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Kanye West is Dead, Long Live Kanye West: Is 2009 the Year of the Celebrity Death Hoax?
Rumors of Kanye West’s death by car crash began spreading online just hours after he, followed by label Island/Def Jam, took down a public stream of We Were Once A Fairytale, a Spike Jonze short film starring the rapper himself.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWatch Kanye West and Spike Jonze's Short Film, We Were Once A Fairytale, While You Still Can
Island/Def Jam has taken hold of We Were Once A Fairytale, Spike Jonze’s short film starring its own Kanye West after an online leak via fan blog sprung over the weekend.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsKanye West Retreats to India for Ashram Rehab
Kanye West’s no-show at the BET awards and cancellation of his tour with Lady Gaga left all of us wondering what Mr. By-Himself-He-So-Impressed was up to. Well, turns out it’s not so much a “what” as it is a “where.” India, to be specific.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsIan Brown Wants to Work With...Rihanna?
In a recent interview with the BBC, legendary former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown revealed a bit of news that fans have been waiting to hear for years...... read more
Found in: Music, NewsVariations on a Meme: Six Kanye West Pics to Make You Giggle
Oh, Internet. You just give and give. You turn a fake controversy into something people really care about—in fact, you make people care so much that they use your wily technological ways to create a website like this, where they can post occasionally hilarious responses to the Kanye West/Taylor Swift imbroglio. Then we can scroll through this website and pick our favorite images for a blog post. Everybody wins! ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFourteen Voices You Wouldn't Want to Hear Giving GPS Directions
Back in August, Paste (and many others in the blogosphere) leapt to report on a rumor about Bob Dylan lending his voice to GPS systems. But as loyal listeners to his XM Radio show all knew, the segment wasn't just a rerun from a December episode—it was also a well-told joke. Whoops.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayKanye-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
Found in: Culture, Newskanyelicio.us (Awesome of the Day)
Continuing our Kanye fallout coverage, today we celebrate the single-minded kanyelicio.us/. Just add the URL of your favorite website to the end, and you'll get Kanye's opinion. Here's what he thinks of PasteMagazine.com - http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.pastemagazine.com.And, of course, here's his take on TaylorSwift.com - http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.taylorswift.com.... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityKanye West Apology Video (Awesome of the Day)
I'm not sure how the folks at Red Label Films pulled this off so quickly, but here's a new animated video of Kanye West apologizing for his idiotic actions last night at MTV's VMAs. Apparently Auto-Tune can't fix everyone's vocals, but horrible singing aside, this cracked me up. "IM NOT CRAZY YALL, IM JUST REAL."... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityWhy 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
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