oupacademic:

“Cars abound in the movie; the driving-into-Manhattan scenes are so fast and furious I kept expecting Vin Diesel to squeal into the frame. But while Luhrmann includes the drunken fender bender at the end of Gatsby’s first party, we don’t get the motif of bad driving as a symbol for moral irresponsibility.”

Fitzgerald scholar Kirk Curnutt enjoyed Baz Luhrmann’s new adaptation, but lists ten moments he loved from the novel that were missing from the film on the OUPblog, from “Once Again to Zelda” to “took what he could get, ravenously and unscrupulously.” 

Image credit: GIF via The Gatsby Movie Tumblr. 

thisbigcity:

An abandoned Atlanta school’s bathroom is slowly reclaimed by ivy and kudzu.

People leave, and nature returns.

gq:

Our June 2013 Cover Star: James Franco

James Franco lights up the summer’s funniest movie, This is the End. See the photos and read the highlights from his GQ cover story here.

nbcnews:

Not ‘brainwashed’: American women who converted to Islam speak out

(Photo: Rebecca Minor)

When an American convert to Islam was revealed as the wife of the dead Boston bombing suspect, Lauren Schreiber wasn’t surprised at what came next.

Read the complete story.

whitehouse:

Getting ready for the Correspondents’ Dinner.

Watch it live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on http://wh.gov/live

thisbigcity:

WANT

catarina-gonzalez:

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