Alberto Granado — Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara's friend who was made famous by The Motorcycle Diaries — has died in Cuba. He moved to Cuba in 1961, and taught biochemistry at Havana University after the revolution. He was 88. [Guardian; image via AP]

Today's most provocative message wheat-pasted onto a Manhattan building: why does Che get all the good endorsements? Mussolini just needs a better graphic designer. This is 100% true. Kids don't know who either of them are. Click to enlarge. [Copyranter]

In the wee hours of Monday morning, some Russian revolutionaries sneaked onto a drawbridge and spray-painted the Cosmic Cock, in honor of Che Guevara's bday. When the drawbridge raised at 1:40 am, there the unit was, pointing into the sky.

Sure, Che Guevara was a Hero of the Revolution. But did he like to jack off a lot? Director Steven Soderbergh has done a lot of research on this issue:

Two of the revolutionary hero (to some) Che Guevara's kids said this week that they've had enough of their dad being used as a branding icon for advertisers of all stripes. "The appropriation of the figure of Che that has been used to make enemies from different classes" is "embarrassing," said one of his daughters.…

In other Cannes program news from Todd McCarthy's Variety survey this morning, Steven Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro's Che Guevara biopic two-fer The Argentine and Guerilla will apparently join Sex and the City among the year's notable omissions. It's a bit of a surprise considering Soderbergh's lightning-fast…