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Michel Gondry's Unexpected New Film

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Eternal Sunshine, The We and I, Video, Directors, Michel Gondry the We and I, Indie Directors, Music Videos, Dave Chappelle, Michel Gondry, Science of Sleep, Bjork, Indie Film, Block Party, Culture News

Michel Gondry used to have a style that was easy to pigeonhole. His "Science of Sleep," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and past music video c...

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Happy Birthday, Matthew Barney!

Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Installation Art, Matthew Barney Gladstone Gallery, Video, Matthew Barney, Drawing Restraint, Video Art, Venice Biennale, Sculpture, Drawing, Fashion, Bjork, Arts News

Happy birthday to one of the most influential multi-disciplinary artists of our time, Matthew Barney. His truly unhinged creativity never ceases to am...

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The Best Makeup In Cover Art

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Warhol, Ziggy Stardust, Madonna, Lady GaGa, Kiss, Adam Ant, Best Makeup, Best Makeup of Musicians, Amy Winehouse, Bjork, Marilyn Manson, Best Makeup in Cover Art, Nicki Minaj, David Bowie, Joe Calderone, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Most of us use makeup to highlight our favorite features and minimize our least favorites. But with a little creativity, makeup can, like any artistic...

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WATCH: Bein' Quirky With Zooey

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Zooey Deschanel, Video, Michael Cera, Funny Videos, Bein Quirky With Zooey Deschanel, Abby Elliott, Zooey Deschanel Saturday Night Live, Snl, Saturday Night Live, Mary Kate Olsen, Bjork, Comedy News

Zooey Deschanel, well-documented possessor of quirk, was a great sport Saturday night when she took part in a sketch that made fun of her own public ...

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Iceland!

Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Sigur Ros, Icelandic Culture, Icelandic Cultural Exports, Hallgrimur Helgason, Video, Iceland, Iceland Bjork, Around the World Culture Series, Bjork, Culture News

Avant-garde musician Bjork gained world-wide recognition in the 90s with the release of her full-length album Debut. As a result, her home country of ...

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Cat Power Cancels Israel Show Over Conflict With Palestineans

AP | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Cat Power Cancels Israel Show, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Cat Power Israel Show, Cat Power, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Cat Power Israel, Bjork, Culture News

JERUSALEM -- American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel, joining a list of artists shunning the country over its conflict with the Pa...

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For Icelandic Lovers, An Incest Database

Newser.com | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Video, Book of Icelanders, Weird Science, Icelandic Incest Database, Icelandic Incest, Weird Photos & Videos, Iceland, Weird Dating, Iceland Love, Bjork, Weird News News

An Icelander's pre-date checklist: Put on a nice shirt, buy some flowers ... run date's name through incest database? It sounds crazy, but with Ice...

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WEEKEND: Bjork, Burlesque 30 Rock And The Super Bowl

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Video, 30 Rock, NY Around Town, New York Hall of Science, Biophilia, Curb Your Enthusiasm, New York Events, Bjork, Super Bowl, New York News

Bjork: Biophilia Where: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th Street, Queens (718) 699-0005 When: Friday, 8:30PM Price: $75-$150 Bjork's highly a...

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Bjork Performs On Colbert, Talks Science, Math

Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Bjork Tour, Video, The Colbert Report, Bjork Biophilia, Bjork Nyc Residency, Bjork Colbert Report, Bjork the Colbert Report, Bjork Cosmogony, Music, Bjork, Culture News

Bjork dropped by "The Colbert Report" Tuesday night, in advance of her New York City residency, sporting a hairdo resembling a flattened beehive and o...

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The Week In Art: Arty Music Videos, Tom Hanks Meets Banksy, and Paparazzi Portraits (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Richard-Mosse, Week in Review, Paparazzi, Hanksy, Renaissance, Modern-Celebrity-Renaissance-Portraits, Arty Music Videos, Congo, Bjork, Banksy, Arts News

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! We hope you're going to do something scary and fun tonight in honor of Jason Voorhees. This week at HuffPost Arts ...

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WATCH: 10 Artsy Music Videos We Love

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Rihanna, Kanye West, Gotye, Soul Clap, Hot Chip, Music Videos, Justice Band, Bjork, Video, James Blake, Music Video, Slidepollajax, All India Radio, Jay-Z, Justice, Lana Del Ray, Arts News

It has long been said that the music video is a dying artform, with MTV and VH1 preferring celebrity train wrecks and underage mothers over the once-e...

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PHOTOS: You Won't Guess Which Celebs Married Into The Art World

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Celebrity Art Couples, Celeb Couples, Video, Nigella Lawson, Courtney Stodden, Matthew Barney, Will Kopelman Drew Barrymore, Slidepollajax, Drew Barrymore Engaged, Charles Saatchi, Drew Barrymore, Robert Redford, Bjork, Arts News

You've probably heard by now that Hollywood's bad-girl-turned-good Drew Barrymore and her dreamy art consultant boyfriend Will Kopelman are now engage...

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Would You Let Bjork Teach Your Children?

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Video, Biophilia Apps, Bjork Biophilia, Biophilia Tour, New York Hall of Science, Biophilia, Biophilia Live, Roseland Ballroom, Creator's Project, Biophilia Album, Bjork, Culture News

Would you let Bjork teach your kids? Your chance has arrived. Bjork's "Biophilia" show will come to New York for 10 nights, with six performances ...

