Shepard Fairey Admits Wrongdoing in AP Photo Use for Obama Campaign Posters
As it captures an unwavering stare in patriotic hues, Shepard Fairey’s poster supporting Barack Obama, the inspiration behind Obamicon.me, is now considered an iconic emblem. But while the vision may live on, its visionary is now compromised in a year-old battle of rights, after he admitted to lying about its original source.... read more
Spring Awakening Co-Stars Groff and Michele Reunite on Fox's Glee
Here’s your daily dose of theater nerd news: Yesterday, EW’s Hollywood Insider announced that actor Jonathan Groff will appear in a few upcoming episodes of Fox’s new hit drama Glee. Groff, who starred for several years in the anachronistic Broadway revival of Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening (and recently appeared in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock) will play the leader of Vocal Adrenaline, the unmatched rival of McKinley High’s fledgling glee club.... read more
Watch the New "Auto-Tune the News," Plus a Few of Our Favorites
Let’s not kid ourselves: politics can be pretty boring sometimes. Sure, it’s all well and good to watch that three-hour marathon session of the Ways and Means Committee when you’ve got nothing to do but sit around in your underwear all day and refresh Drudge every 30 seconds. But really, how likely are you to bring up CSPAN2’s rerun of Marcy Kaptur’s kickin’ speech on the floor of the House in mixed company? Worry no more, political junkie, because the medicine for your troubles has arrived: Auto-Tune the News.... read more
Kellogg's Plan to Laser Stamp Cornflakes
Nothing is sacred any more, not even that most iconic of American breakfast institutions, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. Evidently there’s been a rash of similarly-packaged Corn-y knockoffs lately, because Kellogg’s is preparing to take drastic and heretofore unseen measures in branding their flagship cereal: they’re currently formulating plans to use a laser (!!) to burn the Kellogg’s logo onto flakes in every single box.... read more
Tracy Morgan Greeting Cards Help You Live Every Week Like its Shark Week
One of the many highlights of 30 Rock is Tracy Morgan. As character Tracy Jordan, he has a way with words, dropping pearls of wisdom on a regular basis. A few gems:... read more
David Byrne, Sarah Silverman, Billy Corgan, More Tap into the Unconscious at Carl Jung Red Book Discussion
When psychoanalyst Carl Jung found himself face-to-face with haunting visions and inner voices, he did not bow down. Instead, he proceeded to document and decipher his battles for 16 years. The end result is his Red Book, and now, more than 25 music, film and cultural personalities are set to debate each of its 205 pages.... read more
The Paste Guide to Twitter: The 100+ Best Users to Follow
For a while, we've been compiling lists of musicians, comedians, filmmakers, writers and even fake personalities worth following on Twitter... read more
More Photos from Dust-to-Digital's Take Me To The Water Collection
Earlier this year, Atlanta-based crate-digging label Dust-to-Digital released Take Me to the Water: Immersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography 1890-1950, a 96-page book... read more
Quelle Tragédie! McDonalds to Open at France's Louvre Museum
Ah, McDonald's: Those golden arches are the ubiquitous symbol of cheap, convenient American grub. Or perhaps the universal symbol for high-fructose corn syrup? And with the U.S. market saturated (fun fact: the furthest you can get from a Mickey Dee's in this country is 107 miles), their fast-food empire has spread overseas, becoming a reliable shorthand for the ever-creeping tentacles of globalized consumerism. Case in point: McDonald's has just announced that they've cracked a market that was previously thought to be nigh-unassailable: the Louvre museum in Paris.... read more
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert
The 108th annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will be held on December 10 at Oslo City Hall in Norway. It's a formal affair customarily attended by the Norwegian Royal Family and immediately followed by a banquet at Oslo's Grand Hotel. Past Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded to Mother Teresa, Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela and Al Gore, and this year's winner will be announced this Friday, Oct. 9.... read more
Plans Put on Hold for Gold Statue of Semi-Naked Nick Cave
Notoriously dark rock crooner Nick Cave has certainly got a recognizable look: caterpillar eyebrows constantly cocked so as to exude that "Yes, I am mysterious" allure; long, slicked-back black hair and, of course, that impossibly angled and well-groomed mustache. You might say his looks were carved from stone. Or even...gold? Turns out, that's not just a turn of phrase. Cave actually has plans to carve his likeness into a large gold statue that was, until today, to be erected in the center of his hometown of Warracknabeal, Australia.... read more
Listen to Al Gore Narrate the Intro to Google Earth's Climate Change Simulator
Just in time for the UN's climate change conference in Copenhagen, Google has released an interactive tour of climate change scenarios, as well as some "possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation."... read more
David Cross Drinks, Tours for a Reason
With the recent release of David Cross's first-ever book/manifesto/essay collection, I Drink For a Reason, the comedian and Arrested Development alum will be hitting the road for a tour this fall across the lower forty-eight, with a few dates in Canada to boot.... read more
Backspacer Cover Artist Releasing a Children's Book
Liberally-minded readers of alt-weeklies have probably seen the work of Tom Tomorrow, the nom-de-plume of political cartoonist Dan Perkins. Perkins pens This Modern World, a series that riffs on ripped-from-the-headlines topics, usually offering laughs and insight in the same serving.... read more
Watch a Grainy Highlight Reel From Former Point Guard and Pearl Jam Namesake Mookie Blaylock!
Any serious Pearl Jam fan knows that the band originally named itself after second-tier NBA star Mookie Blaylock. But when was the last time you watched Blaylock himself play? We bet it's been awhile, since he's been retired for the better part of a decade. But now you can revisit his glory days in this lovingly assembled highlight reel:... read more
Kanye-Gate Continues: The Taylor Swift/Kanye West Mash-Up has Arrived
No one could have accurately predicted how the Kanye West/Taylor Swift kerfuffle would be received in this soundbyte-driven media economy. After West's cognac-fueled rant at Sunday night's VMAs, there's been an exploding cottage industry of "Imma let you finish, but..." and "BEST VIDEO OF ALL TIME" memes, blogs and blog-memes.... read more
Fangs and Fornication: Those Jane Austen Spinoffs Just Won't Quit
Jane Austen's depictions of romance and heartbreak have made her stories timeless. But now more than ever, her 19th century literature has inspired rather strange spinoffs, which have her beloved characters salivating for brains if not, well, a certain "lower orifice."... read more
Why Taylor Swift (and You) Shouldn't be Upset that Kanye Upstaged Her at the VMAs
A scant few minutes into last night's MTV Video Music Awards, a Hennessy-sauced Yeezy stormed the stage and kicked down Taylor Swift's sandcastle: "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'm going to let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." Drama ensued: various B and C-list musicians feigned disgust at the breach of decorum, and West was promptly ejected from the show and ran home to compose a half-sincere apology on his blog (which he later removed).... read more
Jim Carroll and the Punk Pulitzer
The celebrated author of The Basketball Diaries passed away on Friday... read more
ReSTART Internet Addiction Center Opens in Seattle
ReSTART, the world's first internet-addiction residential treatment program, opened recently in Redmond, Wash. (ironically enough, the neighborhood where Microsoft was founded). The center offers a 45-day, $14,000 rehabilitation course that promises to help addicts ease dependencies on social networking, online video games, texting and a host of other technological time-wasters.... read more
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