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● Whether their romance is "hot and heavy" or "they were just hooking up," the fact remains that Ryan Phillippe, at 36, is exactly twice Demi Lovato's age. [Us] ● There's been an up-tic in graffiti this past year and officials can't tell if it's a result of high unemployment rates, because everyone thinks they're artists now, or because maybe kids will be kids. [NYT] ● Spike Jonze's new Beastie Boys video is all action figures, only a little bit about the song, "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win," and actually pretty awesome. [BeastieBoys]

WIth their new album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two having just shot straight to the top of the charts (okay, they came in second, since no one can unseat the wunderkind Adele), Beastie Boys mania should continue right into summer. And, let's face it, few other acts in history have inspired such outpourings of love and affection from their fans, probably because Adroc, Mike D, and MCA have always been as much over-sized teddy bears as they have been foul-mouthed troublemakers.

If Kanye thought he could go feature heavy for his return to the spotlight last year, then the Beastie Boys would just like to point you in the direction of their latest single, “Make Some Noise.” Tallied alongside the full-length debut of Adam Yuach’s short film Fight For Your Right Revisited (which also surfaced in the past 24 hours), we simply stopped trying to count celebrity cameos after seeing Chloe Sevigny swill champagne in a pink wig.

The Brooklyn boys are coming back strong. After releasing the single “Make Some Noise” from Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 yesterday, the Beasties have followed up with the trailer for their new 30-minute short film, Fight For Your Right Revisted, directed by Adam Yauch. Namedropping is distasteful, but what the hell: Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Jack Black, and Rainn Wilson are all a part of the cast.

The Beastie Boys have returned with new music after an estimated three-year delay on their eight studio album Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2. Last July, Adam “MCA” Yauch was diagnosed with cancer, prompting the group to cancel festival appearances and put the album on hold. Now things are back on track and the album’s first single “Make Some Noise” has officially arrived. Just to clarify, there was no Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1—that album has been delayed indefinitely.

It's kind of funny to see Bruce Davidson, photo, and shop in the same sentence. Davidson, a man who created a legacy off of real life photography, doesn't even use a digital camera. His career has been made on exclusively silver film and dedicated to everything real, beautiful, and sometimes disturbing. Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Levi's Photo Workshop discussion with Davidson, who one audience member described best as "disarmingly innocent." Incredible for a man who has photographed and seen so much. He has shot everyone from homeless people to Marilyn Monroe. Davidson spoke to the crowd as a movie screen-sized slideshow of his work, spanning some 50 years, played to a standing room-only crowd. It was incredible to hear the story behind each photograph from Bruce firsthand. Many of the most famous images were taken right here in New York City. His series from Spanish Harlem in the '60s was especially moving. People were so taken aback, the crowd was almost completely silent during the whole presentation. Despite images of dilapidated neighborhoods, homelessness, and unimaginable poverty, Bruce was able to capture a form of beauty.

From pump sneakers to hypercolor clothes to sexual predators in AOL chatrooms, the 90s had it all. But many of the decade’s self-indulgent fads have been lost to history, much like many of the era's formerly memorable musical acts. Some were really good, some were so bad they were good, and some were bad enough that it's good they're gone. There are many ways for a band to die, but dead or not, a few still hold a special place in our memory and/or playlist.

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