Some years ago a young man named Ze created a hilarious website with several mock demonstration videos called “How to Dance Properly.” The story goes that it was meant as a novelty for friends who were attending a private party. But they sent it on to other friends and it — as we say these …
The Will Ferrell version of the Sid and Marty Kroft-created Land of the Lost is taking a beating at the box office this weekend, unable to draw movie-goers away from the Bromance Hangover or the Pixar/Disney 3D animated Up. I doubt I’ll put down 10 bucks (or, more importantly, use up two hours of limited …
In a video I produced for TIME this week, Cynthia Young, a curator at the International Center of Photography, describes the 10 images taken by Robert Capa for LIFE magazine on D-Day, 65 years ago today. One is perhaps the most recognized image from that fateful day. NOTE: An earlier upload of this piece had …
I didn’t wear the fez all night. But I did to make an entrance. It helped ease the entry into an elegant dining experience at a posh Greenwich Village home — a dinner party to celebrate Katherine Lanpher’s birthday (as readers of this blog will know, she and Barbie are the same age, though Barbie …
Kelly Bancroft says she “gets Susan Boyle,” the YouTube sensation and newly minted megastar of Britain’s Got Talent. They come from former industrial towns devastated by unemployment, they both have lovely singing voices, and they both think a makeover isn’t necessary. Kelly is one of my dearest friends, going back to my college days, and …
Having just visited the Arlington National Cemetery on the Honor Flight, I thought I’d share the music video I put together a few years back for Andy Revkin’s song about Arlington. He wrote and performed it with his band Uncle Wade. I shot the footage for a piece I did for the New York Times …
Two weeks ago, I flew to Houston to join a charter flight that carried 111 WWII Vets from IAH to Washington to visit the WWII Memorial on the National Mall. They also went to Arlington National Cemetery and watched the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns. I reported a video story …
On Sunday, I got to see — from a couple hundred feet away — the rotating service structure removed from the launchpad of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Then, on Monday — from a further distance — I witnessed the launch of the shuttle toward the heavens. Here are some photos. Also, check out the video …
Photographer Callie Shell first photographed then-state-senator Barack Obama in 2004. When he announced he was running for President, she asked if she could cover him from the very first days of the campaign. She continued to follow him, shooting for TIME magazine through election day last year. When Obama took office in January, Shell proposed …
Two video pieces from this past week show the variety — that spice of life — that I enjoy at TIME.com. Early in the week, my friend Mona Eltahawy discussed her dilemma as a liberal Muslim woman who has to compete with our stereotypes about Islam and its followers whenever she discusses issues in the …