Jen Carlson
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For over forty years Camilo José Vergara has focused his camera lens at not only the people of, but the buildings of America's urban landscapes. Recently he wrote, "I have devoted myself to photographing and systematically documenting the poorest and most segregated communities in urban America. My focus is on established East Coast cities such as New York, Newark and Camden; rust belt cities of the Midwest like Detroit and Chicago; and such West Coast...
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Photo by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott/Playboy This morning we received the above photo from Playboy, which shows Kate Moss's upcoming pictorial for the magazine (her debut, which she'll go nude for). It hits newsstands this Friday, coming just before the magazine’s 60th anniversary January/February 2014 issue, and right before Moss's 40th birthday. But why did they make her look like she's reenacting an awkward scene from Secretary, or about to get a rectal...
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The liquor stores, the bars, the ghosts of the women that kept him company—this isn't for tourists looking for the Walk of Fame.
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New York may be home to the official Cronut™, but you can't keep a viral pastry from spreading and knock-offs (both good and bad) have popped up at bakeries all over the place. And Colorado Donuts in Eagle Rock has made a pretty great replica for almost half the price.
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In Die Hard, John McClane played a New Yorker visiting Los Angeles For the month of November I'll be abandoning the great city of New York for Los Angeles, and in an effort to "get" this whole L.A. thing before touching down in the unfamiliar land of driving everywhere, I reached out to some experts. Some bi-coastals. Some people who I thought just might have some advice for a scared, pale New Yorker who...
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Yesterday a BanksyLAX site popped up on The Internet, leading everyone to believe the street artist would be doing a residency in the city in December. But Banksy's publicist told us the website is fake, and there is "no show in LA."
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Berkley as Spano in 1990, and in 2013 Jessie Spano's pill freakout on Saved By The Bell was one of the most iconic television moments of 1990—while your young brain made a mental note to stay away from caffeine pills forever, the immediate reaction to the scene was something between a guttural laugh and absolute fear. So many emotions and where you'd least expect them: on afterschool television. And you'd never see Jessie Spano...
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"The fact is, I like certain kinds of films inordinately," Salinger wrote.
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On his most recent segment of Between Two Ferns, Zach Galifianakis's guest was pop sensation and superbrat Justin Bieber—an appareance the comedian points out comes "right in the middle of [Bieber's] public meltdown." And it's the most satisfying five minutes featuring Justin Bieber that you'll ever see. The interview starts out tepid, but gets better every second ("When you're in the recording studio, do you ever think 'hey, what if I don't make something...
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Next week Randy Hage's unique art exhibit opens, bringing New York City storefronts to Los Angeles. His insanely detailed and accurate replicas are miniature versions of the real deals, which he started working on after the death of his 4-year-old daughter.
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