A life-size bronze sculpture of Ronald Reagan was recently molested in California’s Newport Beach park by mysterious “vandals” who lassoed and hitched Reagan to a pick up truck, but were thwarted mid-tow, as the rope slipped off. Confounded authorities speculate it was the skyrocketing prices of metal that motivated the crew to steal and pawn the dead prez. Read more »
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. Read more »
It’s only going to cost you half a thousand, no biggie. At the Dec 1-2 Julien’s Hollywood memorabilia auction, they’re selling all kinds of stupid crap — teenage pre-Marilyn Monroe bikini pics, a Law & Order dead foam rubber body with body bag, an Edward Scissorhands prop robot from the cookie factory scene at Vincent Price’s lab oh wait what oh my god oh my god gimme! Also, the costumes from The Big Lebowski, from the Dude’s casual bathrobe ensemble to Julian Moore’s frilly swingerie. Ready to thoroughly authenticate that role play, sexy nerds?
The gorgeous Valerie van der Graaf – previously featured on ANIMAL in a delicate dominatrix editorial – is back this month and larger than life, channeling her inner-giant in this El País Semanal feature, Goddess-Zilla. Given a miniature city set to stomp around on, Valerie dons metal corsetry and an array of strappy sandals as she crushes VW bugs, picks up buses, and rains down on the town hall. Talk about a man-eater…
The MTA will do away with what many riders consider to be its most obnoxious announcement. That would be the one which plays when a train is “delayed” and asks people to “please be patient,” even though everyone is already being very patient. Read more »
The premise is simple. Go to different areas of the city and ask people: What are you doing tonight? This is the first installment. Many more to come. Read more »
Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky was tapped for The Meth Project’s aggressive TV campaign to, as per Agency Spy’s guess, “scare children to the point that they will never want to leave the house again.” You know some ba-a-ad stuff’s about to happen to this chick. Read more »
Secluded from the rest of New York City, residents of Staten Island are a unique breed of people. They predominantly vote Republican, drive cars, and yes, a lot of them are frightened to death of turkeys. Read more »
Subtarenean street artist Poster Boy references the late Gil Scott Heron in a shout-out to Occupy Wall Street at the Wall Street stop off the F line. Read more »
The rapper known as Heavy D has died at the age of 44. Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan, put it best: “He was a relentlessly positive rapper. You and your mom could both like him.” And this was true to the very end, even when it came to his Twitter page. RIP!
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