Anton Yelchin once again stood among loved ones at his burial site this weekend and will remain that way thanks to his family … TMZ has learned. A bronze statue of Anton was unveiled Sunday above his grave at Hollywood Forever — where the…
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Sunday, October 8, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Burning Man: Guy Runs Into Flames of Burning Statue, Airlifted to Burn Center
A man was airlifted to the hospital this weekend after he ran head-on into a sea of fire at the Burning Man festival … and it was all caught on camera. Here’s how it went down … a guy literally sprinted past fire crews Saturday night that…
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
USC Misspells Shakespeare on Centerpiece Statue for $700M Project!!!
“O USC, USC wherefore art thou, E?” … is probably what everyone’s asking after USC spelled William Shakespeare’s name without an “e” on a new statue. The school unveiled a $ 700 million project featuring student housing, retail shops and…
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Tampa Bay Bucs, Rays & Lightning: We"ll Pay to Take Down Confederate Statue
Three major Tampa sports teams are pitching in to remove a Confederate monument from the city’s courthouse in the wake of the backlash against similar statues in Virginia. The statue in the middle of the controversy is the…
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Flavor Flav Will Give O.J. Simpson His Statue Back, But There"s a Catch
Good news, bad news for O.J. Simpson … The Good News: Flavor Flav says he’s still in possession of Simpson’s famous statue of himself (the one featured in “The People Vs. O.J. Simpson”) and will gladly give it back to his old friend. …
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Artist Adds Pissing Pug Statue Next to "Fearless Girl," Draws Internet Ire
The Fearless Girl statue is once again in the news.
Because some easily-irritated guy has had a very immature response to it.
No, this idiot didn’t hump the Fearless Girl, like some giant douchebags have done in the past.
But he did take even more thought-out steps to humiliate her.
First, some background:
The “Fearless Girl” was placed opposite the sculpture of a bull (created by Arturo Di Modica and meant as a power symbol for the financial sector of Wall Street) in downtown New York City in March on International Women’s Day on a temporary permit.
It was meant to represent women’s rights and equality and how females ought to play a vital role in the American economy.
Under pressure from women’s groups, Mayor Bill De Blasio extended the permit for an additional 11 months.
And neither of these acts sat well with artist Alex Gardega, who has chosen to retaliate with a work of his own.
In the form of a urinating dog. Right at the food of the Fearless Girl.
Seriously: Gardega created a statue of a small dog, titled “Pissing Pug,” and this lewd pooch is aiming his pee stream directly at “Fearless Girl.”
At her left leg, to be exact.
What inspired such an angry act?
“This is corporate nonsense,” Gardega told The New York Post of “Fearless Girl,” explaining that it was placed across from the bull statue as a publicity stunt by a Boston-based financial firm and adding:
“It has nothing to do with feminism, and it is disrespect to the artist that made the bull. That bull had integrity.”
A resident of the Upper West Side, the sculptor didn’t beat around any bushes.
He came right out and expounded on how he views “Fearless Girl,” telling the newspaper:
“I decided to build this dog and make it crappy to downgrade the statue, exactly how the girl is a downgrade on the bull.”
Gardega has never met Di Modica. He’s acting on his own controversial accord here.
(It’s worth noting, however, that Di Modica is suing the aforementioned financial firm that sponsored “Fearless Girl,” arguing that it unfairly implicates his creation and changes the interpretation of his art.)
Di Modica has not yet commented on the pissing pug.
But many users on Twitter certainly have:
“I have a lot of empathy for the creator of the bull, Arturo,” Gardega told NBC.
“I’m a pretty happy person, not seething or angry and certainly not anti-feminist. My piece is not without a sense of humor. There is plenty of room for ‘Fearless Girl.’
“It just interferes with another artist’s work/vision.”
Gardega has removed the dog statue (he never had any legal right to bolt it to the ground) and further explained his actions as follows:
“I took it away personally. I didn’t want to leave it to be taken and certainly had no rights to bolt it to the ground. Most people were amused or perplexed by it.”
We never thought we’d ask this question, but sound off below:
Are you on Team Fearless Girl or Team Pissing Pug?
