Russian ex-spy/seductress Anna Chapman continues her cultural reign of the homeland by visiting a technical college and lecturing young people on self-fulfillment. What, you think all she does is drop guns on the catwalk and slither around in lingerie? She’s a busy gal! Read more »
Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film is scheduled to shoot near Wall Street for 14 days this month and the protesters camped out at Zuccotti Park aren’t going anywhere… or are they? The LA Times had speculated that OWS would be incorporated into the film — ’cause Gotham’s all torn with chaos and civil unrest, dig? — but the New York Times confirms that Warner Bros has no plans to shoot the occupiers. Read more »
The Department of Traffic has begun its rollout of 1000 new benches. The stylish street furniture was “inspired by the constant movement and urban rhythms of New York City,” according to industrial designer Ignacio Ciocchini. Read more »
Tompkins Square Park visitors and occupiers should be aware that the rats severely infesting the premises have now learned to climb trees. (Photo: Bobby Williams/E.V. Grieve)
Protestors from FEMEN are getting increasingly obscure, donning olde Slavic fairy tale masks and trying to break into the presidential palace to oppose Ukraine’s “Russian-Cuban geopolitical course and possible accession to the Customs Union.” Boobs. NSFW. Read more »
According to conspiratorial president candidate and NSA watchdog Jeff Boss: absolutely! Boss was in Zuccotti Park earlier today, taping up his signature “truther” posters on the marble perimeter walls, along with some new ones warning protesters about the secretive intelligence agency tainting the “pizza and other foods.” Read more »
Dr. Kevorkian’s surrealist paintings have been on view at the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Massachusetts, but now his niece — and sole inheritor of his estate — wants them too. The museum is sueing to hold on to this piece of bloody heritage. Read more »
Russian supermodel Natasha Poly is front and center in this revealing Vogue Spain editorial, where her only form of attire are a few gold bangles on each wrist. Captured by photographer team Inez Van Lemsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin – though I don’t see how you’d ever need two people to shoot this – Poly shows off her completely nude, Kate Moss-esque body in a series of blatantly NSFW poses, spotlessly-manicured vagina and all. If you ask me, es muy aburrido!
A couple of NYC taxi medallions bought in the 1980s for $80k a piece have just been sold for $1 million each. That’s $200,000 more than some previous ones and a new record. Back in 1937 when the medallions were originally sold by the city, they sold for a mere $10, which is the equivalent of $157.50 in 2011, making them quite the lucrative investment. (Photo: Danielle Lupkin/flickr)
There’s something a little bit ironic about Occupy Wall Street’s fringe artist protest group planning to end their day of protesting “intense commercialization and co-optation of art” in museums at the New Museum’s free Thursday nights. Read more »
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