Grammy winner and Lady Gaga creator Rob Fusari is now doing his own gig. Check out his debut video, under the moniker Cary Nokey, for EDM track B Who U R. Frusari is best known for writing Gaga’s hit Paparazzi and producing her album The Fame. If you’re in NYC on Friday the 13th, you can catch him as the opening act for Adore Delano at The Gramercy.
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Billy B
Adam Buxton
Ricardo Gonzalez
Amy Childs
Anna Kournikova
Bear Grylls
Bill Hader
Cassidy Rae
Colleen Camp
Damien Hirst
Dave Navarro
Iggy Azalea
Jenny Jones
Karl Urban
Ken Osmond
Kym Whitley
L.A. Reid
Liam Neeson
Michael Cera
Mini Anden
Prince
Sir Tom Jones
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Comedian Tracy Morgan is in critical condition after his limo bus was involved in a six-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday morning. The accident involved two tractor-trailers, an SUV, and two cars, in addition to the limo bus, Sgt. Gregory William of the New Jersey State Police said. One person was killed and four others are in critical condition. The accident involved two tractor-trailers, an SUV, and two cars, in addition to the limo bus, Sgt. Gregory William of the New Jersey State Police said. Tracy had performed Friday night at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Delaware. UPDATE 12:20EST: James McNair, best known as “Jimmy Mack”, was the person killed in the accident. The 63-year-old comic of Peekskill, N.Y. was pronounced dead at the scene. McNair was named as one of Morgan’s comedy writers and close friends.
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OK, I was trying for a sensational, click-bait headline because one of the grooms, Nick Denton, owns Gawker, among other titles, like Jezebel and Gizmodo. Fail. So, new media baron Nick Denton, 47, and actor Derrence Washington, 31, got married in grand style and it was, by all accounts sensational! – but not in a scandalous way. The American Museum of Natural History was the setting and the Hayden Planetarium played a 40-minute trip through the stars for al of their guests. (Who does that? Nick & Derrence, it seems.) Denton and Washington have been dating since 2011. (…so, by my math, they met when Derrence was in his late 20s and Nick in his mid-40s. This wedding COULD be scandalous after all. Older/ younger! Mixed race! Gay! Nope, sorry. In New York City, that’s a Tuesday.) Well, during the ceremony, Mr, Denton, senior, who had flown in from his native Yorkshire, England, spoke of his pride at being at his “gay son’s” wedding. And in the words of the man officiating the nuptials, Benjamin Seaman (also the couple’s therapist) from that moment on, no-one there would be able to say they were a “GWV” a “gay wedding virgin” any longer. No scandal here. Everybody say LOVE!
(Photos, Gruber Photographers; via Out)
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Amazing. You think this would be silly…? Postmodern Jukebox’s Saturday Morning Slow Jam series, which reinterprets old-school cartoon theme songs as ‘90s R&B, This time around they tackle sugar, spice, and everything nice. POW!GRL, Andromeda, and Chelsea come together in harmony as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. These girls got POW-ER, gurl!
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Jodie Harsh answers the queens questions! On this episode she talks about queen cat fights, how to cheat promoters into free drinks, and how to get the perfect tuck! Click over and watch!
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Jodie Harsh answers the queens questions! On this episode she talks about how to keep lip gloss on, how to take a selfie, and how to touch up while traveling!
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Internationally-renowned DJ and club sensation Jodie Harsh shares advice on how to take care of business in her new web series #DragQueenProblems. Each episode features three video messages from fellow Queens and drag aficionados seeking Jodie’s guidance on pressing issues, like how to tuck properly, how to have sex in drag, and how to walk in a pair of high-inch heels! Watch episode three after the jump!
Jodie says about #DragQueenProblems:
“Being a drag queen is more than just having big hair and high heels – it’s about getting paid, throwing shade and getting laid! I’m excited to get to the bottom of the problem with all these Queens worldwide, I’m here to help.
Jodie offers helpful tips as your personal Auntie / Drag Guru, and anyone, rich or tall, wide or small, heels or flats, can apply Jodie’s insights! Have a busted face, but a stylish waist? Jodie teaches us that the higher the brow, the closer to Cher – make sure and tune in to see why!
New episodes of #DragQueenProblems every Saturday, only on WOWPresents!
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Beverly Hill’s poshest pooch is Prince of Pumps starring La Toya Jackson’s precious pomeranian, Prince! With the voice by Latrice Royale! Watch episode two where Prince drools over La Toya’s Ferragamo pumps!
And don’t forget to tune into OWN tonight at 10PM to catch the premiere of the all-new season of Life with La Toya!
