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Rita Ora doesn’t seem to mind that she’s being worked on by four industry professionals—a makeup artist, manicurist, and two hairstylists. So what’s one more, even in the close quarters of the New York...
View Articlediscuss: the last of robin hood
The new movie The Last of Robin Hood stars Dakota Fanning as a highly touted Hollywood up-and-comer...but before you roll your eyes thinking, "How is this at all a departure from reality?" hold up!...
View Articlevideo premiere: ella eyre
If you've been looking for your new summer music obsession, look no further, because indie-soul singer Ella Eyre has got it all. Killer vocals? Check. Rad songwriting skills? Check. Awesome...
View Articleeditor's pick: like, totally
Fact: The average time saved by using the word "totes" instead of totally saves up to 26.6 seconds a day. And according to the ahem, totally official site Urban Dictionary, that saves about 2.7 hours a...
View Article10 Life Lessons We've Learned from Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling has dominated our hearts much like she's dominated the entertainment industry: with tons of grace, wit, intelligence, and comedy. The writer/actor/producer/director turns 35 today, and...
View Articleband crush: gems
GEMS are currently one of the most blogged-about bands on The Hype Machine; they've released what the internet is calling "one of the best EPs of the year" in 2013's Medusa, and, perhaps more...
View Articleartist-in-residence: sarah bahbah
There are live concerts by your favorite bands, and then there are live experiences with them. If you are a live music lover like me, you know there are moments that exists during shows that you wish...
View Articlebest dressed: holland roden
I was never a cheerleader. As a person born with zero balance whatsoever, being tossed 20 feet in the air with flailing limbs never appealed to me. What did appeal to me, however, were the shiny...
View Articlethe checklist
The Curator: Yasmeen Gharnit, Contributor The News: John Turturro requests a The Big Lebowski spinoff Remember The Big Lebowski's insanely obnoxious, bowling sex-offender Jesus Quintana? Well, if John...
View Article48 hours in nashville
For a place with such a rich musical history, Nashville has not rested on its laurels. In fact, in recent years, the city has consistently sprouted some of the country's coolest new stores,...
View Articlediscuss: mockingjay part 1 teaser
It's been a little more than a month since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 rolled out the character posters, and now the first trailer has dropped! And, perhaps not surprisingly, it's in the form...
View Articlefree music: cathedrals
Since bursting upon the scene earlier this year, San Francisco's Cathedrals have perfected the art of capturing the essence of summer-- that carefree, downright exuberant feeling--into a song. But...
View Articlerequired reading
Can somebody tell us why we haven’t heard of Vanessa Bayer’s web series, Sound Advice? Bayer plays a media consultant who dishes out useless advice and insults in the most hilarious way possible. In...
View Articlebeauty mark: frizz fighters
Humidity doesn’t discriminate. Whether your hair is thick or fine, straight or curly, short or long, the rainforest-like dew point of summer will come for it, and the results aren’t pretty. If you...
View Articlefirst look: sea
Sean Monahan and Monica Paolini, the team behind Sea, understand that the most important part of being cool is staying cool. For their latest collection, the NY-based designer duo found their manifest...
View Articlethe notebook turns 10!
When it comes to almost every fashion trend, we find ourselves year after year in our favorite stores. We're looking at old styles that are new again and thinking to ourselves, "It wasn't over! It...
View Articlebest dressed: diane kruger
Now that Hillary Clinton's BFFs with our girls Aubrey Plaza and Katy Perry, we feel like we're missing out. But we'd like to formally offer our services as the former First Lady's official wardrobe...
View Articleplaylist: first crush
It might have taken you some time to realize that boy you were chasing around on the playground was, indeed, your first crush. You may have written secret love notes and carved your initials in a...
View Articlemovie review: very good girls
Summertime movies tend to fall into a couple of key categories. There's the major blockbuster, which can double as an action-packed flick like X-Men or a shiny Disney tale like Maleficent. There's the...
View Articlehand delivered
Love pizza but can't commit to getting it tattooed on your body forever? Don't worry, that day may come--but until then, I've got the best placeholder ever and it comes in the form of junk food nail...
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