“ATHLETES ARE GOING TO BE THE NEW MEDIA STARS»

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

AVN Media Network, the most prominent overseer of the business, publishes trade publications for the adult entertainment industry and puts on trade shows. Paul Fishbein, chairman of AVN, is entering his 27th year in the business, “and this is the first time I can honestly say the adult business is not recession-proof.”“Everybody I’m talking to says the business is down anywhere from 20 to 30 percent,” he explained. “That’s in line with the rest of the economy. People in the retail sector are down anywhere from 10 to 40 percent.”

-MSNBC
Jan 25 2009

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

Jennifer Hudson arrives for Super Bowl.

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“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. »

-Quentin Crisp

CALVIN KLEIN

“Got to Fire island and had lunch at an outdoor spot. We decided to call Calvin's and he said to come right over. And Calvin's house is right off Ocean Walk and there's 8,000 boys around it, and a lot of girls, too, and they're all walking around wanting to be discovered for a jeans ad».

-The Andy Warhol diaries
July 18 1982

“CHURCH IS A FUN PLACE TO GO“

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. »

-Mae West

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

"I do not see any relationship that I ever had with Sam as me being taken advantage of. I do not feel like I was ever a victim.... I saw it as a friendship that had crossed the line a couple of times, but I saw it as a friendship," Breedlove said. "When I say cross the line, I don't mean as an unwarranted or unwanted affection. I just didn't see it as something with any potential. ... I saw it as that was the line that we had crossed a couple of times, was 'friends' to 'friends with benefits.' ... I was not pulled into this situation by Sam. I was not unfairly influenced by Sam. I think Sam is a wonderful man.''

Quotes from an interview with Beau Breedlove that appeared in the Oregonian newspaper. The city of Portland is facing a highly-publicized sex scandal because the city's brand new mayor, Sam Adams, who is openly gay, was forced into confessing that he lied about having an affair with Breedlove a couple of years ago. Both say the affair occurred after Breedlove had just turne 18. Adams has publicly apologized for lying and asking Breedlove to lie to the press, but says he will not step down from his position as Mayor even though there is said to be a number of calls for his resignation

“BEAUTY IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE"

POST WARHOL PREDICTION:IN THE FUTURE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WILL HAVE MORE ADVERTISING ON THEIR UNIFORMS THAN FORMULA ONE RACERS.

GRACE JONES & ANDY WARHOL

Her apartment in New York still contains all the records of her past apparently: “It’s like a museum. My Warhols — the ones he did of me, a series of small hamburgers, and photographs and Polaroids, because we spent so much time together. Keith Haring, Mapplethorpes, a lot of Jean-Michel [Basquiat]. They all follow you around the room, like eyes.”We talk about Warhol’s legacy on the commercial art world of today. “What Andy did do was make it possible for artists to make money while they were still alive. This was his genius. But he was very generous with me. That whole lot just loved doing art, you know — it was more about that. Creating.»

The Times
Jan 23 2009

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: DECADE

How will historians remember the first decade in the US? People elected the son of an ex president and admired an hotel empire heiress as their biggest celebrity. Until they woke up late and realized the American dream is about meritocracy not plutocracy.

TV WATCHER

Andy Warhol was the first great TV watcher; really talented. I say watcher, but perhaps consumer would be a better word because it was more like a vital, sustaining backdrop for whatever else he was doing – vacuuming, say, in front of a couple of TVs. He watched them in multiples, though not more than four at a time in the bedroom; he wasn't depraved. "When I got my first TV set," he said, "I stopped caring so much about having close relation-ships with other people."If Warhol had lived in the age of Celebrity Big Brother, he'd never have gone out at all, except maybe to appear on it.

The Independent
Jan 25 200

“I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE BUGGED ALL THE TIME...BUGGED AND PHOTOGRAPHED”

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: LIFE

Never live for onself is a big mistake. Always live for oneself is an even bigger one.

OBAMA AND THE EMERGENCE OF A POST PEREZ HILTON WORLD

This is definitely the biggest story of our time," says Arianna Huffington, whose three-year-old website The Huffington Post was prescient in its blurring of politics and celebrity. Huffington, who threw a party in D.C. on Monday night that was attended by the likes of Robert DeNiro, Ben Affleck, Larry David and Sarah Silverman, says having a thinking man in the White House will usher in a new age of celebrity culture."Even in his inauguration speech, he was talking about America's need to turn away from childishness," says Huffington, reached Wednesday morning in a car on her way to Reagan Airport en route to JFK. "Our culture cannot just be an endless supply of trivialities. From what we read to what we consume to what we look at, I think and I hope that Obama changes everything."

