Spectacle: Girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Posted by Avril in fashion, Pop Culture, spectacle on 24. Feb, 2011 | 1 Comment
At a glance, Andrej Pejic is the perfect high-fashion package. Striking brows frame icy blue eyes, vertigo-inducing cheekbones and full lips that would stir up envy in Angelina Jolie. A tousled, bleached-blonde mane alludes to a sunny Australian upbringing and it’s small wonder designers are besides themselves to snap this model up. Towering at over [...]
Indisputable proof Pro-Wrestling is totally real
Posted by Simon in Internet, Pop Culture on 02. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
There was a time when chopping your pelvis in the shape of the letter ‘X’ was the most amusing gesture a teenager could make. It was such a versatile action! Doing the Degeneration-X chop could mean anything: you’re mad, you’re teasing, you’re horny, you’re having an epileptic seizure. One thing it most certainly meant was [...]
Spectacle: Crossing the Processing Line
Posted by Avril in Internet, media, Pop Culture, spectacle on 18. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’m a luddite, I’ll admit it. But it’s little alienating sometimes to realize I’m pretty much the only person alive without an iPhone. The thing shoots HD video, has FaceTime video calling… does just about everything except walk your dog and paint your nails. (And, patience friends—apps for that are in the works). The irony, [...]
Is MuchMusic’s new Rap City a CanCon 106&Park?
Posted by Anupa in Canada, Music, Pop Culture, Television, Toronto on 14. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
Hip-hop was living and breathing and really vibrant in Canada Before Drake (“B.D.”, gonna start using this as a real chronological marker). But Drake’s definitely given rap new cache in this country, especially among a younger set who, for a (brief) time, didn’t really have any rappers of their own. Proof? The relaunch of MuchMusic’s [...]
Matt LeBlanc is dead. Long live Matt LeBlanc.
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture, Television on 10. Jan, 2011 | 4 Comments
Quick; who is the most successful actor or actress to come out of the sitcom Friends? My guess is that 90 per cent of you replied Jennifer Aniston (which is crazy, even if it’s true. Here are all the movies Aniston has done since 2005: Derailed, Rumour Has It, Friends with Money, The Break-Up, Dirt, [...]