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Prince of Pumps is light-hearted web series that takes us inside the head of La Toya Jackson’s prize pup as he shares his unique point of view on her to-die-for designer shoes. Each episode Prince talks about a different pair of Mama Toy-Toy’s pumps. The voice of Prince is provided by RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4 favorite, Latrice Royale. Prince of Pumpspremieres Saturday on World of Wonder‘s original channel, WOWPresents. New episode of Prince of Pumps every Saturday morning, only onWOWPresents. And his master’s series Life with La Toya premieres Saturday, June 7th on OWN.
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“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” –Edgar Degas
Where do we look for clues to the mysteries of life and art? Politicians? TV pundits? Oprah? (I think, we ask too much of celebrities, some of which, let’s face it, are not all that bright…) So, let’s see what these artists have said on the subject. I get inspired by these kinds of things.
“I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.” –Marcel Duchamp
“Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.” –Salvador Dali
“Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.” –Sol Lewitt
“I never really separated painting and literature because I’ve always used reference.” -Cy Twombly
“Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.” –William S. Burroughs
“I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.” –Jean Michel Basquiat
“Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” –Andy Warhol
“I don’t believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it’s a way to disguise myself.’ – Gerhard Richter
“When I view the world, I don’t think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.” –Jeff Koons
“No why. Just here.” -John Cage (photo series, Duane Michaels)
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Here’s what you missed this week on WOWPresents! Get all caught up before this week’s new episodes!
Guuuuuuurl, you’ve got some marathon watching to do. Happy Saturday!
And DON’T forget to subscribe to WOWPresents!
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And she’s baaack! The mother of ALL YouTube homo-parodies, NYC drag superstar Sherry Vine takes a trip to Dongville in new Katy Perry parody Hung Horse. Once again, Miss Vine plays to her strengths, vocal chord massage, with any well endowed dude up for chokin’ a b*tch! Plus, a little cameo by the hilarious Monica Blewinsky!
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Lauren Pollack Gellert
Barbara Bush
Bonnie Tyler
Dan Futterman
David Sutcliffe
Gabrielle Giffords
Griffin Dunne
Irina Lazareanu
Jerry Stiller
Joan Rivers
Julianna Marguiles
Kanye West
Kathy Baker
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Maria Menounos
Mark Feurstein
Mick Hucknall
Nancy Sinatra
Nick Rhodes
Shilpa Shetty
Sonia Braga
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I haven’t read these yet but out of a slew of summer releases, these look the most promising to me. Most are available on Amazon, for the hardcover or Kindle version or the easiest to me, just search iBook and download and you can be reading one of these books in 5 minutes. Modern life has its perks sometimes.
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, out now) The Pulitzer Prize winner’s new novel begins with a vision and follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. Barrett, a gay man haunted by the vision, turns to religion as Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers, while his dying wife, Beth, tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can. Cunningham shows profound empathy for these conflicted characters and seems to get at what lies at the core of the human soul.
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom (Random House, July 29) Sprawling and ambitious, Bloom’s latest is a ’40s road trip with the works — jazz and starlets, riches and poverty, solid characters and memorable writing.
Adam by Ariel Schrag (Mariner, June 10) Written by a lesbian graphic memoirist, this is a more conventional novel where a Cali boy crashes with his sis in Bushwick and falls in love. The twist is Adam is often mistaken for transgender, and decides to play along in pursuit of his soul mate – a gay woman.
The Fever by Megan Abbott (Little Brown, June 17) A story loosely based on a recent case of mass hysterical illness in upstate New York. Kinda Twin Peaks or to update the reference, Top of the Lake.
J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist by Thomas Beller (New Harvest, June 3)
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff (Knopf, June 3) A full year after the release of Shane Salerno and David Shields’s scandalous biography, two more personal and sympathetic takes appear simultaneously. Beller’s book is a traditional biography, relying on interviews and artifacts while Rakoff’s book is much more a memoir. It’s the story of how the young grad-school dropout found her footing among the New York literati in long-ago Williamsburg while working for the literary agency that represented Salinger. Rakoff creates the more personal portrait of the two books, by her contact with Salinger himself.
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Welcome to our Sunday morning Longer Reads section. It’s your chance to catch up on some of the more interesting and obscure news items you might have missed during the week. Today, we mourn the death of the novel, try to make it through the Fault in Our Stars without ugly crying, and pinpoint the moment Beyonce became the most important person who ever lived.
From The Guardian: Will Self pontificates (in that way that he has) about the death of the novel. Fascinating and upsetting and very likely true.
The Hollywood Reporter wonders if Justin Bieber’s racist jokes will negatively impact his career (SPOILER: They won’t).