National Post
Jan 27 2009

“MY FAVORITE THING TO BUY IS UNDERWEAR”

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

Prince Harry splits with girlfriend.

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STUDIO 54 LOOK

«Then along came a white guy and a black girl in a car who offred us a ride anywhere we wanted to go, and we took it. They said that Stevie wouldn't let them in to Studio 54 because they didn't look right, but they looked okay to me-I mean, he looked like a fairy and she looked like a drag queen, it was the Studio 54 look».

The Andy Warhol Diaries
Jan 21 1978

POSING FOR 15 MINUTES OF FAME

JOE DALLESANDRO

COLOGNE, Germany -- Joe Dallesandro, the actor immortalized by Andy Warhol in films such as "Flesh," "Trash" and "Heat" and by Lou Reed in his classic song "Walk on the Wild Side," will be honored with a special Teddy Award at next month's Berlin International Film Festival. A Berlin institution, the Teddy Awards honor achievement in gay and lesbian cinema. Last year, Tilda Swinton received a special Teddy for her work with late British director Derek Jarman. Dallesandro will receive..

Hollywood Reporter
Jan 22 2008

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. »

-Charlie Chaplin

“SHOPPING IS MORE AMERICAN THAN THINKING”

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: LOVE

Everybody wants to be loved for what they don't have...

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

But most of all, Barack Obama's presidency marks the ascendancy of a new generation: not his own, but the teenagers and twentysomethings who came out in droves to vote, confounding their sceptical elders and embracing "Yes We Can" as their mantra, their battle cry.They understand too well that they are entering a world of austerity, a world in which they might not be better off than their parents, a world in which individual and collective responsibility will not be contradictory, but complementary. Like them, Obama is sober. He is preparing them for "Yes We Can" to turn to "No, We Can't"; he is telling them that the euphoria, the hoopla, the hype, and maybe even the hope will fade all too soon. He is telling them that theirs will be a generation that will be wise before its time.

The Telegraph
Jan 20 2009

«AMERICA ALWAYS BEGINS WITH MOODS»- ANDY WARHOL

"Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- honest and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths."

"To all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more."

"This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath."

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

Kelly Osborne arrested for assault.

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“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

Kylie Minogue is just the latest female celebrity to be honoured with a moniker that is usually reserved for men: as a serial romancer of paid-for posers, she’s a “modeliser”. Kylie’s new Spanish squeeze, Andres Velencoso, is the face of high-street chains H&M and Banana Republic, and was recently voted German GQ’s Model of the Year. She also used to step out with the French actor Olivier Martinez, who has modelled for Yves Saint Laurent, and before that fellow-mannequin James Gooding. Both Jennifer Aniston and, currently, Cameron Diaz have fallen for the charms of the Essex-born brickie-turned-model Paul Sculfor, while Halle Berry has a baby with Gabriel Aubry, one-time face of Versace and Calvin Klein (they met on the set of a Versace ad campaign).Kelly Osbourne is rumoured to be engaged to the blue-eyed face of Topman, Luke Worrall, while Keira Knightley dated the Dior model Jamie Dornan for three years.

The Independent
Jan 15 2009

“BEAUTY IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE"

POST WARHOL PREDICTION: IN THE FUTURE HOLLYWOOD STARS WILL TRAVEL TO OUTER SPACE TO VISIT ULTRA SECRET CUTTING EDGE PLASTIC SURGERY CLINICS

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«In memory everything seems to happen to music.»

-Tennessee Williams

THE ENDORSEMENT GAME

«I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound equipment, ROCK N' ROLL RECORDS, anything, ...»

-Andy Warhol.

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: LEFT VS RIGHT

Barack Obama's vision is the aknowledgement than the debate is no longer about more or less government intervention. It's about more of what's working and less of what doesn't.

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

In a recent interview with Fabulous magazine, Paris Hilton says her ideal best friend is none other than Angelina Jolie.“I love Angelina Jolie. She’s strong but gorgeous and uses her fame for good to make a big difference in the world. That’s a great quality. I’d have a lot in common with her.”

“I LIKE EVERYBODY'S ART"

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

Amy Winehouse won't let her husband divorce her.

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WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.»

