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James Dean

curated: gunslingers from classic westerns, gender-swapped

Mon, Mar 06, 2017
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Love.

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Life movie review: how not to be famous

Wed, Sep 30, 2015
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A smart, wistful exploration of art, ambition, and celebrity, with appealingly melancholic performances by Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan.

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must reads: “What *Could* Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?”

Sun, Jan 01, 2012
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Under the law that existed until 1978: works from 1955…

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retro ad: 1950s Pepsi commercial with James Dean

Thu, Aug 25, 2011
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Apparently this was James Dean’s first paid work as an actor…

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female gazing extra: “Men in Film”

Sat, Feb 19, 2011
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A hundred years of handsome Hollywood hotties, from Douglas Fairbanks Sr. to George Clooney, in three and a half minutes…

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