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Are High Heels Good For People? Newsweek May 6, 1963

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:01:04 -0400

Are High Heels Good For People?

Newsweek May 6, 1963

Today Would Be Liberace’s Birthday- “Mr...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:09:02 -0400

Today Would Be Liberace’s Birthday-

“Mr Liberace…is the summit of sex, the pinnacle of masculine, feminine, and neuter…This deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling…scent-impregnated…giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing…heap of mother love…is the biggest sentimental vomit of all time”

Quote in Newsweek [not by Newsweek], 1959

“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:39:00 -0400

“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

50 Years Ago: Gordon Cooper Becomes The First American To Spend...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:53 -0400

50 Years Ago: Gordon Cooper Becomes The First American To Spend More Than A Day In Space

The Final ‘Seinfeld’ Aired 15 Years Ago!

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400

The Final ‘Seinfeld’ Aired 15 Years Ago!

Newsweek Reviews “Arrested Development”, 2003

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:01:23 -0400

Newsweek Reviews “Arrested Development”, 2003

Give It Up For Little Stevie Wonder, On This His 63rd Birthday

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:35:02 -0400

Give It Up For Little Stevie Wonder, On This His 63rd Birthday

Barbara Walters Has Announced Her Retirement In 2014....

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:34:00 -0400

Barbara Walters Has Announced Her Retirement In 2014. Let’s Not Forget How Groundbreaking She Was 40 Years Ago.

10 Years Ago, The New York Times Announced That Jayson Blair Had...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:01:10 -0400

10 Years Ago, The New York Times Announced That Jayson Blair Had Committed “frequent acts of journalistic fraud”.

BEFORE Newsweek Published Their Annual List Of The Best High...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:38:00 -0400

BEFORE Newsweek Published Their Annual List Of The Best High Schools…

“The String [bikini]” Newsweek August 12, 1974

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:47 -0400

“The String [bikini]”

Newsweek August 12, 1974

"This was in the works for some time, but want to wish all my colleagues continued success with a..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:39:59 -0400

“This was in the works for some time, but want to wish all my colleagues continued success with a terrific website.”

- @HowardKurtz

(via brooklynmutt)

“Three Cars For The price Of One” Guess the...

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:20:00 -0400

“Three Cars For The price Of One” Guess the Year…

Newsweek, 19?? [1972] Good job, misfitwashere!

DJA 2013

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:10:11 -0400

DJA 2013:

Please consider giving The Daily Beast a vote for a prestigious Data Journalism Award from the Global Editors Network and Google. Thanks.

“Gatsby”- Where Now DiCaprio Was Then Redford.

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:35:05 -0400

“Gatsby”- Where Now DiCaprio Was Then Redford.

30 Years Before Jason Collins There Was…Martina

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:55:00 -0400

30 Years Before Jason Collins There Was…Martina

Wish Willie Nelson A Happy 80th!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:01:10 -0400

Wish Willie Nelson A Happy 80th!

The Original Punks: Punk From Newsweek's 1977 Archives

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:09:18 -0400

The Original Punks: Punk From Newsweek's 1977 Archives:

In anticipation of the METâs new exhibit: Punk: Chaos to Couture, weâve dipped into Newsweekâs 1977 archives for insight into the real punks.

"I wish I hadn’t bought Newsweek. It was a mistake"

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:43:13 -0400

““I wish I hadn’t bought Newsweek. It was a mistake””

- Barry Diller, April 29, 2013

Meanwhile, The Archivist surges on. Thanks Tumblr peep.

“The Rites of Fashion” Yves St. Laurent There was...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:00 -0400

“The Rites of Fashion” Yves St. Laurent

There was an almost macabre air about the pale, gawky young man with the luminous eyes and the slim hands; they were fragile hands, as delicate as the stalks of white iris, and his long, lank hair, carefully tinted in a flat russet, fell down in the back over his starched white collar, and over the templates of his heavy, wide-lensed eyeglasses. He had well-shaped ears, a prominent, almost patrician nose, and a wide, full-lipped, sensual mouth. When he spoke, it was in a hushed and diffident tone, the kind of voice one associates with an undertaker. He said: “Allons, mes enfants, il faut commencer…”

Newsweek August 12, 1963