James Franco found some time in his packed schedule for his most recent snobby art project: a photo exhibit at the Venice Biennial. It features pictures of models Agyness Deyn, Natalia Bonifacci, and Imogen Poots dressed up to look like James Dean.
Another Anthony Weiner picture has emerged! A tipster writes:
Schools these days: what are they even doing? It used to be that the American school system was little more than a warehouse where we shoved our youngest and therefore most criminal citizens until they reached the age of 18, at which time we sent the cockiest of them off to college to be enslaved by debt for the rest of their lives, and sent the rest off to menial jobs, where they'd keep our capitalist system running with their very souls for very little reward, and be tricked into voting Republican, while doing so.
New York's state senate is set to vote on a bill legalizing gay marriage this week, the New York Times reports, and if just one more Republican state senator signs on, it will pass. The state assembly has already passed several gay marriage bills, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged to sign one, so the senate is its only hurdle. New York would be the largest state to legalize gay marriage.
If you lock your iPhone behind a passcode, there's a good chance you've chosen from one of just 10 extremely common combinations. It's time to switch to something that actually protects your data.
Kim Kardashian and fiance Kris Humphries went shopping for their wedding registry at Gearys yesterday, a store that specializes in severe lampshades and angry-looking napkin rings. Come, let us tour the online registry for their Wedding of the Century. We seem to have a Wedding of the Century every month now, no? [Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Sean Bean, the actor who plays Ned Stark on Game of Thrones and played Boromir in Lord of the Rings was stabbed in a bar fight Sunday evening. But instead of going to the hospital, he walked back inside and ordered another drink. Badass!
Just five days before their wedding, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's latest fiancee, Crystal Harris, 25, called off the ceremony.
The "World Map of Social Networks" has long made a game of Risk from the global competition between Facebook, MySpace, Orkut and other social networks. Facebook is, at last, sweeping the board. Just check out the latest map.
A Louisville, KY man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for shooting a kid who was playing Ring and Run, ringing someone's doorbell then running away, with his friends. When his doorbell rang, 56-year-old Michael Bishop ran outside with his shotgun and fired in the direction of the fleeing kids, hitting a 12-year-old boy. So beware, neighborhood pranksters. [Courier-Journal, photo via Shutterstock]
In your tremulous Tuesday media column: hard times ahead for magazines, the WSJ is batting .500, David Simon is (reasonably) touchy, investigative reporting may survive, and Weiner/ hole information.
Ross Matthews, Jay Leno's former dandy jester turned Chelsea Lately panelist, recently lost a bunch of weight. Good for him! How'd he do it? Through terrible shame. Terrible shame instilled in him by none other than diamond willow reed Gwyneth Paltrow.
England is famous for three things: messed up teeth, Marmite, and insane hats. Their outrageous chapeaux are really hot right now, thanks to all the ones on display at the Royal Wedding, and there's no better place to get your fascinator fix than at opening day at the Royal Ascot Racetrack. Shall we take a look?
