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First Patrick Bateman, Now Anna Nicole Smith?
Photo courtesy Mary Herron Mary Herron has plenty of what you might call “cred”—she wrote for Punk magazine in the 70s, created feminist classics like I Shot Andy Warhol and The Notorious Bettie Page,...
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I'll Always Love You, Tony Soprano
A still from The Sopranos. It seems that these days we’re all running some terrible race to announce celebrities' deaths to each other, and to subsequently conjure up cheap gags about them. Wisecracks...
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Discovering Native Culture in a Sweatlodge
I have a funny relationship with my own culture in that I feel like a tourist in it. I was raised in complete seclusion from my Aboriginal background. There was no parental influence that rooted me in...
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'Happy Rock' by Matthew Simmons, a One-Man Black Metal Band
I’ve been reading the stories of Matthew Simmons for years now. The first thing I remember learning about him was how he used to be in a one-man black metal band called Fire in My Bag. I’ve never...
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Molly Crabapple Draws Guantanamo's Camp X-Ray
Drawings by Molly Crabapple Camp X-Ray is the first place that the US held detainees in Guantanamo. Captives lived there for four months in 2002 while the military built permanent prison camps....
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Natural Beauty Is Just a Marketing Tool
In porn, one of the things I'm marketed as is "all natural." This phrase basically indicates that I have not had breast implants or other obvious plastic surgery. It has absolutely nothing to do with...
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Here Be Dragons: The Weird Science of North Korea
Pyongyang's national flower exhibition, displaying the Kimilsungia and the Kimjongilia, the DPRK's national flowers. Photo by Maxime Delvaux No matter whose finger is in charge of pushing the big red...
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Romanian Immigrants and Their Magnificent Mansions
Hey, British xenophobes: Ever wonder where all those Romanian immigrants who've been stealing your jobs have been spending your money? On the building of strange, gigantic mansions that no one lives...
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Kai Wiedenhöfer Hates Walls, but He Photographs Them Anyway
German photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer has seen a lot of walls over the past couple of decades. Beginning with the Berlin Wall, which he witnessed collapse in 1989, Kai has photographed many of the...
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Meet the Nieratkos: Help Put Strippers Through College
Have you ever had to transcribe an interview? It’s the absolute worst thing in the history of doing things. I’ve been trying to figure out ways to get out of it since I started this racket 20 years...
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VICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Boobie'
Induced by booze, blues, and drugs, I’ve often found my mind wandering into strange places. One peculiar recurring vision I have involves an insane fight scene where the laws of physics bend and I...
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This Guy Says FIFA and the IOC Are to Blame for the Brazillian Protests
The Brazillian uprising. Photos by Stephanie Foden. It’s been over a week since Brazil erupted into mass protests, and people are finally starting to realize that the 20 real (0.9 USD) raise in bus...
View ArticleLive Streaming the São Paulo Protests
As we have reported here and here and here, the bus-fare protests in Brazil have escalated into a revolt over many social issues. The government has lowered the fare back down to three Brazilian real,...
View ArticleRick Rubin Breaks Down What He Cut From 'Yeezus'
Rick Rubin Breaks Down What He Cut From 'Yeezus'
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Comics: The Collectors
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This Egyptian Lingerie Salesman Is Now an Illegal Weapons Dealer
Rising unemployment combined with rapid inflation has left many Egyptians jobless and desperate. High-profile violence and political instability have tanked Egypt’s tourism industry, a major player in...
View ArticleHTC Downtown Sound: All of Our Downtown Sound Parties in One Crazy Video
We can't believe the Downtown Sound program is actually over. Somehow traveling all around the country to throw five different parties and make ten videos along the way went by in the blink of our...
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Question of the Day: What Would You Get Tear-Gassed for?
Tear gas seems to be pretty in vogue at the moment. Protesters in Turkey, Brazil and even Switzerland have been subjected to some of that noxious tear-jerker in the past couple of weeks, leaving the...
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How to Become an International Soccer Coach
Matthew Conrad (far right) and Paul Watson (far left) with their Pohnpei national team before flying to play in Guam. (All photos courtesy of Matthew Conrad.) Matthew Conrad was a man with a dream: he...
View ArticleMatty Matheson's Hangover Cures: Getting Torn Up in Markham with Nick Liu
For the premiere episode of VICE Canada's first original food show, we took our host Matty Matheson out to Markham—a Toronto suburb known for amazing Chinese food. After an insane night out on St....
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