-Catherine Deneuve.

“ATHLETES ARE GOING TO BE THE NEW MEDIA STARS»

OOOHH...AHHH... CHANEL...HMM, Ohhh ...GAULTIER... YES, YES.... HMMM... FUCK ME, HMMM... DIOR»

Scientists have found that the pleasure women get from making love is directly linked to the size of their partner’s bank balance.They found that the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his partner has orgasms.“Women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” said Dr Thomas Pollet, the Newcastle University psychologist behind the research.
He believes the phenomenon is an “evolutionary adaptation” that is hard-wired into women, driving them to select men on the basis of their perceived quality.The study is certain to prove controversial, suggesting that women are inherently programmed to be gold-diggers.However, it fits into a wider body of research known as evolutionary psychology which suggests that both men and women are genetically predisposed to ruthlessly exploit each other to achieve the best chances of survival for their genes.

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

American photographer and artist Christopher Makos apprenticed with the legendary photographer, Man Ray, in Paris. He also collaborated with Andy Warhol, who dubbed him the “most modern photographer in America.”Makos introduced Warhol to the work of both JeanMichel Basquiat and Keith Haring. He also published several books on the pop art icon. His photographs of Warhol, Haring, Tennessee Williams and others have been auctioned regularly at Sotheby’s.Makos’s work is in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums and major private collections, including those of Malcolm Forbes, Pedro Almodovar, and Gianni Versace.His partner, Paul Solberg, is also an accomplished photographer who has published numerous books and is best known for his flower series in the book Bloom.The pair have written and photographed for magazines such as Interview, Rolling Stone, House&Garden, Connoisseur, New York Magazine, Esquire, Genre, Conde Nast Traveler and People.

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: SMART WOMEN

To be a smart woman is to never lose sight of how men are dumb when sexually excited.

MODELING FOR 15 MINUTES OF FAME

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.»

-Woody Allen

POST WARHOL PREDICTION:WOMAN MAG: TIRED OF MEN AFRAID OF POWERFUL WOMEN? FAKE A WARDROBE MALFUNCTION AT YOUR NEXT BUSINESS MEETING AND GET A MAN!

MADONNA'S MARRIAGE

««Somebody had tipped the reporters off about where the wedding was and about ten helicopters were hovering it was like Apocalypse Now. And one helicopter had a girl hanging off with a camera and they were all trying to get in close. And the security people found camouflage-outfitted photographers in the bushes. And I looked really close at Madonna and she IS beautiful. And she and Sean are just so in love.»

The Andy Warhol Diaries
August 16 1985

STRAIGHT GUYS IS THE NEW GAY

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

Once again the issue of gay-for-pay is making the rounds through the porn world, triggered recently by Fleshbot when they took Matt Murdock to task for using a girlie magazine to keep himself inspired while fucking Marc Stone....Yet with the success of so many websites and studios that use straight men for gay porn, the whole gay-for-pay scene isn't going away anytime soon. And should it? Porn is based upon fantasy and some guys like the idea of getting into their neighbor's pants even (or especially) if he has a wife.

-Bananaguide.com

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones. »

-Cher

«I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ARTIFICIAL STOPS AND THE REAL STARTS».

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living.. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.»

Katherine Hepburn

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: HAPPINESS

We still don't know if it's easier to say than being happy is just to be alive if we believe in God or if we don't...

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: GAY MEN

How come the average culture & intelligence of gay men became so overrated?...

LADY GAGA & THE ANDY WARHOL NOSTALGIA

"I don't know about love, so I write about sequins and parties and fame and how I wish that modern America and New York was more like the Andy Warhol era in the 70s. I write about nostalgia."

BBC NEWS
Jan 14 2009

POSING FOR 15 MINUTES OF FAME

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.»

Francoise Sagan

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: LOVE

Love is blind...in the dark.

“MY FAVORITE THING TO BUY IS UNDERWEAR”

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«Men are creatures with two legs and eight hands.»

Jayne Mansfield

“I LIKE EVERYBODY'S ART"

Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NEWSPAPER? «NEW YORK POST» -ANDY WARHOL

Knicks center Eddy Curry was slapped with a shocking sex-harassment suit Monday by his former driver, who claims the 6-foot-11 hoopster tried to solicit gay sex from him.The stunning court papers claim Curry, a married father of three, repeatedly approached chauffeur David Kuchinsky "in the nude," allegedly telling him, "Look at me, Dave, look" and "Come and touch it, Dave."Curry also made Kuchinsky perform "humiliating tasks outside the scope of his employment, such as cleaning up and removing dirty towels [Curry had ejaculated into] so that his wife would not see them," the Manhattan federal court suit says.Kuchinsky, who is straight and Jewish, also alleges racial discrimination, saying that Curry hurled slurs at him including "f---ing Jew," "cracker," "white slave," "white devil" and "grandmaster of the KKK."

