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Jeff Koons Gets Naked And Pumps Iron For Vanity Fair, Because He's Jeff Koons...

Jeff Koons Is Back. Or, at least, that's what Vanity Fair will have the world believing with its recent profile of Mr. Neo-Pop, aka the "world's most expensive birthday clown." And, surprise!, the...

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Electric Landscapes Reveal The World's Most Pressing Environmental Issues

Many photographers aim to capture events, or beautiful moments in time, with the help of a camera. Barry Underwood, however, opts to construct the moment itself. Combining elements of painting,...

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Colorado Ballet Company Proves Dancers Have Way More Fun Than The Rest Of Us

Dancers are relentless in their quest to prove that the twist of a limb and the contortion of a trunk can amount to the most beautiful shapes and forms. And they seem to have convinced even the most...

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This Sprawling 'Mud Mural' Is Helping Change The Lives Of Indian Schoolkids

Recently we came across photos of a schoolroom in India, painted in swirls of mud: The work of the Japanese artist Yusuke Asai, the room-sized mural vanished soon after Asai completed it. It came out...

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Gay Muslims Come Out In Toronto Photo Exhibit, 'Just Me And Allah'

(RNS) Many Muslims leave Islam when they find their sexuality and faith incompatible. But a new photo exhibit of gay and queer Muslims challenges that notion. The exhibit, which opens June 18 at the...

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The 'Game Of Thrones' Cast, On And Off Screen

"Game of Thrones" fans, we know you're getting antsy for this weekend's Season 4 finale. So fill the slow-burning hours between now and Sunday night by checking out your favorite "GoT" stars on and off...

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7 Reasons Why It's Good To Speak Another Language

It's one of life's truths: Being bilingual or multilingual can only be considered a good thing. The ability to travel seamlessly in another country; to interact with people you wouldn't otherwise be...

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Brazil Protests, Rickshaw Naps And Volunteer Soldiers In Iraq: Week In...

Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this...

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After Dark: Meet NYC's Penny Arcade, Artist And Nightlife Personality

This is the fifth installment in HuffPost Gay Voices Associate Editor James Nichols' ongoing series "After Dark: NYC Nightlife Today And Days Past" that examines the state of New York nightlife in the...

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HeartGoesPop: Don't Be Afraid To Show Your LGBT Love!

A brilliant new campaign is encouraging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples to show their affection for one another proudly and share their love with the world. Called HeartGoesPop,...

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The Most Incredible Photos From The 2014 World Cup

The colors. The passion. The pageantry. The goals. There's nothing like the FIFA World Cup, and these are the dramatic images that prove no other sporting event has this kind of impact. Some of the...

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'TransCuba,' Mariette Pathy Allen Photography Book, Showcases Transgender...

TransCuba, from photographer Mariette Pathy Allen, documents the lives and experiences of transgender individuals living and working in Cuba. Allen has been documenting transgender culture on a global...

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Broadway Musical 'After Midnight' To Close By The End Of The Month

NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway musical celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club nightclub in Harlem is dancing into history: It will play its final show June 29. "After Midnight," a candy...

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These Film Dads Having 'The Talk' Will Make Your Dad Seem Less Awkward

The "talk." We've all heard it before, and for those lucky enough to have received the coming of age conversation from their dad, they know that it is more awkward than saying "penis" for the first...

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Casey Kasem Dead At 82 Years Old

Casey Kasem died Sunday morning, June 15, at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington. The legendary broadcaster was taken off life support at age 82. Kasem suffered from a progressive form of...

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'22 Jump Street' Beats Out 'How To Train Your Dragon 2' In Box-Office Battle

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a summertime battle of sequels, a pair of kooky cops beat out flying dragons for the top spot at the North American box office, but the dragons soared internationally. The R-rated...

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The Artist Adding Heroes To Neighborhood Watch Signs In Toronto Is The Real Hero

If these signs are accurate, Toronto is officially the safest, and coolest, place on Earth right now. Artist Andrew Lamb, or so he calls himself on Instagram, has been going around Toronto and adding...

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This Site Is Turning Everyone's Average Handwriting Into A Font And Needs...

Our beloved gadgetry may be on its way to spoiling our ability to recognize each other's handwriting -- visions of the future imagine computers embedded in our retinas projecting keyboards onto thin...

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Labyrinth Of Plastic Waste Shows Just How Serious Our Consumption Problem Is

It's often difficult to visualize how our daily consumption habits play out on a grander scale, how every water bottle we discard contributes to a growing, worldwide problem. A group of activists known...

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Photographer Creates Surreal Propaganda For Europe's Last Communist Dictatorship

Belarus has been called Europe's last surviving dictatorship on more than once occasion. As Mark Rice-Oxley explained in The Guardian: "Since Alexander Lukashenko came to power in 1994, parliament has...

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