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The ecstatic, exuberant, crotch-grabbing ways of the late great Michael Jackson may have caused some controversy in their time, but that hasn’t stopped innumerable musical artists since from adopting the iconic move and making it their own. There’s Lil’ Wayne (at right), for instance, who seems to be doing it out of reflex more than [...]

It’s usually fairly impressive when an actor portrays several roles within the same film, and in light of Sam Rockwell’s impressive turn in the recent existentialist space story Moon, Vulture has created a listicle of the 10 Greatest Multiple-Role Performances in Movie History. Obviously, Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove was a shoe-in for number one, [...]

Today is Magic Day, a day when all the world’s magicians and illusionists go above and beyond their usual repertoire of mind-boggling performances to create the most daring, spectacular and incomprehensible illusions. Of course, many of them fail miserably. Magic, after all, is much harder than pulling a rabbit out of a hat (which is [...]

Admittedly, yes, digital imaging and computer technology have enabled some amazing artworks, but they’ve also produced some cautionary fiascos. Just because we have all this fancy technology doesn’t mean we should abandon inventive uses of our bodies and actual physical spaces. To understand what we mean by this, check out these 3 Stunning Multimedia Performance [...]

To help you in your displays of physical prowess this Spring, Super Tight Stuff has a listicle detailing 8 of the Manliest Sports. A gender-politics disclaimer before we continue: “Manliest” here denotes the socially coded performance of masculinity, which involves narcissistic display, aggression and violent domination. Manliness, therefore, is equally accessible to all genders, so [...]

Sure, performing a different sexuality might be an Academy-sanctioned acting feat with Sean Penn’s Oscar for Milk, but drag performances rarely get as much cred (look for a notable exception after the jump). And there have been some pretty terrific drag performances in film.
Just look at this great listicle from Future of Classic, which claims [...]

Forever searching the glut of visual data for hidden gems, the humorists at NextRound.net have come up with 16 Gangsta Car Pose Photos That Should Never Have Been Taken. Some are forgettable, others a brilliant, here are some of the best along with a few Listicles additions:
The Not Quite a Car Model Pose

Maybe the better [...]

The bloggers at Den of Geek compiled an epic list of the Top 50 Trips in Movies, ranging from eerily poignant hallucinations (Requiem for a Dream) to coked-up dance-offs (Starksy & Hutch). Here are their top ten picks:
10. American Beauty Suburban dad Kevin Spacey picks up a pot habit from the teen dealer next door, [...]