Finer Feed: ‘Magic Mike’ Salutes Homoerotica, Taylor Lautner’s Faux Gayness, the Best GIFs of 2011
Here’s your last “Finer Feed” of the year. As always, I have plucked the top news items from my Facebook and Twitter feed. I know you will enjoy. The first image from the Steven Soderbergh‘s male stripper extravaganza, Magic Mike hits the net. If you want to turn one of your guy friends gay, take...
Best of 2011: Jay-Z and Kanye West want us to ‘Watch the Throne’
Jay-Z and Kanye West are the George Clooney and Brad Pitt of the hip-hop world. They have balance of swagger, talent, and cockiness that we either hate or love. They also tend to have a way of showing the world that they are better than us without shoving it in our face…well, at least Hova...
Workout song of the year: ‘Bonfire’ by Childish Gambino
According to my iPod Shuffle, “Bonfire” by Childish Gambino received the most plays (158 FULL plays to be exact) during my sessions of stampeding runs along the Embarcadero and my abridged version of P90X workouts. I don’t know how accurate my iPod Shuffle is when it comes to the number of plays, but I am...
Finer Feed: Julianne Moore refudiates as Sarah Palin, ‘Christmas Story’ porn stars, a ‘Community’ flash mob
Here are some of the top news items that have been plucked from my Facebook and Twitter feed: Julianne Moore‘s Sarah Palin looks good in HBO’s Game Change. Really good. Really, really good. She is probably better than the original. [HuffPo] It’s that time of year again. Whether we like it or not, The Christmas...
Nicki Minaj doesn’t think much of gardening tools in ‘Stupid Hoe’
In Nicki Minaj‘s latest single, “Stupid Hoe”, she sticks to her absurdist hip-hop aesthetic set to a bunch of hand claps and 8-bit video game blips — and contrary to what I first thought, the song is not about her disdain for the gardening arts. The first single off her second album, “Pink Friday:Roman Reloaded”...
Jimmy Fallon didn’t break character on ‘Saturday Night Live’
For some odd reason, every time Jimmy Fallon does something on TV, it looks like he is always having more fun than the rest of the world. His hosting gig on Saturday Night Live wasn’t an exception and he didn’t break character once! (As far as I noticed.) His hosting gig was a homecoming for...
Workout song of the week: ‘We Found Love’ by Rihanna
It took me a while to accept Rihanna‘s “We Found Love” into my iPod workout playlist, but the repetitive synthesized organ riff and “hopeless” regurgitated chorus keeps my blood pumping at a steady pace whilst on a morning run. Then there’s the Melina Matsoukas gritty music vid about a doomed couple that may be semi-autobiographical...
Finer Feed: A new ‘Hunger Games’ poster, a new ‘True Blood’ character, a cruise with R. Kelly
It’s a day later than usual but here are some of the top news items that have been plucked from my Facebook and Twitter feed.. To celebrate the “100 days until it’s release date”, Lionsgate partnered with a bunch of websites for a crazy-ass Internet hunt for pieces to complete a puzzle for the new...
‘Bring it On: The Musical’ vs. ‘Bring it On: The Movie’
When I went with my friend Ben to see Bring it On: The Musical, he asked me, “Are these broadway actors who learned how to cheer or cheerleaders who learned how to be broadway actors?” “A valid question,” I answered. “I have no idea.” And that’s how I pretty much felt going into the show....
13 things to do while listening to ‘Someone Like You’ by Adele
It’s been established that Adele‘s lovelorn smash hit “Someone Like You is perhaps the biggest hit of 2011. The song is touching, heart-warming, and can bring back nostalgic memories of the “one that got away”. In addition to that, I have thought of some other things you should do while listening to her song: Look...
Kelly Clarkson flashes her mob in the new ‘Stronger’ video
In Kelly Clarkson‘s new music video for the title track of her newest album, Stronger, she sticks to her guns with throbbing guitar riffs, contained performances with her nameless rock band, windblown close-ups of her face hidden by strands of hair, and tight shots of her trademark Since-You-Been-Gone pop rock wails. For an extra special...
Workout song of the week: Immigrant Song by Karen O., Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Originally performed by Led Zeppelin, the “Immigrant Song” as interpreted by Karen O., Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross has been the anthem for the book-turned-Swedish film-turned-American remake The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — and my morning workouts! Every time I hear this song, I feel like I am running away from rapists. You can...
