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The Most Uncomfortable Portrayals of Celebrities in Art [NSFW]

By Chloe Pantazi on

Celebrities are voracious connoisseurs of art (even Beyoncé loves art history), and are among the few people in this world who can actually afford to collect it, so it makes sense that celebrities often appear as the subjects of artworks. Of course, that’s not to say they always inspire flattering portraits. The recent $1.9 million sale of artist John Currin’s 1991 nude portrait of Golden Girl Bea Arthur has inspired Flavorwire to round up the most awkward portrayals of celebrities in art, from politicians in the buff and doused in urine to installation art, sculpture, and a certain former president’s wet and wild self-portrait. … Read More

Film

The Lousiest Christmas Movies Ever Made

By Jason Bailey on

If you’ve ever wondered why there are so many (for the love of all that is holy, so damn many) Christmas movies, the answer is the same as for most of what happens in Hollywood: Money. Holiday movies are money lying on the ground, to be picked up every single December; a good Christmas movie that becomes a tradition can generate more continuing revenue than even the most beloved of catalogue releases. But there’s the rub — it also has to be a movie people actually want to revisit year after year. Making a good Christmas movie is harder than it looks; the delicate balance of humor, warmth, and schmaltz has to be just right, and for every Christmas Story or Christmas Vacation, we usually end up with three or four Santa Claus: The Movies. After the jump, a few would-be holiday “classics” to keep the hell off your Netflix queues and cable boxes; add your own cautionary tales in the comments. … Read More

Web

What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we discovered 50 things we didn’t know about James Bond. We visited Croatia’s Museum of Broken Relationships. We found out what happens when you show up at Dawson’s Creek. We learned Playboy is releasing 50 of its best interviews over 50 days on Amazon’s Kindle… Read More

Music

Hulk Hogan Was Almost a Member of Metallica

By Caroline Stanley on

And here we thought that it couldn’t get any weirder than last year’s Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration album Lulu. But if a new Hulk Hogan interview in UK tabloid The Sun is to be believed (and yes, we’ll be the first to admit that that’s a pretty big if), then the famed-wrestler-turned-reality-TV-star could have been Metallica’s… Read More

Pop Culture

Mustaches Make the Man

By Alison Nastasi on

With Movember just a patch of shadowy stubble behind us — the mustache-friendly month where guys grow facial hair in support of various men’s health issues — ad company TBWA’s campaign is a lingering amusement. Their Singapore campaign, which was started to help raise awareness for prostate cancer research, refers to some of the world’s most famous mustaches. Einstein, Gandhi, and Nintendo icon Mario all appear in the minimal, but effectively funny, series that proves a great mustache really makes the man. Click through to see what we mean, and vote for your favorites below. … Read More

Books

Classic Celebrity Memoirs and Their Contemporary Counterparts

By Stacy Elaine Dacheux and Paris Lia on

“Everybody needs his memories,” Saul Bellow once wrote. “They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.” These days, the same can be true of fame. It’s no surprise then that celebrity memoirs and autobiographies continue to flood the market — much to our personal glee. As self-proclaimed aficionados, we’ve decided to help you navigate the waters; here are a few contemporary titles, paired with a soft focus homage to their vintage predecessors, never to be forgotten. If you’ve got a recommendation to add to our list, be sure to leave it in the comments. … Read More

Web

Testing Out The Trustworthiness of Beards

By Bethany Larson on

While perusing the interwebs today, we learned that there is a World Beard and Moustache Championship– and yes, their website has pictures of award-winning facial hair. This site reminded us of our post about beards during No Shave November and we decided to pay homage to another form of facial hair–the mustache. Check out the most culturally relevant mustaches after the… Read More

Books

Exclusive: Mike Edison on His Hulk Hogan Beef, the Ozzy High Times Scandal, & the Chronicaster

By Spyridon P. Panousopoulos on

Mike Edison has had the kind of life counter culture geeks salivate for: He dropped out of school to report on porn, music, drugs and general debauchery from the point of view of an active participant. His credits as a gonzo provocateur include stints at Penthouse, SCREW magazine, Hustler, and High Times. Edison has also collaborated musically with Jon Spencer and GG Allin. He’s partied with everyone from Evil Knievel to Ozzy and has even made an enemy of Hulk Hogan during his stint as a journalist covering professional wrestling. His book, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, (now in paperback) is Edison re-telling these tales and more. Flavorpill wanted to find out what it’s like to be this Renaissance man riding the fringes of culture, so we had a sit down with Mike to get the… Read More