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Politician enjoys a delicious slice of racially insensitive red velvet cake
Politics

Politician enjoys a delicious slice of racially insensitive red velvet cake

If your first thought when you saw the above headline was, "Well, I don't understand. How can a cake be racially insensitive? Especially… EJ Dickson   |   04.17.2012   |   Comments (11)
Nerve Dating poll: Would you date someone whose passions would often come ahead of you?
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Nerve Dating poll: Would you date someone whose passions would often come ahead of you?

This week, we printed a story from Kevin Smith in which the Clerks auteur said, "If folks wanted to share time with me or be in my world… Sean Morrow   |   03.22.2012   |   Comments (1)
Smithsonian's "Art of Video Games" show redefines art, or video games, or shut up
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Smithsonian's "Art of Video Games" show redefines art, or video games, or shut up

If you've ever gone to a modern-art show with someone who has classicist preferences, their response was probably something like, "I… Moze Halperin   |   03.19.2012   |   Comments (0)
Here's an illustrated guide to <em>SNL</em>'s Stefon's favorite nightclubs
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Here's an illustrated guide to SNL's Stefon's favorite nightclubs

Every few weeks, NYC nightlife correspondent Stefon Zelonsky (played by Bill Hader) will make an appearance on SNL's Weekend Update, and… EJ Dickson   |   02.24.2012   |   Comments (4)
Someone brilliant made a portrait of Rick Santorum entirely out of gay porn (NSFW, kinda)
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Someone brilliant made a portrait of Rick Santorum entirely out of gay porn (NSFW, kinda)

...and by "someone brilliant," I mean someone at the gay news blog Unicorn Booty. According to the comments section, the artist goes by… EJ Dickson   |   02.22.2012   |   Comments (1)
Terrifying/awesome photographs of dogs underwater
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Terrifying/awesome photographs of dogs underwater

What's that? You thought pet photography was terminally kitsch? Think again, mortal. Because pet photographer Seth Casteel's underwater… Stefan Sirucek   |   02.10.2012   |   Comments (10)
Nation of Qatar paid a record $250 million for Cezanne painting
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Nation of Qatar paid a record $250 million for Cezanne painting

Paul Cezanne (you know, the Post-Impressionist dude who had a thing for fruit) produced a number of oil paintings (known collectively as The… Jeff Mills   |   02.3.2012   |   Comments (0)
New York Philharmonic interrupted by ringing cell phone
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New York Philharmonic interrupted by ringing cell phone

Concertgoers at Avery Fisher Hall were in for an unpleasant surprise last Tuesday evening, when in an almost unprecedented move, New York… EJ Dickson   |   01.12.2012   |   Comments (11)
Rihanna accused of borrowing concept for "You Da One" video from photographer
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Rihanna accused of borrowing concept for "You Da One" video from photographer

A few months ago, Rihanna settled out of court with David LaChappelle for an undisclosed sum after the photographer sued her for ripping off some… EJ Dickson   |   12.28.2011   |   Comments (1)
Hollywood photographer does a UC Davis themed photo shoot
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Hollywood photographer does a UC Davis themed photo shoot

The Hollywood photographer who conceived Mischa Barton with raw meat on her face, Lindsay Lohan the blood-gorged starlet, and the… Delia Pless   |   12.16.2011   |   Comments (2)
Biracial performance artist dons whiteface to fight racism
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Biracial performance artist dons whiteface to fight racism

Nate Hill is a biracial performance artist originally from Florida who has lived in Harlem, New York the past four years. His unusual resume… Jeff Mills   |   11.30.2011   |   Comments (2)
Archaeologists claim Sex Pistols' graffiti as significant as ancient cave art
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Archaeologists claim Sex Pistols' graffiti as significant as ancient cave art

John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten), former lead singer of punk legends the Sex Pistols, must be having a good chuckle right about now, as… Jeff Mills   |   11.22.2011   |   Comments (4)
Photo gets auctioned for record $4.3 million dollars
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Photo gets auctioned for record $4.3 million dollars

See that photo up there? The one above these words? The one with the grass, and the little concrete bike path or something, and then more grass… Rick Paulas   |   11.15.2011   |   Comments (3)
James Franco is conducting a seance to speak to Tennessee Williams
Movies

James Franco is conducting a seance to speak to Tennessee Williams

In his ongoing quest to out-Franco himself, James Franco will attempt to communicate with dead playwright Tennessee Williams through an Ouija… Kristin Hunt   |   11.3.2011   |   Comments (6)
Watch: poignant animated short set to David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
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Watch: poignant animated short set to David Bowie's "Space Oddity"

So about a month or two ago, illustrator Andrew Kolb got the idea to make David Bowie's "Space Oddity" — which tells the… EJ Dickson   |   10.19.2011   |   Comments (3)
Was Vincent Van Gogh murdered by a gang of children?
Television

Was Vincent Van Gogh murdered by a gang of children?

The art world hasn't had this much excitement since Marina Abramovic filled the MoMa with dozens of real-live naked ladies. A new book… Ben Reininga   |   10.17.2011   |   Comments (18)
MTV is now streaming clips from <em>Liquid Television</em>, the original home of <em>Beavis and Butthead</em>
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MTV is now streaming clips from Liquid Television, the original home of Beavis and Butthead

Cast your mind back to summer, 1992. You've been grounded after making fun of your dad's little yuppie ponytail. With nothing else to do… Carlos Cabrera   |   10.11.2011   |   Comments (8)
Brooklyn performance artist will give birth before gallery audience
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Brooklyn performance artist will give birth before gallery audience

Bushwick-based performance artist Marni Kotak will be giving birth to her first child in, I suppose, a very hipster way, as part of a… Jeff Mills   |   10.11.2011   |   Comments (20)
Occupy Wall Street occupies former J.P. Morgan building for pop-up art show
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Occupy Wall Street occupies former J.P. Morgan building for pop-up art show

Not content with merely preventing NYU freshmen from buying pot by moving to Washington Square Park this weekend, the Occupy Wall Street… EJ Dickson   |   10.9.2011   |   Comments (37)
Performance artist Marina Abramović gets a video game; James Franco rejoices
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Performance artist Marina Abramović gets a video game; James Franco rejoices

Just this past weekend, as I hunkered down with my ragtag tribe of female gamers, preparing for another beer-and-brownie-fueled evening of… Colette McIntyre   |   09.19.2011   |   Comments (2)