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Premiere: Watch Sharon Needles Give a Glorious Pop Art Eulogy in "Andy Warhol Is Dead"
With all the Campbell's soup can imagery you could want → Read More
Frank Ocean Threw a "Paris Is Burning"-Themed Birthday Ball
Tyler, the Creator, SZA, and Gia Gunn all helped him ring in his big 3-0. → Read More
The Paper Point of View: Jason Wu, Monse, Jeremy Scott, And More of Our Favorites From Day Three of NYFW
Every morning during fashion week, our editors will round up the favorite looks, beauty, hair, and accessories they saw on the runways during the previous day's shows. Mickey Boardman, Editorial Director A lesson on mixing prints courtesy of this SS18 look by Jason Wu. Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv Set atop a basketball court, Monse has taken to redefining athleisure in this fresh, emerald… → Read More
PREMIERE: Watch the Instagram and Texting Fueled Final Episodes of Cazzie David's "Eighty-Sixed"
Cazzie David's hilarious comedy of social media manners wraps up. → Read More
Exclusive: Watch Two Teens Take the First Awkward Steps to Dating in Clip from "Beach Rats"
The film is out August 25th. → Read More
An Incomplete Guide to the No Good, Very Bad Artistic Interpretations of Celebs
Why can't we have nice statues of famous people? → Read More
Rihanna Donates Bikes to Malawi Schoolgirls
It's part of the Clara Lionel Foundation's 1 KM Action program. → Read More
Premiere: Listen to Maya Jane Coles' Slinky New Track, "Weak"
From her upcoming second album, Take Flight. → Read More
Watch M.I.A.'s Fan-Focused New Video for "GOALS"
In advance of London's 2017 Meltdown Festival, kicking off this Friday, June 9, M.I.A. has released a new video for track "GOALS," The video features a series of Boomerang-style GIFs by artist Jaime Martinez of fans in the middle of their ecstatic M.I.A.-concert celebrations, intercut with Ms. Arulp... → Read More
Swedish Pop Star Tove Lo on Rocking Coachella, Her Dream Collabs, and Flashing Her Fans
You might have only heard of Tove Lo recently, but you've been listening to her music for years. The Swedish pop star launched her career crafting pop hits for Girls Aloud, Icona Pop, Ellie Goulding and many more, before breaking out on her own in 2013 with single "Habits." Tove Lo's combination of ... → Read More
Martin Garrix on Seeing Shows Like a Fan and Opening for Justin Bieber
The 20-year-old Dutch DJ plays Coachella tomorrow. → Read More
Orlando Bloom Answers All Your Questions About His Dick Pics
It was just last August that Orlando Bloom gently paddleboarded into the cultural conversation, hanging out naked AF in Italy with then-girlfriend Katy Perry, and caused an Internet meltdown. Paparazzi shots were circulated. Shadows were analyzed. Whimsical eggplant emojis were applied. It was a sim... → Read More
"The Get Down"'s Shameik Moore on Wanting to Play Bad and Learning to Be a B-Boy
Shameik Moore has been keeping busy. The 21-year-old actor broke out in 2015 as the star of Sundance darling Dope, and went on to take a key role in Baz Luhrmann's 1970s birth of hip-hop epic The Get Down, and will star in the James-Franco directed The Pretenders. Not to mention, he's got a mix-tape... → Read More
Scenes from the Adidas Originals by Italia Independent's Brooklyn Jam
Last night, New York's party people made the trek out to Brooklyn to celebrate Adidas Originals by Italia Independent's newest eyewear collection. At Pioneer Works in Red Hook, guests sipped champagne and tried on sunnies inspired by '70s New York that balance innovation and tradition (the line is ... → Read More
This Robot Literally Roasts Trump Everytime He Tweets
Somewhere out there, a robot is doing God's good work – automatically printing out and burning every tone-deaf rant that is issued from Donald Trump's Twitter account, and then broadcasting the video online at @burnedyourtweet, all for your viewing pleasure. Physically burning is, after all, the uniform response to any and all of the Sad! atrocities that are Trump's tweets. I, for one, feel a… → Read More
NSFW: See These Gorgeous Nude Portraits Celebrating the Spectrum of Gender and Sexuality
"I have always admired the timeless quality of nude photographs," says LA-based photographer Maggie West. "While fashion photos and portraiture can often be identified in a place or time, there is something beautifully indefinite about a nude portrait in a studio setting."Last October, West shared a... → Read More
Meet British Singer-Rapper Lola Coca
If you haven't heard the name Lola Coca, that's about to change. The London-based singer and rapper is gearing up for a big 2017. Deemed "One to Watch" by Love magazine, and with tracks featured on Nylon and Wonderland, the former model's debut album, The Only Child, drops at the end of March. In th... → Read More
Listen to Zayn's Bouncy New Track "Still Got Time"
Are you ready for summer? Are you missing the sweet sounds of a former One Direction heartthrob in your earbuds? Well, have awe got a tune for you. "Still Got Time" is the latest from former PAPER cover star Zayn Malik and PARTNEXTDOOR, a bouncy, upbeat jam from Malik's upcoming second album. It's j... → Read More
Gigi Hadid Shoots Zayn for a New Versace Campaign
What, you may be pondering this March Friday morning, have PAPER cover star Zayn Malik and girlfriend international model and cover star in her own right Gigi Hadid, been up to? What could those two crazy kids have been getting up to (in between jet setting around the globe and the like?) Well, Vers... → Read More
NSFW: Peep These Intimate, Sensual Early Photos by Ryan McGinley
Photographer Ryan McGinley is a staple of the art world, but back in 1999 and the early '00s, he was still a relatively unknown photographer, making images that focused on his circle of friends, including artists Dan Colen and the late Dash Snow. The photos provide a beautiful, unfiltered look at th... → Read More