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An upcoming auction that will hock props from some of Hollywood’s most iconic films of the past four decades is set to take place on the first two days of December, giving you the perfect opportunity to snatch up a gift for the movie buff in your life that you’re willing to drop a couple […]
According to an announcement from Peru’s Ministry of Culture, a massive carving of an ancient cat has been discovered on an arid hillside in the southern part of that country. This carving was reportedly made more than 2,000 years ago, stretches 121-feet in length and makes up part of the nation’s famed Nazca Lines. For those unfamiliar (a.k.a. […]
A Canadian tourist has returned five artifacts she swiped during a 2005 trip to Pompeii, claiming these items have brought nothing but bad luck to her and her family, according to the Italian newspaper Il Messagero. The woman, who identified herself as “Nicole,” was 21 years old when she stole two white mosaic tiles, two pieces of amphora […]
Tyler, the Creator is synonymous with the avant-garde undercurrent that permeates through West Coast hip-hop, but that doesn’t mean he can’t appreciate the gully East Coast wave 50 Cent and G-Unit helped spearhead. On Wednesday, Tyler took to Twitter where he brought his followers down memory lane. “g unit mixtapes were so hard mannnnn,” he wrote before sharing […]
A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair along with a blood-stained telegram from his 1865 assassination have both just sold for $81,000 during the last day of a Boston auction on Saturday. According to NY Daily News, the 2-inch lock of hair was taken from a postmortem examination of Lincoln that took place in 1865 after he was assassinated by John Wilkes […]
Comedy Central has pulled the plug on Drunk History. According to Deadline, the cable network announced the sketch comedy show would not return for a seventh season, which had been ordered in 2019. The outlet reports Drunk History was in pre-production when the coronavirus pandemic halted film and TV projects. The decision to cancel the Emmy-winning live-action series […]
Jerry Lorenzo has introduced Seventh Collection, the latest update to the Fear of God catalog of luxury pieces. The new collection is detailed in a WWD piece published Monday that sees Lorenzo—who founded the brand back in 2013 and has since become a prominent figure in modern fashion—explaining how he sees this as the natural […]
Amid the heatwave that struck California over the last few days, Death Valley’s Furnace Creek recorded the hottest recorded temperature in the U.S. since 1913. On Sunday, Furnace Creek in the deserts of Southern California reached a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit, the NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center confirmed. It is expected that the high temps in SoCal will […]
Akon caught heat this week after he was asked about the way slavery is viewed in Senegal, the West African country where he spent most of his childhood. The 47-year-old artist claimed Senegalese no longer think about slavery because they have “overcome” its horrors, unlike African Americans. “In Senegal, we’ve kind of overcome the thought of slavery, […]
A Japanese sunburst electric from the early 1960s that was played by legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix has sold for a considerable sum at an auction. The guitar, which was described as being in “well-loved condition and has no strings” sold for $216,000 on Saturday, Rolling Stone reports. “This early 1960s Japanese sunburst electric guitar was played by […]
