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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

Jarvis Cocker diagnosed with Further Complications

With Pulp receding in the rearview mirror, frontman Jarvis Cocker has lately been flexing his musical chops for his well-received solo career. The sequel to his 2006 self-titled solo debut has just been: Further Complications. "Complications" is apparently a diagnosis of our zeitgeist; Cocker has dished on the meanings behind the names of several of the possible tracks. "Slush" ("I guess slush will be the ultimate outcome of global warming."), "Caucasian Blues" ("An attempt to understand the pain of a man whose Honda Goldwing has run out of petrol") and "I Never Said I Was Deep" ("The phrase that I...  read more

Jarvis Cocker to compose for Wes Anderson's Fox

It's been 30 years since Jarvis Cocker formed Britpop should-have-been-a-sensation Pulp, seven since the band broke up, three since he appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the lead singer of wizard band, The Weird Sisters, two since he entered his solo career phase with Jarvis. The man is unquenchable....  read more

Pitchfork Fest '08 Day Two: Evolution of Hip

(Getting sick, sick, sick with Chk, Chk, Chk)As the natural progression of emergently original things go, Pfork’s festival speaks no more to one niche market, which is something best analogized by !!!’s Nic Offer late afternoon Saturday, before thrusting his pelvis to a series of genre-blurring grunts:We’re the lowest rated band on Pitchfork, with the highest set time.  It goes to show you the kids know something the critics don’t....  read more