Jen Carlson
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The colorful motel Don Draper was holed up in during this week's penultimate episode Mad Men wasn't really in Anytown, U.S.A.
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Jimmy Kimmel went to sleep and what happened next kind of surprised him!
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Secret tunnels may have been built from the homes of Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Kirk Douglas and James Caan... to the Playboy mansion.
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"She isn't sure quite who she is any more. I waited for her to look away from the camera, and I got the shot..." Photo by Terry O'Neill (courtesy of Sotheby's/eBay) "I look at this picture often, and I'm still so proud of it. It's still the best Oscar picture ever taken. And modern photographers should take that as a challenge." This is what photographer Terry O'Neill said just a few years ago, about his...
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Don likes movies, too. Matthew Weiner is gearing up for his nationwide victory lap, as the final seven episodes of Mad Men fast approach. Part of Weiner's contribution to this little tour—which was selecting movies for a film series (which will be hosted in NYC). The ten he chose "had an important influence on the creation of Mad Men... movies that made a deep impression on him and were required viewing for people working...
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Last year Los Angeles Magazine looked back at the 1980s, the decade they declare changed L.A. They focus more on the lighter side of things—the Go-Gos and Wolfgang Puck's salmon pizza, for example—but there was also crime, crack, and dirty grit right alongside the neon hues. And just as it was the last hurrah for strip clubs in NYC's Times Square, so it was for glam rockers on L.A.'s Sunset Strip. Click through for a...
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Originally called "Venice of America," Venice was founded in 1905 by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney as a 14-mile beach resort town. He constructed the area on beachy marshland, and for that many called it "Kinney's Folly."
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Early this morning the 2015 Golden Globe nominations were announced, and with that, awards season has officially kicked off.
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Stevie Nicks never thought anyone would see her selfies when she took them. Now, she's putting them on display.
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Last week Twin Peaks creators David Lynch and Mark Frost both Tweeted the same thing, at the same time: "Dear Twitter Friends: That gum you like is going to come back in style! #damngoodcoffee." With this being the 25th year anniversary of Laura Palmer telling Agent Dale Cooper: "I'll see you again in 25 years," fans of the show rightfully got excited for a comeback. This morning the duo returned with a less cryptic...
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