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Seth MacFarlane’s New Movie May Be a Comedic Western

By Alison Nastasi on

It looks like Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is following Quentin Tarantino’s latest path. THR’s blog Heat Vision exclusively reports that the funnyman is prepping a live-action western-comedy, written with Ted co-stars Alex Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. A deal hasn’t been finalized at this time, but the stars definitely seem aligned. A sequel… Read More

Art

10 Fascinating TED Talks by Contemporary Artists

By Marina Galperina on

Hearing artists talk about their work can be fascinating. If they’ve been invited to speak at TED, you know it’s going to be amazing. Come see. Get close. Go deeper. From the poignant, political motivations behind JR’s giant face wheat-paste explained by the giddy, charming street artist himself, to Theo Jansen narrating the inner-workings of his intelligent kinetic sculpture-animals, to Miru Kim talking about urban exploring in the buff, there have been some very interesting talks. Here are some of our favorites. … Read More

Film

Brutally Honest Posters for Summer Blockbusters

By Jennifer Lewis on

How have the summer blockbusters been treating you thus far, folks? Already tired of all the superheroes, or are you thirsty for more? It’s been quite a while since the Academy Awards, but remember when we brought you a hilarious selection of Shiznit’s truth-telling posters for 2012 Oscar nominated films? Well, we decided it’s about time we made some exclusive Flavorwire posters of a similar, brutally honest breed. After the jump, we’ve created new versions of seven popular summer blockbusters’ posters. As always, hit the comments to let us know what you think. … Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The 19 new films contending for the Palme d’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have been announced, and they include Pedro Almodóvar’s La Piel Que Habito, Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. [via ArtsBeat]

2. Bruce Campbell has confirmed that the long-rumored Evil Dead reboot will… Read More

Art

Pic of the Day: Street Artist Wins $100,000 TED Prize

By Caroline Stanley on

It was announced yesterday that J R, an anonymous, 27-year-old street artist from Paris, had been awarded TED’s $100,000 annual prize — which in the past has gone to more familiar names, like Jamie Oliver, Bono, and Bill Clinton. “If there’s one thing I’ve always taken care of with my work, it’s that it’s never… Read More

Web

The 10 Best Arts and Culture TED Talks

By Judy Berman on

It seems like every day someone is sending us a new TED talk. We are big fans of the forward-thinking smart-people conference, but there’s just no way we can watch everything posted on the site. That said, there’s no way we would miss “David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve,” a speech from this year’s event that just appeared on the site. Once we checked out that show stopper (seriously, watch it now), we couldn’t help scanning the TED archives to find the best arts and culture-related talks. Our ten favorites, spanning the realms of art, design, literature, music, and TV, are after the jump. … Read More

Boldtype

Our 5 Favorite Sites for Great Bookish Videos

By Toby Warner on

This past week, a 1950s video of Vladimir Nabokov sipping tea, discussing Lolita with Lionel Trilling, and just generally being his charmingly elitist self made the rounds. It reminded us that author videos don’t have to resemble the BookTV cliche of someone just droning on and on. It also got us thinking: What else is out there today? After the jump, we collect our five favorite sites for author… Read More