Thursday, April 25, 2024

Celebrity

Debating The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 2000s List

When the BBC polled 62 international film critics last year to rank the 100 greatest American movies of all-time, an interesting omission mostly went unmentioned: There weren’t many films from the 2000s. And by not many, I mean there were six....

Cities and Celebrities: Proposing 8 New Holidays for Hometown Heroes

Cities love claiming their hometown heroes. It gives people a sense of pride in where they're from, lets celebrities return home heroes, and provides the mayor with an easy photo op. Everyone wins. For example, the city of Los Angeles recently announced...

Why Frank Ocean Is The Perfect Star For Our Digital Age

Was the art worth the wait? Following four years of online agitated anticipation, of Tumblr rumors and Canadian DJs tweeting false hope, Frank Ocean released not one, but two albums: the zenlike Endless, a visual koan and possible woodshop promotional...

Lady Gaga! Now That We Have Your Attention, Here’s Info On Her First Pop Single In 3 Years

Lady Gaga has returned. While she’s remained in the spotlight thanks to her collaboration album with Tony Bennet and her memorable David Bowie tribute at this year’s Grammy’s, it’s been three years since Gaga’s last pop single. But Gaga recently...

Chris Pratt Is A Horse-Whisperer

For its September issue, InStyle dubbed Chris Pratt a “Man of Style.” Judging by the photoshoot, it isn’t undeserved, either. While he says that in high school his primary shopping outlet was the thrift store, opting for “silk Hawaiian...

Justin Bieber Deletes His Instagram, Somehow The World Goes On

Pick your song from Justin Bieber’s latest album and it could sum up the world's current mood: Mark My Words. Sorry. I’ll Show You. What Do You Mean? How's that? Simple: The Biebs has left Instagram. The move comes on the...

Watch Bon Iver Perform Their Entire New Album ’22, A Million’

If you’re reading this, you’re (probably) a human, which means you (probably) experience ranges of emotions and feels in your life. In other words, you are likely a Bon Iver fan. Following a five-year hiatus, Bon Iver recently announced plans...

The Fresh Prince’s Carlton Banks Is Hiding In Big Banks’ Software

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone. Also not unusual: having fun with code. For proof, gaze into the loving eyes of ASCII Carlton: https://twitter.com/_Undt/status/763503376965459969 This tweet from Undt Type resurfaces a post from 2014 on Codementor about Easter eggs. The anonymous...

Skankstral Ska Hotel, And 5 More Cover Songs That Shouldn’t Exist

If you're a Neutral Milk Hotel fan, you're familiar with Jeff Mangum's dreamily, occasionally pleasantly almost-monotone voice and simple acoustic guitar riffs. You've swayed to "Two Headed Boy" and probably have some kind of late nineties coming-of-age memories with "King of...

David Bowie French-Kisses A Skull In Rare 1974 Footage

In this rare David Bowie footage uploaded by YouTuber Nacho Video, he sings “Cracked Actor” from the 1973 album Aladdin Sane, during the 1974 Diamond Dogs tour. This is Peak Bowie: Clutching a skull, he swoops and sways with a...

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