Shizuo Kambayashi / APLady Gaga poses for photographers with the dolls just like her during a press conference to promote "Artpop" in Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013
As if her stunts couldn’t get any weirder, Lady Gaga revealed life-size dolls of herself Sunday.
The terrifying silicon versions of Lady Gaga emit music and messages from their chests, the Associated Press reports. Japanese companies worked with the pop artist’s record label to create what they’re calling the Gagadoll to promote her new “Artpop” album. Read More...
When Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard explored in their book Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad (Random House) a family legend that said messages encoded in quilts helped slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad, they had no idea that their hypothesis would inspire rancor from scholars who declared it false. They also couldn't have predicted how their story, published less than 10 years ago, would capture the popular imagination being treated as fact on The Oprah Winfrey Show, in museum exhibits, in children's textbooks and on the Web, and spawning an industry of quilt code books and patterns. Read More...
May 19, 2015 5:29 PM EDT
This composite frame of mug shots shows some of the about 170 bikers who were arrested and charged in connection with Sunday’s fatal shooting in Waco, Texas, that left nine dead and 18 others wounded.
The shooting was thought to have arisen from a dispute after five rival gangs gathered for a meeting at a Twin Peaks restaurant. Authorities said Tuesday that a man’s injury in the parking lot—a vehicle rolled over his foot—led to a dispute that carried into the restaurant, where a knife and gun battle erupted before spilling back outdoors. Read More...
