Articles of Intrigue

Assembled articles, essays and wititcisms for the erudite and the sarcastic. I don't normally use big words

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Best selfie ever, well done Ellen!

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Marlon Brando on The Oscars

"It’s about money. It’s about power. That’s it. Nothing to do with anything else at all." —Marlon Brando on the Oscars/Interview with James Grissom/1990/Brando is shown here moments after winning his first Oscar, in 1955, for "On the Waterfront."

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Hank takes a shit and .....

Breaking Bad's Hank Schrader ("I'm AC Schrader and go fuck yourself") works out other mysteries whilst having a proverbial dump. Nice editing and pretty funny. BITCH

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On March 5, 1973, Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor for his gut-wrenching performance as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" — for a very unexpected reason.

Extraordinary, and on the biggest stage of all for a movie star.... a fantastic tribute

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Never mind the swastikas: the secret history of the UK's 'punky Jews'

Punk svengalis Malcolm McLaren and Bernie Rhodes were Jewish, and the faith had an influence on UK labels and journalists. For Jewish kids, meanwhile, the subculture was an 'inclusionary haven'

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'Mummy, I could have done that' - new book pokes fun at modern art

Peter and Jane go to a modern art gallery. In one room there is an old master that has been defaced with a giant penis; in another a canvas scrawled with the words "€˜Why did you f**k me and leave???â€" hangs on the wall; in another there is nothing at all.

This is great satire

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If you can look past Will Self's ebullient use of obscure words, there is an article as to why pessimism is not negative, and how important it is to have grounding in the real world

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James Joyce portrait at The National Portrait Gallery, London

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Photo by Andy Warhol from the exhibition at The Photographers Gallery, London

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Romain Laurent

I am a photographer. Living and working in New York City, borned and raised in the french Alps....

This is a blog of portraits combined with gifs. It doesn't sound spectacular when I describe it yourself, but have a look at the results and you will be very, very suprised. Kudos to the creator.

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A very amusing car insurance commercial from Turkey that combines an uninsured drivers car with Ryu and one of the bonus levels from the original Streetfighter games. Genius

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Whimsical Office Playground Photography

Toy Figurines - A German artist named Bettina Guber has created a whimsical series titled ‘Office Life’ using toy figurines. They are depi...

Delightful and charming

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http://extension765.com/sdr/15-psychos

The director Steven Soderbergh (of Magic Mike, Erin Brockovich and the Ocean's 11 films, amongst others), has taken the old version and the remake of Alfred Hitchock's 'Psycho' (a true classic) and edited them together. Very good if you've got a spare hour or so

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Today we see the passing of another film star. Although maybe not as big and successful as Harold Ramis (aka Egon from Ghostbusters), Roger Hill’s minor part of Cyrus in The Warriors will live long in the memories of any true movie fan. 

CAN YOU DIGGGGGGGGG IT??

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LRB · Andrew O’Hagan · Ghosting: Julian Assange

On 5 January 2011, at 8.30 p.m., I was messing about at home when the phone buzzed on the sofa. It was a text from Jamie Byng, the publisher of Canongate. ‘Are you about?’ it said. ‘I have a somewhat left-field idea. It’s potentially very exciting. But I need to discuss . . .

Particularly interesting (although rather long, but don't let that put you off) about the eccentricities, madness and paranoia of following, talking to and ghost writing for Wikileaks founder/whistleblower Julian Assange before he became holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Fascinating.

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Fargo - "...And it's a beautiful day"

Most people remember the more outrageous scenes in 'Fargo' (i.e. the infamous woodchipper scene), but to me one of the most affecting moments in the film occ...

Oscars Masterclass #3

Best actress of 1996 went to Frances McDormand as the heavily pregnant policelady in the Coen Brothers' 'Fargo'. Fantastic performance, enough to almost upstage a brilliant Steve Buscemi.

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A Series of Custom Cutting Boards Featuring Engraved Science and Math Themes