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Safy-Hallan Farah Contributor Share on Twitter Safy-Hallan Farah is a contributing critic-at-large for TechCrunch. Her work can be read in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Pitchfork, NY Mag’s The Cut and others. At the beginning of the pandemic, Rian Phin, recently furloughed from her stressful job and struggling to create content, was living in […] → Read More
'Moonlight' Director Barry Jenkins Steps into the Spotlight
How an indie film director turned his childhood into the year's most critically celebrated movie. → Read More
'Moonlight' Director Barry Jenkins Steps into the Spotlight
How an indie film director turned his childhood into the year's most critically celebrated movie. → Read More
Iggy Azalea Moves Into TV with New Production Deal
Iggy Azalea's music career has hit a few stumbling blocks in the past year. Now she's branching out into a new medium, as a TV producer. Azalea just signed an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios to create content geared toward the ever-elusive millennial audience. Subj... → Read More
Watch Gucci Mane Read Nice Tweets About Himself
"If Gucci Mane was a chicken nugget, he'd be a saucy boneless wing." → Read More
Legendary Fashion Duo Mert and Marcus Have an Exhibition Coming to London
Fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, known for their Vogue shoots, started working together in 1994 and have since traveled the world, collaborating on fashion campaigns and working with some of the biggest names in the entertainment and fashion worlds, from Naomi Campbell to Miley ... → Read More
Diplo and M.I.A. to Reunite on "Bird Song"
M.I.A. is known, of late, for her Twitter martyrdom. Championing the global south and herself, she walks a fine line between pariah and pop agitator. After threatening to leak her own album a couple of weeks back, she tweeted today that a track titled "Bird Song," produced by her former foe and ex... → Read More
Eric André Thought the RNC Would Be the Death of Him
Last week's Republican National Convention was distinctly absurd and surreal. Donald Trump and his merry band of crackpots continued their efforts to lower the morale of their constituency with doom-and-gloom rhetoric. Their bizarre, unhinged speeches made great comedic fodder for Eric An... → Read More
The Balenciaga Summer/Fall Campaign is Gorgeous
A month after dropping the first batch of images, Balenciaga's fall/winter 16 campaign just released more Mark Borthwick-shot photos starring model Achok Majak. Majak, who walked for Vetements' spring/summer show in Paris, compliments Demna's designs. Styled by Lotta Volkova, she looks impressive an... → Read More
Five Books By Women Everyone Should Read This Summer
Summer is halfway over, sure, but we still have the prime beach and vacation month of August stretching ahead of us (not to mention Labor Day weekend). That's still plenty of time to catch up on juicy summer reading, so here are five books to dog-ear and tote to the beach and savor in the sun. There... → Read More
There Will Be a TV Show Based on Notorious B.I.G. Lyrics
It seems like Hollywood can make a show out of anything these days. Today, TBS announced that they're developing a show entirely around Notorious B.I.G. lyrics.Think B.I.G. is the inspired name of the show, and it's a scripted comedy series about an "inner-city teen" struggling to take care of his t... → Read More
Watch the Trailer for Hailee Steinfeld's Coming-of-Age Movie, 'Edge of Seventeen'
When you think of Hailee Steinfeld, the first image that pops into mind is as a chipper pop princess in Pitch Perfect. That image that is emphasized by her equally pop musical style (as heard on her body positivity anthem "Love Myself") and status as a card-carrying member of Taylor Swift's squad.... → Read More
serpentwithfeet Debuts a New Song, Announces Upcoming EP
The Baltimore native-turned-Brooklynite Josiah Wise, better known as serpentwithfeet, debuted a new song today and announced an upcoming EP. Today's debut, "blisters," feels like a gust of cool air on a summer day, and sounds like an epic movie score. With lyrics like "where's your concern?" cro... → Read More
Abercrombie & Fitch Continues Its Efforts to Rebrand with a New Campaign
Beleaguered sportswear brand Abercrombie & Fitch (beloved by every popular kid from your school circa 1998) has been undergoing a complete makeover since 2015, and a new fashion campaign that came out Wednesday is one of its latest efforts to re-brand. To address the plummeting sales that has set th... → Read More
Kesha addresses the DNC about gun control and her legal battle against Dr. Luke.
On Tuesday, Kesha spoke during Gabby Giffords' Americans for Responsible Solutions rally for gun control at the Democratic National Convention, addressing the crowd about gun control and her ongoing legal battle against Dr. Luke."I feel like if you're a human being, you go through pain. And you go ... → Read More
Marina Joyce, British Vlogger, Sparks Fan Concerns She's Been Kidnapped
#SaveMarinaJoyce, a curious hashtag about popular 19-year-old british beauty vlogger Marina Joyce popped up yesterday on social feeds across the world, trending late into the night. It still unclear, though, whether she ..actually needs saving. Joyce, who boasts over 700,000 fans on YouTube... → Read More
Ava DuVernay, Common and More Speak Out About #BlackLivesMatter
Blackout For Human Rights, an organization made up of "concerned artists, activists, filmmakers, musicians and citizens" recently put out a series of videos in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement starring black celebrities from Ava DuVernay to rapper Common to screenwriter Mara Brock Akil... → Read More
Watch Troye Sivan and Alessia Cara's "Wild" Video
Canadian-born Alessia Cara and Aussie Troy Sivan are a perfect match in the new video for their ode to youthful abandon, "Wild." Both Sivan and Cara went from relative obscurity on YouTube to being two of the biggest names in alt pop. With similar origin stories, it's no wonder they've united th... → Read More
Watch the Trailer for Netflix's '70s Hip-Hop Saga, 'The Get Down'
Are you ready for your new binge-watching obsession? The Get Down, a Netflix Original premiering August 12th, about where disco ends and hip-hop begins, is about to be your end of the summer obsession.The first trailer dropped today for the Baz Luhrmann-created series set in the late '70s Bronx, and... → Read More
Overly Excited Fan Slaps Justin Timberlake at Golf Tournament
Celebrity appearances aren't all that fun, but you don't usually have to expect to defend yourself. Justin Timberlake learned that you should always be on guard, after he got slapped at the American Century Celebrity Pro-Am on Saturday.Upon Timberlake's arrival, a crowd surrounded him while he walk... → Read More