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'One & Other' opens with housewife

A UK housewife is set to be the very first person to stand on Anthony Gormley's new 'living sculpture,' entitled... more

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Pigeons trained as fussy art critics in bizarre study

Pigeons, it seems, can discriminate between art techniques and can even judge their quality. According to scientists, given the... more

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The New Book STRIPPER: A Mother's Story

Thoughts of a Stripper: A Mother's Story is an inspirational journal about the intense thoughts of a burlesque dancer while... more

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PHONE SEX GRANDMA now on DVD!

Phone Sex Grandma, the award-winning hit comedy short, is now available on DVD through Amazon.com and Createspace. This... more

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Today's Podcast of SON OF A STRIPPER

Award-winning filmmaker Jack Truman, the son of a stripper, talks about his current filmmaking projects in the boonies

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The Friday RH Re-Up: 7.3.09

In case you missed it last week, welcome to the second installment of our newest weekly segment, The Friday Re-Up. We know that... more

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The Amazingness That Is Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen's 2010 Resort collection is dope; plain and simple. The entire collection was inspired by art and artists,... more

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Summer 2009 Men’s Lingerie Trends

As surveys show, sexy men’s lingerie is one of the most widely spread sex fantasies among women. Some men remain pretty... more

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Bruno - flamboyant premiere fashion

Now that the premiere hysteria is over, we can cool down and have another look at Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego Bruno and... more

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Sexy new lingerie line from Stella McCartney

Following her Resort collection, British designer Stella McCartney released her brand new lingerie line with McCartney signature... more

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Boutique Bridal Collection by Kirsty Doyle

This is the first step in the new fashion niche for the young and promising British designer Kirsty Doyle and her lingerie brand... more

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David and Victoria Beckham together for Armani ads

We all remember the ads for Emporio Armani by David and Victoria Beckham. Hot, sexy and very glamorous. The next step to promote... more

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An Amazing Fourth of July Super-Spectacular Extravaganza!!

Yes indeedy, this is a truly amazing Fourth of July super-spectacular extravaganza!! It's a wondrous, brilliant, shiny-shiny... more

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The Quiet World: Looking More Deeply Into Others’ Eyes

“The Quiet World” is a remarkable short film, a narrative photo-montage by Blaine Dunkley, which tells a very unusual... more

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KINKY - 'THOSE GIRLS' - MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE

From the album 'Barracuda'- The Band Kinky released this video from the second single 'Those Girls' with... more

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A Moving Skyscraper for N.Y.?

Each of the floors of the Dynamic Tower rotates independently, giving the building different shapes throughout the day. (Dynamic... more

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'Project Runway' Winner Leanne Marshall's Clothing Collection for Bluefly - The Designer Gives StyleList a First Look and Talks Tim Gunn

Filed under: Interviews "Project Runway" winner Leanne Marshall (left) debuts an exclusive collection for... more

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Eyeball Tattoos Banned!

On July 1, 2009, a new law went into effect in Oklahoma which bans eyeball tattoos.

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Anne Midgette writes, "The fact that the classical music, dance, and art critics are not represented in today's critics' survey in the Washington Post may give those of us in those disciplines extra reason to worry that what we write doesn't actually matter.

But the whole idea that there should be some kind of correlation between reviews in the paper and ticket sales, or popularity, is fundamentally flawed to start with. It reveals a misunderstanding of what it is a critic does. Our role is not to be mere consumer advocates, telling you how to spend your hard-earned dollars. If that were the only point, newspapers might as well issue simple public-relations-style puff pieces and have done with it.

The role of a critic is to cover a field. This doesn't mean simply pandering to popular taste. It means doing one's best to convey a sense of what is going on in a given discipline by writing about every possible side of it. It means trying to convey a perspective that a reader who doesn't spend every night going to concerts/plays/films may not be able to gather himself; or offering a thoughtful take that might stimulate a reader who does go to everything to see something in a different light.

For part of our role is to foster dialogue and debate. That doesn't mean setting forth judgments of taste in order that readers might fall obediently into line behind us. Quite the contrary: it may mean putting out views that one knows may represent the minority. It means being interested in the thoughts of those who disagree. It means being delighted when someone is powerfully moved by something one didn't like oneself. It also means writing well enough that someone might want to read you -- a goal that's hard to reach if all you're doing is trying to push readers to buy tickets.

The disciplines collectively referred to as "the arts," commercial or not-for-profit, highbrow or low, offer a lot more than simply the possibility of passive consumption and a thumbs-up, thumbs-down reaction at the end of the exercise. Their very existence is a tacit reminder that there is a lot more out there than this passive consumption, and critics should be reminding people of this fact. To get diverted into yet another hand-wringing round of us-against-them, critics-are-dying-out, audiences-are-stupid plaints is pointless. Audiences aren't stupid, and if critics are feeling irrelevant, it's up to us to figure out how to become a more vital part of the debate. But if we measure "relevance" by how many tickets we sell or how many people agree with us, we've already abnegated our responsibility."Anne Midgette writes, "The fact that the classical music, dance, and art critics are not represented in today's... more