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Dieter & Björn Roth Installed in Former Roxy Roller Disco

Dieter & Björn Roth Installed in Former Roxy Roller Disco
Hauser & Wirth's new gallery on West 18th Street in Chelsea  Add "art gallery" to the list of unique occupants of 511-515 West 18th Street in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. The two-story brick building dates back to the 1920s,...… Read Full Story
Scenes From L.A.'s Kookiest Dance Party

Scenes From L.A.'s Kookiest Dance Party

The freaks come out at night ... and then head to "A Club Called Rhonda." Read Full Story

Girls Recap: Is Adam the Most Mature Character On the Show?

In "I Get Ideas," this season's second episode of Girls, Lena Dunham presents each character through the lens of immaturity, showing that it's their lack of experience and footing that gets in the way of the kinds of lives they... Read Full Story

Style Scraps: The Story Behind That Sleeping Bag Thing On Girls

For her first public appearance on Inauguration Day, Michelle Obama wore a custom navy jacquard coat and dress by Thom Browne! Browne told Eric Wilson that "it's one of those moments when I just can't believe that happened." We're... Read Full Story

Crystal Castles' "Sad Eyes" Is Our Music Video of the Day

The Ethan Kath half of Toronto's Crystal Castles -- Alice Glass is the other half -- directed this clip for "Sad Eyes."  It's another  track from the duo's third album and comes while they're still out on a massive... Read Full Story

Watch James Franco Read His Obama Inauguration Poem In Bed

Yahoo commissioned a bunch of poets and James Franco to write poems for Inauguration Day. Franco's poem is about not knowing what to write about Barack Obama and is, therefore, mostly just a poem about James Franco. Watch him... Read Full Story

Morning Funnies: Lance Armstrong's Books Are Now Fiction

A library in Australia has moved Lance Armstrong's books to the fiction section. [Reddit]Petting charts for cats and dogs. [TastefullyOffensive]Jan Brady Te'oing. [DailyWhat]This flu season is really freaking us out. Everyone should wear oven mitts and a surgical mask on... Read Full Story

American Idol, Golden Globes, and more in GIFs

Welcome to our Friday GIF roundup, featuring a collection of this week's most important, amusing and/or newsy GIFs and GIF sets by Mike Hayes of Buzzfeed and Gifhound.Jodie Foster came out at the Golden Globes. She did. That's what happened.... Read Full Story

The Week In Superlatives

The Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week.Cockiest Douche of the Week: Lance Armstrong appearing on Oprah -- Mr. MickeyBest Tweet of the Week: Kelly Cutrone (@peoplesrev) who tweeted, "This Lance Armstrong scandal feels longer than Jessica Simpson's first pregnancy."... Read Full Story

Eight Items or Less: Confetti System's New P.S. 1 Environment

1. New York art and design firm CONFETTISYSTEM created an "immersive environment" called "100 Arrangements" for MoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City). The company has worked on numerous events with PAPER/ExtraExtra including the 10th-anniversary party for Opening Ceremony.... Read Full Story