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LESS THAN ZERO Tolerance – Bret Easton Ellis Banned by GLAAD

from The Hollywood Reporter Bret Easton Ellis: ‘I’ve Been Banned by GLAAD Media Awards’ by Seth Abramovitch UPDATED: GLAAD responds to the author’s claims that he was told he couldn’t come to the swanky event honoring Bill Clinton. There will be stars galore on Saturday evening at the Los Angeles GLAAD Media Awards, a swanky [...]

THE FALL OF FIVE (Sneak Peak)

from Entertainment Weekly Sneak peek at the next ‘I Am Number Four’ novel ‘The Fall of Five’ — EXCLUSIVE by Stephan Lee Get ready to count backwards from 9 to 5. The Fall of Five is the fourth novel in the best-selling I Am Number Four series by Pittacus Lore. In the upcoming book (Aug. 27), the [...]

Ray Bradbury Enters The Digital Age

from Media Bistro’s GalleyCat Ray Bradbury Classics Finally Coming as eBooks By Jason Boog 16 classic Ray Bradbury books are coming to digital booksellers for the very first time. We’ve posted the complete release schedule below, but the list of new eBook releases includes beloved books likeDandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes andThe Illustrated Man. William Morrow, the longtime [...]

Hunger for The Power Of Six

from Wishing For Chanel The Power Of Six | HUNGER magazine Spring/Summer Issue *all images via FashionGoneRogue, (c) Rankin   When you’re a bi-annual magazine you really need to make a statement when you do put out an issue. HUNGER magazine’s Spring/Summer issue (due to be released this week) has done just that. They haven’t just [...]

Jonathan Winters Remembered by Robin Williams

from The New York Times A Madman, but Angelic By ROBIN WILLIAMS ABC, via Photofest My father’s laughter introduced me to the comedy of Jonathan Winters. My dad was a sweet man, but not an easy laugh. We were watching Jack Paar on “The Tonight Show” on our black-and-white television, and on came Jonathan in a [...]

Bill Cosby Dancing With One Leg Shorter Than The Other

“Writers used to be cool… now they’re just sort of wimps.”

from The Sydney Morning Herald Badder but wiser Jane Sullivan The ever-excessive Hunter S. Thompson. Photo: Getty Images I think I’ve finally worked out what’s gone wrong with my brilliant literary career. I need to smoke opium, swig absinthe and keep a pet bat. It worked for Baudelaire, and it’s a comparatively modest aim. Unlike Lord [...]

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Giant guffaws at a pompous art world

from The New York Times Dark Roots of a Pop Master’s Sunshine By BLAKE GOPNIK Todd Heisler/The New York Times Paying a visit to Claes Oldenburg, one of the last surviving giants of Pop Art, you’d be forgiven for expecting a wacky guy living in chaos. His crowd-pleasing masterworks — a canvas hamburger the size of [...]

When you get that little red beaver right up there in front of ya…

from Sky News Beaver Bites Man To Death In Belarus Attack The beaver pounced as a man went to take its photograph after spotting the animal on the side of a road during a fishing trip.\ A fisherman has been bitten to death by a beaver after trying to take its photograph. The man was [...]