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03 Apr 2013

Blog Roundup:

I have been finding so many interesting things on the internet recently that I pretty much want to blog everything! I’d do that, but then you’d get 20 posts in one day and who has time for that? Very rarely has anyone watched me actually blog and even then I think it’s such a weird process. Maybe we can include that on the video blogs someday, Veronica? Anyways, today we’re already at 10 posts and I must confess to you all, I’ve got some blog projects I need to hit tonight! [More on that later] So laziness is about to occur and you’re gonna get a roundup of some of the best things that I came across on the internet today in one post!

Let’s go!

1. This UK beatboxer named Ball-Zee. [Source]

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2. This backwards prank by Improv Everywhere in Times Square. [Source]

3. Perfect blueberry pancakes. [Source]

photo cred | NPR

4. Want to know all of the songs that Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are rapping in their “History of Raps?” SPIN has got you covered. I am adding these to my Spotify playlists as we speak.

5. Mariners’ game attendees this season are going to dine well. [Source]

6. I took the Bring It On quiz and scored 10/12. Not bad!

photo cred | Consequence of Sound

7. Steve Buscemi will direct Vampire Weekend’s live stream. That’s a collaboration we didn’t see coming! [Source]

8. View a slideshow of Seattle’s notable empty buildings. My favorite is where Amazon used to live. [Source]

22 Apr 2011

HALT! DKNY Models

To promote DKNY’s newest fragrance, DKNY Original, models Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezevic delivered a live campaign right in the heart of Times Square bringing all traffic to a stop. The models, who are actually a couple in real life, paid homage to the original campaign released ten years ago by smooching on top of the taxi cab.

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22 Dec 2010

Times Square Artistic Transformation

A group of professionals in New York have been initiating a movement that will remove all of the advertisements from Times Square for one day to replace them with more artistic pieces. The project entitled Times Square to Art Square [TS2AS] has been trying to raise money to raise awareness and to construct an iPhone app. This is not to buy out any of the advertisers despite what others may believe.

For more information, click here.

09 Dec 2010

Snooki’s New Years Eve Drop

Little Snooki will be inside a ball that will drop on New Year’s Eve at midnight in Times Square. All Jersey Shore members will be present at the televised event, but only Snooki will be the one to break the world record. Comedian Whitney Cummings will be hosting while Flo Rida will be performing.

Oh Snooki…

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02 Oct 2010

The MP3 experiement

If you’re in Time’s Square today, be a part of Improv Everywhere’s MP3 Experiment happening at 6:00 PM.

Have I mentioned how much I love these types of things as well as flashmobs?!

Anyways, to participate here’s what you have to do:

The organizers have the MP3 on their site [about 45 minutes long] and you’ll have to download that and then synchronize your watch to the time on the site so that everyone is on the same page. When you get to your location, you’ll be blended in among everyone, but that’s what makes it so cool! At the specified time, everyone will play the MP3 where you will be given instructions and then you get to watch everyone who isn’t participating be confused and amused.

Awesome.

Click here for the full details and the MP3, and here’s a clip from last year’s performance.

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03 Aug 2010

Conde Nast will relocate to Ground Zero in 2014

The New York Times announced today that Conde Nast and their publications including Vogue, W, and Lucky will relocate from their building in Times Square to the new Freedom Tower at Ground Zero in 2014. The Freedom Tower is slated to be the tallest building in New York City at 1,776 feet.

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11 Jul 2010

Flashmobs Coast to Coast

Bring it New York City. Your bubbles can’t outdo our dancing to Glee in Seattle.

Just a couple of weekends ago, Newmindspace threw a flash mob bubble fight right in the middle of Times Square based off of the book The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.

I’ve decided that participating in flash mobs is the new trend for 2010 that will probably lead into 2011.

Total # of flash mobs participated in: 1

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11 Aug 2009

In The News…

It’s a BIG news day. These will be my only posts of the day unless something relevant comes up. It’s finals week so you’ll won’t be seeing too much until Thursday 🙂

– Eunice Kennedy Shriver has passed away today at the age of 88. She was the founder of the Special Olympics.

– The famous Times Square Studio will no longer be home to MTV. The glass window is known for being a classic tradition during the live tapings of MTV’s hit show TRL – Total Request Live

– Last week news broke that Emmy Rosum had split with boyfriend Justin Siegel. Turns out that they were actually married and had a confidential marriage license.

–Twilight Barbies. Enough said.

The trailer for Heath Ledger’s final film “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” has been released.

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– Jennifer Hudson gave birth to a baby boy with fiance David Otunga on Monday.

– In case you haven’t seen… Mac Book Touch

I hate Macs, but I still think it’s pretty. To read more about the article click here

Charlize Theron is gracing the cover of THE SEPTEMBER ’09 issue of Vogue and because of the financial crisis we’re all living in, the fashion magazine has scaled down to a mere 584 pages this year. oh man more ads and less text I’m sure.

– Did anyone watch the Teen Choice Awards last night? It was completely all about The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Twilight. Granted, the Jo Bros were the hosts of the night so that’s understandable.

– Kathy Griffin took Levi Johnston (Bristol Palin’s baby daddy) as her date. Then they talked about it on Larry King Live? and it was awkward to the max. This must be a sick joke.

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– Miley Cyrus’s very controversial performance at the Teen Choice Awards performing “Party in the USA.”

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I guess the pole part wasn’t that bad… but I can see why it might make people uncomfortable. DAMN what does Nick Jonas think of Miley now?! And this song is really catchy… can’t stop listening to it.

– 60 year old grandpa John Moyer has been sentenced to two days in jail, 180 days of probation and 50 hours of community service for publicly groping Minnie Mouse at Walt Disney World back in June ie giving her “fake Minnie Mouse boobs a squeeze.”

How did this go down in court?

“It doesn’t matter she was grabbed. She’s just a mouse,” argued the prosecutor. “It’s not just a mouse. It’s a person … It’s not OK to go to the diner and pinch a waitress’ butt anymore, and it’s not OK to go to a theme park and pinch a character’s butt.”

– Scott Schuman’s book “The Sartorialist,” featuring his profession as a photographer for street style will debut this Wednesday. I’ll be at Border’s reading it all Saturday.

– Some guy has a handgun strapped to his leg during a health care forum. In public. President Obama is attending and no one is doing anything about it really.

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– and irrelevant Country music news. Brooks & Dunn are ending their music career after 20 years. no big deal.