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New ‘Burn After Reading’ Trailer from the Brothers Coen

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Ben Barna



Now that the Coen Bros. have proved Fargo was no fluke, they’re out to do the same with their cult bro-pus, The Big Lebowski. That’s the kind of vibe we’re getting from the new trailer for Burn After Reading, their star-crammed CIA dark comedy. Brad Pitt and George Clooney in a movie that isn'’t Ocean’s Fourteen is promising enough, but tack on Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, and J.K Simmons, and you’ve got an early favorite for SAG’'s Ensemble of the Year award. And the trailer proves that Pitt, who already looks like a mimbo, was born to play one too.

Bill Murray is Just Like Us (Sort of)!

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Ben Barna

Bill Murray is Just Like Us (Sort of)! On a day when the world mourns the split of George Clooney and his bride-to-never-be Sarah Larson, reports have surfaced that Hollywood’s third most photogenic couple, Bill Murray and wife Jennifer, are getting a divorce. And while celebrity divorces have become humdrum—especially when one of them isn’t even a celebrity—this latest one is tinged with a touch of scandal.

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The Sweet Smell of Success

Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, two of the world's most well-respected sniffers, are days away from the release of their illuminating and entertaining new book, Perfumes: The Guide. Below, they sound off on Tom Ford's cocaine-and-crotch controversy, slathering George Clooney in rancid butter, and how to decode fragrance-speak. What's "fresh" actually mean? God only nose.

By

Nick Haramis

imageLuca Turin is a biophysicist who specializes in the art of fragrance. In 1992, he wrote his first book on scent, which was the best-selling tome of its kind in France. (Mostly because it was the only book of its kind in France, jokes Turin.) Tania Sanchez is a successful writer and poet, the sour to Turin's sweet, who has traded editorial advice for free perfume. Together, they've written Perfumes: The Guide, a comprehensive, lighthearted, hilarious look at, well, almost every perfume and cologne ever made. It's at once illuminating and silly, but make no mistake, these two take their noses very seriously. Says Turin of the book's imminent release, "I don't have a lot of perfumer friends, but I think that number is going to go down, not up." After the jump, their scents and sensibilities.

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Best. Spam. Ever. (From George Clooney)

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Nick Haramis

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Full (totally bullshit, borderline incoherent) press release after the jump!

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