Topic: hbo

Seriously, Why Are We So Obsessed With Marilyn Monroe?

Seriously, Why Are We So Obsessed With Marilyn Monroe?

Love, Marilyn, a one-hour special on HBO about Marilyn Monroe airs tonight, and at the risk of seeming being insensitive, why are we still so obsessed with her? Sure, she was beautiful and talented and damaged and tragic, but a lot of people are those things, and we let their memories slowly fade over the years. She was mesmerizing in a lot of ways and for a lot of reasons, but I don’t think any of those reasons quite explain the cultural fixation; at least not in a way that’s satisfying to me. More »

There Is A Real Ad On Craigslist Promising ‘The HBO Girls Living Experience’

There Is A Real Ad On Craigslist Promising 'The HBO Girls Living Experience'

Attention youngs! If you saw the glamorous, cosmopolitan lifestyle depicted on the popular HBO television show Girls and decided you want to further ruin New York find your inner voice by moving to hip, happening, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, now’s your chance. Someone has posted a real, honest-to-goodness Craigslist ad promising you a thoroughly depressing experience. More »

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