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Factory Girls

It was five o’clock on a Sunday in May, two hours before showtime, but already thousands of K-pop fans had flooded the concrete playa outside the Honda Center, a large arena in Anaheim, California.…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7108 words)

Beyond the Matrix

On the monitor screen, Tom Hanks’s eyes, in extreme closeup, flickered through a complicated sequence of emotions: hatred, fear, anger, doubt. “Cut!” Lana Wachowski shouted. The crew on Stage 9 at…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 10, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1025 words)

The Place to Disappear

by Susan Orlean The New Yorker January 7, 2000 All languages are welcome on Bangkok's Khao San Road, including Drunkard. "Hold my hand," a man fluent in Singapore Slings commanded a Scottish…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3763 words)

The Daily Beast Picks for March 17, 2012

The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) James Bamford, WiredIn a story that should strike fear in the hearts of all privacy-seeking Americans, James Bamford…
AUTHOR:Brian Ries
PUBLISHED: March 17, 2012

Whitney Houston Opens Up About Her Marriage, the Pressures of Fame and More

February 12, 2012 12:35 AM ET Whitney Houston attends the 13th Annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Benefit Gala in 1993. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage
PUBLISHED: Feb. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1092 words)

The Daily Beast Picks for Feb. 11, 2012

Obama, Explained James Fallows, The Atlantic Two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 11, 2012
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