Chris Advansun is a full-time ‘sleep writer’ in Toronto who writes with one goal in mind — to lull people off to la-la land.
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Canada’s top ‘sleep writer’ reveals how he puts you under (can you stay awake?)
Chris Advansun is a full-time ‘sleep writer’ in Toronto who writes with one goal in mind — to lull people off to la-la land.
WikiLeaks skewers Guardian writer for zany theory that RT is, wait for it… reporting news
A Guardian writer failed to impress WikiLeaks after furnishing damning evidence that RT has run stories on Julian Assange, Nigel Farage, and even Russia’s special forces. Do you know what this means? Neither do we. After decrying a short RT video about Russia’s special forces, Carole Cadwalladr shared a major revelation with her 220,000 Twitter […]
Writer Dale Bailey on Why We Love the Apocalypse So Much
Bailey thinks we’re drawn to apocalyptic stories because personal tragedies can feel like the end of the world. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0ac699e02cdf2d57026bbd/master/pass/MadMax2.jpg
‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Featurette Dives into the Power of Writer James Baldwin
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins is back behind the camera with If Beale Street Could Talk, the first major big screen adaptation of the work of author James Baldwin. It’s a surprising project for the director, mostly because James Baldwin’s estate, managed by sister Gloria Karefa-Smart, consistently says no to film adaptations of James Baldwin’s stories. […]
Book Excerpt: A Deaf Music Writer on the Singers That Move Him
When you make your living and listening to and writing about music, hearing loss would presumably be a game-ender. That was the dilemma facing British music journalist Nick Coleman, once the music editor of Time Out and music writer for The Independent, when he began to lose his hearing in 2007. But instead, he leaned in, […]
The world has lost one of its superheroes today. Iconic writer,…
The world has lost one of its superheroes today. Iconic writer, editor and longtime Marvel head honcho Stan Lee has died at 95. Read more about his life and legendary career. 📷: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage
The Writer Getting Death Threats for Arab Eroticism
Most of us don’t know what we would be like if forced to flee our homes in the face of death threats, but all of us would like to imagine we’d be like Ali al-Muqri. The mustachioed Yemeni author, now exiled with his family in Paris, has a quick grin and a stylish jacket, and […]
A writer named on a Google spreadsheet of media men accused of sexual misconduct is suing the woman who created it
Alex Wong/Getty Images Writer Stephen Elliott filed a defamation suit on Wednesday against the creator of a crowdsourced list that named him among male media figures accused of sexual misconduct. Journalist Moira Donegan came forward in January as the author of the “S—-y Media Men” list, an online crowdsourced spreadsheet which contained anonymous allegations against […]
Daily Podcast: Best Soundtracks For Bad Movies, How To Become A Film Writer, Wu-Tang, Black Panther 2, Aladdin, & Daredevil
On the October 12 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Senior Writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Wu-Tang, Black Panther 2, Aladdin, Daredevil Season 3 and in the mail bag we’ll answer some listener e-mail. You can […]
