Pop Culture

Lead Photo If you paint it, they will come

E.C. Gladstone | Wed, Feb 17, 2010 (6:28 p.m.)

Las Vegas has more than its share of subcultures devoted to displaying the nude form—but certainly none of them are so shamelessly and explicitly nonmercenary.

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Lead Photo Microwaving a tragedy: The marriage of romance and romanticism in ’00s pop

Frank Kogan | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 (5:17 p.m.)

In pop songs, the romantic quest is a quest forself, it being a quest because the self isn’t simply there; it’s attained through an overthrow of previous selves, consecutive startings over.

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Lead Photo ‘Stardust’ memories: Bowie reconsidered

Mark Dery | Wed, Dec 16, 2009 (12:48 p.m.)

When did I stop wanting to be David Bowie? Too recently for a Man of a Certain Age is the short but sufficiently mortifying answer.

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Lead Photo The inescapable Oprah

Greg Beato | Wed, Dec 2, 2009 (5:40 p.m.)

Oprah will still be with us everywhere, the earth’s third most common element, right after oxygen and silicon.

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Lead Photo Levi Johnston’s fun with fame

Greg Beato | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 (5:58 p.m.)

Levi Johnston, the lady-killa from Wasilla, is taking baby steps towards showbiz.

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Stealing without tweeting

Greg Beato | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (4:52 p.m.)

The Hollywood Burglar Bunch illuminates celebrity’s diminishing grip on us all.

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Lead Photo E-cigs: politically correct political incorrectness?

Greg Beato | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (5:07 p.m.)

Leo DiCaprio, Tom Petty and everyone’s favorite style icon, Kevin Federline, have all been photographed “vaping” in public. E-cigs are the new Obey T-shirts.

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Lead Photo The ups and downs of caffeinated booze

Greg Beato | Wed, Sep 30, 2009 (3 p.m.)

BooYa Tequila, Freaky Ice Vodka, Moonshot Beer, Gravity ShotPak Vodka: It’s perfectly legal to have caffeine in your goofy alcoholic beverage. So, why are state attorneys general trying to ban the stuff?

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Hummers for your feet!

Greg Beato | Thu, Sep 17, 2009 (midnight)

If it seems a little ironic that slender urban saplings are dressing like Paul Bunyan and the Marlboro Man, well, so what?

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Lead Photo Diamonds are a ghoul’s best friend

Greg Beato | Thu, Sep 3, 2009 (midnight)

Being turned into kitty litter and dumped in a glorified spittoon doesn’t sound all that glamorous. But that’s old cremation technology. Today, even the frumpiest corpse is a literal diamond in the rough.

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Lead Photo Peace, love … and texting

Greg Beato | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 (midnight)

Looking back through the glass at TRL’s pop-culture revolution

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Lead Photo Girdles … for men

Greg Beato | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 (midnight)

They eliminate inches in seconds. They’re surprisingly comfortable. They’re flying off the shelves at trend-setting retailers: They are Mirdles - girdles for guys.

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Baking up … cars?

Greg Beato | Thu, Jul 23, 2009 (midnight)

How bad can things be, really, when we have not one, not two, but three cable TV series about bakers who make extremely complicated and expensive cakes?

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Lead Photo A comeback America actually needs

Greg Beato | Thu, Jul 9, 2009 (midnight)

Which is more inspiring? Overcoming cancer to win the Tour de France, or overcoming prolonged exposure to Matthew McConaughey to accomplish the same feat?

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Lead Photo Porn’s highs and lows

Greg Beato | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 (midnight)

Scan the newspaper headlines, and you might think these are boom times for porn stars. Alas, it’s not all hip Hollywood premieres and political temperature-taking for the nation’s carnal professionals.

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Photos: Prince, Chris Brown, Above and Beyond, Will.I.Am, Michael Strahan, Kevin Hart …
Superstar Prince joined a party of nine, including his three bodyguards, for late-night eats at Society Cafe in Steve Wynn’s Encore. He enjoyed tomato …
Photos: Tiger Woods keeps Lindsey Vonn hidden in Las Vegas amid engagement …
Amid online buzz of buying engagement rings, golf great Tiger Woods was all smiles as he walked hand-in-hand with Olympic skiing champion girlfriend …
In writing his book, Oscar Goodman ‘found myself to be a hero’
Oscar Goodman’s autobiography, “Being Oscar,” is being released Tuesday by Weinstein Books. The former three-term Las Vegas mayor sat down with me for an extensive interview that covered topics including representing the mob as a lawyer, his 12 years at City Hall and his half-century love affair with his wife, …

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The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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