Miley Cyrus joined a parade of celebrities opposing California’s Proposition 8 initiative against gay marriage by posting a picture to her facebook page showing her with duct tape across her mouth. The NoH8 campaign uses the image of someone’s mouth being tape closed as a silent protest against the ballot initiative. You can see Miley’s […]
Rikki Finlay, X Factor stylist, keeps a roll of gaffers tape handy in her ongoing battle to guard against “wardrobe malfunctions”. Finlay’s job is to make sure that contestants on the British reality show look good no matter how extreme the demands are on their costumes. You can read more about how Finlay dresses X […]
Welsh model Imogen Thomas tries her hand at the duct tape craft of fashion design for a British magazine spread. You can see the pics by clicking here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com
Moby’s new album, Destroyed Deluxe, features a video for the forthcoming single, “After”, shot in a nuclear power plant. One of the most pressing production problems: How to attach a baby with gaffers tape! The making of “After” video can be seen here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. […]
German pianist Hauschka plays what he calls “prepared piano”. The avant garde performer (real name Volker Bertelman, modifies his piano with an assortment of items including tin foil, bottle tops, ping pong balls and gaffers tape in order to create an entirely new sound. Read more about Hauschka here. Want to see him perform? Click […]
Our favorite comedian (obviously, right) has removed the tape for a moment in order to conduct a rare interview. British performer Sam Wills, known professionally as “The Boy With Tape On His Face” sat down with an interviewer to discuss his career. In the process, Wills gives his opinion of the quality of British made […]
We have no idea why Richard Branson decided to duct tape himself to the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek (we’re not subscribers) but it does make for a nice picture. Click here to see for yourself. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll […]
Linda Gittleman, columnist for the Michigan Morning Sun, expressed the frustration lots of folks feel when trying to create the “do it yourself” projects promoted by gurus like Martha Stewart who always seem to have everything they need at the ready to do what they describe as “simple projects”. She was referring to a “make […]
An article in The National recognizing the 30th anniversary of MTV has proven once and for all that without gaffers tape, MTV would have never gotten off the ground. The article, penned by Saul Austerlitz, recognizes Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen as on of the early videos that got MTV up and running. More specificaly, Austerlitz […]
Dancing With The Stars contestant Nancy Grace denied that any inappropriate “parts” were visible outside of her costume when she appeared this week on the dancing competition show. Grace claimed she used gaffers tape and industrial strength underwear to insure that she stayed inside her costume. That’s a lot to ask from a lowly roll […]