Remember that time Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch? The Village Voice examines our mass delusion because IT NEVER HAPPENED.
From tween fashion blogger to feminist editrix to Broadway and movie actor, Tavi Gevinson is embarking on her next project: being a grown-up. (How is that possible?)
The Washington Post reports on a project to send religious and historical artifacts to the moon for safe keeping, just in case, you know, we all blow each other up.
Hey. Why don’t we have flying cars yet?
Vulture has a spoiler-laden guide to making it through The Fault in Our Stars without crying.
Speaking of tears: Here’s a touching story in The Daily Mail about an airline gate attendant who brought Detroit Metro Airport to a standstill when she sang the National Anthem to a group of World War II veterans as they boarded their plane to France for the D-Day festivities.
Flashback: Here’s how The New York Times covered D-Day back in 1944.
A few years ago, Beyoncé Knowles was like any other record-breaking pop star in an already crowded field. Then something changed. The New York Times canonizes Bey.
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The New Yorker investigates how a raccoon became an aardvark thanks to the weird phenomenon known as Wikiality – wherein an error that appears on Wikipedia then trickles to sources that Wikipedia considers authoritative, which are in turn used as evidence for the original falsehood.
Near death experiences, explained in Salon.
The Stranger has a moving account of one boy’s coming out in Iran, where being gay can get you killed.
Is he harmless? Dangerous? Kind of cute but ultimately annoying? A timeline of Unkranian reporter Vitalii Sediuk’s red carpet “pranks.”
Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard has written a 6-volume, 3,600 page autobiography that endlessly details the most pointless minutia of his life – and apparently it’s MESMERIZING! BRILLIANT! UN-PUT-DOWNABLE! Discover why critics and fans are falling over themselves to proclaim him THE NEXT LITERARY GOD in New York magazine.
In Saudi Arabia, they’ve translated Frozen into the Arabic equivalent of King James’ English. The New Yorker‘s explanation of why they did that is more interesting than the actual movie.
So apparently “vocal fry” is the new “uptalk” – The Science of Us explains why talking like a Kardashian makes you less attractive, less competent, less educated, less trustworthy, and ultimately less hirable. (As if you couldn’t have guessed)
HuffPo has an interview with Valencourt Books publishers James Jenkins and Ryan Cagle whose mission is to rediscover and republish early gay literature.
Slut-shaming and class: Why rich girls think lower-class girls are whores and why lower-class girls think are rich girls are whores. In Slate.
RIP Massimo Vignelli, the graphic designer behind the cult classic 1972 NYC subway map. Read about the creation of that here, and read what other designers thought of him here
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David Lachapelle is interviewed in OUT magazine about the about the firestorm of controversy his Love Ball poster has caused in Austria.
PAPER magazine lists the top 40 drag queens in New York.
The Daily Mail has the strange story of the twice-married, 51-year-old virgin. Really. You gotta read this one.
The Spectator has a piece on how chasing the Pulitzer has destroyed American journalism (which is why we’re all edited by Brits).
Kate Bornstein blogs about the T word.
Vulture has 10 theories about tonight’s mid-season finale of Mad Men (my money is on Megan’s plane going down).
The New York Times has an an interesting picture of the young Teddy Roosevelt watching President Lincoln pass by in a parade. Not exactly topical, but fascinating for history buffs.
Speaking of history: Open Vault has the complete public access debate about whether gay marriage should be legal… from a 1974 episode of PBS’s The Advocates.
The DMV lays out rules governing how self-driving or autonomous cars are tested by manufacturers on California roads. Which is one of those weird “THE FUTURE IS COMING! THE FUTURE IS COMING!” moments we should all acknowlege.
Conner Oberst talks to Lorde about being young and “it” in the Times music section.
The Alternative Press has why 5 Seconds of Summer are more important than you think.
The Anatomy of a Look: Vanity Fair has the breakdown Angelina Jolie’s villainous transformation in Maleficent.
The Atlantic looks back on Frank O’Hara’s iconic Lunch Poems – “21st Century Poems Written in 1964… Full of pop-culture references, Lunch Poems has all the brevity, informality, irony, and at times chatty pointlessness of modern discourse without having been influenced by it… O’Hara’s Lunch Poems — like Facebook posts or tweets— shares, saves, and re-creates the poet’s experience of the world.” They are, of course, ABSOLUTE BLISS.
Finally, a bit of fun from The New Yorker: “If You Let Your Teenage Daughter Sleep in on a School Day”
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Always the optimist, Michael Musto lists 10 ways New York nightlife is better than it was in the ’80s.
