Karaoke Watch Nic Cage Scream 'Purple Rain' at Karaoke After Annulling His MarriageVICE - River DonagheyThe man seems to be going through something only the sweet sounds of Prince can solve. Nic Cage has had an exceptionally weird month, and that's saying a lot for a guy who was stalked by a mime and once
Meditation My Journey Through the World of Rich-People Meditation ProductsVICE - Justin CaffierIs it possible to buy your way to enlightenment? I tried to find out. Meditation is undeniably one of self-care’s all-time greats. Few other millennia-old practices have stood the test of both time and
'Native Son' Proves How Little Has Changed for Black People in AmericaVICE - A.T. McWilliamsHBO's modern adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel shows the fears and anxieties that constrain so many Black people. HBO’s Native Son, an adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel of the same name,
Nigeria Hollywood Needs to Start Hiring Actual Africans to Play African CharactersVICE - Tayo Bero In a time when we’re finally getting to celebrate culturally specific content, mainstream film and television continues to fail characters of African descent. This article originally appeared on VICE When
Keanu Reeves Screw Sundance, 'KeanuCon' Is the Only Film Festival That MattersVICE - River DonagheyYou'll get to see 'Speed,' 'The Matrix,' both Bill and Ted movies, and something called "Wyld Stallyns live"—what more could you want? Keanu Reeves is more than just a mere actor. He is a meme, a myth,
Cannabis Law Weed Drinks Are Set to Dominate the Cannabis Market in CanadaVICE - Manisha KrishnanFrom cannabis beer to margarita-flavored THC tonics, weed companies are betting big on beverages. This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. As I sit here writing a story about the future of edibles,
Gorillas Why the ‘Selfie of the Year’ Might Do Wonders for Endangered GorillasVICE - Shamani JoshiThe latest selfie breaking the internet is garnering great support for an anti-poaching group in Congo. This article originally appeared on VICE India. We’ve all had enough of our social media being flooded
London, UK London's Annual 4/20 Smoke-Up Has Gone LegitVICE - Alex RorisonThe event—traditionally a fairly amateur gathering—felt legitimate and well-organized, perhaps because legalization is getting closer. This article originally appeared on VICE UK. With medicinal cannabis
Cannabis The 'Wild West' of Weed Is Dying Out. Here's What's Replacing ItVICE - Danielle Simone BrandWorking in cannabis used to be a crime, but now it's looking like a real career, complete with benefits. Alicia Ashley works in what is essentially a weed factory. Her job is to roll joints by hand, run
Elizabeth Warren What Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Cancel Student Debt Would Mean for YouVICE - Allie ContiHer far-ranging proposal would transform how Americans pay for college. With the possible exception of the actual millennial in the race, Elizabeth Warren may be the Democratic presidential candidate attuned
Iowa The Wild, Terrifying Story of an Influencer's Plot to Steal a URL at GunpointVICE - River DonagheyHe's facing up to 20 years in prison for hiring someone to put a gun to a man's head and demand his domain name. A 26-year-old social media influencer is facing up to 20 years in prison after masterminding
How to Be TogetherVICE - Kate CarrawayExisting with another human is a difficult thing to do. Luckily, Kate Carraway's got advice. We’ll talk about dating and getting into a relationship some other time. This is about “being” in a thing. is
Penguin Random House Prince's Memoir Is Finally Coming This FallVICE - Taylor Hosking’The Beautiful Ones’ tells his life story, partly in his own words. Just a month before Prince died in 2016, he invited guests to the Manhattan nightclub Avenue to announce he was working on a personal
Penguin Random House The Memoir Prince Worked on in His Final Months Is Coming This FallVICE - Taylor Hosking’The Beautiful Ones’ tells his life story, partly in his own words. Just a month before Prince died in 2016, he invited guests to the Manhattan nightclub Avenue to announce he was working on a personal
Disney World Even Mega Millionaire Abigail Disney Realizes the System Is BrokenVICE - Matt TaylorAn heir to the Disney fortune is not holding back from lambasting inequality in America. Abigail Disney is on a tear. After calling Disney CEO Bob Iger’s 2018 pay “insane” on a panel hosted by Fast Company
