Andrea Rosen
Frances Bean Cobain, Teen Daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Does Sexy Photo Shoot for Hedi Slimane
Even the grungy apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Frances Bean Cobain, the 18-year-old daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole singer Courtney Love, showed off her tattoos and puffed on a cigarette for a series of black-and-white photos taken by fashion designer Hedi Slimane.
Yikes! Amazon UK Sees Giant Spike in Sales of Aluminum Bats, Clubs During London Riots
As the London enters another day of rioting, looters and bystanders have taken to the web to arm themselves. Amazon’s UK site has seen scary-high spikes in sales of blunt objects over the past 24 hours, including a 50,000% spike in clubs and a more than 35,000% spike among different aluminum baseball bat models.
Two Men Dig Through Trash for Foul Ball at Tampa Bay Game [VIDEO]
Call it the summer of foul ball drama: After incidents involving foul balls hitting mascots, hitting beer, making kids pout, making kids generous and making kids hysterical, two adults have actually been driven to dig through the garbage and fight over a ball hit into the stands at a Tampa Bay Devil Rays game.
The 10 Worst Album Covers of 2011 Are Not Your Grandfather’s Terrible Album Covers
Our friends at PopCrush assembled an epic list of the worst album covers released in the top half of 2011, including atrocities from Lady Gaga, Limp Bizkit and 311. We must say, there’s something about the digital age that makes artists release pretty awful cover art — could it be that in the age of Spotify and iTunes, they think these’ll never actually get seen any larger than thumbnail-size?
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Fabio and Isaiah Mustafa’s Old Spice Duel Ends – See Who Came Out Victorious [VIDEO]
After a days-long duel in which original Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa and challenger Fabio battled for the seat of Old Spice’s official spokesman, a winner has emerged. During the battle, both parties released countless YouTube videos charming their fans all over the web. Watch the finale to see who claimed the crown:
‘Jeopardy!’ Host Alex Trebek Injured After Pursuing Burglar
Talk about jeopardy — longtime game show host Alex Trebek arrived at a California event on crutches yesterday and revealed that he was hurt while in pursuit of a burglar at a San Francisco hotel.
‘Pearl Jam 20′ Documentary Trailer Hits the Internet [VIDEO]
Director Cameron Crowe had access to more than 1,200 hours of Pearl Jam footage to make his upcoming documentary about the band.
A small taste of those vast video archives can be seen in the new trailer for ‘Pearl Jam Twenty,’ now on the web.
Use This Handy Trick to Battle Rude, Reclining Airplane Passengers
Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten knows that flying is uncomfortable enough (strict carry-on rules, awkward TSA patdowns) without a rude invasion of space by your fellow passengers. Cramped quarters on most airplanes make it downright inhumane to recline your seat, minimizing the already-meager leg room of the person behind you.
In an effort to avoid such problems, Weingarten created a pri
Listen to M.I.A.’s Amy Winehouse Tribute Song, ’27′ [AUDIO]
A mere day after the death of singer Amy Winehouse, rapper M.I.A. released the haunting ’27,’ an unfinished demo that loosely pays tribute to the late star.
The track, which was originally supposed to be released on M.I.A.’s 2010 mixtape, ‘Vicki Leekx,’ tells the story of a person who commits suicide after a long addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Ousted NewsCorp Executive Rebekah Brooks Gets a ‘Friday’ Parody [VIDEO]
NewsCorp executive Rebekah Brooks, forced to resign from her post after her division’s ‘News of the World’ phone hacking scandal, has been treated to internet fame thanks to readily-available streams of her testimonies in London’s parliament. And since Brooks resigned on a Friday (June 15), the trolls couldn’t help but give her the Rebecca Black treatment.
A clever YouTuber put together a parody o
Whee! Dutch Transit Authority Installs Playground-Style Slide on Train Platform [VIDEO]
Morning commutes just got a lot more fun in Utrecht. Recent renovations to a train station in the Overvecht neighborhood of the Netherlands city included the installation of a slide (their transit authority calls it a “transfer accelerator”), which passengers can ride to the platform instead of taking the adjacent stairs.
See it in action in the below clip:
The Barack Obama Guide to Charming Our Nation’s Children [VIDEOS]
Barack Obama must be gunning for the grammar school vote with all the kids he's been charming lately. After calming a crying infant earlier this week, the official White House YouTube channel shows him visiting with lots of other young constituents, teaching us some valuable lessons in how to win over these future voters:
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Always let the Mathletes win.
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