Back in September Radiohead’s Thom Yorke created two new electronic compositions that were played during Rag & Bone’s Spring 2012 presentation at New York Fashion Week. Now, for those of us who weren’t there to check out the show in person, both of the tracks — “Stuck Together” and Twist” — have randomly made their way on to YouTube. According to Pitchfork, while legit, these clips might only be excerpts of the full songs, and in fact, part of “Twist” featured in Yorke’s 25-minute DJ mix for XFM. Finished or not, we think you’ll get the general idea; give them a listen after the cut, and let us know what you think of the material in the comments.

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1. The 15 artists nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year have been announced, and the list includes Guns ‘N Roses, Eric B. & Rakim, The Cure, Heart, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. [via ArtsBeat]

2. Former L Word actress Leisha Hailey was booted off of a Southwest flight after making out with her girlfriend, fashion designer Nina Garduno. “Our crew, responsible for the comfort of all customers on board, approached the passengers based solely on behavior and not gender,” the airline said in a statement. “The conversation escalated to a level that was better resolved on the ground, as opposed to in flight.” [via Speakeasy]

3. In case you didn’t get enough of Thom Yorke’s crazy dance moves on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, watch Radiohead’s appearance on last night’s installment of The Colbert Report here.

4. Kevin Costner will no longer be playing a sadistic slave trainer in Quentin Tarantino’s next project, Django Unchained, citing both scheduling and personal reasons. [via Deadline]

5. The BBC reports that Rihanna, who was in Northern Ireland shooting the video for her new single, “We Found Love,” was forced to cover up after the farmer whose field she was using objected to her “state of undress.”

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1. Word is that Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook is planning to unveil its latest iPhone on October 4, and that the new device will go on sale in the weeks to follow. [via The Daily Beast]

2. This sounds promising: Jeremy Renner has signed on to star in King of Heists, an adaptation of J. North Conway’s book about one of the greatest bank robberies in American history; he’d be playing George Leslie, the man who spearheaded the 1878 heist. [via Deadline]

3. Gordon Ramsay is going to have another Fox reality series. Hotel Hell will be a makeover show along the lines of Kitchen Nightmares, but not necessarily cooking-centric. “These are stories that everyone can relate to, because virtually all of us have had a bad hotel experience that’s turned a holiday or business trip into a total disaster,” says Ramsay. “It’s time to put the hospitality industry to the test.” [via Inside TV]

4. Thom Yorke has confirmed to BBC Radio 1′s Giles Peterson that Radiohead will be on the road throughout next year; he’s also busy finishing up an album from his supergroup side project Atoms for Peace. [via NME]

5. Steven Spielberg is delaying the release of his forthcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic until after next year’s election, because he says that he doesn’t want the movie to “become political fodder.” The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis alongside Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and John Hawkes. [via Movieline]

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1. Thom Yorke has made a 25-minute DJ mix for XFM, and it includes a new solo track. You can download both the song, “Twist,” and the entire “Money Back Mix” at Stereogum.

2. Well, this was kind of inevitable: Fox execs looking for a way to increase Simpsons-related revenue are considering launching a channel devoted entirely to the series. The bad news, superfans, is that even if this plan comes to fruition, it won’t happen for at least a few years. [via Slashfilm]

3. Mad Men star January Jones gave birth to her first child yesterday and named the boy Xander Dane Jones. Huh. Is Betty a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan? [via People]

4. Well, Brad Pitt really put his foot in it. He implied in an interview that his marriage to Jennifer Aniston was so boring it sent him running to the bong, and now he’s apologizing for it. “Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly,” he said in a statement. [via RadarOnline]

5. Here’s a surprise: Charlie Sheen showed up on the Tonight Show yesterday and, despite his pending lawsuit against Warner Bros., admitted that Two and a Half Men was right to cut him from the show. “I would have fired my ass, too,” he said. Sheen also claimed that his “tiger blood” and “Adonis DNA” comments were “just metaphors.” [via EW]