Arya Stark You Can Win Enough Money to Fill the Iron Bank Betting on Wild 'GoT' TheoriesVICE - River DonagheyIf you worked on the show and want to make some quick money, hit us up. If you've spent the past few weeks mercilessly annoying your friends with a batshit Game of Thrones theory about how Ned Stark is
Game of Thrones The Best Memes from the ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8, Episode 2VICE - Peter SlatteryIt's ‘GoT’ episode 69. Nice. While the second episode of Game of Thrones season eight is technically titled "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," I hope we all remember this installment the way it should remembered:
Jaime Lannister 'Game of Thrones' Gave Itself a Feel-Good(ish) Bottle EpisodeVICE - Noel Ransome‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ gave all your favorite characters one nice moment, presumably before they die horribly next week. This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. For a brief moment in
Poetry Hanif Abdurraqib and Morgan Parker Chat Poetry and Blackness in AmericaVICE - Nicole ClarkThe poets found time between their busy touring schedules to talk about 'Magical Negro,' the current wave of contemporary poetry, and how white salons still can't handle black hair. By now, you should
Play buttonThe Muppets This 'GoT'/'Sesame Street' Crossover Would Be Way Better if Elmo Killed a GuyVICE - River DonagheyStake your claim to the Iron Throne, you trusting Muppet fool. Sesame Street packed up Hooper's Store and rolled Oscar's can over to HBO way back in 2015, but for some reason, it's taken until now for
San Francisco, CA The Amount of Poop on San Francisco's Streets Has Hit an All-Time HighVICE - River DonagheyThe city had a whopping 28,084 reports of turds in 2018. For the past decade, San Francisco's streets and sidewalks have been increasingly plagued by piles of human shit—and the poop problem is just getting
Politics What I Learned from Reading a Whole Bunch of Trump Tell-AllsVICE - Alex NorciaIt's not really selling out unless you cash in. When the Trump era ends, whenever that day arrives, the people who helped Donald Trump acquire and use power will have a simple question to answer: Was worth
Play buttonEaster Fireworks and Pipe Bombs: How Greek Towns Celebrate EasterVICE - Nafsika MavromoustakouOn the island of Chios, rival parishes launch makeshift rockets at each other, while on Andros, iron pipes filled with gunpowder blow up right next to the Easter procession. This article originally appeared
Four Of Kelsey Lu's Best Looks (So Far)VICE - Evan Ross KatzLu's friend and occasional collaborator, stylist Oluwabukola Becky Akinyode, spills the tea. "She's a star and once this album drops the take over will begin," stylist Oluwabukola Becky Akinyode says her
Donald Glover Donald Glover's New Line of Pre-Distressed Adidas Claims 'Rich is a Concept'VICE - Taylor Hosking[Holds butterfly] But what is rich? What is a shoe? Donald Glover released the first shoe designs from his partnership with Adidas today, and they’re intended, per the press release, to be a statement
Erasure Poets Are Turning the Heavily Redacted Mueller Report into ArtVICE - Adriane QuinlanToday is a goldmine for writers who craft poetry out of censored text. The readers who trudge through Attorney General William Barr’s version of the Mueller report on Thursday will be forced to navigate
Ecstasy (Drug) A Japanese College Professor Allegedly Taught Students How to Make EcstasyVICE - Gavin ButlerThe 61-year-old could face ten years in prison for showing students how to manufacture MDMA. This article originally appeared on VICE Asia. A Japanese college professor could face up to ten years in prison
'Vanderpump Rules' Star Stassi Schroeder Taught Me to Be BasicVICE - Allie ContiAfter one drink and three hours of waiting in line, I learned to embrace my nascent Bravo fandom. I'm relatively new to the Bravo Universe. I just started watching Vanderpump Rules at the beginning of
Michelle Obama The Best Tributes from the Time 100VICE - Taylor HoskingFrom Beyonce writing about Michelle Obama to Ava DuVernay on Gayle King, heavyweights gave the otherwise centrist list some powerful moments. Every year when Time's list of 100 Most Influential People
Bill Hader The Undeniable Appeal of NoHo HankVICE - Kate DriesThe 'Barry' scene-stealer is a murderer everyone loves to get behind. He's also one we can learn from. It was during the premiere of the second season of Barry, the HBO show starring Bill Hader about hitman
