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  Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar lost Charlize Theron two weeks back, but has now replaced her with another refined and undeniably gorgeous blonde starlett in the form of Naomi Watts, who will play lifelong assistant to Hoover himself. How the FBI founder fares in comparison to her King Kong costar…Continue Reading

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  Its not everyday we get to bring you news of a brand new Pagani, and by the looks of things it’ll be a day remembered in supercar history. The AMG developed, twin-turbo V12 pumps out 700 horsepower with 738 lb-ft torque bringing the car to 62 miles per hourContinue Reading

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“Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action and decision making which replace the principles of instincts. he has to have a frame of orientation which permits him to organize a consistent picture of the worldContinue Reading

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Pop star, makes a fortune, retires to the country and lines lounge walls with leather. So far, so cliched. But a passionate knowledge of his estate’s English civil war history? Jay Kay gives Live a guided tour of his home (and oddly compelling life) ‘I think these days a lotContinue Reading

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Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is. Hand crafted by 72-year old master distiller Francisco “Don Pancho” Fernandez, Ron de Jeremy Rum ($TBA) is a high-end dark rum that’s oak aged for seven years, resulting in a rich, smooth flavor with hints of vanilla, sugarcane, fruit, and spices, andContinue Reading

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Jorg Hysek’s HD3 is as close to a genuine “iWatch” as you can get. The smartphone inspired design combines sophisticated engineering and a tactile touchscreen for displaying the time. The HD3 is also first and foremost, a watch. No extra unnecessary bells and whistles here. They’ve designed unique and customizableContinue Reading

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For Some Powder-Sniffing Party Animals, Age Is No Obstacle by Jamie Johnson January 11, 2011, 6:56 PM At a recent Christmas party in December, I watched a close friend of mine re-enact a depraved but funny maneuver he had seen an elderly man perform earlier that evening. Using both hisContinue Reading

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We’ve seen sofa beds before, but a sofa bunk bed? Part of Resource Furniture’s Space Savers series, the Doc takes multifunctional to a whole new level. More of Resource Furniture’s Space Savers here. via: theawesomerContinue Reading

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Design student Jeremy Westerlund has pulled this Apparition concept car out of somewhere extra special, and it manages to meld the past, present, and future of Rolls-Royce into one ridiculously slick package. Like any true Rolls, the Apparition (with its awesomely retro open cockpit) isn’t designed for you to drive.Continue Reading

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We were so close to declaring Infinium Ale from Sam Adams and Weihenstephan the greatest “colliding of universes” item on the market, then we saw this – John Lennon’s 1965 Ferrari 330 GT.  Now, we love a good dry-hopped ale as much as the next guy, but let’s be honest, thisContinue Reading

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TUCSON, Ariz. – Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other “in a way that heals, not inContinue Reading

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LA Design Studio’s collection is comprised of a sofa, an armchair, a coffee table, desk and a lamp with aluminum parts fashioned to look like they were components of the classic Shelby 427 via:theawesomerContinue Reading

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The Destination: It won’t be an overstatement in any case if we call the Villa Amanzi designed by Original Vision the house of your dreams. Built in 2008 and located in the exclusive Cape Sol on the West coast of Phuket, the Villa Amanzi is an unusually luxurious private villaContinue Reading

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You can talk all you want about perfect country houses, but it was classic automobiles that Ralph Lauren pined for when he was growing up. Todd Eberle photographs the inner sanctum of his museum-like garage. Plus:Paul Goldberger on Ralph’s collection of the most valuable cars in the world.Continue Reading

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Here is a chance for the Bond fans to own an exact replica of the golden gun used in the classic James Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun. The golden gun replica is expected to sell for between £1,000 and £1,500 (about $2,315) when it is auctioned byContinue Reading

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Attempting to keep up with Roman Abramovich (second from left) is not advised. Credit: Condé Nast Archive. The days following New Year’s Eve traditionally are a time for reflection. Those wishing to excel in the year ahead tend to review their previous accomplishments and consider areas for improvement. More oftenContinue Reading

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Janjaap Ruijssenaars Floating Bed. The Millionaire Fair in Kortrijk, Belgium hosts extravagant products from all over the world. Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaar recently unveiled his floating bed. His goal was to create a usable product that didn’t use the standard laws of gravity. This floating bed uses magnetism to keepContinue Reading