New York Post
Jan 12 2009

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: POLITICS

The fact there are very beautiful women and ugly ones is the biggest obstacle for the political left.

PRE BOTOX

«Oh, and I look so bad I need a facelift. Makeup deosn't do it, you still see the sunken cheeks and the neck-you can't hide the neck even with a turtleneck

The Andy Warhol Diaries
April 20 1983

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

GEE, I WANT TO HAVE A BODY...

I'm just starting to get a good body. I wish I'd started exercising when I was young. I could have had a good body all my life.

The Andy Warhol Diaries
Dec 14 1981

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.»

-Mae West

“MY FAVORITE THING TO BUY IS UNDERWEAR” -ANDY WARHOL

POST WARHOL PREDICTION:CELEB MAG:JEN SENDING HER NEW SEX TAPE TO BRAD TO SHOW HIM WHAT HE'S MISSING!

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

The Mirror, in England, says Madonna is starting "a more cardio-intensive gym regime and a diet overhaul. And she'll be eating more salmon, as it's got age-defying properties. Her aim is to knock 12 years off." She's 50.

«I HAVE SOCIAL DISEASE. I HAVE TO GO OUT EVERY NIGHT»

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. »

-Salvador Dali

FROM CANVAS TO CAMERA

Although artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol are iconic because of their paintings, they both made important contributions to photography. Artists Making Photographs at the Whitney features their photos alongside some of their works in other mediums. You'll see Warhol's Nine Jackies, a portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy taken at the time of her husband's assassination, which explores the use of repetition and ushered in the genre of photo-based history painting. Images in the exhibit by Rauschenberg were taken during a trip to Rome in 1952- and include a snapshot of fellow artist Cy Twombly in Cy + Relics.

-Village Voice
Jan 11 2009

ANDY WARHOL ON WRESTLING: IT'S EXCITEMENT, IT'S SHOW BUSINESS, IT'S CHIC"

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

Ryan O'Neal pleads guilty to drug charge.

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“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

Two big shots in the adult-entertainment industry, Larry Flynt (of "Hustler" fame) and Joe Francis (creator of "Girls Gone Wild") want in on the government bailouts. They have petitioned Washington for a whopping $5 billion.“The government’s handing out money to the auto industry,” Francis said. “Why shouldn’t it hand some to an industry the nation could not live without?”
“People are too depressed to be sexually active,” added Flynt . “This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such, but they cannot do without sex.”Something tells us that Republicans and conservative Democrats will draw the line on this one ...

Source: bananaguide.com

«CHURCH IS A FUN PLACE TO GO»

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY:SHOPPING

Always make sure people still confuse want & need. The economy would be ruined otherwise.

«I LIKE TO WORK WHEN I'M NOT WORKING» -ANDY WARHOL

Q: What's the most annoying misconception people have about you?

A: "The one that 'she doesn't work'. I am literally running a huge corporation. I have my clothing lines, my champagne, my watches, shoes and purses and dog clothes -- every sort of product you can imagine. I am doing movies. I am doing my record right now, producing, starring in a TV show. So it is a 24 hour, seven day-a-week job. I work all the time, so I laugh when I hear people say that."

-Paris Hilton

“BEAUTY IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE"

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

Hollywood actor Keanu Reaves has branded his life as a famous actor “a drag”, insisting that the endless paparazzi pursuit wears him down.The ‘Matrix’ star admits that he is tired of paparazzi photogs following him and taking snaps of his every move- especially when they target him as he performs mundane chores. “Fame is a drag. The paparazzi culture is more pervasive that it used to be - ‘let’s watch the actor pump gas’,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying. However, Reeves does admit that the huge pay cheques he garners from his career have helped make his life bearable. “On the positive side, it’s nice not to have to worry about bills,” he said. “Money buys you the freedom to live your life the way you want. I’ve been able to earn a really good living and start a charity foundation, which is nice,” he added.

