Pranks and Masculinity on “Who Is America?” and “Nathan for You”
While Sacha Baron Cohen specializes in macho bullies, Nathan Fielder’s urge to manipulate is submerged in irony.
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Billboard Uses Tire Screeching Sounds to Photograph Terrified Jaywalkers
An unusual billboard was recently set up at a crosswalk in France to promote pedestrian safety. Whenever a pedestrian was detected crossing while the "red
How a British photojournalist became Plastic Jesus in LA - MyNewsLA.com
Share this article:Plastic Jesus is his name, and “guerrilla” street art is his game. The British-born artist drew international attention this week for his 6-inch-tall wall around Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But before he assumed a
The British-born artist drew international attention this week for his 6-inch-tall wall around Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Humor: Comedian Joe Lycett on Selling an Imaginary Photo to a Paper
Tabloids will pay money for the strangest photos, as long as those stories grab attention and help them sell more papers. In the 2.5-minute video above,
Under rules agreed to long ago, the majority party essentially controls the cameras used by C-SPAN. The practice is to turn them off once a session is gaveled to an end.
"Hello, I'd like to add you to my professional network on Linkedin" is the new "Christ, what an asshole"
The phrase joins Cory Arcangel’s “What a misunderstanding” as one that can be used to caption any New Yorker cartoon — a fact discovered by Frank Chimero, the Louis Pasteur …
For photojournalist Louie Palu, his five years covering the Afghanistan conflict have marked him for life. While the Toronto native was taking hundreds of pictures for news outlets, he was keeping a journal that detailed his feelings and revealed his psychological state. Out of all of that has come a new film called Kandahar Journals directed by Palu and Devin Gallagher that follows Palu’s transformation in the field of battle. He talks to Peter Robb about the work and the result.
Man pranks people upset with Target for no longer segregating toys by gender
Mike Melgaard pretended to be Target on Facebook and teased people who are threatening to boycott Target for removing gender labeling from toy aisles (e.g., separate labeling for “Building Sets” an…
Mike Melgaard pretended to be Target on Facebook and teased people who are threatening to boycott Target for removing gender labeling from toy aisles (e.g., separate labeling for “Building Sets” and “Girls Building Sets”). The boycotters were nonplussed.
Comedian Jeff Wysaski pranks pet store with hilarious fake signs
Get your Baby Godzilla Lizards, Fieri Hamsters, and Judgemental Tree Frogs right here!
Get your Baby Godzilla Lizards, Fieri Hamsters, and Judgemental Tree Frogs right here! LA-based humorist Jeff Wysaski switched out the signs at his local pet store with these far superior versions
The Age of Drone Vandalism Begins With an Epic NYC Tag
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the age of robotic graffiti was born.
KATSU, a well-known graffiti artist and vandal, used a hacked Phantom drone to paint a giant red scribble across Kendall Jenner’s face on one of New York City’s largest and most viewed billboards. By all accounts, it is the first time that a drone has been deployed for a major act of public vandalism
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The continuing human tragedy of Congo is not a statistic. It is a continuing human tragedy. It is fourteen hundred and fifty tragedies every day. It is countless more than that if you include the orphaned, the bereaved, the widowed, and all the ripples of truncated lives that spread from a single death. It is you and me and our children and our parent, if we had the bad luck to be born into the world this book portrays.
Photographer Borrows Public Marquee Signs and Installs Phrases to Provoke Passersby
Thoughts on Romance on the Road is a project by Rhode Island-based photographer Victoria Crayhon that addresses the effect of media and technology upon human desire. Her roadside text installations read like "public diary entries"—personal and mysterious,
Thoughts on Romance on the Road is a project by Rhode Island-based photographer Victoria Crayhon that addresses the effect of media and technology upon human desire
SPONSORED: The Taliban Is A Vibrant And Thriving Political Movement
2012 proved to be just another in a succession of landmark years for the Taliban, as the influential Islamic fundamentalist organization continued its awe-inspiring push toward unprecedented expansion.
Prank Call Seeking Royal Family Secrets Takes Horrifying Turn
A nurse tricked by Australian D.J.’s who called posing as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles to get information about Kate Middleton’s pregnancy was found dead on Friday.
But the stunt took a horrific and unexpected turn on Friday, when the nurse who answered the call, 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha, was found dead, an apparent suicide.
Thrilled | Photoshop Troll
Dragos thinks his photo WAS bad.. now it's really really bad. When you ask the internet for help, you're asking for trouble!
It is true that Australia is a land of contrasts, and for city-dwellers like myself, the middle of the country is as foreign as it is to outsiders
Nimrod Visits the Sartorialist
VICE's resident gadfly Nimrod Kamer went to London to mess with the Sartorialist, aka fashion blogger Scott Schuman. For some reason, Scott wasn't so psyched about the idea of Nimrod following him home after his book signing.
Pranksters Hijack Republican Live-Streamed Petition Drive
Congressional Republicans on Thursday abruptly halted what was surely the most innovative internet petition drive in history, after too much of the internet discovered it. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) had invited voters to visit
The GOP promoted the campaign heavily online with the hashtag #IWantRepeal, leading Thursday to the inevitable barrage of jokers entering made-up names for the sheer joy of seeing them spit off the printer before a live web audience.
David Shrigley and Jan von Holleben: Make Some Mischief Today!
Happy April Fool's Day....I think we are taking ourselves too seriously these days...and I think a little irreverant mischief might be just what is needed in our depressed economy and changing times...ALWAYS love the work of David Shrigley and Jan von Hol
Happy April Fool's Day....I think we are taking ourselves too seriously these days...and I think a little irreverant mischief might be just what is needed in our depressed economy and changing times...ALWAYS love the work of David Shrigley and Jan von Holleben, and you might consider using them for inspiration...
18 Famous Pictures (Before They Were Cropped)
When you're cropping the naked human pyramid out of a picture you're about to post to Facebook, do you ever wonder if maybe this sort of addition by subtraction has been going on for years? We asked you to show us the context we've been missing outside th
The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions, A Book of Fraternal Lodge Prank Devices
The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions is a book of pranking devices by New Yorker cartoonist and freelance illustrator Julia Suits. Twenty
The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions is a book of pranking devices by New Yorker cartoonist and freelance illustrator Julia Suits.
Ron English Parody Cereal Boxes Placed on Grocery Store Shelves
Ron English created a series of parody cereal boxes that were covertly placed on shelves at a Ralph's in Venice, CA. via Ron English photo via Ron
Extreme sarcasm activist with an "I Love Orlando Police" sign
A widening phone-hacking scandal is prompting a broad reassessment of the balance between press freedom and privacy in Britain, even as France grapples with the consequences of its tradition of protecting the powerful.