December 2010
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“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via sothenshe)
Dec 30th
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You may not believe it, but the child star syndrome is one that has persisted for years. Take the story of Barbara Follett, who had written a renowned bestseller at the age of 12. She was a child prodigy… in the 1920s. Unfortunately, her story is a sad and unfinished one. She was to publish another book, but her parents had divorced, and having no money, she was forced to drop out of high...
Dec 30th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away, Nor any Coursers like...”
– Emily Dickinson
Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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WatchWatch
The trailer for the film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s popular novel Water for Elephants. It stars the Bedazzled Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and the brilliant Christoph Waltz.
Dec 17th
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Update: Amazon blames technical issues for the deletion of several erotic fiction books from the Kindle store. Riiiiiight.
Dec 17th
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Amazon picks and chooses what it will sell. Earlier this year, the company faced a huge controversy when it was discovered that in their seller marketplace, one particular man had an electronic form of his guide to pedophilia (seriously. how to manhandle children) for sale. Amazon eventually opted to remove the book from the store, and the FBI is now investigating the dude. Now Amazon has removed...
Dec 16th
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“Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips,...”
– A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens.
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Damaged LGBT Books in Lamont Not Result of Hate... →
They were peed on. Wtf.
Dec 14th
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Audubon’s 1831 edition of Birds of America is now the world’s most expensive printed book. Today it fetched a little over $10 million dollars at auction in London, the equivalent of 7.3 million pounds. Check out the Sotheby’s Auction Lot page here and if you click here, you can watch this woman with a really droning voice show off the book.
Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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“[Writing] comics is the best gig in the world! You never have to look at actors,...”
– Mark Millar, author of Kick-Ass and Wanted
Dec 11th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
– Oscar Wilde (via sothenshe)
Dec 2nd
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Friends, Romans, Countrymen… oh wait, wrong play. Sam Mendes is directing a version of Shakespeare’s Richard III for the stage, teaming up once more with Kevin Spacey (in the titular role, of course). So, no, we won’t be viewing Spacey on the big screen, staring at a plastic bag while musing about a kingdom for his horse… But if you are lucky, you can catch the play in...
Dec 2nd