The New York Times states the obvious: Being bullied is bad for your health.
So you’re still confused about normcore (and avant-normcore and hardcore-normcore and brokecore and florcore)? The Cut breaks it down for you. (Short answer: Dress like Seinfeld)
Trend sherpa Bradford Shellhammer tell Medium the 5 ways to navigate design politics.
i-D reflects upon the 20-year anniversary of the making of the most expensive video of all time: “Scream” by Michael and Janet Jackson.
Molly Shannon’s party etiquette in W magazine. Sure, why not?
History, literature, religion and the arts are receding from public life, replaced by technology, statistics, science and math. Even the most elemental form of communication, the story, is being pushed aside for numbers and data. The nerds have won. They’ve taken over the world. Now what?
New York magazine says it pays to be overconfident, even if you have no nidea what the hell you’re doing. (Look to Kanye as your spirit animal)
Andy Warhol: The first king of selfies.
Gift ideas: Why not check out the 9/11 museum gift shop?
The paradox of art as work, in the Times.
The future of fashion is 3-d. Duh. It’s the future of EVERYTHING.
New York magazine asks: How much French do you need to know to live in Paris?
Also: The things that New Yorkers do that stun Parisians, and vice versa.
and The Atlantic investigates what the death of home pages means for the future of news and the future of blogging. Oh dear. On second thought: NEVER MIND! NOBODY READ THAT! IT’S NOTHING BUT HOGWASH AND POPPYCOCK! KEEP IT MOVING!
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Isn’t it ironic? We were all wrong to sneer at Alanis Morrissette in 1996. Turns out she actually DID understand irony, and Salon explains why.
The Daily Mail has a piece on the Chinese performance artist who had a rib removed onstage without anesthesia, then made a faaaaaabulous necklace out of it.
The Daily Beast asserts that Hilary is going to run without any challengers for the Democratic nomination.
Tina Brown pontificates on how Monica Lewinsky changed the media and “midwifed modern culture.”
Vanity Fair reports that the Queen is backing out of royal obligations due to “heavy garments.” Oh dear. It’s the beginning of the end, isn’t it?
A fascinating review in the New York Times of the Charles James exhibit at the Metropolitan Costume Institute.
In praise of Courtney Love via i-D magazine.
HuffPo explains how #hashtags became the raised fist of punctuation.
For the love of being liked: The New York Times thinks you and your desperate, approval-seeking tweets are pathetic.
The Daily Mail profiles Irene Triplet, the 84-year-old woman who is the only person still getting benefits from a civil war veteran (her father). Not as sweet and uplifting a story as you might expect.
And the different faces of Godzilla through the years.
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Death & Taxes has the story (and pictures) of the dead New Orleans socialite dressed in a pink feather boa, with a cigarette and champagne flute, propped up on a bench during her wake, overlooking the festivities. So punk rock.
Speaking of punk rock: Dangerous Minds has a report on why transgender punk pioneer Jayne County was banned from Facebook.
VICE has an A-Z Guide to Pizza that’s worth your time.
Salon, God bless ‘em, goes undercover to discover why having sex in a reststop men’s room is so much fun.
And for the ladies: My Boobs, My Burden.
Vulture has eight up-and-comers to watch this summer movie season. All you need to know is two words: BRENTON THWAITS! BRENTON THWAITS! BRENTON THWAITS! OMGOMGOMG.
From New York magazine: Why you need to deep-clean your Facebook account NOW.
Be Aware: Brunei has begun phasing in antigay law and will soon allow Death by Stoning. Read more in The Advocate.
The New York Times has advice on how to calculate the division of rent among roommates when rooms are of different sizes, have different amounts of closet space, or get varying degrees of light. It’s called Sperner’s lemma, and you’ll never, ever, ever understand it. Just split three ways and agree to pay the light bill for the one in the little room.
What does Joyce Carol Oates think of Twitter’s “lynch mob mentality”? Find out here!
In Slate: Linguistics professors look into the science of beatboxing.
After last week’s skin-crawling lethal injection disaster, The Daily Beast has an article about botched executions. Just ugh.
And finally, did you know that Will & Grace‘s first audience didn’t realize it was about a gay man? Queerty has a great quote from Debra Messing about that.
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Vulture argues: At this point George W Bush is actually a better artist than James Franco.
Vulture also has a fun interview with Neil Patrick Harris about Hedwig, dressing rooms, and how he gets all that glitter off every night.
BuzzFeed goes deep inside Bryan Singer’s wild Hollywood world of upwardly mobile twinks and the men who prey on them, oh my!
