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Outkast Re-Creates a '60s Variety Show for "Hey Ya!"

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When Outkast's Grammy-winning, double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below came out in 2003, André 3000 and Big Boi both released separate singles: "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move." For his accompanying video -- today's oldie-but-goodie -- André decided to re-create...… Read Full Story

Lucille Bluth Throwing Shade at Disney Princesses

An EW reporter proved her genius with Vine by splicing clips of Disney Princesses being Disney Princess-y with the best of Lucille Bluth throwing shade. The results are spectacular.Someone matched up the Kenny Cosgrove tap-dancing scene from last week's Mad... Read Full Story

Arcimboldo in the Round: Exploring the New Sculptures at the New York Botanical Garden

Philip Haas, who began his career by making documentaries of celebrated contemporary artists before going on to make a number of feature films, has given up the medium to become a sculptor. As ambitious as any cinematic epic, Haas'... Read Full Story

PS1 Has a New "Party Wall," Announces Its Warm Up 2013 Music Schedule

MoMA PS1 just announced the full schedule for their 2013 summer music series. They'll be celebrating 16 years of the annual "Warm Up" event and, once again, the fun takes place in the courtyard of the Long Island City... Read Full Story

Max Fish Is Going to Close Its Original Space in July

The good news is that Max Fish is moving to a bigger space in Williamsburg. But owner Uli Rimkus told The Low-Down that the iconic LES art-bar will be closing on Ludlow Street at the end of July. What happened,... Read Full Story

Greta Gerwig's Rise as Hollywood's New Indie Queen Is Very, Very Real

To celebrate the opening weekend and amazing critical reception of her movie Frances Ha, we're re-posting our February 2011 cover story on Gerwig, written by Lena Dunham. Read below as the two indie film figures discuss rom-coms, anorexia and... Read Full Story

Give These 5 Douche-Bags Another Chance

When I first saw the preview for Mr. Selfridge on PBS' Masterpiece, I was torn. I love me some historical drama on PBS -- nobody whips up an addictive period drama like the British and Selfridges is still one of... Read Full Story

Jessie Ware and The xx Mash Up Two Classics

Though it's not the most professional recording (or video) ever made, we wish we'd been in Berlin last week for this epic collab between The xx and recent PAPER cover star Jessie Ware. Jessie came onstage during The xx's set... Read Full Story

Conan O'Brien Made an Awesome Video Response to Taylor Swift's Video "22"

Conan made a video response to Taylor Swift's music video "22" in which he boards the Straight Talk Express and tells viewers what being 22 is really like. (Or...actually, what it was just like for him.) "You sit in your... Read Full Story

The Lonely Island and Solange Made a Song About Semicolons

The Lonely Island have had a busy day: not only did they tell us who makes them laugh out loud on Twitter, they released a song with Solange about our favorite punctuation mark: the semicolon. The rules of semicolon use... Read Full Story