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Album Cover Models Then and Now – U2, ‘Boy’ and ‘War’
Then: Peter Rowen actually modeled for two U2 covers: 'War' and 'Boy.'
He was the younger brother of Bono's friend Guggi and Rowen says that Bono often came over to his house to hang out with his brother when they were young.
Rowen was especially willing to do the shoot because he was paid in chocolate Mars bars...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Vampire Weekend, ‘Contra’ [NOW]
Now: Kennis is 53 years old and lives in Fairfield, Connecticut with her husband Jeffrey and her daughter Alex. After discovering her picture when her daughter brought the album home, Kennis sued Vampire Weekend and the photographer for $2 million for using her image without her permission...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Vampire Weekend, ‘Contra’
Then: Vampire Weekend found this old Polaroid from 1983 in the possession of photographer Tom Brody.
The girl pictured is Ann Kirsten Kennis who was modeling professionally at the time and later appeared in multiple advertisements including L’Oréal Avantage hair-color lotion...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Nirvana, ‘Nevermind’ [NOW]
Now: The baby is now a man. (Yes, you're old.) Spencer Elden, 21, is now an artist. He studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and now works for Shepard Fairey's company Obey Giant. Elden is a fan of Nirvana and says that he is still referred to as "the Nirvana baby...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Nirvana, ‘Nevermind’
Then: Spencer Elden was only 3 months old during this photo shoot.
His father was friends with the photographer who threw Elden in a pool to capture this shot.
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Goo Goo Dolls, ‘A Boy Named Goo’ [NOW]
Now: Gellert is working on his doctorate in art history with a focus on archeological research. He is not a fan of the album but thinks the cover art does "make me feel like I have some small niche of fame" though he is often mistaken for the "Nirvana kid...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Goo Goo Dolls, ‘A Boy Named Goo’
Then: Carl Gellert was 2 years old when his father, a professional photographer, snapped his photo. But Gellert was 12 years old when his photo was released on the cover of the Goo Goo Dolls' 'A Boy Named Goo.'
Gellert's dad had been paid $6,000 for the use of the image and though the seventh-grader was embarrassed by his resulting nickname "Goo" and very public naked picture, he soon l
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Notorious B.I.G., ‘Ready to Die’
Then: While many thought the baby on the cover of 'Ready to Die' was rapper Biggie Smalls himself, the tot was actually a model.
The child on the cover got the job from a baby modeling agency and only made $150 for the two-hour modeling shoot that cemented his place in hip hop history...
Album Cover Stars Then and Now – Notorious B.I.G, ‘Ready to Die’ [NOW]
Now: Only a year ago did the world discover the identity of the Biggie look-alike baby featured on the “Ready To Die’ cover. Fans suspected the image to be a young Biggie, or even one of his kids, but no one suspected the now 19-year-old, Keithroy Yearwood, Bronx native and recent high school grad...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Blink 182, ‘Enema of the State’
Then: Janine Lindemulder was working in porn when she shot the cover of Blink 182's 'Enema of the State.' She broke into the industry in Penthouse, and won the magazine's December Pet of the Month Honor in 1987.
She also starred in Blink 182's music video for 'What's My Age Again...
Album Cover Models Then and Now – Blink 182, ‘Enema of the State’ [NOW]
Now: Janine Lindemulder married Jesse James (who later married and then cheated on and then divorced from Sandra Bullock) in 2002. After the two split, Lindemulder was arrested for assaulting James.
She was then arrested in 2009 and served four months for tax evasion...
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15 Baby Animals Celebrating Father’s Day
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The Perfect GIFs for Any Situation
If a picture is worth a thousand words, than GIFs must be worth a million. More than just entertainment, GIFs are perfect little animations to express exactly what you need to say. Check out these GIFs for everyday situations that we came up with. Take our suggestions for how to use them, or use for much more. (Click on the titles below to get a bigger version and share with friends.)
GIFs for Any Situation – Working Out
How I feel when my friend wants me to go work out with her