Caroline Stanley

Fascinating Street Shots of Rodeo Drive Shoppers in the ’80s

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 14, 2013 5:00pm

You might know Anthony Hernandez for his beautiful landscape photography, but back in the ’80s the artist turned his lens on a rarefied subject: the shoppers of Beverly Hills. The resulting images — which mark the first time he had worked in color — provide a brilliant visual time capsule, full of big hair, cinched waists, and a few outfits that wouldn’t look too out of place in modern-day Bushwick. “I was trying to be invisible,” he has said. “I didn’t want the confrontations that come with taking more considered photographs.” Click through to check out a selection of photos, which can all be found in the recently published book Rodeo Drive, 1984. … Read More

Pop Culture

2013 Golden Globes: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey’s Funniest Lines of the Night

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 13, 2013 8:53pm

Let’s face it: The real reason that most of us are tuning in to tonight’s Golden Globes ceremony before watching the season premiere of Girls or the new Downton Abbey is to see what kind of craziness the evening’s hilarious co-hosts, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, will deliver. We’re keeping tabs on all of their funniest lines of the night after the jump. Let us know what has been your favorite moment of the show so far in the comments! … Read More

Pop Culture

Exclusive Supercut: Just the Amy and Tina Parts from the 2013 Golden Globes

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 13, 2013 12:56am

If you couldn’t stomach watching the entire Golden Globes last night, have no fear: we asked Flavorwire pal Jesse Pynigar to put together a much shorter version of the show that’s got all of the important parts — no, we’re not talking about Jodie Foster’s “instantly legendary” speech, we mean all of the funny bits that featured Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Click through for our highlight reel, then head to the comments to let us know what you thought of the comedic duo’s co-hosting abilities! … Read More

Web

In Case You Missed It: From Crazy Domes to Funny Authors

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 11, 2013 5:12pm

This week at Flavorwire, we looked at some epically bad plans for New York City over the years — and by “epically bad,” we mean putting a two-mile-wide dome up over midtown Manhattan and filling in the Hudson. We revisited some of the scariest scenes in film history, as well as some of the all-time weirdest guest appearances on The Simpsons. … Read More

New York

Minimal Posters of NYC’s Subway Lines

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 11, 2013 4:00pm

Making a map of New York City’s complicated subway system that is geographically accurate and easy on the eyes is no simple task — just ask Massimo Vignelli. Spotted by ANIMAL, these minimal beauties by designer Andrew Lynch aren’t just pretty to look at — they’re also true to scale. “This series of posters tries to flip the original rational for clean design on its head,” he explains on the recently funded Kickstarter for the project. “Instead of creating a map showing the routes of each line abstracted to fit into a small map each poster shows just one train line by itself, stripped away from its context, with a description and statistics provided. Why do it this way? I wanted to show the viewer something they see everyday but in a completely new, almost unrecognizable way; the way it actually looks.” Click through to view all nine posters in the candy-colored set. … Read More

Photography

Gorgeous Long-Exposure Shots That Transform New York City Landmarks

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 10, 2013 5:00pm

If there’s one thing most New Yorkers find impossible, it’s slowing down. For his City Stages series, photographer Matthew Pillsbury imposes a hushed calm on normally busy settings, shooting hour-length exposures with a large format 8 X 10 view camera. The effect isn’t just lovely to look at; it also belies a deeper meaning. “The ghostlike appearance of my subjects wasn’t something I set out to pursue,” he explained to Slate. “But I do find it fascinating to highlight the fragility, the evanescence of our lives. We are here only briefly. Every moment passing bringing us closer to our last. Much of photography is an attempt to stop the clock—to assert our presence: ‘I was here, I matter.’ Here, my photographs are doing something different: We are shown the fragility and fleeting nature of our presence.” Click through to view a selection of black-and-white images from the series. … Read More

Web

The Funniest Tweets About Seth MacFarlane at This Morning’s Oscar Nominations

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 10, 2013 11:32am

“The last time Austria and Germany co-produced something was Hitler, so this is much better.” Was this morning a preview of what we can expect when Seth MacFarlane hosts the Academy Awards next month? Some of our favorite people on Twitter seem to think so — and they’re not very happy about it. We compiled a few of our favorite tweets after the jump; watch him channel Daniel Day-Lewis in first Oscar promo and weigh in with your own thoughts on MacFarlane’s hosting capabilities in the comments. … Read More

Photography

Newly Published, Never-Seen Photos of The Beatles

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 9, 2013 4:00pm

New York City-based photographer Henry Grossman shot The Beatles extensively in the mid-60s, covering their initial 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, visiting them on the set of Help! in The Bahamas and Austria, and even venturing into their homes to capture a few rare moments of downtime. Now, he’s making many of his photos available to the public for the first time.… Read More

Pop Culture

Stereotyping You By Your Favorite Monopoly Piece

By Caroline Stanley on Jan 9, 2013 12:30pm

By now you’ve probably read that Hasbro plans to either retire the race car, iron, Scottie dog, wheelbarrow, shoe, top hat, thimble, or battleship — and they’re putting the decision in the hands of the public via the Monopoly Facebook page. Along with the “Save Your Token” campaign, they’re also letting people pick what the replacement piece should be — it’s a race between a kind of sad looking cat, a kind of sad looking diamond ring, a kind of sad looking guitar, a kind of sad looking helicopter, and a kind of sad looking robot. While we realize that all of this is just an extremely silly way of getting the 110-year-old board game board game back in the headlines, we couldn’t help but bite. After the jump, we attempt to uncover what your favorite Monopoly game piece says about you. Let us know which one you think deserves to be killed off in the comments. … Read More