25 Artists You Need To Start Listening To In 2015
2015 should be an amazing year for music. Between expected releases from Kendrick Lamar, Modest Mouse, Kanye West, Radiohead, Drake, Adele, Chance The Rapper, Frank Ocean, James Blake and Fleetwood...
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After Years Behind The Camera, Jay Duplass Steps Into The Light
Jay Duplass is having a moment. The longtime filmmaker made his major acting debut this summer in "Transparent," the much-buzzed about Amazon original series depicting a trans woman (Maura, played by...
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11 Vanished Vintage Baby Boys' Names Ready For Revival
Not too long ago, Arthur was a "grandpa name", and Theodore was the family name you vowed you would never use. Now that those names are both back in fashion, which boy choices could be the next to...
View ArticleMontclair State University To Spend $210,000 On Hawk Statue
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) -- Some students at New Jersey's second-largest public university are not feeling the spirit even though Montclair State University is spending $210,000 for a 12-foot bronze statue...
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Common Explains The True Inspiration Behind His Song 'Glory' From 'Selma'...
In the movie "Selma," which chronicles the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., actor and hip hop artist Common plays the part of James Bevel, a prominent civil...
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British Teen Says A Stranger Gave Him A Banksy Print For A Random Act Of...
Be kind. Help a stranger in need. The world needs kindness, plus you never know when that stranger might just be the elusive artist Banksy. Or was it? A spokeswoman for the artist says no, but Ben...
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This Gorgeous Proposal Photo Almost Didn't Happen
Photographer Michael Justin was hired to shoot a proposal Monday night along the Long Island City waterfront in Queens. No big deal, he thought. He set up his cameras and flashes -- using his camera...
View ArticleA 'Wet Hot American Summer' TV Show Is Coming To Netflix
"Hey, let's all promise that in 10 years from today, we'll meet again, and we'll see what kind of people we've blossomed into." The rumored "Wet Hot American Summer" TV show is reportedly on its way to...
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This '4D-Printed' Dress Just Became Part Of The Museum Of Modern Art's...
The Kinematics dress, created by generative design studio Nervous System, is, in all cliches, not your average piece of fabric. For starters, the Museum of Modern Art recently acquired the fashionable...
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These 8 Arab Cartoonists Fight For Freedom Of Expression Every Day
As the world processes the devastating mass shooting Wednesday in the Paris offices of the satirical paper Charlie Hebdo, cartoonists around the world are making sense of the death of their colleagues...
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This Optical Illusion Will Make Your Eyes Bulge And Your Brain Burst
This article originally appeared on Slate. By Phil Plait I love optical illusions, especially ones where you know what your eyes are telling your brain is wrong, but you can’t seem to get your brain to...
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Art Exhibition Champions Blemishes, Pimples, Scars And Other Glorious Flaws
For much of the world, a zit is something to be eradicated, a pimple covered up. Wrinkles, scars, bumps and blemishes of any kind are best hidden and hopefully obliterated, bringing the host of said...
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Oakland's New Mayor Has Been Driving Around Town In A Giant Burning Man Snail...
Libby Schaaf may very well be the first mayor of a major American city to ride around town in a flame-shooting Burning Man art car shaped like a giant snail. She notes that she may also be the only...
View ArticleHow To Get More Followers While Live-Tweeting The Golden Globes
The Golden Globes are a time for celebrating the arts and also live-tweeting said celebration. Amid the masses, it can feel like your hilarious commentary is not getting you the thousands of followers...
View ArticleThe Full Golden Globes Winners List
All the winners from this year's Golden Globes: FILM Best Motion Picture – Drama "Boyhood" Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Best Actor – Motion Picture, Drama Eddie...
View ArticleJulianne Moore Wins Best Actress - Drama At 2015 Golden Globes For 'Still Alice'
Julianne Moore won Best Actress - Drama at the Golden Globes for her role in "Still Alice." Moore plays a Columbia professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease in "Still Alice," which is...
View Article'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture - Drama At 2015 Golden Globes
"Boyhood" nabbed Best Motion Picture - Drama at the Golden Globes on Sunday, topping "Foxcatcher," "The Imitation Game," 'Selma" and "The Theory of Everything." "Boyhood" earned five Golden Globe...
View ArticleHow Our Inventions Reinvent Us
In two recent videos, Jason Silva visits the idea of ontological design—that as we design our tools, so our tools design us in return. We devise and engineer computers and the internet, and now...
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7 Reading Hacks To Improve Your Literary Skills
When we think of “hacks,” many of us think of tricks to make a task quicker and easier than we’d previously believed possible. And of course, people have been trying to “hack” reading for decades,...
View ArticleMargaret Cho's Golden Globes Bit Accused Of Racism
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler didn't shy away from controversial topics during Sunday's Golden Globes, but some viewers felt one of their bits went too far. During the broadcast, Fey and Poehler interacted...
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