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10 Takes on the Pontiff in Pop Culture

By Alison Nastasi on

You needn’t be Catholic to know a new Pope was elected earlier this week. The 266th pontiff is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis and is best remembered for washing and kissing the feet of AIDS patients. Meanwhile, human rights activists (and the Internet) are criticizing Pope Francis for a possible link to Argentina’s Dirty War in 1976 and his stance on same-sex marriage. Yesterday, we also reported that Bruno Ganz has been cast in Showtime’s upcoming series The Vatican as the fictional Pope Sixtus VI. Inspired by the lingering white smoke, we wanted to look back at the hilarious and fascinating ways the Pope has been portrayed in pop culture. Head past the break for more guys in funny hats. … Read More

News

The Morning's Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards have been announced, with the new stage musical adaptation of Once leading the pack with 11 nods. The ceremony will be broadcast live from New York’s Beacon Theater on June 10. [via WaPo]

2. If you’re a guitarist, Tom Morello would like for you to… Read More

Celebrity

Photos of Famous Musicians with Their Cameras

By Caroline Stanley on

Spotted by PetaPixel, Celebrity Camera Club is a highly-entertaining new Tumblr that collects photos taken of famous people taking photos. While we were impressed to find images of everyone from Barack Obama to Stanley Kubrick snapping pics, we couldn’t help but notice what a large portion of the collection was dominated by famous musicians. Whether it’s just another creative outlet or the thrill of being on the other side of the lens for a change, we can’t really say, but we’ve posted some of our favorite photos of these cultural icons and their cameras after the jump; click through to check them out, and be sure to head over to Celebrity Camera Club to view the full archive. … Read More

Web

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

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we tried to imagine a world where Ringo Starr didn’t end up as one of the Beatles. We thought that Jillian Tamaki’s “Have a Sexy Halloween” illustrations for The Hairpin were laugh out loud funny. We watched Rihanna puke out a bunch of ribbons in her new… Read More

Music

10 Self-Congratulatory Songs to Strut Your Stuff To

By Emily Temple on

It’s a pretty common phenomenon for singers and rappers to write songs about how awesome they are, and that makes sense. Musicians have a lot to be proud of. They work long hours, they have to churn out new songs all the time, and their wallets are sometimes too small for their fifties. Just kidding! We all know that lyrical bragging is part of the bedrock of hip-hop, and is a distinct presence in other genres, and we’re cool with that, but sometimes a song comes along that is literally only about how great the singer is, and we think that deserves some special mention. Not that it’s necessarily a value judgement – these songs range from Charlie Sheen-level winning to actual greatness worthy of their own lyrics. After all, we all know that when Nicki Minaj says she’s the best, she’s not bragging. She’s just being realistic. So take a listen, brush your shoulders off, and let us know which of your favorites we’ve missed in the comments. … Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Some good news to help get you through this icy morning: Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow which means we should have an early spring. And the same goes for the poor man’s version of Phil, Staten Island Chuck.

2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to join the cast… Read More

Music

70 Things You Didn’t Know About Ringo Starr

By Paul Hiebert on

Today is the 70th birthday of former Beatle Richard Starkey, better known as Ringo Starr. To celebrate this fact, we thought we’d take a look at 70 other facts that you might not know about the drummer from Liverpool. Click past the jump to read tales about Ringo’s childhood, his experiences with drugs, and his portrayal of the Pope. … Read More

Music

Pic of the Day: Ringo Starr in a Water Droplet

By Caroline Stanley on

We’ll let James Dacey of physicsworld.com explain this miracle: “It was whilst writing a story this afternoon about water-repellency in lotus leaves that I noticed something very strange. Bizarrely, everybody’s favorite mop-topped Liverpudlian seems to reveal himself in the high-speed photo images of water-droplets being ejected from the leaf surface.”

It looks more like George Harrison to us. What do you… Read More

Music

Things That Will Happen Before Beatles Catalog Is on iTunes

By Michael McGregor on

With The Beatles: Rock Band and the band’s entire remastered catalog hitting retail shops today, it’s no wonder that we hear more rumors that EMI, the Fab Four’s floundering label, and Apple, ye proprietor of the country’s largest retail music shop, finally reached a deal to sell the Beatles catalog on iTunes. Sky News would have you believe it’s true, quoting Yoko Ono as their source. Of course, Sky News removed the link almost immediately after publishing, though not before a host of news services picked up on the story.… Read More