Why I’ve Stopped Giving And Asking For Advice

Andrew Richard / BuzzFeed I love asking for advice, almost as much as I love giving it. I used to be pretty convinced I had a singular talent for it, and that misplaced confidence only grew when I was hired to write an advice column for money. Part of it is just that I love to hear myself talk — to notice how I explain a problem differently depending on my audience, the tones...

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Vanessa Williams Will Star In Star Jones' "The View"-Inspired VH1 Series

Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images Vanessa Williams is coming back to television. BuzzFeed News can reveal that the three-time Emmy nominee will play the lead role of Maxine Robinson in Satan’s Sisters on VH1. The show revolves around The Lunch Hour, a fictional daytime talk show that bears more than a passing resemblance to ABC’s The View, which is no coincidence: The series...

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Matthew McConaughey And Idris Elba Are Set To Star In Stephen King's "Dark Tower"

FINALLY. This morning, Dark Tower fans awoke to some wonderful news from Stephen King: The long-awaited film adaptation of the 8-novel series seems to be happening at last. Twitter: @StephenKing And, perhaps even more exciting, we have our beloved gunslinger, Roland Deschain: Twitter: @idriselba And our enigmatic villain, the Man in Black: Twitter: @McConaughey View Entire...

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Which "Harry Potter" Quote Do You Wish Had Made It To The Movies?

“There’s no need to call me sir, Professor.” We all love the Harry Potter series – both the books and the films – but there's no question that the movies missed some of the best, funniest, and most heartwarming lines. Warner Bros. / giphy.com Did the movies fail to include your favourite Weasley quip? Warner Bros. / acciomychildhood.tumblr.com How about one of Hermione's...

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Here's The Official Cover For Beatrix Potter's New Book “The Tale-Of-Kitty-In-Boots”

Is it September yet?! Back in January, readers discovered that a lost manuscript written by Beatrix Potter, famous for her children's story The Tale Of Peter Rabbit, was found. BBC / Via bbc.com The new story, titled The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots, comes 73 years after Potter's death, and is going to be illustrated by Quentin Blake, famous for his work on books by Roald Dahl. BBC...

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It's Actually Really Hard To Figure Out What Counts As A "Banned Book" In China

We tried to figure out what books Hong Kong booksellers aren’t allowed to sell and it turns out there’s no real list. Four of the five Hong Kong booksellers that went missing last year have "voluntarily" confessed on Chinese TV that they'd been detained last October in mainland China for running an "illegal business" of "banned books," reported Reuters on Sunday. Philippe...

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This Poem Perfectly Captures Black Joy

Joy is our most powerful counternarrative and has the capacity to decolonize imaginations. Black joy invites our sadness and struggle into the conversation of happiness, not as an achievement of some utopic state but as a process of becoming intimately present with moments. We do not experience life in terms of "good" or "bad" but in terms of justice or injustice. Freedom or slavery. Joy is a methodology...

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Sansa Stark Will Probably Be Fine On The Next Season Of "Game Of Thrones"

Sansa is coming to slaaaaay. Sophie Turner, known to many as Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones, attended last night's Oscars and she might've dropped some deets on what's going on with her character in the HBO series. Valerie Macon / AFP / Getty Images While speaking with Giuliana Rancic on the red carpet, Turner said, "I'm, like, flicking through [the script], and I'm like,...

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There's A Hilarious Erotic Parody Of Leonardo DiCaprio Winning An Oscar

“Leonardo Decaprico Finally Wins His Award And It Pounds Him In The Butt” is the book no one asked for, but here it is anyway. amazon.com amazon.com View Entire List ...

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This Argentinian Café Inspired By Harry Potter Will Make Your Dreams Come True

It won’t even matter to you that they don’t have butter beer. Facebook: FelixFelicisCoffee The place has a warm, minimalist aesthetic: wooden chairs, a bar, and tables perfect for enjoying the coffee prepared by Natalia Montoya, the café's barista and fan of the Harry Potter saga. She is the owner of Félix Felicis & Co., along with Marcelo Ferrán, Pat Hryb, and Juan Pablo...

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9 Books You Should Read Now That The Oscars Are Over

Oscars book club, anyone? Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed Back Bay Books View Entire List ...

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The Weight Of James Arthur Baldwin

It was an acquaintance’s idea to go there, to James Baldwin's house. He knew from living in Paris that Baldwin's old place, the house where he died, was near an elegant, renowned hotel in the Cote D'Azur region of France. He said both places were situated in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, a medieval-era walled village that was scenic enough to warrant the visit. He said we could go...

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