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Why Kenny F–ing Powers is the Best Boyfriend You’ll Ever Have

by Mary Kay Holmes September 19, 2013

Kenny Powers is handsome, charming, and incredibly well dressed. Have you ever seen a sexier beast on a purple and leopard print jet ski? I think not. I realize you don’t need a list to remind you why you fell in love with Kenny, but even Angelina wonders if she made the right choice in […]

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Exxopolis – The Living Sculpture – Visits LA

by Tony Shea September 17, 2013

This past weekend my wife and I took our son to downtown Los Angeles to explore a living sculpture called Exxopolis, which had been erected on the front lawn of City Hall, and which at a distance looked like a giant bouncey house that you would typically find at a child’s birthday party.

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David Foster Wallace – Death is not the End

by Tony Shea September 12, 2013

Today marks the anniversary of the death of David Foster Wallace. One of America’s bright and shining literary stars of the last fifty years, Wallace committed suicide at the age of 46. He’s probably best known for the phone book sized novel Infinite Jest, which you have casually mentioned to friends with literary inclinations that […]

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Let’s Go to Burning Man, Shall We?

by Shannon Murfree September 6, 2013

Burning Man. I experienced my first a few days ago and WOW! I was fortunate to be in a theme camp (shout out to Bouncy Bouncy Club aka BBC for a great experience!!) and also to be camping in an RV with seasoned veterans. I was well taken care of. In theory, you should be […]

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Play It Sam – Happy Birthday to the Late Great Ingrid Bergman

by Shea Garage August 29, 2013

Ingrid Bergman would have been 98 years old today. Coincidentally, today also marks the anniversary of her death. She died on her birthday back in 1982 at the age of 67.  The American Film Institute ranks her as the 4th greatest female star of cinema, behind only Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Audrey Hepburn. During her career, […]

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The Hottest Guy in the World – This Month

by Mary Kay Holmes August 29, 2013

“You know that place between sleeping and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always think of you.” ― J.M. Barrie You lie in your bed, eyes still closed, a smile draped across your face as you relive the nights dreams. You spend about 3 minutes believing it really happened–if you […]

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The Hottest Woman in the World – This Month – NSFW

by Tony Shea August 28, 2013

Beauty, like life, is transitory and fleeting. But somewhere along the way, each of us inhabits a perfect moment when we’re at our very best, the zenith of our development, as some small recompense for the fact that every single one of us is going to end up a corpse – most likely embalmed by […]

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Don’t Try This at the Multiplex – Nicolas Winding Refn

by Tony Shea August 21, 2013

“Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.” Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn is hardly a household name, certainly in the United States. One suspects that his film-making sensibilities are too “European,” filled as they are with […]

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Let’s Go to the 9th Annual Johnny Ramone Tribute, Shall We?

by Tony Shea August 19, 2013

Dan O’Day McClellan contributed to this article. I am coming off one of the best birthday weeks that I have ever had. The last ten days have been non-stop fun beginning with the Vice Mag Photo Edition 2013 party, followed by the burlesque show at Skinny’s (article to come), then a night at the Roosevelt […]

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Black Sabbath: 13 – A Review

by Sean Koepenick August 6, 2013

So by now everyone knows the back story on the making of this new record. First Sabbath disc with Ozzy in 35 years. First record with Ozzy on vocals that does not have Bill Ward on drums as well. But really all we need to know is if this is better than the last record […]

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The Man Behind the Curtain – Paul Schrader

by Tony Shea August 1, 2013

Paul Schrader has been part of the Hollywood machine for more than four decades now. While certainly not as well known as his contemporary Martin Scorsese, Schrader has been behind the curtain, so to speak, conspiring on many of Scorsese’s films as the writer of the screenplays for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation […]

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Ray Donovan Is the Best New Show on TV

by Tony Shea July 28, 2013

As a typical rule of thumb, I’m an HBO man rather than a Showtime one. The look and feel of HBO shows like Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, and True Blood is more to my taste – shinier, funnier, and generally more fun than their counterparts on Showtime, which tend to have an inherent darkness […]

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AC/DC’s Back in Black Turns 33

by Tony Shea July 25, 2013

AC/DC’s album Back in Black is now 33 years old – a nice responsible age when people are ready to settle down, have a few kids and get a family pet, maybe a nice collie or a chocolate lab. But Back in Black doesn’t care about middle age comforts, remaining forever like a pair of […]

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