An interview with Kay Cannon, Pitch Perfect screenwriter, on how her a cappella comedy might be changing the definition of cool.
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Joyce Maynard on Taking James Patterson’s Online Course in Writing Bestsellers
Lately, just about every time I turn to Facebook or Twitter, I’m greeted by an ad or sponsored content about the online writing course bestselling thriller author James Patterson offers on the MasterClass site (where Dustin Hoffman, Annie Liebovitz, Usher, Serena Williams and others serve up the tricks to their trades, too). “Set out to […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. The Myth of the Ethical Shopper Michael Hobbes | Huffington Post | July 17, 2015 | 20 minutes (5,079 words) Why boycotting and shopping smarter won’t […]
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How to Be Aca-Awesome
An interview with Kay Cannon, Pitch Perfect screenwriter, on how her a cappella comedy might be changing the definition of cool.
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David Letterman’s Reluctance on Becoming an Actor
From The AV Club’s oral history of Airplane!, which looks back on how the hit 1980 comedy was made.
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Surely You Can’t Be Serious: An Oral History of Airplane!
The original creators and cast of the satirical disaster film Airplane! share stories about how the hit 1980 comedy came together.
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‘Something Great is Ending’: On ‘Parks & Recreation’
“Parks & Recreation” may have begun as a The Office spinoff, but it ended its seventh season on its own delightful, lauded terms. At Uproxx, Ashley Burns and Chloe Schildhause compiled a spoiler-free oral history of “Parks & Recreation,” the biggest little show that could. This one’s for you, Pawnee.
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The Nerd Hunter
How “Freaks and Geeks” casting director Allison Jones is reshaping American comedy, one outsider at a time.
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Session In Progress: Five Stories About Therapy
We’re going all over the world: from improv classes, hospitals and living rooms in Belgium, New York City and Minnesota.
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Romantic Love: The Dominant Subject Matter of Western Popular Music
[Ted] Gioia shows that song lyrics about love, sex, marriage, and fertility can be traced all the way back to the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians, and that once Jewish and Christian religious leaders came to terms with the iron determination of their own people to write and sing about romantic love, it quickly emerged as […]
