What Sarah Palin says is not news. The last losing vice-presidential candidate of a major party in a presidential election, John Edwards, began campaigning for the 2008 Democratic nomination almost immediately after the loss in 2004, and receives more mentions in the press today for his extramarital affairs than he did at the time as [...]
January 31, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Old and Dead Preview Party Photos
The most exclusive party in New York is with dead animals. These fortunate people are among the few to attend the Old & Dead preview party last night in Greenpoint. Visit oldanddead.com for your finest in used taxidermy. photos by Andy Kropa
December 2, 2009
Bruno Reveals Yokelphobia
When I first heard that Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed the climactic scene (a UFC match that turns sexy) of his summer movie Bruno in Fort Smith, I felt a rush of weird excitement. Arkansas is my native land, and I was excited to see what he would make of it, how he would capture [...]
November 3, 2009
The Gum Photographs Bottle Beach
In a remote section of New York called Dead Horse Bay, the contents of a closed landfill are being revealed bit by bit through the process of erosion along the coastline. Thousands of bottles, old shoes and other items discarded in the 1940′s and 50′s and earlier are now being ejected onto the beach every [...]
July 7, 2009
It’s Democracy When I Say So
Laughably, The Wall Street Journal‘s Mary Anastasia O’Grady would have you believe Honduras’ widely condemned military coup was all about protecting democracy. Silly Mary. But, hey, it’s not like her brand of fascist-friendly insanity doesn’t garner fans. We raided her inbox to bring you one especially illuminating sample: From: Jim Schmitd To: O’Grady@wsj.com Sent: Monday, [...]
July 7, 2009
GUMpics: Remembering the King of Pop
Michael Jackson fans gather to watch the Staples Center memorial service on jumbotron televisions in Times Square. Photo by Andy Kropa
July 3, 2009
Coming Soon to the Skies Near You
Filmmakers Bill Hussung and Mishara Canino present a special screening of their new extraterrestrial documentary project Flirting with Leprechauns Sunday, July 5th, at 8:45 pm at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC. After you’ve checked out the usually lame and predictable New York fireworks show, why not check out something truly out of [...]
July 2, 2009
Flux Capacitor…Fluxing
Twenty four years ago, on July 3rd… Fun Back to the Future/Eric-Stolz-Sucks Fact after the jump:
July 1, 2009
The Excederinorcist
EXT. SHADOWY GEORGETOWN STREET — NIGHT MASTER SHOT: Under a lone street lamp, a man wrapped in a winter coat and hat clutches a bag as he approaches a large, stately home. The vapor of his labored breath rises into the surrounding fog, split dramatically by a shaft of light from a house window—just like, [...]
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