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Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse

LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart …

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I See Naked People

Antony Gormley who made the fabulous, public sculpture the Angel of the North near Gateshead, has a thing for nude people. Which, of course, is nothing new in a wide world of artistic talent. This time, however, Gormley is bringing his nudeness closer to us …

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Extra, Extra

Nude pictures of Kate Moss are to be auctioned in London. But a word of advice, they’ll cost you nearly £30,000 and remember, you don’t get much Moss for your money. 203,000 have registered for Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium. That’s 203,000 people willing …

News From Around The Ist-A-Verse

We’re guessing most of you are hungover from St. Patrick’s Day. We are too. But still, we’re going to muddle on through our green haze and give you (drum roll please…) this Week In -ists. We start with SFist which broke the -ist record for …

You Get What You Pay For

Every so often you hear about a piece of customer service that sounds so bad, you almost wonder if it’s made up. Last week, Manne and a friend went to Nude at

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Cherie has always been cooler than Tony

Prime Ministers both past and present have made the arts news because of paintings of places they enjoy to pass the time when not thinking about war and stuff. Cherie Blair posed semi-nude for artist Euan Uglow back when “she was an unknown trainee barrister …

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Saturday Cinema Summary!

This week – Bond is back (Casino Royale) and two magicians go head to head in Edwardian London, (The Prestige). Bond is here! Well… on he will be on Thursday. We watched the last Bond installment last night on ITV2. We had forgotten how gash …

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Heart warming animal story of the week: A dove that became extinct in the wild more than 30 years ago has been successfully bred at London Zoo. Planning on going to the 2012 Olympics? Then you will be expected to use public transport. Oh joy. …

Friday Film News

This week – fantasy pinup finds happiness in soft porn (The Notorious Bettie Page), a small screen classic gets a Hollywood makeover (Miami Vice) and the American oil industry crushes its rivals (Who Killed The Electric Car? ). Brought to us by Mary Harron (I …

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Another Reason Not To Drive In London

Many Londoners just can’t be arsed with cars. They are expensive to run, it takes ages to get anywhere, and they still have to pay congestion charge (to Madonna’s disgust). Of the six million Londoners who do drive, one million of them are unlicensed and …

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Inner Worlds Outside at Whitechapel Gallery

It’s not always easy to be different, even in the art world. The supposed creative freedom, the idea that artistic eccentrics are respected and perhaps even nurtured by the establishment is often an illusion – the community is driven by market forces, clearly defined trends, …