Britain’s darling Pipettes (Becki, Gwenno, and Rosay) are touring the U.S., and everyone’s going nuts for “Pull Shapes”—the catchy song and the colorful video, which is a close copy of a scene from the beloved 1970 cinematic masterpiece “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.”
Click through to see the original, inspirational “Sweet Talkin’ Candy Man” […]

By Ryan Trecartin, the young video art star also behind the five-part “A Family Finds Entertainment” (if you survived “Tommy Chat,” check out part four, which by itself is better than the whole thing put together).—JQS

Remember this nut? He made an unscheduled guest appearance during Bob Dylan’s 1998 Grammy performance, with the cryptic phrase “Soy Bomb” inked on his lean, nude torso. No one stopped him for about a minute because they couldn’t tell if he was part of the act or not—with Bob Dylan, anything is possible. Michael Portnoy […]

John Waters made a movie called “Eat Your Makeup” and even shot outrageous scenes of people injecting themselves with cosmetics. Now, the people at Blendtec make their bid for viral-marketing superiority by putting a Walgreens worth of Cover Girl in their excessive “Total Blender.” I’ve seen a few looks over the years that may have […]

David Letterman’s former head writer (and former offscreen leading lady) Merrill Markoe tosses aside beauty-advice books from the likes of Christie Brinkley, Linda Evans, and even Jacqueline Smith and instead gets a makeover from two performers at Los Angeles’s Queen Mary drag showcase. Lots of documentary reports on queens have interviews in the makeup chair […]

Above is Finland’s Lordi, the monster-rock winners of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest. They’ll open the big show tomorrow, but who will prevail this year at the glamorous competition? Will it be D’Nash, representing Spain? Germany’s Roger Cicero with Frauen Regieren Die Welt (which means “Women Rule the World”)? What about Ireland’s Dervish, performing […]

Breezy impersonator Barbra by Halstead calls Hollywood’s fabled Comedy Store looking for her big break in the industry. As usual, her unwitting skit partner doesn’t know he’s purportedly speaking to Barbra, which makes it all the more funny (funny weird and funny ha-ha). Check out fake Babs’s quick wit dealing with the gals at the […]

The favorite video of Anne “Celestia” Heche?
The world’s going to hell—but maybe if we all wish really hard at the same time for an alien invasion, it’ll be ok! That’s the message of this uncharacteristically broad-minded toe-tapper from the Carpenters. Written and originally recorded by a Canadian band called Klaatu, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” […]

Ever wonder what Santa might look like if he were gay and not morbidly obese? This video gives us a glimpse, and that’s just one of the eye-poppers on parade here. There’s no point in listing them all, but do watch for the bald guy to bungle this number’s signature one-handed squat-kicks just before the […]