On the Road

From Beatnik to Tweetnik: Brazilian Filmster Gins Up Kerouac's Fifities Favela

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.31.2012

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Eric Ehrmann

On The Road, the Kerouac movie property that languished under the control of Hollywood legend Francis Ford Coppola for three decades finally broke out of development hell and laid an egg in Cannes.

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Adventures of a Lady in Rock: I Don't Wanna, I Don't Think So...

Anya Marina | Posted 05.25.2012

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Anya Marina

I said when I started this column that I'd be checking out some of the various theories that floated up to explain the fact that my fellow she-performers and I just don't get the action that our male peers do while on the road. "Guitar as Cockblock" was my favorite.

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PHOTOS: Have We Had Enough With The High Slits?

Posted 05.23.2012

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Have you had your serving of high slit dress today? Did you fulfill your daily quota of upper thigh? Because lately, on the red carpet, that's all ...

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On the Road - Delivers!

Jerry Cimino | Posted 05.23.2012

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Jerry Cimino

In life, some things are worth waiting for. Case in point: the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel, On the Road. Purists will be elated, as the film honors Jack Kerouac and is true to his book.

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Kristen Stewart Gets Sexual In 'On The Road'

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 05.23.2012

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Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finally made its big-screen debut Wednesday at Cannes, and Kristen Stewart apparently left quite the impression on the au...

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Kerouac at the Cinema

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.24.2012

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

I can see myself, talking about one of those books of life, a source of sustenance for young people refusing the inevitability of an timid existence, one somehow cracked or just rocked softly into precocious old age, a book like a bible, a treatise on savoir-vivre for the use of future generations, Jack Kerouac's On the Road.

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WATCH: The Great American Food (Road) Trip

Daniel Klein | Posted 05.22.2012

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Daniel Klein

We heard stories of Americans from generations past and others just off the boat. We were inspired and sadened by what we saw, heard and experienced.

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Kerouac Was a Comfort-Food Freak

Anneli Rufus | Posted 04.05.2012

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Anneli Rufus

On the Road's food passages are fraught with longing and with Kerouac's knack for making the ordinary holy. Comfort food sustained him as he headed west.

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Ed Ruscha + Jack Kerouac = Poetic Wandering

Posted 03.22.2012

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Ed Ruscha's paintings look simple, which is what makes their complexity so confounding. Like a short poem, you can enjoy a Ruscha work in a matter of ...

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'On The Road' Trailer Released (VIDEO)

Posted 05.10.2012

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The cinematic adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" has a long, storied history. (Kerouac himself once asked Marlon Brando to buy the rights and ...

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'On the Road' Movie Trailer Promises an Adaptation Worthy of Kerouac

Jerry Cimino | Posted 05.09.2012

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Jerry Cimino

The movie trailer for Walter Salles' film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel On The Road has just been released. It portends an extremely satisfying movie experience that literary fans have been anxiously awaiting for.

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Katy Perry: 'Firework' Inspired by Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'

Jerry Cimino | Posted 04.22.2012

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Jerry Cimino

It sounds like On the Road made a pretty big impression on Katy Perry. It turns out her big hit, "Firework," was inspired by probably the single most famous line Kerouac ever wrote.

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Hedlund To Make Sweet Music Greenwich Village

Posted 01.10.2012

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He's tackling counter-culture all over the U.S.! According to Showblitz, "Country Strong" star Garrett Hedlund is in negotiations to join Justin T...

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WOW: Jack Kerouac's Amazing Letter To Marlon Brando

Posted 03.07.2012

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Two legendary rebels of the 1950s, one legendary opportunity missed. Jack Kerouac famously became a recluse, but it turns out he had movie star am...

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10 Famous Book Characters and Their Real-Life Inspirations

Posted 11.15.2011

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From Flavorwire We all know truth is stranger than fiction, and some things (and people) are just too good to have been made up. We’ve already sh...

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CBS Bringing Back Classic Segment

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

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NEW YORK — CBS News is reaching back into its history to bring back the "On the Road" feature. Reporter Steve Hartman takes over for the late C...

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Ken Kesey Rides Again In Magic Trip

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 10.06.2011

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Cynthia Ellis

Directors Alex Gibney and Allison Ellwood have resurrected, cinematically, the pivotal moment when our country went from Mad Men to HAIR.

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HuffPost Review: Magic Trip

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.04.2011

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Marshall Fine

You don't have to be a Deadhead or a Ken Kesey-phile to find the fun and the wistfulness in Magic Trip, Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood's reconstruction of the famous cross-country bus trip by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

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The 5 Most Frequently Stolen Books From Bookstores

blogs.publishersweekly.com | Posted 09.14.2011

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Yesterday, historian and author Barry H. Landau was arrested on charges of stealing historical documents, including ones signed by Abraham Lincoln, fr...

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4,000 Miles in a '49 Hudson: On The Road Exclusive (PHOTOS)

Jerry Cimino | Posted 09.11.2011

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Jerry Cimino

2011-07-12-beatmuseumpull.gif Francis Ford Coppola has owned the movie rights to Jack Kerouac's seminal novel On The Road for decades. He just seemed to be the kind of guy who would either make the movie "right" or he wouldn't make it at all.

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Literary Characters Who Should Be Tweeting

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.03.2011

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As any true Joyce fan knows, Bloomsday is fast approaching, and this year, thanks to Twitter, there will be a new way to celebrate. One dedicated fan ...

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The First Stop On The Perennial Plate Real Food Road Trip

Daniel Klein | Posted 07.16.2011

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Daniel Klein

Last year we created 52 episodes about sustainable and adventurous food in Minnesota. For the final episode of this past season, we announced our pla...

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Brooks Pits 'Connection' vs. 'Adventure,' But Why Not Both?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Depression, The Social Animal, Prius, Jack Kerouac, It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, Power of Lonely, Conservative, Salon, Comfort Inns, On the Road, Unemployment, New Yorker, David Brooks, Financial Crisis, New York Times, American Banking, Healthy Living News
Michael Sigman

The conservative writer/commentator David Brooks, in this New Yorker excerpt from his new book The Social Animal: A Story of Love, Character, and Achi...

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PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart In Kerouac's 'On The Road' Film

Posted 05.25.2011

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Burning like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund feature in the first photos fr...

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Kristen Stewart Is An 'Incredible' Cook: Costar

MTV | Jocelyn Vena (@Jocelyn1212) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kristen Stewart loves to cook, and it seems that her co-stars love to try her creations. When MTV News caught up with "Country Strong" and "On the Roa...

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