It’s kind of impossible to not like The Chairman of the Board. If they ever build a Mt. Rushmore for “cool” he would be choice numero uno. In 1965, CBS News spent six months with Sinatra, exploring what it is exactly that made him so cool — getting unprecedented access to both his recording career [...]
Interviews
Oh boy, break out the tissues. Here’s the story of Bethany Lansaw and her husband, Don, who were right in the path of the massive tornado that destroyed Joplin, Missouri last week. In order to save his wife’s life, Don used his body to protect Bethany from debris and died from his injuries. The part [...]
Nozlee Samadzadeh talks to “a panel of experts about food styling photography and the art of arranging spaghetti strands.” Here are the photographers on styling beforehand and using photoshop afterward: Deb K.: To be honest, most shoots that I work on (especially for cookbooks and magazines) are very organic: We make the food, we shoot [...]
Vanity Fair goes inside the Playboy empire: When Hugh Hefner opened the first Playboy Club, in 1960, he was selling men the chance to walk into the pages of his magazine: the swinging-bachelor-pad décor, the carefully garnished cocktails, and, above all, the cantilevered, cottontailed Bunnies. For the women wearing ears, the payoff was entirely different. [...]
Leaving aside the off-putting cheesy opening and graphics of this video, it’s pretty remarkable to listen to a bunch of teenagers interview old people who were gay growing up in the 1950′s. It’s a remarkable history, if only, because we often don’t think about this or we make the assumption that all gay people were [...]
Obviously, if someone makes a bazooka out of bacon that can shoot sausage missiles, we’re going to write about it. The LA Weekly scored a short interview with the creators of the meat weapon. SI: Any ideas for 2012 you can share with us? NH: I do already have plans, but I like to keep [...]
A reminder that his new show on Comedy Central aired last night. I’ll probably catch it tonight at some point. Anyway, McDonald, along with Jon Stewart, remain the two funniest stand ups I’ve ever seen. AVC: What do you get from bombing? What is that feeling like to you? NM: It’s kind of fun. It’s [...]
“I never gave it a thought. I guess common sense would say it was made of orange rock too, but I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would seem to be a great asset in many areas.” – [...]
The man has a great sense of humor, including his Reddit handle Watsonbitch, and most of his responses show a really great wit. This makes me like him even more. Some of his choice answers: Alex and I don’t get to hang out much due to the convoluted Jeopardy security requirements. I saw him at [...]
Perfect for the typeface nerd in your life. Creative Characters is the MyFonts newsletter dedicated to people behind the fonts. Each month since July 2007, we have interviewed a notable personality from the type world. The first two years of these interviews have now been collected in a beautifully produced book. Twenty-six interviews, expanded with [...]
