That Time Johnny Knoxville Shot Himself in the Chest, Pre Jackass (VIDEO)

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You’re looking at the origin story of Johnny Knoxville, who would later do stunts like this on the TV and film phenomenon Jackass. Knoxville attempted to become an actor, but when that fell through and he found out his girlfriend – who would become his first wife – was pregnant,… Continue reading

‘I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski’ Book Review

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Who would have thought back in ’98, when The Big Lebowski flopped at the box office, with an audible thud, that someday it would get its own fan book? Well, now it has one in I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You (Bloomsbury,… Continue reading

The Story of Barfly, the Only Movie Charles Bukowski Ever Wrote

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Charles Bukowski didn’t like the movies, and yet he wrote one, entitled Barfly, which you can watch here. “I believe that most people see too many movies,” Bukowski wrote in The Captain is Out to Lunch. “And certainly the critics. When they say that a movie is great, they mean… Continue reading