U2's Spider-Man musical holding open casting calls
If you've ever:a) Dreamed of frolicking around onstage as a lead role in a Broadway musical, b) yearned for those musical numbers to be blessed by Bono himself, or c) spent your alone time pretending to shoot spiderwebs out of your fingers and making out with your Mary Jane pillow, then your stars have aligned. ... read more
Carlos Santana asks Obama to legalize marijuana
Carlos Santana is unhappy that President Obama is against legalizing marijuana. The guitar legend says that the money from a controlled, taxed crop could help jump-start the economy. ... read more
Facebook announces finance chief's departure
It's been hard to keep up with all the Facebook drama lately. First there was that messy TOS hullaballoo, then the powers that be decided to change the site's layout, and more outrage ensued. The big announcement for this week is finance chief Gideon Yu's departure, but it's unclear whether he left of his own volition, or was let go. The Wall Street Journal speculates that Faceboook let him go, while the New York Times specifies that the site's announcement only mentioned that Yu left, not that he was fired. Yu has declined to comment thus far.... read more
GreenJeans: The Evolution of Eco-Friendly Fashion
As you walk east on New York’s 6th Street, dodging ripped trash bags and discarded stacks of books, Gomi NYC’s neon-green awning beckons, bright and... read more
Rags for the Richest: A Film About Valentino
"Compared to us, the rest are making rags,” Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld whispered in the ear of Valentino Garavani... read more
Green Day's American Idiot becomes a musical
Green Day fans, get ready to dookie yourselves. The band's multi-platinum selling album American Idiot is going to be made into a musical, and a "respectable" one at that, apparently. Spring Awakening/Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer will helm the project, set for a one-month run in the band's old stomping grounds, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.... read more
Mozart's Cosi fan tutte gets modern with text messaging
We really probably shouldn't be surprised, considering it seems no one is safe from the pervasive power of technology nowadays. No, not even you, opera. In an unprecedented level of technological integration, the New York Times reports that Underworld Productions Opera Ensemble has decided to embrace the age of the cell phone and allow theatregoers to vote via text on the outcome of a modernized version of Cosi fan tutte.... read more
Ricky Gervais, Daniel Day-Lewis, more auction underwear
Just admit it. We all get a little curious about the details of our favorite celebrities' personal lives at one time or another. Well, thanks to a charity organized by Guardian writer Simon Hattenstone, you can get just about as close to those (hopefully clean) details as humanly possible.... read more
Blender magazine folds, Joe Levy heads to Maxim
The shrinking page count of Blender was an indication that something was up. The magazine, not unlike many others, was suffering under the financial pressures of the economy and soon found itself with a much leaner figure than when it began in 2001.... read more
Stephen Colbert may get space-station namesake honor
Stephen Colbert already has a spider, a bald eagle and a Ben & Jerry's flavor (Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream) named after him. For most people, that would be enough, but the comedian with the perpetually raised eyebrow is shooting for the moon—literally. He's just won a landslide vote to have a room in NASA's International Space Station christened the "Colbert."... read more
Paste nominated for a second National Magazine Award
Here at Paste HQ, we've been know to toot our own horn from time to time, so excuse us while we tip back a glass right now. For the second year in a row, the American Society of Magazine Editors has nominated Paste as a finalist for the prestigious National Magazine Award in the General Excellence category.... read more
Interpol's Carlos D to premiere film at Anonymous Gallery
Interpol bassist Carlos Dengler (AKA: Carlos D) will premiere his film, My Friends Told Me About You, at the Anonymous Gallery in New York on April 17.... read more
Fashion bot created to own Tokyo's catwalk
It seems, judging by the popular status of our bionic List of the Day, that our readers love their robots. However, the new HRP-4C "Fashion Fembot" blurs the line between cute and creepy. Japanese researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology debuted this pretty little bot to the media recently, preparing for her to strut down the catwalk in Tokyo's spring fashion show. She is the first (fully) plastic and metal fashion model.... read more
U.N. hosts Battlestar Galactica retrospective
Tonight, the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica will air its series finale after six years, four seasons and an epic trek across the galaxy. Yes, one of the decade's best science fiction television shows is coming to an end, but not before being given a proper sendoff: The United Nation's department of Public Information and SciFi recently hosted a retrospective on the show at the U.N.'s headquarters in New York City. ... read more
Liam Gallagher makes foray into fashion
What does Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher have in common with Jessica Simpson, Gwen Stefani and P. Diddy (besides the ubiquitous '90s singles)? They've all crossed over into the world of clothing design. Gallagher has unveiled plans for his new fashion label, Pretty Green, which will be designed by the Brit musician.... read more
Hulu wants to make Friends with you
The competition among social networking websites is getting intense and Facebook's future keeps getting threatened. First, Twitter, and now Hulu. According to Variety, Hulu has launched Hulu Friends, a new set of social networking features that will allow viewers to create a profile and network with other users.... read more
Sirius XM to begin streaming to iPhone, iPod this Spring
In early February, Sirius XM radio was one step away from bankruptcy, after failing to produce profit since acquiring its former competitor, XM Satellite Radio, almost two years ago. The company's main customer was automobile companies, but car sales have been decreasing in the past year. Now, in one last attempt to acquire more customers and turn their debt into profit, Sirius XM will begin streaming its subscription radio service to iPhones and iPods, according to Variety. ... read more
Beyond inflation, movie and concession prices soar
As Hollywood studios and movie theaters celebrated the surge in revenue in January and February, tech blog Gizmodo did a little quick arithmetic on Friday and dug up a sobering fact for connoisseurs of movie theaters and their concession stands. ... read more
Filmmaker Rob Spence crafts eye-camera to go undercover
The notorious intro to Six Million Dollar Man ("Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology.") has special meaning to filmmaker Rob Spence. Spence, a rabid fan of the '70s drama, damaged his eye in a childhood shooting accident, and had it removed three years ago. Now he's decided to capitalize on his loss, building a prosthetic eye-masked camera for an undercover documentary he'll be shooting.... read more
Apple's Next Five iPods: Revealed!
Apple introduced a new iteration of its iPod Shuffle this week, bumping up the storage to 4GB and adding a voice that announces the name and artist for each song... read more
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