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thedailywhat: Zoolander IRL of the Day: Actor Owen Wilson recently had a chance to reenact a Zoolander scene in real life when he encountered the Prime Minister of Malaysia last Thursday. Luckily, no harm befell Najib Razak — most likely because the person behind the camera was none-other-than Wilson’s Zoolander co-star Ben Stiller. The timing of the reference to the decade-old cult film could be calculated: A Zoolander sequel is known to be in the works, but little has been heard from Stiller since he informed The Hollywood Reporter back in October that the script was finished. [@redhourben / thr.]

thedailywhat:

Zoolander IRL of the Day: Actor Owen Wilson recently had a chance to reenact a Zoolander scene in real life when he encountered the Prime Minister of Malaysia last Thursday. Luckily, no harm befell Najib Razak — most likely because the person behind the camera was none-other-than Wilson’s Zoolander co-star Ben Stiller.

The timing of the reference to the decade-old cult film could be calculated: A Zoolander sequel is known to be in the works, but little has been heard from Stiller since he informed The Hollywood Reporter back in October that the script was finished.

[@redhourben / thr.]

wearethedigitalkids:

Take a few minutes to explore Paper Terrestrials- created by Yan Wei and Blake Stone-Banks to showcase and sell a curated series of prints from some incredible artists across China.

The images featured here are three of the prints up for sale.

The first is from Yan Wei.

“Characteristic of Yan Wei’s work, Vivisection exhibits consummate line work, dripping contours, an unearthly kid and a touch of gore.”

The second is from Ray Lei.

“Multimedia artist Ray Lei limits himself to two poles of the color spectrum—red and blue—in his drawings and prints. This work is a play on the Chinese proverb ‘when the winds blow, the waters rise’.” 

And the third is from Nod Young.

“The work of artist-designer Nod Young often plays off of traditional Chinese art forms. In this piece, he uses the red angular style of Chinese paper cuts to depict Na Zha from the 16th century novel Journey to the West. After commiting suicide, Na Zha was reborn as a lotus flower with three heads and six arms.”

npr: This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida When a 14-year old can afford to buy a home, does that mean home prices have hit bottom? Willow Tufano is a child of the housing collapse. Her real estate agent mom scrapes together a living in Florida by selling foreclosed properties. Willow found her own niche scavenging abandoned washes, dryers and furniture from her mother’s properties and selling them on Craigslist. In just six months, Willow saved enough money to buy a two-bedroom fixer upper for $12,000. -Chana Joffe-Walt (Photo by Chana Joffe-Walt/NPR) No way…

npr:

This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida

When a 14-year old can afford to buy a home, does that mean home prices have hit bottom? Willow Tufano is a child of the housing collapse. Her real estate agent mom scrapes together a living in Florida by selling foreclosed properties. Willow found her own niche scavenging abandoned washes, dryers and furniture from her mother’s properties and selling them on Craigslist. In just six months, Willow saved enough money to buy a two-bedroom fixer upper for $12,000. -Chana Joffe-Walt (Photo by Chana Joffe-Walt/NPR)

No way…

(via moneyisnotimportant)

livelymorgue:

An archival photo from The New York Times shows news pictures being sorted in the newspaper’s photo “morgue,” which houses millions of images. Here they are — several each week — for you to see. Welcome to The Lively Morgue. Photo: The New York Times  

You can follow someone on Twitter, friend them on Facebook, quote or be quoted by them in a newspaper article, but until you taste their bread, you don’t really know them.

thedailywhat: End Of An Era of the Day: Fox announced today that its long-running medical drama House will conclude with a series finale at the end of its current season. Deadline reports that creator David Shore told the network he felt it was time, creatively, to bring the show “home.” “The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature;  he should never be the last one to leave the party,” Shore said in a statement. “How much better to disappear before the music stops, while there is still some promise and mystique in the air.” The showrunner went on to suggest that House might live to snark another day on a different network. The show, which has been on the air since 2004, is produced by NBC Universal, and the possibility exists that NBC might pick it up. However, NBC Entertainment head Robert Greenblatt all but dismissed that option last month when he indicated that the move would be too expensive to justify. Still, some good news for fans of Fox’s Terra Nova: The cancellation of House makes a second season all the more likely. [deadline / insidetv.]

thedailywhat:

End Of An Era of the Day: Fox announced today that its long-running medical drama House will conclude with a series finale at the end of its current season.

Deadline reports that creator David Shore told the network he felt it was time, creatively, to bring the show “home.”

“The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature;  he should never be the last one to leave the party,” Shore said in a statement. “How much better to disappear before the music stops, while there is still some promise and mystique in the air.”

The showrunner went on to suggest that House might live to snark another day on a different network.

The show, which has been on the air since 2004, is produced by NBC Universal, and the possibility exists that NBC might pick it up. However, NBC Entertainment head Robert Greenblatt all but dismissed that option last month when he indicated that the move would be too expensive to justify.

Still, some good news for fans of Fox’s Terra Nova: The cancellation of House makes a second season all the more likely.

[deadline / insidetv.]

fastcompany: I’m a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor. As far as I’m concerned, the best way to convert people to eating fresh local grown produce is to show them that local fresh grown produce tastes better. Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, talk to Fast Company about how to create 4-star food experiences with lines around the block.

fastcompany:

I’m a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor. As far as I’m concerned, the best way to convert people to eating fresh local grown produce is to show them that local fresh grown produce tastes better.

Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, talk to Fast Company about how to create 4-star food experiences with lines around the block.