Category — Popular Culture

Bin Laden Bricks

Bricks from the compound that was home to Osama bin Laden in his final hours are being sold to tourists.

May 4, 2012 Comments

Occupy Art

There has been so much art centred around the Occupy protests that it is beginning to feel like a new artistic movement.

May 1, 2012 Comments

Blown Covers

The covers the New Yorker rejected.

May 1, 2012 Comments

American Rhapsody

A US family have gone viral on YouTube for their habit of singing Bohemian Rhapsody on the school run.

April 30, 2012 Comments

Texts from Hillary

Hillary Clinton shocked the creators of a website of parodies of her sending text messages – by giving them her backing.

April 12, 2012 Comments

Simpsons’ Springfield

Simpsons’ creator reveals location of Springfield, ending one of the longest-running mysteries in popular culture.

April 11, 2012 Comments

Urban Pranks

It’s hard to call a winner this year among the handful of U.S. cities that deployed novel, well-crafted pranks on April 1.

April 5, 2012 Comments

Flying Hoax

A Dutch ‘bird man’ who posted a video showing his successful ‘test flight’ wearing bird-like wings has admitted it was a hoax.

March 27, 2012 Comments

Tyson in Vegas

Mike Tyson on his one-man Vegas act: Raw, revealing.

March 22, 2012 Comments

Keef’s Regrets

Keith Richards ‘regrets’ offending Mick Jagger.

March 19, 2012 Comments

Playboy Man

Bruno Mars has just become the 10th man to grace the cover of Playboy.

March 14, 2012 Comments

Babies with iPads

Combining cuteness with world domination.

February 24, 2012 Comments

Nerdy Fiddlers

YouTube’s nerdy fiddlers strike a chord with geeks.

February 20, 2012 Comments

Houston E-books

Whitney Houston: 15 ebooks on singer published since her death.

February 17, 2012 Comments

Bush’s Socks

George H.W. Bush makes an off-the-cuff fashion choice.

February 15, 2012 Comments

Downton Cool

Move over, “Mad Men” and Kim Kardashian. There’s a new darling in U.S. pop culture, with a much posher accent and even fancier clothes.

February 10, 2012 Comments

Lincoln vs. Vampires

Abraham Lincoln turns Vampire Hunter in Tim Burton flick.

February 8, 2012 Comments

Mad Men Fashion

Get ‘Mad Men’ style right off the rack at Banana Republic.

February 3, 2012 Comments

Assange Spot

Julian Assange to guest star on “The Simpsons”.

February 1, 2012 Comments

Washington Zombie

The Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington’s dead body.

January 31, 2012 Comments

AXS.tv

Mark Cuban, Ryan Seacrest, AEG, CAA partner on pop culture channel.

January 19, 2012 Comments

Ali’s Legacy

Muhammad Ali’s legacy still both butterfly and bee.

January 19, 2012 Comments

Barbie Ban

Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers.

January 18, 2012 Comments

Mormon Moment

“Mormon moment” examined in U.S. survey.

January 16, 2012 Comments

Banana Suit

Warhol Foundation sued by Velvet Underground over banana design.

January 12, 2012 Comments

Golden Tomato

Harry Potter conjures up a Golden Tomato.

January 10, 2012 Comments

Dancing Eyebrows

A video posted online of a young girl wiggling her eyebrows to music has taken the internet by storm.

January 4, 2012 Comments

Facebook vs. Voting

Twice as many 18 year olds use Facebook than are registered to vote.

December 30, 2011 Comments

Superhero Bikers

A Canadian company is offering motorbikers the chance to wear leathers in the style of movie heroes and villains.

December 19, 2011 Comments

Caganers

Prince William and wife Kate are among international celebrities who have fallen victim to toilet humour in Catalonia.

December 16, 2011 Comments