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Train like the greatest of all time with the Everlast Muhammad Ali Collection ($8-$110). This new signature range — literally, every product features a facsimile of Ali’s autograph — includes everything from cotton handwraps to full-size heavy bags, all manufactured to standards worthy of their namesake, and most including aContinue Reading

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Zaha Hadid has curated and designed an exhibition at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich that juxtaposes her own work with early twentieth-century Russian art pieces. Entitled Zaha Hadid and Suprematism, the show follows Hadid’s continuing interest in the Russian avant-garde, first explored with her graduation project in 1976-77. See all our stories aboutContinue Reading

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How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on December 25? A. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property orContinue Reading

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Guy Ritchie helms a new action-packed adventure, following the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.), and his longtime trusted associate, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), as they match wits with their arch-nemesis, the criminal genius Moriarty (Jared Harris). I’m so glad to see Rapace has hit the bigContinue Reading

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On Jan. 21 and 22, 2011, Gooding & Co. will host the Scottsdale Auction, boasting a mouth-watering collection consisting mostly of vintage vehicles. Execs, tycoons and princes, save the date.Continue Reading

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Shane Mosley has agreed to fight Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas on May 7. Pacquiao (52-3-23, 38 knockouts) will defend his WBO welterweight title. Former welterweight champion Mosley (46-6-1, 39 knockouts) is 0-1-1 in a pair of poor performances against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and SergioContinue Reading

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A tiny cocktail lounge, Yucca, has opened on the third floor of Mansion 26F in Sinan Mansions, Shanghai. The building is the headquarters of Yucca’s creator, Australian-Greek chef and restaurateur David Laris, and it also houses three of his other restaurants: Funky Chicken, Fat Olive and 12 Chairs.Continue Reading

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  Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo. Why did the Moon turn red? It’s not the color of the Sun. What you are seeing is the color of every sunrise and sunset on Earth’s skies. As the Earth casts its shadows and the Sun’s light hits allContinue Reading

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Normally we wouldn’t recommend carrying around fire in a suitcase, but we’ll make an exception for the Conmoto Travelmate Portable Fireplace ($3,200). Made from black powder-coated steel, with glass partitions and a steel fuel holder, this briefcase-sized firebox burns bio-ethanol liquid fuel, is light enough to be carried anywhere, andContinue Reading

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For the first time, a man has been declared officially cured of HIV. The remedy may nearly have killed him, but it opens a door—just a crack—to hope that we may someday kill off the scourge for good. Strangely enough, the diagnosis that most concerned Timothy Ray Brown in 2007Continue Reading

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Since the moment it was announced that Manny Pacquiao had taken a shutout win over Antonio Margarito last month, the burning question has been “If it isn’t Mayweather, then who is next?” Pacquiao’s promoter, Top Rank, has already set aside April 16 for Pacquiao to face someone in Las VegasContinue Reading

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Live it up Don Corleone-style in The Godfather Mansion ($2.9 million). Located on Staten Island and used during the filming of 1972’s The Godfather, this gigantic English Tudor home features eight bedrooms, three and a half baths, a den, eat-in kitchen, and laundry room with chute spread across three floors,Continue Reading

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“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” ~Mark Twain “Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson “Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinksContinue Reading

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Check this 38mm gem from BVLGARI. A stunner in matte finish. “Case is made of steel and carbon case diameter is 38mm compared to the conventional, 40mm and minor changes rather large. Stands out from the stylish presence. The winding is changed from the quartz could say was the modelContinue Reading

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Tokyo 2010: the LLOVE exhbition currently on show in Tokyo comprises a hotel with rooms created by Dutch and Japanese designers, including this one by Pieke Bergmans filled with an enormous undulating mattress. More:Continue Reading

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Lately, we introduced you to the best Apple iPad cases money can buy, and the latest entrant to the very family is the $6,900 iPad cover from David August, the Costa Mesa, California-based boutique luxury brand. This luxury iPad case is part of the new collection of exotic leather goods,Continue Reading

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The Florida bike shop, Parker Brothers Choppers has built 10 of street-legal Tron Light Cycles, each bike features a steel frame, fiberglass bodywork and a V-twin engine from a Suzuki TLR1000, brakes and other functional bits in there required to make them street legal. The bike weighs 474 pounds andContinue Reading