Vaguely related: Meet the Hollywood screenwriter by day, go-go dancer by night, Jeff Tetreault, who tells New York magazine he’s having “an awesome dick day.”
The Daily Mail uncovers why the British are such fashion victims. HA! Also how trends are interpreted by the various classes, which is something the British have always obsessed about.
30 internet famous people YOU NEED TO KNOW.
And a poignant interview with a formerly famous internet star.
Simon Doonan just wants everybody on TV to PUT THEIR DAMN CLOTHES ON.
To celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday this week, Harper’s Bazaar has listed the best fashions from our favorite Shakespeare films.
Frazier Glenn Miller, the former KKK leader and anti-Semitic murderer, was once arrested with a black, cross-dressing hooker. The Daily Beast says that according to psychology and history, it’s not that surprising.
Slate has the poignant story of a daughter and the gay father she never knew.
Why Joan Rivers, Madonna, and, um, “OTHER CELEBRITIES” don’t owe you an apology, in Salon.
and The New York Times listens in as Liz Smith and Jess Cagel (of People and Entertainment Weekly) dish on just about everyone from Jackie O to Kim K.
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David Foster Wallace long ago warned that irony is ruining our culture. Salon thinks we ought to have listened.
Dame magazine reports that trans semantics is causing an uproar within the community, but is language REALLY the issue here?
Slate explores the science behind Transcendence. So… when will be able to upload Johnny Depp’s brain? And, more importantly, why would we want to?
After James Franco called the New York Times theater critic “a little bitch” on Instagram for giving his performance in Of Mice & Men a bad review, The Guardian says we have now entered into a new age of counter-criticism.
The Daily Beast tallies up every woman Don Draper has ever slept with.
And Vulture asks a serial killer expert to analyze every episode of Mad Men for links to the Manson Family murders (because OBVIOUSLY Megan is about to be killed by them).
Alice Hoffman has some… um… out-of-the-box suggestions for getting you started on that novel you’ve been meaning to write.
Newsweek reports on how Laverne Cox transformed the audience at the GLAAD Awards.
New York magazine announces that we have reached “Peak Beard Saturation” and has the scientific proof the trend is is OVER.
A lengthy piece on Cartoon Network’s iconic Adventure Time declares it is a “deeply serious work of moral philosophy, a rip-roaring comic masterpiece, and a meditation on gender politics and love in the modern world. It is rich with moments of tenderness and confusion, and real terror and grief even; moments sometimes more resonant and elementally powerful than you experience in a good novel.” And I thought it was just fun to watch in a k-hole.
The New York Times obituary for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and over at Slate: What he meant to the people of Colombia (and why we can never TRULY get his novels).
Also in the Times: The complicated life of one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s heroin connections.
Salon exposes Leonardo DiCaprio’s DARKEST SECRET: He’s actually deeply uncool.
Newsweek has earthshattering nerd news: Dick Grayson ISN’T DEAD after all! The former Robin-turned-Nightwing-turned-Batman (for a period) has gone deeeeep undercover and become… a secret agent? Yep, he’s basically Archer now. Greeeeeat move, DC.
Oh My Gah. Going braless is SO NORMCORE.
And finally, a rather salacious article in The Daily Beast goes inside Bryan Singer’s infamous twink pool parties. I saved it for last because you’re going to need a Silkwood shower after reading it.
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OMGOMGOMG! An interview with Brienne of Tarth! An interview with Brienne of Tarth! Game of Thrones star Gwendolyn Christie talks to IGN on the new challenges her character faces now that her quest with Janie Lannister has ended.
Have you heard about the cherry tree that was raised on the space station and stunned scientists by blooming six years earlier than it would on earth? Read about the far-reaching implications of that in the Daily Mail.
From Dior’s New Look to Bianca Jagger’s birthday party at Studio 54, Harper’s Bazaar has the most iconic moments in fashion history.
The Geldofs were Britain’s first celebrity family, long before the Osbournes and the Beckhams. The death of Peaches is the latest cruel twist in a tragedy the nation has watched unfold for decades. The Guardian tells the tale of one family’s epic suffering for Americans who don’t understand the fuss.
Mickey Rooney gave his life to show biz, the least you can do is read his obit in the Florida Sun Sentinal.
The Daily Beast implores you: For God’s sakes, don’t remember Barbara Walters for The View.
OMGOMGOMG! You MUST READ this investigative report about why people loathe “upworthy” headlines. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
From Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry to Swan in The Warriors – Dazed Digital ranks the most rebellious screen icons of all time
Salon debunks the myths of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Slate has some data on how Hilary could make a difference.
