I Got A Bit Drunk And Had A Mild Panic Attack With Ralph Steadman

Steadman's portraits of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.Sony / Ralph Steadman / Via ralphsteadman.com I arrived at the gallery early, all coffee and nerves. Rain clouds loitering above cast an indecisive gloom over my trip from kerb to door. Inside, no one spoke as I made my way down the stairs, passing bodies busy prepping the exhibition space. I stood looking simple for...

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How I Learned To Be OK With Feeling Sad

It wasn’t easy, or cheap. Alice Mongkongllite / BuzzFeed The first time I didn't feel sad about feeling sad was on Sept. 17, 2013. I was in my therapist's office. More specifically, I was lying on a table, faceup, in my therapist's office. Maybe it sounds simple, but it was a trick I'd spent years practicing and trying to learn.I do not mean that I take sadness lightly. Four...

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9 Witty Pieces Of Advice For Writers

As told by authors Neil Gaiman and Daniel Handler."Real life doesn't have to be convincing, but fiction does." - Neil Gaiman Elena Olivo / Via BAM "All great books are strange, but not all strange books are great." - Daniel Handler Elena Olivo / Via BAM "Write things you care about. Write things that people want to read." - Neil Gaiman Elena Olivo / Via BAM View Entire List...

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Why “The DUFF” Was Such A Passion Project For Mae Whitman

“I often get typecast as a quirky, misfit girl — the friend you don’t really hear the story of,” the actor told BuzzFeed News. “So I was excited to see that girl’s story here … It was interesting to get to glorify anyone who’s ever felt like a misfit.” Getty Images On the surface, The DUFF might seem like an unusual choice for Mae Whitman following six emotional seasons on...

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These Powerful Photos Reveal The Emotions Of Incarcerated Youth

“I’ve been continually struck by the simultaneous vacuity of these institutions and the intensity and passion found in the faces of its young residents. It is these faces that I asked to do the talking. “This month, his powerful photo series Captured Youth has been compiled into a new book of photographs titled, Unfinished: Incarcerated Youth , made available by Minor Matters...

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People Are Looking For A Nonexistent Book Thanks To Jennifer Lopez's New Film

PSA: There is no such thing as a first edition copy of The Iliad. Universal Pictures In The Boy Next Door, Jennifer Lopez stars as a high school classics teacher who becomes involved with her younger neighbor, a student. Photo courtesy Universal Pictures/TNS In one scene, he gives her a "first edition" copy of The Iliad, the epic poem by Homer, which he supposedly found at...

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