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On This Day in Tortured Artists History
Jonathan Larson set the AIDS crisis to music in Rent, which premiered off-Broadway in 1994. On December 1, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recognized the existence of...
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Jon Hamm: Another Self-Hating Actor?
The idea of a “goofy-ass” Jon Hamm might seem like a delusion that not even Madison Avenue would buy, but the actor himself doesn’t think it’s so far off base. Over the last month, the 41-year-old Mad...
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Smackdown: Opium vs. Heroin in the Arts
Okay, so it’s pretty obvious that tortured artists throughout the ages have found no shortage of inspiration from opiates and their many synthetic offspring. (“Mr. Brownstone,” anyone?) Well, now a new...
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Feeling Mom’s Pain
Don’t fuck with Mom, fellas. Mother’s Day is May 13th this year, and what better way to show Mom just how much you understand her torment than with a copy of Tortured Artists? After all, she put up...
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Killing Puppies for Art
Fuzzy Logic: A German artist wanted to kill puppies as a protest for the killing of sled dogs. Artists might have the right to be tortured, but they don’t have the right to torture small animals in the...
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The Death Vortex: Jack Kerouac, Francois Truffaut, Shannon Hoon, Fred Berry
Well, October 21 is apparently some kind of bizarre death vortex for tortured artists. Among the influential tortured artists who died on this day are beat writer Jack Kerouac, French New Wave...
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Gifts for Artists
The holiday shopping season is here — that’s the bad news. The good news is Tortured Artists (Adams Media Corp., 2012) makes the perfect gift for anyone who is interested in the creative process....
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Alfred Hitchcock Kills Sir Anthony Hopkins
Master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock comes back from the dead just to kill Anthony Hopkins, who looked ridiculous in Hitchcock makeup. Modern Hollywood has unleashed upon the world two ridiculous-looking...
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Are Liberals More Creative Than Conservatives? Science Says Absolutely
If you lean a little to the left, or even a lot to the left, you may secretly believe that you would make a great artist. And if you happen to have Republican friends, you may equally believe that they...
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Tortured Artist Fact: Bill Murray
When he was 20 years old, Bill Murray was busted trying to smuggle ten pounds of marijuana out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. After his conviction, he decided to give up his career as a drug trafficker...
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