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

STEVEN SPIELBERG

«Went to the Sherry Netherland with Bianca to interview Spielberg and he was really sweet. He was on his bed and he invited us to have some dinner. Bianca was hot for him because she wants to be in one of his movies, and he was hot for Bianca because he liked her in her movie. He said that he saw my movie Sleep when he was about twelve and that inspired him to make a movie called Snore. He said it was the most fun interview he'd ever done.

The Andy Warhol Diaries
May 19 1982

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.»

Marilyn Monroe

“I LIKE EVERYBODY'S ART"

Artwork by Hervé Télémaque.

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

A new book claims that pop superstar Madonna once dated the controversial singer Bobby Brown. The book, Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But..., is written by Derrick Handspike, according to reports."It (romance) began when one of Bobby's bodyguards caught the Material Girl with Bobby in the back of his limo. The couple met years before when Madonna was on her way up and served as the opening act for some New Edition shows... After both had become well known, Madonna was interested in having a relationship with Bobby," a source says. Brown reportedly left Madonna when he fell for Janet Jackson.

POST WARHOL PREDICTION: IN THE FUTURE THE US GOVERNMENT WILL PASS A LAW FORBIDDING FREE PORN IN ORDER TO BOOST ITS ECONOMY

“I ALWAYS THOUGHT COWBOYS LOOKED LIKE HUSTLERS. THAT'S NICE”

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: ENVIRONNEMENT

Why do they never talk about sex as the most environementally friendly activity...?

“I BELIEVE MEDIA IS ART”

Other forces have helped shape a more laissez-faire climate for art writing. Art blogs have created a new, largely unedited, admirably "unprofessional"—hence, democratic—venue for people to speak their minds, gossip, or theorize about art.
..And then there are the critical writings of artists themselves. These have ranged over the decades from the prickly formalist criticism of Donald Judd to the wacky manifestos of Ad Reinhardt to Agnes Martin's poetic texts. Writing was also important for two artists whose work has set the parameters for many contemporary artists: Andy Warhol and Robert Smithson. Warhol's obsessive cataloging in the diaries and his genre-bending and sleight-of-hand banalities in The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) feel intimately linked to Kraus's writing, as well as to Wayne Koestenbaum's Hotel Theory (2007) and Andy Warhol (2001) biography for the Penguin Lives series, and to the novel Reena Spaulings (2005) by the artist-collective Bernadette Corporation.

Village Voice
Jan 6 2009

“ MY FAVORITE THING TO BUY IS UNDERWEAR"

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics.”

 Christopher Hitchens

POST WARHOL PREDICTION: IN THE FUTURE A NEW MONOTHEIST RELIGION WILL MERGE THE FORMER THREE

“BEAUTY IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE"

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.»

-Oscar Wilde.

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

Britney Spear's comeback is nothing short of energy and excitement. Adding to the event is none other than the Queen of pop, Madonna. The duo have planned an explosive dance routine for Spear's upcoming 'Circus' this year. Madonna is only too happy to return the gesture Britney showed when she appeared for a performance at Madonna's Sticky and Sweet tour. She is to make a surprise appearance at Spear's Circus tour.When Britney joined Madonna on stage for her Sticky + Sweet tour it was very sedate. For the ultimate magic on stage, Jamie King has been hired. He was the choreographer for Madonna's previous three shows. "When Britney joined Madonna on stage for her Sticky + Sweet tour it was very sedate," Contactmusic quoted a source as telling Britain's Daily Mail.  "This is going to be a high-energy dance routine - getting back to what they are both good at: Performing," the source added.

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: TIME

What we call living in the present moment is simply an acute awareness than the present moment is already behind.

“I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE BUGGED ALL THE TIME...BUGGED AND PHOTOGRAPHED”

Love them or hate them, those pesky photographers and videographers and their rabid attention are still fame's best measurement. And judging by the proliferation of gossip magazines and the photographs inside them, the public can never get enough."We always want to know what the Joneses do, or where we stand in relation to everyone else," said Kenneth Dunning, the Old City photographer and founder of Paparazziphilly.com. "What makes you better than me? What do you have that I don't have? It's not good enough for us just to hear about it; we need the pictures to show us."
What sort of culture demands a level of faked fame like hired paparazzi? Robert J. Thompson blames our search for attention on a caste-less society."The great thing about democracy - an incredibly fluid system where presumably everyone's created equal - is that anybody can grow up and be a star. That's the good part," said Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University."The bad part is often the very same thing. If there are no official designations of status, we then have to carve it out in other ways."

