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Vita Kari: Performance Artist or Stunt Queen; you decide!



Performance art is having a moment on TikTok, as many artists are attracted to that medium and post a variety of "works" (some interesting, some strange) regularly. One of the more popular offerings is L.A. based artist Vita Kari (known for such stunts as crashing Art Basel Miami with an unsanctioned performance and getting the law called) whose latest work is creating a lot of talk in the art circles lately; and it's not always good.

Since launching their social media-based practice in 2022, Kari has drawn from the Net Art movement of the 1990s and the Post Internet Art of the 21st century to amass many millions of views for their fake-outs. Most of Kari’s posts are part of their “The Thing About Being Creative…” series. In it, Kari opens each clip musing on creativity, only to rug viewers by revealing some element of the scene—like their eyelid, or a cocktail—is printed out. Kari sometimes stages more intricate performances, such as a wedding to themself gone awry, or last December’s “trapped in a can” antic, but these short clips, optimized for the algorithm, are their bread and butter.

The performance "ON THE WALL" saw Kari taped to a facade bearing an ad for their practice at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Melrose Avenue. A release said the spectacle “delves into the contentiousness of public space, perception, and identity.”


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The “endurance performance” was supposed to last from August 31 through September 4. But, according to a post across Kari’s social media channels, authorities cut it short on Labor Day. Neighborhood looky-loos and the usual suspects milled about giving soundbites to the press; a reporter remarks that “residents are reaching a breaking point after three days of disturbances.”

Kari included a poll on Instagram beneath the LA5 footage asking fans if they saw ON THE WALL in person. One-third of respondents said “it got shut down before I could see it,” while more than half wanted her to do it again. Six percent said “I just watched this on tv” while a mere two percent said they saw it in person. And that would have been the end of it, except...

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Needless to say, both sides have gotten messy. What do you think, ONTD?

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Sabrina Carpenter Spends A Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart



While Travis Scott and his team continue to argue with a wall, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet continues to hold the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a 2nd week with 159K units (down 56%). Of that sum, album sales comprised of 32,000 with the rest being 168.45 million official streams.

Carpenter also recently shared a clip on TikTok set to her song, "Bed Chem." Potential next single? Who can never be sure.

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ONTD, which song off Short n' Sweet are you hoping is the fourth single?

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Taylor Swift Embraces Trump Support(er) At The US Open



Taylor Swift attended the Men's US Open final on Sunday, alongside her boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Mahomes.
While there, she made sure to give her latest BFF Brittany Mahomes - a known MAGA Republican, who recently received a shout-out from Donald Trump for her steadfast support of his politics - a very big and very public hug.



ONTD, have you ever made sure to be seen embracing your MAGA friends, after the public tried to give you kudos for seemingly distancing yourself from them?


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The Real Reason Emmy Categories Don’t Make Any Sense, Explained



Category fraud has become a big topic of conversation around award shows nowadays (aka, "Wait, how is The Bear a comedy?!") Awards season is a great time to look back at all of our favorite films, shows, and performances of the last year – but every time the Emmy Awards in particular roll around and nominations are announced, there’s so much confusion about the seemingly random categories that some shows and actors are slotted into. So… what’s really going on here? Let’s take a closer look at the full Emmy process and the awards culture that drives it to figure out what’s really behind ‘category fraud’ and if there’s anything that can be done to fix it!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Why they want to win so bad
02:13 Acting category fraud
03:35 Surprising reasons for some acting category fraud
04:30 When it's not really category fraud
04:58 Show category fraud
05:27 The 2015 show forced the Emmys to change (kind of)
05:58 The categories haven't kept up with evolving tv
07:18 The only real problem with the Dramedy takeover
07:54 Finally moving in the right direction?
08:45 Can awards shows save themselves?

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Netflix Will Campaign Selena Gomez For 'Best Supporting Actress' at the Oscars for "Emilia Perez"



IndieWire writes, "This year’s Telluride is a starrier affair than the last. With strikes in the rear view, optimism and anxiety run high in equal measure. At the annual Patrons’ Brunch, where the mountain views are sublime, French auteur Jacques Audiard hung in the shade while his Cannes prize-winning “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón soaked up sun and attention. Netflix is campaigning her for Best Actress, while her costar at the brunch, Selena Gomez, will go for supporting."

NextBestPicture also seems to predict that Gomez could be nominated in "Best Supporting Actress" and "Best Original Song" at next year's Oscars.

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The US Open Championships 🎾 🏆 Men's Singles Finals Him Downstairs vs. Taylor Fritz


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Taylor Fritz will no longer be subject to eternal beclownment for not making it past a quarterfinal of a grand slam. Today, at 2:00 PM ET, he faces off against that man.


Anyway, here's Women's Champ Aryna Sabalenka giving us some much needed glamma.

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Kendrick Lamar Will Headline Super Bowl LIX Halftime



Kendrick Lamar will perform at the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime show, Roc Nation, Apple Music, and the NFL announced on Sunday.

Super Bowl LIX is scheduled to be played on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and will air on Fox.

Roc Nation founder Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter said, “Kendrick Lamar is truly a once-in-a-generation artist and performer. His deep love for hip-hop and culture informs his artistic vision. He has an unparalleled ability to define and influence culture globally. Kendrick’s work transcends music, and his impact will be felt for years to come.”

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Celebrity Number 6 has been found! Curtain mystery drawn to a close. (Or has it!?)

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(After several failed attempts to embed the reddit correctly, you're getting a screenshot instead.)

After a reddit user brought up the name of the model Leticia Sardá, u/IndigoRoom reached out to photographer Leandre Escorsell to see if anything was known about the image.

When checked for AI, it is coming back as a less than 2% chance of being generative AI.

But the mods over at /CelerbityNumberSix are claiming it may be a fake. Personally, I think the mismatched button colors and texture are just from the scan and lighting.

What do you all think? Link to the post below.

Source: reddit


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A24 has acquired the US rights to Brady Corbet’s ‘THE BRUTALIST.’


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What even is "The Brutalist"?

An epic (215 minutes long) movie by Brady Corbet (Vox Lux) starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, and Alessandro Nivola about a Holocaust survivor trying to build a new life as an architect in the US

It has been getting huge raves in Venice and won the Silver Lion

Now A24 has bought the US right, which is interesting since they already have Queer and Sing Sing and most studios only have the resources to give one movie a big award push