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Seth Green Shares His Secrets of Financial Success as Unbroke Premieres
You know that scene in Wayne’s World where Wayne and Garth are really excited to meet Alice Cooper backstage, and all the shock-rocker wants to do is talk about Native American history? Wayne, undeterred, yells out: “Does this guy know how to party or what!” Talking to Seth Green reminded me of that scene —…
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Levi’s Sports White Knots in Support of Gay Marriage
Should businesses take a side in the gay marriage equality debate? Only if they want to be on the right side of history or else it’s just bad marketing, and karma. Levi Strauss has taken a stance, outfitting its mannequins in white. Bruce Watson of Walletpop explains: The White Knot program encourages people to demonstrate…
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A mindful proposal: Can you handle 24 hours of solitude?
In our BlackBerried, Twittered, internet-overload culture, our nervous systems are too overstimulated for us to have the time to think. My father, Dr. Leo Chalupa, a neurobiologist and head of research for George Washington University, in 2006 wrote an essay advocating overworked, web-junkie Americans to take 24 hours of absolute solitude. No books, no movies,…
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How to win the lottery — yes, you read that correctly — by visualizing it
During that long, lonely summer between high school and college, I was completely devastated after getting dumped by my high-school sweetheart. (It turned out there was nothing sweet about him.) My older, wiser sister told me to get over him by fantasizing about my ideal guy. So I spent the summer eating and serving fro-yo…
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15 Years Later, Why Bette Midler Is Still Trying to Save New York
No one inspires picking up your trash or rockin’ a sexy neckline quite like Bette Midler. From the earliest stages of her career in the ’60s and ’70s, the Divine Ms. M was worshiped on Broadway (and in the gay bathhouses) for letting it all hang out. There’s a strength and purpose to her showgirl…
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Must Watch Video: Guys Feel Pain, Too, in the Dressing Room
This new video by Details magazine, directed by Rakesh Baruah and the Southern Mothers, asks “When did the dressing room become the depressing room?” Instead of females bemoaning the harsh lighting and inescapable multiple mirror angles, its the guys’ turn to feel the pain. (Evil laugh begins now.)
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Goodbye, Portfolio. Thanks, Uncle Si
Jeff Bercovici, Portfolio.com‘s Mixed Media blogger, broke the news at 10 a.m.: Condé Nast is shutting down Portfolio magazine and its website. Eighty-five people, including editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman and publisher William Li, have been let go. This is a sad, sad day. I write this news with a heavy heart: I was at Condé Nast…