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“Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now”, the current installation at the International Center of Photography is, in a word, unreal. For years I’ve been meaning to visit the museum, but for whatever reason, I just never made it in. So when I read about “Weird Beauty”, I knew I had to go! The exhibit–which includes original prints, tear sheets and covers from magazines all over the world–features the most creative, gorgeous and sometimes freaky fashion photography of the past few years. One image, “Pink Eye,” shot by Richard Burbridge for 10 magazine, shows a model’s eye and eyelashes coated in thick pink goo that looks a lot like Pepto-Bismol. In another spread titled “I’m a Marionette” for Pop magazine, photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott styled a set of models to look like creepy marionettes staring lifelessly into the distance. My favorite, was a shot called “Spot the Fake #1″ by Miles Aldridge for the New York Times’ T Magazine, shown here. While it’s definitely not a show for the fainthearted, it is fantastic, and I’m so glad I finally made it in!

So it may have been a rocky start at the Berlin Film Festival for the pictures who were screened during the opening days but it would seem that things may just be warming up.Earlier in the week Kate Winslet brought her Holocaust drama to The Reader to Berlin, although it is not in the competition category.The film follows a fifteen year old boy who…

Alright so yesterday we gave the maverick directors such as Werner Herzog, Tim Burton and Stanley Kurbrick two minutes in the spotlight after so often being overshadowed by the more mainstream filmmakers.In the second part FemaleFirst takes a look at a couple more from the director that brought us The Godfather, the man behind The Exorcist and a Br…

It’s fair to say that the sixties, seventies and eighties really were the golden years for the horror movie giving us the likes of Psycho, The Exorcist and A Nightmare on Elm Street.Today, when studios are not making the gore pore such as Saw and Hostel that they try to pass off as horror, then it’s remakes galore, why they can’t come up with an or…

It’s rare that you come across a singer with such an amazing voice that you wonder how you ever survived without her in your life, and trust me, when you hear Kate, you’ll never go back to those half-assed singers you had in your CD player before.Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Oslo, her debut album, the trip-hop and electro…

Here at FemaleFirst we know there’s nothing like spending a couple of days living it up at a festival. But shock, horror not all festivals involve mud, Wellington boots and portaloos… so I have come up with the best of the rest to amuse you during the third week of February 2009. Enjoy! Saidai-Ji eyo (Naked Festival)Trust those Japanes…

New Education had a great 2008, with the release of their first single ‘Today’ on 27 October through KIDS. Released on 7″ vinyl only and limited to 500 copies, ‘Today’ was another success for the label that launched The Wombats, The Whip, Band of Horses and iLiKETRAiNS.Brothers Ryan Dooley (vocals, guitar) and Jack Dooley (bass, backing vocals) for…

With three critically acclaimed underground mixtapes already under his belt, Ghetts is ready to be heard on a larger scale with this electro dancefloor destroyer “Sing 4 Me”.Combining a pulsating beat, stabbing synths, and a hypnotic female chant with Ghetts’ very own charming energy; the track is already a favourite in clubland and looks set to be…

Okay, so first of all, we have to acknowledge the fact that Pete ‘crack head’ Doherty has changed his name to Peter - or maybe just decided to use his full name - in what could be a bid to make us take him more seriously, or perhaps fool us into thinking it’s someone else completely. Anyway, that said, as a music journalist I shou…

This is the debut single from The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, who I have had a somewhat bizarre relationship with over the past couple of months; after interviewing them twice (Because I deleted the first interview from my Dictaphone) when I first started my job, I was determined to love them.From the start of the song, you can’t help but notice h…