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    The History of Fun

    The History of Fun

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    Each week, a new exploration of the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do. Whatever...

Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)
Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)
Simone Elkeles | 2010 | Young Adult (YA)
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I do really like this series. The Fuentes brothers have grown on me a lot. I absolutely loved Alex, and Carlos wasn't so bad either, but Alex is still my favourite. I'm off to start Luis' story now.

P.S. I love that end bit--the 26 years later but--with the kid who's so like Carlos used to be when he was that age. It's kinda funny to see him reacting like he is.
  
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Emma Watson recommended Mom and Me and Mom in Books (curated)

 
Mom and Me and Mom
Mom and Me and Mom
Maya Angelou | 2014 | Biography
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"Maya Angelou’s final work, published a year before her death, in 2013, when she was 85 years old. It was the first book to focus on her mother, Vivian Baxter, who abandoned Angelou when she was a child and it portrays their complicated relationship. The story is about the special connection between mother and child; both women found a way to move on and form a profound and enduring bond of love and support."

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Bruce Beresford recommended Miss Julie (2014) in Movies (curated)

 
Miss Julie (2014)
Miss Julie (2014)
2014 | Drama
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"For years I regarded Alf Sjöberg as the best director ever on the basis of this film. A stunning adaptation of a short play that is all set in a kitchen. Quite amazing, the way Sjöberg opens out and strengthens all the tensions and relationships in the story. Superb visuals. I’d love to see his Barabbas . . . a film of his I’ve never been able to track down, even when I went to Stockholm."

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Life is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella) (1999)
Life is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella) (1999)
1999 | Comedy, Drama, War

"Life is Beautiful was a very big deal for me. Coming from a Jewish intellectual family, and also a family who was in love with the arts — and my sister’s an artist, and I’m an actor. Just mixing your brilliance with your imagination — just blew my mind, and I was fully swept up in the fantasy of Roberto Benigni and what he was able to accomplish in that story. I thought it was beautiful."

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