“House of Cards” actor Michael Kelly is pleased with the political drama’s handling of the wide spectrum of human sexuality, he told HuffPost Live this week. Francis Underwood, the diabolical politician at the show’s center, brings many shades of grey to the White House, including his increasingly ambiguous sexual preferences, which led to The Advocate […]
Imagine “Game of Thrones” with Michael Fassbender speaking Shakespearean. Then you’ve got “Macbeth.” The first teaser trailer for Justin Kurzel’s “Macbeth” shows Fassbender’s titular fighter covered in streaks of dirt and blood on the battlefield. After receiving a prophecy that he will be King, Macbeth slips into the King’s tent with a dagger. Between brooding […]
Tom Morello, the celebrated rock guitarist and progressive political activist, announced on Thursday the launch of his new Firebrand Records, a record label devoted to radical-themed music from around the world. Morello is co-founding Firebrand Records with Ryan Harvey, Baltimore-based folk musician and founder of the Riot-Folk Collective. The label’s initial roster of artists will […]
Rows of rigidly posed, plastic-looking green figures stand at attention. Guns in tow, they’re dwarfed by the vast expanse of desert surrounding them. But these are no toy soldiers. The subjects of Simon B. Thorpe’s photographs are real men, modeled to look like the symbols of so many childhood playtimes. Thorpe became interested in calling […]
In Japan, the color red has varied meanings, depending on its shade. On the country’s flag, a bold, red circle depicts the vivacity of the sun; on clothing and makeup worn by women beginning in the Heian period, a deep red dye made from safflower denoted rank. All photos by Felice Beato, courtesy of Galerie […]
Two hits: Jimmy Fallon hitting Jason Statham. Statham hitting the ground. (Oh, and then a bunch of other “hits” because they’re playing “Slapjack.”) In the “Tonight Show” version of Blackjack, the loser gets hit across the face with a big fake hand, and on Wednesday, that loser was Statham. After the actor dropped the first […]
Will he say “fine,” or is it back to the rack? On the latest “Inside Amy Schumer,” Amy takes her boyfriend on a reality show to up his clothing game. Justin Long guest stars as Amy’s unenthusiastic boyfriend “Briiaaaaaahhh.” They’ve been together for five years, and engaged for four and half. Wait until you see […]
What a magical world it would be. Ugh, anyone who has gone through a bad breakup knows the special bit of hell that it can be. And you’ve probably at one time or another asked yourself, “Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ breakup?” Not really. BUT, Buzzfeed has imagined a world where breakups […]
Remember Susan Ross? Of course you do: she was George Costanza’s fiancée who died from licking envelopes on “Seinfeld.” Since the 1996 Season 7 finale, fans have wondered why Heidi Swedberg’s Susan was axed from the sitcom. The rumor was that Jason Alexander didn’t like working with her. To set the record straight, Howard Stern […]
Do guys even know this happens to women? In a pretty hilarious social experiment, actor and comedian Soojeong Son took to the streets to see if guys loved getting creepy sexual things whispered to them as much as women do. It’s called “drive-by harassment,” and, spoiler alert: THEY LOVE IT! “The lesson here,” said Son’s […]
