1. Richard Prince’s Spiritual America, a nude portrait of a then 10-year-old Brooke Shields, has been pulled from a show scheduled to open tomorrow at the Tate Modern after the museum had a visit from the obscene publications unit of the Metropolitan police. [via The Guardian]
2. Contrary to previous reports, Comcast is not in talks to buy NBC-Universal from General Electric. This is good news for Jack Donaghy. [via Philly.com]
3. Paramount has shifted the release date of Up in the Air, hopefully avoiding a George Clooney vs. George Clooney showdown at the box office. [via THR]
4. Flavor Flav — who dropped out in the 10th grade — is shopping around a new reality series that would send him back to high school to receive his diploma. [via THR]
5. Download “Scoff,” an unreleased Nirvana song from Sub Pop’s upcoming Bleach reissue. [via Pitchfork]
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I'm kind of torn as to how to think of the Brooke Shields picture. Supposedly the whole point of it being in the current exhibition is that the displayer is making a statement about how kids are exploited, sometimes by their parents, for money or pleasure or for the benefit of others. Even so… the part of the picture I can see does not look as if it is an innocent picture. It looks like it was taken to show off sexuality that no 10 year old should be displaying & so doing, gives me the creeps. I have to say… I almost can't blame people for calling it kiddie porn. That's a real fine line there.
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