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‘The Guardian’ Asks Artists, Scientists, Thinkers What They’d Like to See Next in Fight for Women’s Rights

By Sarah Fonder on

One hundred years ago, suffragette Emily Davison died throwing herself in front of King George V’s horse at Epsom Derby.… Read More

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Here’s What Else You Could Buy With the $13k a Khloe Kardashian Tweet Costs

By Tom Hawking on

Huffington Post Celebrity Editor Kari Friedlander recently tweeted a fascinating chart of how much it costs to buy a celebrity tweet for your brand. At the bottom: poor Frankie Muniz, who apparently commands just $252 a tweet. And at the top: Khloe Kardashian, who costs a whopping $13,000 a tweet, or about $92 a character. There’s no real way of knowing if this information is true — it’s sourced from social media marketing barrel scrapers IZEA, who presumably have an interest in inflating the worth of their “influencers,” one of whom is, yes, Khloe Kardashian. But still, let’s imagine for a moment that there are indeed companies out there willing to pay Kardashian $13k for 140 kharacters of brand endorsement. Here are some other things that money could buy. … Read More

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Clever Instagram User Photoshops Himself Into Celebrity Snapshots

By Sarah Fonder on

People have been photoshopping themselves into celebrity photos ever since it was possible, but let’s be real: not many of us are good at it. This is probably why sites like The Daily Dot and Gizmodo are so taken with Instagram user Peeje T, who photoshops himself into celebrity photos with nary a stray pixel. His creations range from straightforward to completely absurd, and you can almost believe he’s sitting with Rihanna at a basketball game until you see him give her a piggyback ride at the Kentucky Derby. He always tags his culprits in his posts, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see one of them call him up to capitalize on his growing buzz. If they do, it would be virtually impossible to tell the resulting Instagrams apart from Peeje T’s doctored images. Click through to see a selection of his best work. … Read More

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Celebrity

A Selection of Celebrities Who Want You to Think They’re Illuminati

By Tom Hawking on

Alas, poor Ke$ha. She so desperately wants to be controversial. She recently released new single “Crazy Kids,” and apart from being possibly the actual worst song this side of “My Humps” — a pounding inanity of “I don’t give a fuck because I’m soooooo craaaaazzzzy” clichés, set to an identikit beat and consigned to the deepest circles of musical hell with an appearance from Musical Antichrist will.i.am — it comes with a video that sucks like a turbo-charged Dyson. The clip features Ke$ha’s best determinedly controversial Vanilla Ice-esque cultural appropriation — corn rows! grills! — and if that weren’t enough manufactured “edginess,” she’s also adorned her hand with the all-seeing eye of the Illuminati. It’s hard to imagine Jay-Z inviting her into the New World Order, but anyway, she’s not the first artist to court controversy by leveraging Illuminati symbology. Here are some others. … Read More

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Television

Portia de Rossi’s Face Isn’t Messed Up — We Are

By Tyler Coates on

I was a bit late to the new season of Arrested Development — I spent Memorial Day on the beach rather than on my laptop watching Netflix — but it didn’t take long to hear people who did watch the new episodes complain about Portia de Rossi’s face. While it’s been seven years since the original run ended on Fox and everyone has gotten older, it’s de Rossi’s appearance that has sparked the most buzz online.

Here’s a quick round-up of the kind of talk Portia de Rossi has incited in the last few days: … Read More

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Music

Lauryn Hill and Beyoncé: Black Femininity and The Politics of Persona

By Marcus Hunter on

Much can be said, and has been said, about the relationship between art and social identity. An artist’s race, his or her sexuality — perceived, performed, and even private — as well as his or her politics, become tools that can elucidate the motivation behind their work, as well as its broader social and cultural significance. In making a celebrity’s private life public, their personal characteristics social, and their individuality a token of universal characteristics of an era, pop culture icons become in equal measure sources of power and vulnerable subjects to media distortion, scandal, and exaggeration. … Read More

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Celebrity

The 10 Strangest Quotes From Will and Jaden Smith’s ‘New York’ Interview

By Sarah Fonder on

Hollywood royals Will and Jaden Smith are in a whirlwind of promotion for their sci-fi film After Earth, written by the elder Smith and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The eccentric father-son duo graces the cover of this week’s New York magazine for a bizarre discussion about their relationship, their approach to fame, and scientific theories that revolve around a nondescript theme of “patterns.” Author Claire Hoffman steers the interview in a questionable direction from the start and is quick to ask the two about their religion, probably in hopes that they’ll talk about Scientology. … Read More

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A Virtual Tour of the Now-Closed Liberace Museum in Las Vegas

By Tyler Coates on

Almost a decade before his death in 1987, world-famous entertainer Liberace opened a museum dedicated to himself. Housing all of his flamboyant outfits, pianos, cars, and jewelry, the Liberace Museum became a prominent attraction for Las Vegas tourists willing to venture away from the strip of casinos, nightclubs, and performance spaces. While the museum closed in October 2010, the non-profit Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts hopes to open a new museum space dedicated to the performer. With Steven Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra set to premiere on HBO this Saturday, let’s hope there’s enough renewed interest in Liberace’s life and luxuries to open the museum’s doors once again. After the jump, check out a few photos of the museum’s collection to get an idea of what we’re all missing.  … Read More

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15 of the Greatest Celebrity Commencement Speeches

By Tyler Coates on

We’re almost through the month of May, and you know what that means: it’s college commencement speech season! While some of us had boring academics speak at our college graduations, there are a lot of other people who get to listen to folks like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, or Meryl Streep. So if you’re like me and are still annoyed that the creator of Joan of Arcadia was the celebrated guest who spoke while you baked in your black polyester cap and gown, take a short break and listen to these famous (and, generally, hilarious) people give advice to 22-year-olds. … Read More

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