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In boingboing: Filmmaker, writer, and trans activist Andrea James writes about LGBT reactionaries throwing drag queens under the bus for “transphobic language” and the growing rift between the drag, gay, and trans communities.
Trans icon Calpernia Addams passionately sounds off on the same subject in the Huffington Post.
In The Atlantic: Scientists create Mars-like community in Hawaii to see if astronauts will get SPACE MADNESS when we begin colonizing it in the ’30s.
A fascinating tribute to the lasting legacy of DJ Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of House music in The LA Times.
Moby reminisces about Klaus Nomi, the ’80s club scene, and the ’90s rave drugs in Vulture.
Just how risky is oral sex? Find out here. (The answer might surprise you)
The Daily Star says the comedian Jonathan Ross is starting his hunt for Britain’s Next Drag Superstar…
Noah is just the latest film to earn the wrath of the Christian right. Read about five other blasphemous movies in Salon.
Then read: The 10 Weirdest Things the Christian Right Thinks Will Turn Your Kids Gay.
From Slate‘s advice column: “Dear Prudence: My twin brother had a one-night stand with a girl, gave her my name and number as joke, then she and I started dating. We’re engaged now, should I tell her the truth?”
Gen X catastrophe in the making: How the coming inheritance boom is going to DESTROY THE NATION.
Slate asks: How do we instill journalistic ethics into our robot reporters?
The New York Times decrees that mankind is inherently spiteful, but you know what? That’s a GOOD thing!
A fun Q & A with Cyndi Lauper in The Guardian.
BBC News: A French couple has gathered a thousand on-line fan tributes to Pharrell’s “Happy”
So the Black Death wasn’t really the Bubonic plague after all? Read the new theories in Slate.
Swoonworthy rates the top ten hunks of Game of Thrones. (Grey Worm should have scored higher, just sayin’)
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Always tackling the most important stories of the day, HuffPo has 19 Very Real Struggles of Women with Big Butts.
The much buzzed-about New York Post article: “L’Wren Scott’s Suicide Reveals Tragic Side of City’s Glitzy Scene.”
Slate uses music theory to explain the genius of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” (Maybe next year they’ll tackle why “Happy” is so goddamn annoying).
Nile Rogers writes about Studio 54, Grace Jones, and the Disco backlash in New York magazine.
From Salon: Why Entertainment Weekly‘s decision to start paying writers with “prestige” rather than, you know, actual money is terrible for both writers and readers (and does not bode well for the future of pop culture).
Also in Salon: Why Gwyneth Paltrow’s utterly obnoxious “conscious uncoupling” letter proves she’s the last, great star, “worthy of the legacy of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.”
Mental Floss investigates: Is the Five-Second Rule real?
The New York Times says millennials in the work place are shallow, callow, unmotivated, and undependable… just like every generation since the middle ages.
Also in the Times: Exploring the Salton Sea, the Sunken City and other modern ruins of Southern California.
Lead singer of cult metal band GWAR David Brockie aka Oderus Urungus found dead at 50. Read about it in Rolling Stone and Daily Mail.
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Nickelback, Smash Mouth, Goo Goo Dolls: Salon has the 15 most hated bands of the last 30 years. (But no fun.? No Mumford & Sons? I demand a recount!)
The must-have coffee table book of 2014 about the mob hit men of Murder Inc. will cost you exactly $4,200. But YOWZA, what a book! Read about it in the New York Times.
Washington Post has a fascinating obituary of the villanous Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps.
And HuffPo has the LGBT reaction to his death.
Arkansas school doubles down on decision to ban gay student’s coming out story in yearbook.
For all you hardcore Benson fans out there (you know who you are), Salon has the answer to how the series was supposed to end.
For when you absolutely need purple pleather harem pants on the run: Fashion trucks are about to become ALL THE RAGE.
Coming soon to the Great White Way: James Franco and Chris O’Dowdare reimagine Of Mice & Men as a bromantic comedy
Absolutely riveting video (if you’re into this sort of thing): Alexander Wang, Prabal Garung and Eddie Borgo analyze the concept of style at the SCADstyle 2014 conference. At Style.com
Liza Minnelli talks to the LA Times about Ellen, that blue streak, and her new show.
Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg must NEVER EVER retire from the Supreme Court in Slate.
Of Hippos and Kings: Archeologist and anthropologist Eric H Cline has a new book called 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, and it sounds remarkably like today.. Read the review in the New Yorker.
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Air & Space magazine magazine has a fascinating article about a 727 airline that vanished from Angola in 2003.
Daily Mail claims that the pilot of missing Flight MH370 was a political fanatic. This comes as police are investigating the possibility that he hijacked his own aircraft in a bizarre political protest.
