Petra van Raaij is Sun-Baked

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06/18/10

Petra van Raaij is Sun-Baked

Ref Crime: In case you didn’t notice, we just got robbed by the ref at the U.S./Slovenia game. We’ve started wars over less than this. [Time]

Information is Delicious: The New Orleans infographic competition includes a pretty brilliant guide to gumbo. [GOOD]

Also, Hats: A gentleman’s guide to treating very bad sunburn. The only downside: this might take all day. [Valet]

Layar is Coming!: Apparently cyberpunk guru and augmented reality booster Bruce Sterling is a Ladytron fan. Figures. [Boing Boing]

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05/28/09

Filmic

1991’s Bad Lieutenant is notorious in New York film circles as one of the tawdriest movies ever made, so the prospect of a polished Hollywood remake is enough to get our interest up. And since it’s the brainchild of German New Cinema vet Werner Herzog—who’s been on quite a roll lately—we’re more than a little excited.

The trailer just landed, and the best news is the brilliant and inexplicably bankable Nicolas Cage. He’s at his best when he’s at his craziest, so the chance to play a drug-addled, rapidly disintegrating cop is something he can really sink his teeth into. He’s in full Pacino-mode for just about the whole trailer, and the hallucinated iguanas in the trailer suggest nobody’s playing this one for subtlety.

At the very least, it’ll tide us over until National Treasure 3.

See the trailer»

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02/24/09

Good Idea

Happy Tuesday

In Medieval tradition, the Carnival is a day when the typical rules of decorum do no apply. Nobles can pass as commoners, people can paint their entire bodies green, or beads can be exchanged for moments of toplessness. Ah, tradition.

We’re more partial to the Rio festivities—as you might have guessed from our choice of pictures—if only because there’s less of a spring break feeling to the festivities, but there’s nothing wrong with the crescent city. The important thing is that no matter where you find yourself, you spend at least part of the day turning things on their head.

Don’t worry. It’ll all be back to normal tomorrow.

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