'Thank God for Girls': Tracking Weezer’s Brand of Nerd Misogyny
Last week, Weezer released a new single, “Thank God for Girls,” the most recent iteration of leader Rivers Cuomo’s presentation of himself as a self-deprecating man-child.
Jillian Lauren On Her New Book, Adoption & Touring With Weezer
Perhaps Margaret Cho said it best when she called Jillian Lauren a “punk rock Scheherazade.” Lauren hit the literary scene in 2010 with the publication of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, her New York Times bestselling-memoir and, like the legendary Scheherazade, Lauren seems to save her own life by telling fascinating…
The Best Tales from Former Groupies of Reddit
Ah, to be a groupie. You have a sex-thing with a famous person one time (or a few times) and then you get to lug the memory around like a precious treasure for the rest of your life, until your senescence is marked by the crowing of your descendants: "Grandma, Adam Levine was sent to the outer space garbage-colony…
Michonne channels Beyoncé for a "Single Ladies" dance with the zombies
On this week's The Line it is Drawn, Comic Book Resources asked artists to place comic book characters in music videos. We're partial to Marco D’Alfonso's Walking Dead/"Single Ladies" mashup, with Michonne's zombie companions as her backup dancers.
Sandra Bullock's Ex Involved in Race Crash
Yes, I thought Jesse James had gotten himself into more Nazi uniform-related trouble when I read the headline, too, but it turns out that he was involved in an errant car race, not in the more-expected racism.
Watch Hurley From Lost Perform With Weezer
Last night in Hollywood, Weezer performed with Jorge Garcia, namesake of their new album, Hurley. But, if you'd prefer to think of this as another Lost epilogue explaining what Hurley does during his trips off the island, go right ahead.
Lanvin For H&M Rumored To Be In Works
- H&M's videos of its newest designer-collaborators have inspired lots of guessing, but Women's Wear Daily is reporting that one of the designers is Alber Elbaz of Lanvin. (BryanBoy agrees with this.) Lanvin for H&M? That could be glorious. [WWD]
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Weezer rocks out on Yo, Gabba Gabba!, a commercial suggests cheating on your spouse with an Avatar, and we discover the worst ever Crap Text Message From A Dude.
Chris Disses Oprah & BET; Will Playgirl Publish Nude Pics Of Tiger?
- Chris Brown whined to Vibe about how Oprah Winfrey treated him after he assaulted Rihanna saying, "I didn't get a call from them or anything. I felt embarrassed, but at the same time I felt stabbed in the back."
Coming Soon: Weezer-Brand Snuggies
The band Weezer will produce its own version of the blanket-with-sleeves. "Wuggies" will be "exactly like Snuggies, except they say Weezer. The people at Snuggie are doing it with us and promoting it with us. It's a totally legit Snuggie," says frontman Rivers Cuomo. [ONTD]
