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Beyoncé's Film Autobiography + Three Bizarre Hoaxes
1. Beyoncé is directing and executive-producing an HBO documentary about Beyoncé. [Beyoncé's Facebook]2, 3, 4. Today in bizarre hoaxes: Google did not spend $400 million on acquiring ICOA, the State...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce Hurricane Sandy Benefit at Union Pool
Image from Coachella 2006 via WikiCommons.On the heels of last week's new-LP reports, Brooklyn's reigning rock trio have announced a benefit concert at Williamsburg's Union Pool on December 8, with all...
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Ryan McGinley, Walker Evans Featured in New York at Night: Photography After...
The new photo anthology New York at Night documents just that, with images by the likes of Diane Arbus and Richard Avedon, as well as essays by New Yorker regulars Vince Aletti, Adam Gopnik and...
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Chatting With Jenny Johnson, the Woman Who Took Down Chris Brown on Twitter
Meet the one woman who successfully took down Chris Brown (on Twitter, that is): Jenny Johnson. With her acerbic -- and hilarious -- tweets, the former TV news producer known on the Twittersphere as...
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"Distance and Desire": Contemporary African Photography at the Walther...
Starting Friday, the Walther Collection's New York gallery will present the second installment of "Distance and Desire," a series of three African photography exhibits curated by Tamar Garb of...
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Color or Colour... at Charles Bank Gallery and The Baffler Release Party at...
Katrin Fridriks, Golden Awareness, Screenprint with 14 colors, 39 3/8 x 27 1/2 inART: Color or Colour... at Charles Bank GalleryOn the walls of this international group show are screenprinted swirls of...
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Roseanne Barr and a Buttload of Celebs Will Be On Portlandia + "Shit Lana Del...
Have you had enough of a break from the "Shit X Says" meme? Good, because here's "Shit Lana Del Rey Says." It's strangely mesmerizing and includes lines like, "I really love vintage film, like really...
View ArticleStart Your Day With Cee Lo Green, Muppets & Darryl From The Office
The turkey is gone, so hopefully we've reached the day when it's okay to start the Christmas festivities. Let's kick it off with Cee Lo and The Muppets starring in the video for what sounds like a new...
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Simon Doonan Intoduces Us to Holiday "Ningle Nangles"...
Simon Doonan offers some real helpful tips on how to glitz up your holiday table and, among other things, refers to napkin rings as "ningle nangles." Awesome. [via Fashionista]For the first time ever,...
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Mondo Cane and Apartamento Mag Are Having a Folk Art Garage Sale
Tribeca showroom Mondo Cane specializes in unusual vintage pieces, so we're pretty pumped to hear they're teaming up with avant-garde design magazine Apartamento to set up a garage sale this upcoming...
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Members of M83, YUCK and Blonde Redhead to Participate in Brooklyn's Rock...
Like an indie band version of American Idol's early rounds, the Brooklyn Rock Lottery returns to the Knitting Factory this Saturday, December 1, pairing musicians at random into "super-groups" with the...
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Lululemon Stole My Work, Claims Artist Jennifer Daniel
Two years ago, artist and cycling enthusiast Jennifer Daniel (Graphics Director at Bloomberg BusinessWeek) contributed computer wallpaper to Los Angeles design blog The Fox is Black. The image, a...
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Julian Fellowes Developing Gilded Age for American TV...
1. Ke$ha's new album Warrior, with guest appearances by Iggy Pop and members of the Strokes, is available for streaming on iTunes.2. Downton Abbey mastermind Julian Fellowes is developing an NBC drama,...
View ArticleHere's the First Episode of Neil Patrick Harris' New Puppet Show
Neil Patrick Harris has a new web series for Nerdist's YouTube channel called Neil's Puppet Dreams and, of course, it's delightful. (When is Neil Patrick Harris not being just totally charming and the...
View ArticleMVT 2 at Clocktower Gallery...
Man Forever, "Ur Eternity," dir. Nicholas Chatfield-TaylorVIDEO: MVT 2 at Clocktower GalleryDuring September and October, Nicholas Chatfield-Taylor was artist-in-residence at the Clocktower Gallery,...
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Ridiculously Charming Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Barack Obama ...
Here are some delightful behind-the-scenes clips of President Obama, captured by first cameraman Arun Chaudhary. This video is off the charts on the charm-o-meter. We're gonna need a bigger...
View ArticlePremiere: Slam Dunk Jump Off Roofs and Roll Down Hills in "Dying Breed"
Victoria, Canada soul-punk quintet Slam Dunk have shared with us this clip for their riotous, ramshackle single "Dying Breed," off Welcome to Miami, released earlier this month on File Under: Music....
View ArticleDarwin Deez Is Stuck in a Convenience Store Time Warp
Fans of Groundhog Day -- the movie -- will appreciate this kooky, time-warp video for "Free" by Darwin Deez. Mr. Deez is stuck in a convenience store, restocking cereal boxes while a customer keeps...
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New Museum to Look Back 20 Years with NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash...
Art Club 2000, Untitled (Conrans I), 1992-93. Courtesy the artist and the Estate of Colin de Land.1991 might have been the year punk broke, but 1993 was just as important for New York's art scene. At...
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As a Child, Naomi Campbell Thought Bob Marley's Dreads Were "Worms"...
In case you questioned our inclusion of Michael Jordan in our round-up of fashionable NBA players, scope this new Nike Air Jordan jacket, appropriately -- and baller-y -- named "Step'n Out." It's like...
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