Philadelphia Inquirer
Jan 7 2009

POST WARHOL PREDICTION: CELEB MAG: SHOULD OPHRA DOING NAKED TRAMPOLINE JUMPING LIVE TO BOOST HER RATINGS & LOSE WEIGHT?

«MY IDEA OF A GOOD PICTURE IS ONE THAT'S IN FOCUS AND OF A FAMOUS PERSON»

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.”

-Paris Hilton

FAME IN THE 21st CENTURY

Perez Hilton: There are 12 easy steps that can help you on your way to becoming famous -- if you read the book, it'll all reveal itself. One of the chapters of my book is "put the ho in Hollywood" -- I say you can never be too young to unleash your inner ho. Just look at Miley Cyrus. She got a head start last year with those pictures that were leaked from her cell phone and those photos in Vanity Fair. She was definitely playing by the Britney Spears rule book. I wouldn't be surprised if next year, she releases a sex tape or gets pregnant.

ABCNews.com: Who's played the game the best?

Hilton: Paris Hilton is still the Hilton that all these other wannabe Hiltons look up to. To her credit, she really works hard at it. All these models and socialites and C-list actors want to be like her, but she has something that made her different and special: the fact that she works hard. She may go out and party till 3 o'clock in the morning, but she'll still show up for that early morning interview.

“THEY ALWAYS HAD GREAT GIRL MODELS BUT NOW THE BOY MODELS ARE JUST AS GOOD“

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

Lindsay Lohan denies split with Samantha Ronson.

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“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

"I think (the decline of Playboy) is more than just a reflection of free pornography on the Internet, I think this is a reflection of a problem in our culture.``We're becoming more of a computer-oriented culture. People don't read as much anymore. Sophisticated kinds of media of all kinds are suffering. Playboy is part of that." In a recent interview with Esquire Gore Vidal, a long-time contributor to both Playboy and Esquire, explained that he doesn't write anymore "because everybody he used to write to impress is dead, other writers included."So where does that leave people like me? I am 25, and part of a generation that is characterized by the rise of the neo-cons. For which hard-core pornography became an uncensored commodity online; for which the old lad magazines were replaced by sexually explicit raunchy rags, devoid of journalistic aspirations. A generation that has no Gore Vidal, no Norman Mailer or Gay Talese.

Toronto Star
Jan 4 2009

BEFORE THE TRIBUTE TO KEITH HARING IN MADONNA'S STICKY & SWEET TOUR

«Went down to the Paradise Garage for Keith Haring party and there were kids outside selling tickets to it, although it was a free party. John Sex performed. Madonna didn't start until so late that I only heard the beginning. And that kid Bobby who lives with Madonna was there, the one I got a job for in Paul's movie».

The Andy Warhol Diaries
May 16 1984

“I LIKE EVERYBODY'S ART"

Artwork by Miro

POST WARHOL PREDICTION:IN THE FUTURE WOMEN WILL GET THEIR BODY PARTS SHAPE ALTERED TWICE A YEAR TO FOLLOW THE VARIOUS FASHION TRENDS

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion of all the others. Has everybody a different opinion? Then it is a literary milieu.»

-Marcel Proust

«ATHLETES ARE GOING TO BE THE NEW MEDIA STARS»

“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE”

"A Dublin priest has died in a gay sauna: two other priests [also present in the gay sauna] gave him the Last Rites .

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: LOVE

Before 40 body is beauty. After 40 love is beauty.

«MY FAVORITE THING TO BUY IS UNDERWEAR»

“I'M A DEEPLY SUPERFICIAL PERSON”

Red Carpet Suicide is extremely entertaining. Yes, it is bitchy (surprise!) but without a doubt, Perez has a vicious laptop finger on the zeitgeist of what stardom is about today. (Michael Musto, the legendary Village Voice scribe says of Perez, “He’s the new me!”) The chapter titles alone made me laugh: “Date up the Right Way” (Perez explains the “career” of Kim Kardashian, which was really quite helpful to me) … "No Moment Is Too Precious to Whore Out” … "Pretend to Give Back” … ”Have a Sexy Gay Hookup” (Perez didn’t specify, but this only works for the girls. Gay male stars are still the big taboo – ask the brave and divine Rupert Everett!) … "Celebrities Who Tip off the Paparazzi” … and “People Who Shouldn’t Procreate.”

