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Notes from a Prop Master: Making the Book of Secrets for <em>National Treasure 2</em>

Notes from a Prop Master: Making the Book of Secrets for National Treasure 2

Ross MacDonald on the Hollywood Tradition of “Big Scary Movie Books”

By Ross MacDonald | May 11, 2022

Minnie Driver on Walking Out of a (Pervy, Humiliating) Audition

Minnie Driver on Walking Out of a (Pervy, Humiliating) Audition

"Realizing there was nowhere to spit out the chocolate, I did what so many women do in the name of pleasing men, and I swallowed."

By Minnie Driver | May 10, 2022

How <em>Ten Percent</em>, Like <em>Call My Agent!</em> Before it, Turns Celebrity Into Text

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By Alexis Gunderson | May 9, 2022

<em>Ten Steps to Nanette</em> by Hannah Gadsby, Read by the Author

Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, Read by the Author

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Did Thomas Edison “Disappear” His Most Significant Rival in Inventing the Kinetograph?

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