In Los Angeles, the quest for the perfect plot never ends. Another decade, another Joseph Campbell-esque guru–and another how-to book to help Hollywood create its formulaic, lifeless stories. [slate]
How Hollywood lost all the plots
Undercover cop beaten by colleagues during protest wins $23.5m payout
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Stipulating for the record that "adorable corgi" is redundant, I am pleased to report that an adorable corgi named Fuzai has become China's first police corgi. From the South China… READ THE REST
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