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Since the days of Andy Warhol, the art world has openly engaged with the cult of celebrity. It’s not uncommon for an artist to use celebrities’ likenesses in their pieces — Daniel Edwards has made a career out of sculpting public figures like Britney Spears in provocative positions — yet rarely does one see works as lifelike and simple as Carmen Ortiz’s illustrations. A self-taught artist, Ortiz creates pencil portraits that are remarkably detailed and beautifully shaded. With the increasing popularity of digital artwork, her hand-drawn portraits are a refreshing change. Click through to see some of our favorite portraits of actors and musicians, including Thom Yorke and Anne Hathaway. If you’re interested in seeing more of her work or purchasing a print, head over to Ortiz’s website.

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Today at Flavorpill, we watched Jessica Biel’s new ad for Revlon because it was directed by Darren Aronofsky. We got a kick out of Robyn’s solo dance routine in her new music video for “Call Your Girlfriend” — maybe she’s been taking lessons from Thom Yorke? We finally got the true story from George Lucas on why his Star Wars prequels are so awful. We took the Naipaul test. We chuckled over the New Yorker’s corrections to The Awl’s post on the history of profanity in the New Yorker. We were excited to see that xoJane.com will be resurrecting Jane Magazine’s former “makeunder” feature — doesn’t Tinsley Mortimer look so much younger? We were happy to read that “tech rebel” Harper Reed has been named the CTO of Obama’s re-election campaign. We learned the physics behind why it’s so hard to execute a triple back flip on a bike. We heard that Michael Cera will be guest starring in an episode of The Simpsons as a love interest for Lisa. And finally, we hoped that the new “dumbed down” dietary guidelines will result in fewer obese kids (and adults).

The latest Thom Yorke side project — a joint effort with UK dubstep mystery man Burial and excellent producer Four Tet — is out this week, adding another entry to an extensive and eclectic list of collaborations. Indeed, it’s gotten harder and harder over the years to keep track of all the projects to which the Radiohead singer has contributed — so if you want to investigate his extra-curricular activities further, here’s a round-up, organized (roughly) from the best to the worst.

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We’ve never figured Thom Yorke for a woman scorned, but apparently we’d better start. Because that crazy internet, always giving us exactly what we never knew we always wanted, has served up yet another delicious morsel. In this brilliant mashup, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke does the crazy old-man sexy seizure dance from new video “Lotus Flower” to the sweet, sweet sounds of Beyoncé. Up next, an actual, real-life collaboration between the two? Please, lords of the internet, oh please say yes. Click through to watch the Thom York/Beyoncé dance and see the original video.

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Everyone knows that Thom Yorke is passionate about climate change, that he purchased the entire Warp Records catalog after OK Computer, that he was born with his left eye fixed shut. But did you know that he can’t read musical notation? Did you know that he said he’d “start skanking dancehall style” if Radiohead were to split up? Did you know that today marks his 42nd birthday? If not, this list of 42 things you didn’t know about today’s birthday boy might very well shift your paradigm.

Also, because this past weekend marked the 10th anniversary of Kid A’s release date, we have included 10 things you didn’t know about Kid A. Who says important cultural transmissions need to be in paragraph form? Post comments if you have interesting facts to add!

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In the late ’80s, Stanley Donwood hitchhiked around England, busking a fire-breathing act. He stopped off at Oxford to visit his friend, a fellow University of Exeter fine-art student named Thom Yorke. Today he’s known as the sixth member of the band and has crafted virtually every piece of Radiohead artwork from The Bends, where he morphed a photo of a medical dummy with Yorke’s face; to the lava lamp-esque In Rainbows album cover, which was created using wax and hypodermic needles. Tomorrow San Francisco’s Fifty24SF presents Stanley Donwood’s first ever showing in the United States — Stanley Donwood: Over Normal —  featuring pieces inspired by his work for Radiohead’s sixth album, Hail to the Thief, and the color of California freeway signs. We sat down with him to chat about it.

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