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The 30 Best Songs of 2011 (Headphones Required)

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Adele, Branford Marsalis, Florence and the Machine, Kanye West, Ryan Adams, Bon Iver, Active Child, Maroon 5, Music News, Radiohead, Wye Oak, Bjork, Kate Bush, Christina Aguilera, The Civil Wars, Givers, Foster the People, Elbow, Beruit, Video, Culture News

Grab your ear buds (or better yet, noise-reducing headphones), and get ready for a ride through the year's best songs.

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Handmade Instruments Are In

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Video, Fol Chen So Good, Fol Chen, Track of the Day, Fol Chen Tetrafol, Tetrafol, Music, Bjork Tesla Coil, Bjork, On Our Radar, Culture News

Los Angeles electronic outfit Fol Chen has returned with another song made using their handmade electronic sound toy, the Tetrafol, giving Bjork's sim...

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Nights On Earth: Conversations with Vince Mendoza and Elf's Matthew Sklar

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: The Mickey Mouse Club, Margo Lion, Metropole Orchestra, Annie, Ed Asner, Christian McBride, Gil Evans, Miss Saigon, Bjork, Casey Nicholaw, Bob Martin, 42nd Street, Matthew Sklar, Tom Diakit, Guys and Dolls, Stephane Guillaume, Vince Mendoza, The Wedding List, Mark Kaufman, Elvis Costello, Elf, Bob Newhart, The Producers, Hairspray, Phil Reno, Titanic, The Drowsey Chaperone, Les Miserables, Nathan Lane, Putting It Together, Chad Beguelin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Will Ferrell, Karim Ziad, John Abercrombie, Larry Klein, Nguyen Le, Tom Meehan, Joni Mitchell, Joe Laverno, John Scofield, Gordon Jenkins, Entertainment News

According to Vince Mendoza, the idea of his latest record was partly to embrace the various musicians that he's met over the years and to invite his old friends to participate in his music.

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Interview: Vince Mendoza (Jazz Composer Extraordinaire)

Joseph Vella | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Epiphany, Vince Mendoza, Joseph Vella, Jazz Composer, Joni Mitchell, Nights on Earth, Elvis Costello, Bjork, Joe Zawinul, Louis Armstrong, Peter Erskine, JS Bach, Stravinsky, Jazz Online, London Symphony Orchestra, Jazz, Arts News

In the modern era of jazz, finding a true composer to follow is not the easiest thing to do. Especially if the composer can actually write beautifully melodic and emotionally deep music. Vince Mendoza does this and more.

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Goldie Hawn, Bjork & More: Today's Famous Birthdays

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: November 21st, Famous Birthdays, Celebrity Birthdays, November 21, Goldie Hawn, Jena Malone, Bjork, Celebrities, Celebrity News

In a world with nearly 7 billion people, chances are someone famous is celebrating their birthday today. And indeed: Goldie Hawn, Bjork, and more...

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Iceland: Where Everyone's Related To Bjork

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Book of Icelanders, Iceland Genealogy Book, Iceland Genealogy Database, Iceland, Iceland Bjork, Bjork, Icelanders, World News

By Iva R. Skoch REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- The television commercial for a local mobile phone company here wouldn't work in many places outside I...

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Ask Bjork Anything You Want

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Bjork Answers Questions, Bjork Biophilia, Ask Bjork a Question, Music, Ask Bjork, Bjork, Culture News

Right now, Bjork is answering user-submitted questions on her website. Well, not right this minute, but she will be answering questions periodically w...

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5 Bjork Outfits That Make Lady Gaga Look Like Your Mom

www.nerve.com | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Nerve, Bjork Outfits, Lady GaGa, Bjork, Comedy News

The world is swarming with "Little Monsters," and frankly, we're concerned the Goddess of All Fashion Weirdness, Bjork, may have been left behind in t...

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Elizaveta, A Dreamy New Singer

Tom Teicholz | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Russia, Opera, Singer Songwriters, Adele, Elizaveta, Usc, Opera Pop, Female Artists, Sarah McLachlan, Bjork, Pop, Video, Arts News

Her music has been called "Opera Pop" but it doesn't do justice to the intricacies of her melodies and the trance-like power of her lyrics.

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VIDEO: Björk Directs New Video

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Inez and Vinoodh, Bjork Biophilia, Australia, Moon-Video, James Merry, M/M Paris, Biophilia, It's Oh So Quiet, Music, UK Arts, Iceland, Bjork, Arts News

With the overwhelming similarity of many of today's songstresses and pop stars, some comfort can be found in the fact that Björk has maintained her e...

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Bjork, 'Moon'

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Video, Bjork Biophilia, Bjork Moon, Track of the Day, Bjork New Music, Music, Bjork, On Our Radar, Bjork Biophilia Release, Culture News

Bjork is back to greet us once more before her highly built-up album, Biophilia, drops Oct. 11. Last week, she added her latest single, "Moon," to the...

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A Conversation With My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Plus Stephan Said's "Take A Stand" Download

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: The Flaming Lips, House, My Monring Jacket, Erykah Badu, Jim James, Austin City Limits, American Dad, How I Met Your Mother, Bjork, Entertainment News

Jim James spoke with me about how the latest round of touring has been for My Morning Jacket, who kicked off their latest circuit with a simulcast in Louisville a few months back.

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