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Morning Funnies: Lance Armstrong's Books Are Now Fiction

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

The Inaugural Steez Hip-Hop Playlist

In this weekly column, MC/DJ Hesta Prynn pairs pop culture stories with an original playlist.In hip-hop when we talk about "presidents," nine times out of ten we're talking about the dead kind. That, of course, was before Barack Obama took... Read Full Story

Scenes From Milan Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week might be a few weeks away, but in Milan, fashion has already turned to the Fall 2013 collections. PAPERMAG photographers Pierguido Grassano and Anzhelika Ardasheva bring you some of the beautiful faces on the runways in... Read Full Story

Nick Cave's Soundsuits to Graze Grand Central

Artist Nick Cave will lend 30 of his trademark recycled-material "Soundsuits" -- to be occupied by 60 dancers -- to the iconic train station's hundredth-anniversary celebrations, ArtInfo reports. The horse-shaped suits will perform choreographed routines, accompanied by live harpists, throughout... Read Full Story

Nick Zedd, Egyptian Lover and More This Weekend in NYC

Friday, January 18FILM: Urgh! A Music War at Nitehawk CinemaHow broad was the phrase "new wave" in 1982? Some of the acts in this film -- the Go-Gos, Joan Jett, Devo, Gary Numan, the Police -- would score top 40... Read Full Story

Fifteen Faces to Watch Out For at Sundance This Year

The Sundance Film Festival kicked off in Park City yesterday and, amid the hundreds of actors, directors and producers in attendance for their work, here are fifteen we think you should have on your radars.Lake Bell: While Lake Bell has... Read Full Story

Style Scraps: Vogue Made a Sandy-Themed Shoot + PAPER Cover Stars Designing For Kmart

While we're completely behind Vogue's continuing efforts to raise money for Hurricane Sandy, doing a big, Sandy-themed shoot featuring first responders mixed with models wearing extremely expensive dresses was...maybe not such a good idea? [via Slate]Michelle Obama has bangs. Keep... Read Full Story