have collaborated on a new project that questions the idea that images can form a universal language. Called Image Atlas, the...
View ArticleShades that Glow in the Flash
I am addicted to sunglasses (I scarily own over 300 pairs) and just when I thought I had seen it all, comes a new company out of Portland called LOOK/SEE (which in the footwear industry is a term for a...
View ArticleDanny DeVito Backs Pussy Riot + Tavi Gevinson Lands a Movie Role = Eight...
1) Pussy Riot update: The husband of one of Pussy Riot's members penned a week-long journal for the Guardian. He says his wife and her bandmates are being sleep deprived, that the prosecution has...
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