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Salvador Dali discusses his Moustache on an American Game Show (1954)

In 1954, Dali made an appearance on a popular US game show, The Name’s the Same. I’ve never seen any video recordings of Dali so I found it quite fascinating to see how he was both charming and utterly incomprehensible at the same time. But at the 4:00 minute mark, one of the contestants boldly…

Blogging on a Chalkboard in Africa

This is Alfred J. Sirleaf, the founder and sole editor of a ‘blackboard newspaper’ in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city. Everyday, Alfred updates his newspaper, The Daily Talk (I can’t even paste a link), neatly writing the latest headlines using sticks of chalk in his “newsroom”, a small wooden shack attached to the back of his…

Meet the Girl with a Modeling Contract in the Ford Men’s Division

Over the past few years, there have been a few big stories in the media about male models breaking into the world of women’s fashion. Now it’s the girls’ turn to pull the old switcheroo. Meet 6 ft 2 Casey Legler, an artist, a former Olympic swimmer and now a male model.

In the Midst of a Warzone there’s an Afghani Skateboarding School for Girls

Today I learned there’s a skateboarding school in Afghanistan where 40% of its students are female. In a part of the world where little girls are getting shot at for promoting women’s education, that’s a pretty impressive statistic. In a part of the world where little girls aren’t even allowed to ride a bicycle, that’s…

10 Celebrities Speaking le French

Ten celebrities who might surprise you with their ability to speak the language of love… Just because. 1. Jodie Foster Academy award-winning foster attended a French-language prep school in Los Angeles and frequently worked in France as a teenager. As a result, she speaks flawless French. Here’s a second video of her on a French…

Meet North Korea’s American Film Star

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il was a known film enthusiast, or what we might call a ‘movie-buff’. He especially loved the kind of movies that portrayed America as the evil imperialist devil– but there weren’t too many of those floating around Hollywood. So to take matters into his own hands, Kim poured a whole load…

Meet the London Club Kids Who Made Punk Go Pop

Sex, drugs and lots of black eyeliner. Just a regular Tuesday night at the Blitz Club. At the turn of the 1980s, London’s teenage squatters, outcast art school kids and disillusioned punks all descended on a barren Covent Garden in search of a good night out. By simply living out their wildest and wackiest fantasies,…

Wait, they Hung Out?

As deeply disappointing as it is that someone at TIME Magazine obviously forgot to add Messy Nessy Chic to the list of best blogs of 2012 (sniffle, there’s always next year, eye of the tiger), I’m a good enough sport to recognize a few that made the cut. In particular, my favorite new discovery thanks…

Ryan Gosling starred in ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark’ ca.1995

Hey 90s kids! Remember this show? The one you’d race home from school for to watch on Nickelodeon with an ice cold bowl of cereal? Good times, good times. Well today I learned that Ryan Gosling starred in an episode called The Tale of Station 109.9! Not the spookiest one I’ve seen I have to…

When Bardot met Bond

I’m a little disappointed to report that there was no passionate affair to speak of between these two– simply a great friendship. Sean Connery and Brigitte did however make a wonderful western movie together called Shalako. Here’s a scene from the film, Bardot is at her best in this film I think, she has so…

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