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Pentagon-backed scientists have developed a paper-thin robot that can fold itself into any shape, like a plane, or a boat. Probably it will eventually rise up and kill us all, but until then, origami will be much easier. [Wired] More »
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Do you fear that Print Is Dead? Allow America's most venerable human, Dave Eggers, to assure you—via email—that it is not: More »
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Oh no, those rumors about socialclimberite Olivia Palermo's family having fallen on hard times might be true! It seems that Libs has had to turn to blogging for Paper as a source of extra cash. "Hi everyone. Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend. Well it is that time of year — New York Fashion Week. I was very honored when Papermag.com asked me to write a blog for Fashion Week," she begins inauspiciously. More »
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Are You feeling overburdened yet? Well, at least Your responsibilities here are pretty minimal: just post a three-minute video of yourself in which You explain why You should be a Paper Beautiful Person on YouTube, then email the link to vip@papermag.com. The winner will be this year's Jessica Joffe, and who doesn't covet that honor? But seriously, it's important to remember that when Paper says "beautiful," it doesn't mean, you know, beautiful. It means "beautiful." Confused? Us too. We think it has something to do with what's inside counting, which totally explains why Perez Hilton was featured last year. Anyway, get Your asses in gear. More »
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As you might have started noticing about four weeks ago, this is the time of year that every media outlet in the universe recaps the year that's passed by ranking the most memorable, important, funny, or otherwise relevant books/movies/celebrity paternity suits, etc. hierarchically. But this week, as all the Best Best Best coverage reaches its apex, the options can begin to seem a bit overwhelming, like trying to figure out which Christmas-released Oscar bait to see with your parents at the multiplex tonight. That's where we come in, with our expertise and ability to read. We've sorted through a bunch of Best Of lists for you, so that you'll be able to decide which stuff to pretend to have seen/read/known about. Our five faves of the moment are after the jump; expect more as we trudge towards New Year's. More »
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Hello, this is your still-hungover friend Alex Blagg, of Blue States Lose and Best Week Ever fame. I don't know how your Wednesday night went, but let me tell you about mine. I wandered into some Times Square one-word-noun nightclub called "Show" for the who cares annual Paper Nightlife Awards, ready to have my burning questions about the city's best bars, DJ's, and parties for homosexuals answered — FINALLY. Gawker's Nikola Tamindzic was on photo duty; plunge heedlessly into the sleaze with our gallery of photos, or bounce over to Nikola's plumper version. After the jump, dangerous proximity to MisShapes. More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=218382&view=rss&microfeed=true Cobrasnake accessory/jailbait/blogger Cory Kennedy on: More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213717&view=rss&microfeed=true Speaking of Paper Magazine— the May issue includes a brief article in the PM insert titled "Hipster Paradise" (an oxymoron if there ever was one.) In the article, "designer" Waris comments on his limited press policy for his party at the Park: "I just don't want it to be a Page Six item every week." So far, the press policy is working beautifully. According to Google, Waris has yet to be mentioned on Page Six. More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=11984&view=rss&microfeed=true Gawker Editor, Elizabeth Spiers, in a flash of blinding stupidity and having been completely brainwashed by the Manhattan indie-art scene, spots an interesting-sounding documentary on Paper Magazine's "picks" list and thinks "Cinemax" is an indie film complex somewhere near 42nd street, instead of a cable channel like a normal person. (I think I'm overdosing on Manhattan culture. Perhaps I need to find a suburban Walmart and detox.) The documentary on today's to-do list: that's on Cinemax; not at Cinemax. More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=11640&view=rss&microfeed=true · Fashion week invitations [via ModernAge] More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=11405&view=rss&microfeed=true Paper is launching a new downtown nightlife guide called PM. The magazine will take a different celebrity for a night on the town on a monthly basis and print the gory details. Busta Rhymes, slated for the February issue, backed out. According to the co-editor, "Busta wasn't comfortable with a writer watching him smoke pot and trying to pick up girls." MTV cameramen: fine. Writers: absolutely not. More »
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