OK, so we all think Flight 727 was hijacked, but just in case that gets disproven, New York magazine has other theories ranging from mechanical failure to alien abduction.
Kitty Genovese, whose 1964 rape and murder was witnessed by 37 bystanders who DID NOTHING, became a symbol about the unravelling of society, racial fears, and the lack of care exhibited by city dwellers for their neighbors. Now Off the Grid reports that Kitty was a lesbian. Did that have something to do with her neighbors’ responses (or lack thereof)?
The New York Times writes about the growing transgender presence in pop culture, talking to icons-in-the-making Laverne Cox, Janet Mock and wowlebrity Zachary Drucker.
Has the tv-star-to-movie-star career trajectory become outmoded? Vulture thinks so.
Why Mel Gibson deserves a second chance: Deadline pleads his case.
Salon has an expose on how to behave at an orgy.
10 famous geniuses and their drugs of choice, also at Salon.
One man’s mission to name an island after Busta Rhymes in Slate.
LAST WEEK’S LONGER READS:
What the hell happend to Jay McInerney? Slate examines the ’80s literary superstar’s unrealized potential.
Finally, someone details the difference between Death Metal and Black Metal.
The Independent examines the culture of rape in men’s prisons.
Semen allergies, broken penises, and spontaneous orgasms: Salon has six weird consequences of sex they don’t teach you in sex ed.
The New York Times Style section has a breathless investigation into the return of the monocle as the fashion accessory du jour for hipsters.
Slate has a bit of fun with Beyond the Monocle: Five Ideas for Future New York Times Hipster Trend Pieces including ruffs, powdered wigs, and plague doctor masks. Which, of course, I was wearing before they were cool.
Nightclubbing 101: An oral history of New York’s Pyramid Club as told by the trailblazing drag queens and performance artists who performed there.
Is belly dancing racist? Salon decrees it so.
The New Yorker has a humorous piece about 59-year-olds who look down their noses on 56-year-olds. Insolent pups!
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Sunday, March 2, 2014:
The inimitable Cindy Adams predicts tonight’s Oscars, as only Cindy can.
Who thanks who at the Oscars (No surprise: Meryl gets thanked more than God)
The Guardian has a piece imploring Academy voters not to give the Oscar to the documentary The Act of Killing (in which Indonesia’s political mass-murderers restage their slaughters).
The brilliant Douglas Rushkoff writes in Politico: “How Technology Killed the Future”
Slate has the 19 most common questions a trans person is asked.
The Atlantic has a fascinating interview with trans activist and memoirist Janet Mock.
New York magazine asserts the latest sartorial rage among hipsters is Normcore: the dad-brand non-style you might have once associated with Jerry Seinfeld.
Riveting stuff: Furniture shopping habits of the rich and famous at Salon.
Gawker profiles the adorable 101-year-old man who’s running for Congress, and really ought to win.
Fascinating article in The Economist about the controversial heroin treatment used in Switzerland and the Netherlands which sets up safe sites where users can inject while monitored by health-care staff and – in some cases – provides heroin itself free.
An investigation at Slate into the impenetrable time signature of The Terminator‘s musical score. Honestly, I wouldn’t mention it if I didn’t think it was REALLY INTERESTING.
W has a piece on venerable downtown fashion designer Andre Walker’s comeback. I still kick myself EVERY DAY for not buying some of those cookie-cutter outfits back in 1985 when I had the chance. STUPID JAMES!
The New Yorker translates what Ted Nugent was really trying to say when he called President Obama a “subhuman mongrel.”
Slate covers an exhibit at the National Museum of Australia showcasing convict love tokens – coins that had been smoothed over and then engraved with messages that prisoners gave to their sweethearts before leaving for penal colonies in Australia in the 18th and 19th century.
And finally, the Daily Beast has an update on Michael Alig and his post-prison plans.
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Check out these precious moments from La Toya Jackson‘s life! In this episode, La Toya paints a picture for her father. But she’s not sure what to actually paint, so she gets some help from Jeffré. Click over and watch!
Tune in to OWN every Sunday at 10PM for new episodes of Life with La Toya!
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Wowlebrity Fantasia Barrino, performed at the 2014 Tony Awards with the legendary Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. Girl… they turned it out! Click over and watch their performance now!
First of all, Fantasia on the red carpet!!! HELLO! GORGEOUS! The dress, the effortlessly beautiful hair and makeup, that RING on her finger! YES GAWD!
Then her performance with Gladys, Patti, and the company of After Midnight just took it there! This performance had us all feeling the fantasy. It was definitely a major takeaway from the evening!
Watch the ah-may-zing performance below!
