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5 Celebrities Chad Michaels Should Impersonate (Who Aren’t Cher)

By Alison Herman on

The newly anointed — and first ever — All-Star of RuPaul’s Drag Race is no stranger to impersonations; after all, Michaels first attracted attention on the show for her spot-on performance as Cher early on in Season 4. But now that the San Diego queen has taken Drag Race’s top title, we think it’s high time she put her skills to the test and tried her hand at something new. The possibilities are endless, but here’s a shortlist of the public figures, both real life and fictional, who’d benefit most from the Chad Michaels treatment. … Read More

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Music

Things We Don’t Understand: Bryan Adams and Twiggy Make An Album

By Tom Hawking on

Occasionally we get a piece of news that’s so inexplicable that all we can do is shake our head and marvel at the enduring strangeness of the music industry. So it is with the news that celebrity Canadian and actually quite good photographer Bryan Adams is to record an album with ’60s style… Read More

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Pop Culture

The Top 10 "It" Girls of the 1960s

By Courtney E. Smith on

Rudyard Kipling defined the idea of an “It” Girl, writing “It isn’t beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just ‘It.’” By that measure, if you have “It” you never lose it. So, in celebration of the release of “It” Girl Marianne Faithfull’s new album Horses and High Heels, we offer Flavorpill’s 10 favorite 1960s “It” Girls. Between the fashion explosion that launched the age of the supermodel, the rise of Swinging London, and the lasting impression New Wave cinema had on commercial movies, there are dozens to choose from. Narrowing it down to only ten was hard, but the ones we’ve chosen have made a lasting impression and turned their “It” Girl status into legacies we still dissect. … Read More

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Photography

Linda McCartney’s Intimate Photos of the Beatles, Hendrix, and Twiggy

By Marina Galperina on

Linda McCartney was the first woman to land the coveted Rolling Stone cover with her portrait of Eric Clapton. Her photographs captured the Beatles kicking it at Brian Epstein’s house, Mick Jagger hanging back with Brian Wilson and everyone from Hendrix to Twiggy, completely unguarded. Over 200,000 photos by accomplished music photographer and Paul McCartney’s late wife were sorted to compile the 288-page Taschen tome Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs. Those photographs are now on view at New York City’s Bonni Benrubi Gallery through the end of July. See a selection of the images here, including personal, revealing shots of the McCartney family. … Read More

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