-Liz Smith

JOAN COLLINS

«Watched Dynasty. Joan Collins is so good. And they took the bandages off the fairy son's face, and it's so funny, it's like the men are now doing all the old Bette Davis and Joan Crawford things-like when you «remove the bandages».

The Andy Warhol Diaries
Feb 16 1983

MODELING FOR 15 MINUTES OF FAME

“MORE THAN ANYTHING PEOPLE JUST WANT STARS»

Madonna's Sticky and Sweet show was the highest-earning tour of 2008, taking $281.6m (£193m) worldwide, according to music trade publication Pollstar.The lavish show, based around her Hard Candy album, featured a Ukrainian gypsy band, a vintage racing car and a "virtual" duet with Justin Timberlake. It also became the eighth highest-grossing tour of all time in North America, Pollstar said. Celine Dion's gigs were 2008's second-biggest earner, taking $236.6m (£162m). The Canadian balladeer's Taking Chances show visited 24 countries - compared to Madonna's 17 - and marked her first world tour for eight years.

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: CELEBRITY

Celebrity gossip is the new weather talk.

ART & RELIGION

«SHOPPING IS MORE AMERICAN THAN THINKING»

Since the election, several spaces at Berkeley's Ashby BART Station flea market, for example, are filled with Obama earrings, clocks, framed pictures of the first family-to-be and the ubiquitous commemorative ceramic plates.The official online inauguration store - not to be confused with the Obama campaign store - opened Thursday with designer T-shirts and totes from Zac Posen, Tory Burch, Alexander Wang and others in addition to the usual commemorative buttons, coins, photos and cuff links.The phenomenon has gone global. In France, a businessman has created bubble-gum-flavored Obama soda in a red and blue can emblazoned with the "Yes We Can" motto. And the Times of London recently reported that an inflatable Nativity scene featuring the Obama family was a holiday best-seller in Naples, Italy.

POST WARHOL PREDICTION: WOMAN MAG: HOW TO GET MEN TO LOOK AT YOUR BOOBS DURING YOUR NEXT COLLEGE PRESENTATION: TEN TIPS FOR YOU!

“BEAUTY IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE"

WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

«But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live.»

-Damien Hirst

JANE FONDA

«Harper & Row called me at work and said that Jane Fonda had sent a turn-down for our request to use her picture in the «America» book. I just couldn't believe it. What nerve! I mean just wait the next time she calls up and want something for free It's just going to be no».

The Andy Warhol Diaries
March 6 1985

«EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL»

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21st CENTURY: TIME

Why don't they teach at school that time is the only thing you could never get back if you waste it. It would be a lot better than any so called entrepreneurial course.

HEY FAGGOT!

«Walked down to 860 and as we passed the new chic food place on 23rd street a couple of black truck drivers yelled «hey faggots» so that got me down. Especially because truck drivers are usually the ones who're cheerful and recognize me and wave. Maybe these were faggots themselves».

The Andy Warhol Diaries
April 17 1984

“MUSCLES ARE GREAT:EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF"

“THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT LOVES «RIGHT NOW» LIKE AMERICA DOES»

K-Fed got a new girlfriend.

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WARHOLIAN QUOTE OF THE DAY

“What I hate most in life are people who are not really the peach of the day but who want to be young and sexy. You can fool nobody. There is a moment when you have to accept that somebody else is younger and fresher and hotter. Life is not a beauty contest.”

-Karl Lagerfeld.

“I LIKE EVERYBODY'S ART"

Photo by Patrick Mettraux.

ARCHITECTS AS NEW STARS

You can't throw a blueprint these days without hitting a starchitect.Brad Pitt's appearance on the January 2009 cover of Architectural Digest marks the latest example of a growing number of stars bringing a celebrity halo to architecture - from a Canadian guitar-hero turned estate home-builder to a fashion giant trying his hand at villa design.Brad Pitt knows the travails of trying to foster socially responsible consumerism. When the actor had to choose a scent for his new line of environmentally friendly body wash for Kiehl's, he ran into a problem: "Not much biodegrades," he said. "There were only three scents to choose from. I chose aloe." It's all part of a zeitgeist in which a tree falling in the forest doesn't make a sound unless it lands on a public figure. "In our celebrity-obsessed culture, people are often willing to pay top-dollar for items with (stars') names attached to them," says Patricia Leavy, a professor of sociology at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. "This is another form of celebrity branding."

Canada.com
Jan 1 2009