Burqa-Appropriating Diesel Ad Channels Lady Gaga and Jenny Holzer
Oh, to be the genius mind behind the creative brief that resulted in this disastrous Diesel launch ad! Featuring a pale, tattooed model wearing a … Read more
Everything You Wanted to Know About Pop Singer Carishma (But Were Too Lazy to Google)
New Jersey-based pop singer Carishma came on the pop music scene two years ago with her first single “Glow in the Dark.” While very much … Read more
From the Bronx to the Stage: Qurrat Ann Kadwani Tells Us About Her One-Woman Show
In many ways, actress Qurrat Ann Kadwani’s new one-woman show is a tribute to her hometown, the Bronx. Kadwani’s family moved to the famed borough … Read more
Can Akshay Kumar Really be a ‘B.O.S.S.’ by Imitating M.I.A.?
There’s something face-palmingly awful about the signature item number from the Akshay Kumar-starrer B.O.S.S. In the segment, Kumar tries very hard to imitate M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” … Read more
Where Are All the Queer Women in Bollywood?
I think you all know by now how big Bollywood is. Not only is the movie industry huge in India, but Bollywood movies are also … Read more
Falu Shah on Her New Album, Jay Sean and Motherhood
Singer and songwriter Falu Shah forged her reputation with what she calls “Indie Hindi,” a unique meld of Indian classical and contemporary sounds. She’s worked … Read more
Aziz Ansari Gets Paid to Get His Write On
Publisher’s Weekly announced via Twitter that Penguin Press paid $3.5 million for the rights to a book by Aziz Ansari. You know what that … Read more
One Direction’s Zayn Malik is Engaged
Sad news for One Direction fans: Zayn Malik is officially off the market. The 20-year-old is engaged to longtime girlfriend and fellow singer Perrie Edwards … Read more
Is Lady Gaga’s ‘Burqa’ Leveraging Orientalist Archetypes for Shock and Market Value?
Lady Gaga is an icon who’s proved herself more than capable of chucking out some solidly danceable tunes — “Bad Romance” ranks high on the … Read more
Goldspot’s Siddhartha Khosla Talks to Us About His New Album, Marriage, and Bollywood Covers
Indie rock band Goldspot is set to release Aerogramme, their third studio album, next Tuesday. In anticipation of the upcoming release, which kicks off with … Read more