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Art Basel 2009’s opening party at the Mondrian. Photo via PatrickMcMullan.com. Whenever the leaders of the art world stage a major event, vastly rich people are never far from the scene. It’s no secret that both successful artists and the dealers who sell their work draw heavily on the fortunesContinue Reading

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The Bureau introduces us to Turms, a beautiful shoe care line from Montegranaro, Italy. For years the small family business has been most known for its wooden shoe lasts that were created for many of the famed Italian shoe companies. Pictured above is their Complete Case ($450) which is chockContinue Reading

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By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Tom Raum, Associated Press – Mon Nov 29, 9:47 pm ET WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year freeze of the salaries of some 2 million federal workers, trying to seize the deficit-cutting initiative from Republicans with a sudden, dramatic stroke. Though signaling White House concernContinue Reading

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Model with football players, 1939. Photo credit: Conde Nast Archive. It’s a fact of American life that practically the entire nation is devoted to professional football. Each Sunday during the fall and winter months, millions of people from all across the country plant themselves in front of the television orContinue Reading

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If there’s one thing that actually sorta makes sense to buy on Black Friday, it’s an HDTV—many are crazy discounted. But picking out an HDTV can be a big ball of suck. That’s where this guide comes in.Continue Reading

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Thanksgiving has become synonymous with family, food and football over the years. But this unassuming American holiday is not without controversy. Schools still teach children that Thanksgiving marks the day that Pilgrims met helpful Indians who gave them food, farming techniques and other strategies to overcome the bitter New EnglandContinue Reading

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This may very well be the most beautiful piece of fitness equipment we have ever laid eyes on. Context, Leather Head, and Horween teamed up to produce this stunning 12lb, Chromexcel wrapped medicine ball ($350) named after Context owner Ryan Huber’s grandfather, Melzer Rhey, who used a leather ball justContinue Reading

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“Looks like fun. We will be there for the next one.” Check out the video of the event here As far as quality names go, the best tweed can be traced to two of its most famous makers: Harris Tweed of Scotland and Donegal Tweed of Ireland. The closely-woven woolenContinue Reading

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‘Land of the Free?’ from David Vincent Wolf.  Cool! “This is an image I created as part of the ongoing effort to protest the newly-minted and maximally-invasive TSA policies and practices.” via: likecoolContinue Reading

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SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing one person, setting homes ablaze and triggering an exchange of fire as the South’s military went on top alert. In what appeared to be one of the most serious border incidents sinceContinue Reading

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The natural order of things doesn’t always work, as is demonstrated in this video of a fat-ass rat taking on not one, not two, not three, not four, but five alley cats. Guess who wins?Continue Reading

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OrganiCann Introduces the World’s First Home Compostable Medical Cannabis Packaging Marijuana just got greener. OrganiCann’s sustainably grown, organic, medical cannabis is now available in environmentally friendly packaging that you can compost in your own back yard.Continue Reading

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FineAndDandyShop.com caters to the guy who enjoys dressing up. He doesn’t believe in Casual Friday, nor thinks of getting dressed each day as a chore. He has an appreciation for the well dressed gentlemen of yesteryear and is inspired by their unabashed use of accessories. This shop is for thatContinue Reading

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“Black Is the New White” is the kind of fiercely uncompromising memoir we might have expected from one of the more unsung heroes of the history of blacks in Hollywood. Fans of a more stylistically measured, chronologically specific style of memoir may be disappointed.Continue Reading

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TELEVISION REVIEW A Gaping Divide: Straddling Capitalism’s Fault Line By Ginia Bellafante Jamie Johnson, an heir to the pharmaceutical fortune that bears his family’s name, has made a career out of retailing his wealth guilt, and so far the results have been anything but shameful. In “Born Rich,” shown on HBOContinue Reading

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Remotes can be tricky things. They’re often misplaced when you need them most, and they have a way of always being underneath you when you sit down on the couch. Not comfortable! But this pillow remote control won’t be lost anytime soon, and it’s perfectly comfortable to boot. Yes, it’sContinue Reading

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly a week before the Thanksgiving travel crush, federal air security officials were struggling to reassure rising numbers of fliers and airline workers outraged by new anti-terrorism screening procedures they consider invasive and harmful.Continue Reading

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DALLAS: Manny Pacquiao captured the vacant WBC super-welterweight title with a punishing 12-round unanimous decision over Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night. Filipino hero Pacquiao won on all three judges’ scorecards as he inflicted a savage beating on Margarito and extended his winning streak to 13 fights.Continue Reading

