Bret Easton Ellis

American Psycho, Taxi Driver Writers Team Up for Film Kickstarter

Turnstyle | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Braxton Pope, Crowdfunding, Bret Easton Ellis, Kickstarter, Paul Schrader, Diy, The Canyons, Los Angeles, Indie Film, Crowd Funding, Crowd-Funding, Entertainment News

In terms of proven storytelling talent The Canyons might just be the biggest project to plant a banner at Kickstarter yet.

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Why Is Bret Easton Ellis On Kickstarter?

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Bret Easton Ellis Movie, Video, Paul Schrader Movie, Bret Easton Ellis, Braxton Pope, The Canyons Movie, Paul Schrader, The Canyons, The Canyons Film, Los Angeles News

You can take the boys out of the movie industry, but you can't take the movie industry out of the boys. Author Bret Easton Ellis, director Paul Sch...

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Bret Easton Ellis On Death Threats, 'American Psycho' And The Best Novels Of His Generation

Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Brett Easton Ellis, Video, Death Threats, Jonathan Franzen, Bret Eaton Ellis, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis Death Threats, Bret Easton Ellis Interview, The Paris Review, Books News

Bret Easton Ellis has never been known as the most shy and retiring literary figure. Author most famously of "American Psycho", in the latest issue of...

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Best Opening Quote Ever for a Book -- What's Your Pick?

Steve Kettmann | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Elvis Costello, San Francisco, Bret Easton Ellis, Robert Byrd Book, Memorable Quotes, Oscar Wilde Quotes, Books News

Does anyone -- in this age of delusional frenzies of time stress -- even bother to read, really to read and consider, the quotes with which authors open their books?

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Author To Cast 'Glee' Star After Mercilessly Ripping The Show?

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Glee, Television, Downers Grove, Bret Easton Ellis Glee, Darren Criss, Bret Easton Ellis, Darren Criss Glee, Movies, Entertainment News

UPDATE: A rep for Criss reached out to The Huffington Post to clarify that the "Glee" star is not involved in "Downers Grove," despite Ellis' tweets. ...

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Literary Love Letters To Los Angeles

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: James Ellroy, Joan Didion, Steve Erickson, Christopher Isherwood, Charles Bukowski, The Big Sleep, Literary Love Letters, Bret Easton Ellis, Zerovlle, Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler, Books News

From Flavorwire: A while back we did a post on literary love letters to NYC, but we knew at some point we should honor the entertainment capital of...

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What Your Favorite Author Says About You

thoughtcatalog.com | Brandon Scott Gorrell | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Favorite Authors, David Foster Wallace, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Bukowski, Bret Easton Ellis, Tao Lin, Books News

If you love Hemingway, you probably have a certain respect for Manly Men; for stoicism, strict personal rules, chivalry, traditional gender roles, men...

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10 Novels That Will Disturb Even The Coldest Of Hearts

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: George R.R. Martin, Invisible Man, Henry Miller, Blindness, Blood Meridian, Bret Easton Ellis, Margaret Atwood, Ralph Ellison, American Psycho, Flannery O'Connor, J.M. Coetzee, Tropic Pof Cancer, Disgrace, Cormac McCarthy, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, The Handmaid's Tale, Disturbing Novels, Books News

Jezebel-writer Anna North’s debut novel, America Pacifica, is out today. The story centers around an impoverished teenage girl who is struggling to ...

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Fictional Novels Starring Non-Fictional Authors

flavorwire.com | Stephanie Hlywak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, City of Glass, David Foster Wallace, Lunar Park, Paul Auster, Bret Easton Ellis, The Pale King, Jonathan Ames, The Alcoholic, Books News

Authors often appear in their own works of fiction as thinly veiled surrogates -- Kilgore Trout is widely believed to be Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, an...

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Events: Our Picks For Your Evening Out

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Pandemonium, Jonathan Gold, Maira Kalman, Bret Easton Ellis, Tim Wu, LA Events, Los Angeles News

Educate yourself about internet freedom from Columbia University professor Tim Wu, get to know the city from taste-makers Jonathan Gold and Bret Easto...

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Jonathan Gold & Bret Easton Ellis Chat At The Hammer Museum

Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hammer Conversations, Jonathan Gold, Hammer Museum, Bret Easton Ellis, LA Culture, LA Events, Los Angeles News

Who: Restaurant critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jonathan Gold and acclaimed author Bret Easton Ellis What: Gold and Ellis will meet to discu...

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PLAN ForYourArt: November 11-17

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marnie Weber, Monster Drawing Rally, Regen Projects, Eternity Forever, Hammer Museum, Bret Easton Ellis, Arts, Doug Aitken, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Each week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you PLAN ForYourArt.

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Bret Easton Ellis Breaks Silence On His Public Celebration Of J.D. Salinger's Death

The Evening Herald | Olaf Tyaransen | Posted 05.25.2011

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WHEN Catcher in the Rye author JD Salinger died last January, many US literary figures were quick to publicly lament his passing. Not Bret Easton Elli...

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Bret Easton Ellis On 'Imperial Bedrooms' And Why Sex Is The Ultimate Motivator (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imperial Bedrooms, Video, American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero, Books, Bret Easton Ellis Imperial Bedrooms, Books News

Bret Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho," has a new book out this summer called "Imperial Bedrooms" -- a follow-up to his 1985 bestseller "Less ...

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Bret Easton Ellis Inspired By Abusive Father

The Observer | Elizabeth Day | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imperial Bedrooms, Authors, Bestsellers, Less Than Zero, American Psycho, Writing, Books, Bret Easton Ellis, Books News

He has revisited his youth with his latest novel, Imperial Bedrooms, a sequel to Less Than Zero. "Mostly, in my case, writing comes from pain, confusi...

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Beach Reading: This Summer's Hottest Page-Turners (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mockingjay, Beach Reads, Anthony Bourdain, Summer Reading, Beach Reading, Video, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Meg Cabot, Bret Easton Ellis, Books, Medium Raw, Bestsellers, Books News

Wondering what to bring to the beach this summer? CBS's Early Show had a list this morning of some of the summer's hottest page-turners. Though their ...

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L.A. Times Festival Of Books: The Stars Come Out To Celebrate Books (PHOTOS)

Mark Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Ellroy, Buzz Aldrin, Sarah Silverman, Carol Burnett, Po Bronson, Bret Easton Ellis, Dave Eggers, Jeff Garlin, LA Times Festival of Books, Carl Reiner, Herman Wouk, Joseph Wambaugh, Colson Whitehead, T.C. Boyle, Bernadette Peters, Slidepollajax, Books News

To my mind, the two authors at the festival who best represented where the industry has been and where it could be headed were Herman Wouk and Dave Eggers.

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The Imperial Bret Easton Ellis

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caitlin Colford, Tao Lin, Book Court, Bret Easton Ellis, New York News

Ellis hasn't lost his wit, answering questions from stuttering fans about his new book Imperial Bedrooms with swiftness and sarcasm.

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Kip Pardue & James Van Der Beek Update 'Rules Of Attraction' Montage (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imperial Bedrooms, Video, Rules of Attraction Update, Bret Easton Ellis, Kip Pardue, Rules of Attraction Short Film, James Van Der Beek, Film, Movies, The Rules of Attraction, Entertainment News

Victor Ward (played by Kip Pardue) is back in a short film that updates his famous Eurotrip montage in 2002's 'The Rules of Attraction.' He's now a 28...

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Bret Easton Ellis Is Happy About J.D. Salinger's Death (PICTURE)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The internet is buzzing with the fans mourning the death of much-beloved author J.D. Salinger. Salinger has been dominating Twitter all day, but autho...

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