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Oh, those darkened back roads, fetid swamps, windswept moors, and abandoned mansions. As a child, there was nothing scarier than the places the Mystery Machine broke down. That first Scooby Doo series from 1969-1971 was actually pretty amazing. The monsters were terrifying, the mysteries were confounding, and the art was legitimately nightmare inducing. OK, I was five, but looking back at these brilliant background paintings brings up all sorts of childhood traumas.
From the SecretFunBlog:
The background art in Scooby Doo Where Are You? (1969-1971) is splendid and foreboding. The rich, painterly environment almost compensates for the clunky character animation. Ex-Disney artist, Walt Peregoy set a high standard during his brief, first episode stint as Background Stylist. But the background crew continued to churn out quality, creepy work throughout the following two seasons. Hanna-Barbera may be known for their annoying use of repeated, looping backgrounds but, as you are about to see, in this case the sublime scenery is well worth another look.
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Brad Pitt wore a shirt with a doodle of him and Angelina on it, while leaving LAX with children Maddox and Zahara last Friday. He’s also wearing what looks like Miss Jane Pittman’s straw hat, but that’s neither here nor there I suppose. The doodle, allegedly drawn by daughter Vivienne, five, features Angelina in (I’m guessing) a wedding gown and Brad in a tuxedo and newsboy cap. Wishful thinking? (via Daily Mail)
(Photos: Pacific Coast News)
Jolie told People in May: ‘Brad’s really creative with the kids, so they made a bunch of things like pillows and notebooks for Mother’s Day, Knoxy made me a picture of Maleficent that they made into a ring. Vivi made me stationery and pillows for my office,’ the star gushed.
The striking brunette was seen showing off the gold ring on her right hand just after Mother’s Day last month.
And as for 10-year-old Pax, she said: ‘I loved Goofy when I was little. So Pax drew me a Goofy shirt. I wore that with a crown Vivienne found for me.’
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NYC nightlife legend Kayvon Zand has a new music video for his song “Just Give It Away” featuring Dai Burger, and it is a gorgeous melange of synth melody, stunning looks and pop art imagery. Enjoy!
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From Manchester’s increasingly loony House of Tranarchy comes “The Voguinator.” In the year 2057 Dragnet has taken over the world – the machines have sent the Hun T-800 back in time to chop the queens and stop the spread of Tranarchy… Only the fiercest can survive… THE VOGUINATOR.
The video is to remind all of you in the Manchester area that Saturday, June 14, is the big Vogue Brawl. From their Facebook page:
Manchester’s original runway competition is BACK! Join us on Saturday June 14th at the Islington Mill, for an all night celebration of creativity and fierceness. As ever, we’re throwing the catwalk open to the floor, to walk or just watch, but this year we have some very special themed categories for those who wish to walk. So take your pick of these, or enter as many as you like (one outfit per category, mind you!)
SERVING FISH – Under The Sea Realness
BLAZIN’ BABES – Stoner Girl Banjee
REBEL GURLZ – Punk Rock Princesses
TRANIMATION – Cartoon Couture
BUTCH KING FOR A DAY
MOST FUCKED AND BUSTEDAnd we have two brand new categories this year:
HOUSE OF THE YEAR (best overall group presentation)
and
PERFORMANCE (for those who want to dance/perform)Though we usually limit walking to one minute, we’ll stretch the time limit for the above two categories if necessary, so if you have something special planned, please do let us know in advance!
Special guest judge for Vogue Brawl 2014 will be Liverpool’s Legendary DARREN SUAREZ, mother of the House Of Suarez and founder of the Suarez Ball, the UK’s longest running vogue function. More judges will be announced shortly, and as ever, music will be provided by Vogue Brawl resident CVNT TRAXXX, with special guest DJ WES BAGGALEY (and more guest djs to be announced soon). Vogue Brawl will be hosted this year by Tranarchy’s House Mother SHEELA BLIGE and Manchester’s fiercest upcoming diva JSKY!
So mark the date for Saturday June 14th at Islington Mill, Salford (M3 5HW). Doors open 11pm-4am, entry £6/7, tickets will be available very soon…
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How does a boyband stand out in such a crowded field these days? By actually writing a perfect pop song. Then bringing on pop princess Demi Lovato to give it a bit of credibility. “Somebody to You” by the Vamps is SO GOOD, for once I wasn’t focused on how cute the boys are, I was just swept up in the song. “YEAH YOU!”
And that’s Laura Marano from Austin & Ally in the video. I know. That means nothing to me neither, but there you have it.
And be sure to check out Demi Lovato at LA Pride, where she was both grand marshal and headline performer.
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