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Streetlights are an essential part of any urban landscape, but what if we could replace all of those power hogging lamps with trees that give off a warm red glow? Dr Yen-Hsun Su from Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University discovered that when you add gold nanoparticles to the leaves ofContinue Reading

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Dubbed the President’s Watch due to its popularity with a number of America’s most powerful men, this Vulcain continues the legacy with a modernized version of the classic “Cricket” watch. The watch features the company’s new V-21 self-winding alarm movement which boasts a 42 hour power reserve and of course,Continue Reading

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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director queries US remake Noomi Rapace plays Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish films of Stieg Larsson’s novels The Danish director of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has questioned why an English-language version is being made of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novel.Continue Reading

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With a title like, How To Be a Man: A Guide To Style and Behavior For The Modern Gentleman, Mr. O’Brien has my attention. The only unfortunate thing is that this new collection of O’Brien’s words of wisdom on all things gentleman will not be available until April 2011. “HowContinue Reading

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Jay Kay thinks Britain is “the poor man of Europe”. The 40-year-old Jamiroquai singer thinks the UK has “dumbed down” because of popular culture and believes other nations mock his home country because it is inhabited by “chatterers and shoppers”. He said: “The nation is being dumbed down by popularContinue Reading

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Found in the desert after a night of strange activity in the skies, the Avantgarde Trio Classico ($190,000) are finally available for sale. Apart from their brainwashing-capable looks, the Trio Classico deliver otherworldly audio thanks to three horn drivers — a low-midrange, midrange, and tweeter — and four dedicated subwoofers,Continue Reading

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Belgium’s Gillet Vertigo supercar is back, and this time with a new 4.2L V8 engine sourced from Maserati packing 420 horses and promising even more extreme performance: all for just $265K.Continue Reading

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Computer viruses are big news. Over the past decade, malware like the ILOVEYOU virus and Stuxnet worm grabbed headlines worldwide, and PC owners are constantly hammered with reminders about antivirus software. But what about smartphones? They’re mini computers, after all, and they communicate over more networks than most PCs. WhyContinue Reading

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The much anticipated album of newly completed recordings from Michael Jackson entitled MICHAEL will be released on December 14 by Epic Records in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson. Tomorrow, an exclusive teaser for the project will appear on www.michaeljackson.com; on Monday, November 8th the world premiere of “BreakingContinue Reading

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For their 100th anniversary, the quintessentially British automobile manufacturer, Morgan Motor Co., is celebrating by resurrecting the classic Morgan Threewheeler. The new Threewheeler will be powered by a 1800CC Harley Davidson Screamin’ Eagle V-Twin that will get it from 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and can achieve a top speed ofContinue Reading

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This only works on mice so far, but researchers have discovered that altering a specific protein in the brain can pinpoint and delete traumatic memories on a molecular level. Neuroscientists led by Dr. Richard Huganir at Johns Hopkins University exposed some hapless mice to scary noises, and watched what wasContinue Reading

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Inspired by the setting sun, the Solaris see-through direct vent gas fireplace from Heat & Glo is a circular, see-through fireplace with an artistic design and amazing flame performance. The Solaris is also being said to be the world’s thinnest circular fireplace with specialized venting and a very shallow depth,Continue Reading

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The cosmopolitan center of China’s economic revolution rolls out the red carpet Shanghai, with its history as a major port, is a city whose past is steeped in the exotic. It has seen pirate raids and Wild West–style shoot-outs in the streets, and was the main battleground of the opiumContinue Reading

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Kobe as Iron Man? Dwight Howard as Wolverine? Michael Jordan as Nick Fury? Marvel artists teamed up with ESPN to create a series of comic book cover-style art of NBA stars. If you’re a Cavs fan, it has to suck to be you. via:theawesomor source: ESPNContinue Reading

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Actor Zach Galifinakis made television history Friday October 29, when he lit up a joint and started getting high on the Bill Mahar show. Mahar and a panel of guests were debating California’s upcoming vote on whether or not to legalize marijuana. To make a point, Galifianakis pulled out aContinue Reading

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Last week we heard about a French game show in which contestants believed they were giving other contestants life-threatening electric shocks. The stunt was based on the Stanley Milgram experiment, a highly controversial test carried out on normal folk who agreed to take part in a bonkers psychological study backContinue Reading