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Wall Street"s "Charging Bull" Creator Hints Lawsuit Coming Over "Fearless Girl" Statue (PHOTOS)
The guy who created Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” says the neighboring “Fearless Girl” statue is screwing with his art, and he’s demanding NYC pay him for his trouble. Sculptor Arturo Di Modica is really pissed about the location of “Fearless…
Jackie Robinson"s Wife, Kids to Attend Dodger Stadium Statue Unveiling (PHOTOS)
Jackie Robinson’s wife and children are among the special guests committed to attend the statue ceremony at Dodger Stadium this weekend honoring the MLB legend … the team says. Rachel Robinson, along with Jackie’s daughter, Sharon, and…
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Tupac Shakur to Be Immortalized As 1,000 lb. Bronze Statue (PHOTOS)
Tupac fans will have a brand new place to pay their respects when a bigger than life, $ 500,000 statue of him is erected in Georgia. Jim Burnett owns the amphitheater formerly known as the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, and tells…
Monday, March 27, 2017
Paul Walker Gets Statue Pitch from Surfer Bros at City Council Meeting (VIDEO)
Paul Walker could be standing tall in San Clemente thanks to some surfer bros who begged the City Council for a statue of their hero “in the midst of gnarly times.” Self-proclaimed freelance journalist Chad Kroeger made the pitch at last…
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Cracked Kobe Joke at Shaq Statue Unveiling (PHOTOS + VIDEO)
Everyone’s a comedian … even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! The Lakers legend was one of the speakers at Shaq’s big Lakers statue unveiling at Staples Center on Friday … and made a reference to the fact Kobe Bryant was on hand for the event! “Some…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Cracked Kobe Joke at Shaq Statue Unveiling (PHOTOS + VIDEO)
Everyone’s a comedian … even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! The Lakers legend was one of the speakers at Shaq’s big Lakers statue unveiling at Staples Center on Friday … and made a reference to the fact Kobe Bryant was on hand for the event! “Some…
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Shaq"s Slam Dunk Lakers Statue ... REVEALED! (PHOTO)
Here it is … the long-awaited DUNKING SHAQ statue at Staples Center!! The 9-foot tall, 1,200 POUND statue has been in the works for months … it will officially be unveiled on Friday night! A bunch of Lakers greats — including Kobe…
Monday, March 13, 2017
Dude Humps "Fearless Girl" Statue, is Biggest Douche Alive
A photo of a man pretending to hump the new “Fearless Girl” statue on Wall Street is going viral because he"s just that big of a douche.
Architectural designer Alexis Kaloyanides snapped the pic on March 9, the day after International Women’s Day, and posted it to Facebook.
“Almost as if out of central casting," she described it.
"Some Wall Street finance broseph appeared and started humping the statue while his gross date rape-y friends laughed and cheered him on."
"He pretended to have sex with the image of a little girl."
"Douchebags like this are why we need feminism.”
Two days earlier, the bronze statue of a young girl meant to signify the power of women in leadership roles was installed in Manhattan.
Right in front of the famous Wall Street bull, she became an instant inspiration … that this loser rubbed up against in a sexual manner.
Kaloyanides, 34, was out with co-workers when they decided to stop by the statue Thursday night to see the feminist effigy in person.
"It was a beautiful night… there were about 15 or 20 people there," Kaloyanides said, describing the scene that would soon turn sour.
"We started talking about the statue, a little girl about 5 or 6 years old proudly posed with the statue for a picture, it was just a nice moment."
"These three young men came along."
"At first they were hanging off the bull… and then one guy rushed up and started grinding against the statue of the girl, being lewd and totally inappropriate."
The stunt understandably shocked the crowd, which immediately started yelling at the unidentified man, who laughed as he left with friends.
“He was gone within 20 seconds, but it just ruined the mood of the scene,” Kaloyanides went on, calling the display "utterly revolting."
“[People were] talking about empowering children and women and then to have this 20-something showing his entitlement, defiling the statute…"
Kaloyanides got a photo, though, and posted it to social media, a decision she defends because some believe this is a laughing matter.
By spreading the photo, she ensures it won"t be.
"This is just further perpetuating a mentality of ‘boys will be boys,’ and that ‘it’s okay, it’s a joke, just brush it off,’” she said of her decision.
“This young man likely has a mother, a sister perhaps, a girlfriend, a wife, who knows? I’m getting tired of making excuses and laughing it off."
"I for one am not gonna laugh it off anymore."
“This man did something in public."
"He wanted to get a reaction, and he’s getting it now, good or bad,” she said. “And it’s not like it’s just a bunch of angry women."
"Decent men are outraged.”
The statue was installed Tuesday by State Street Global Advisers in an effort to push companies to add more women to their boards.
The financial manager, the world"s third largest, said it would vote against boards of companies that failed to take these very steps.
On the day the statue was erected, State Street planned to send letters asking 3,500 companies to act, which Kaloyanides respects:
"Companies with gender mixed leadership do financially better. It’s not just for appearances. This sculpture is a symbol of females in business."
“When girls are young and coming up, hopefully, as it was in my case, parents tell them ‘you can be anything you want,” she continued.
Later in life, she laments, reality hits and you"re "handed an entirely different set of experiences and suddenly we discount ourselves."
"Women in positions of power, they don’t want to be seen as being a b–tches. There’s a contradiction, boys are leaders and girls are bossy."
"This symbolizes a young girl untainted by the realities of the world. It’s still possible," she adds, bringing it back to her infamous photo:
"I have to believe that this [the photo and subsequent reaction] is just sort of a catalyst to get people to continue to say it’s not okay to act this way."
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Statue of Liberty Getting $4.5 Million Makeover
Lady Liberty turns 131 this year and will celebrate with a well-deserved $ 4.5 million makeover … TMZ has learned. The National Park Service has approved a major cleanup project on the Statue of Liberty. Most of the improvements involve the area…
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Kordell Stewart -- Colorado Should Erect Statue of Rashaan Salaam (VIDEO)
Kordell Stewart says the University of Colorado should honor Rashaan Salaam by erecting a statue of the Heisman winner right in front of the football stadium … and it’s not like they don’t have the cash. TMZ Sports spoke with the Buffs great who…
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