10 Great Quotes From The Great Gatsby

By Krystle Drew at 9:01 AM on May 8, 2013

We’ve collected our favorite life lessons from the iconic novel.   read more

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Dumbing Down The Great Gatsby: Will Baz Luhrmann's Spectacle Miss the Point?

By Jessica Roake at 4:17 PM on May 3, 2013

The Great Gatsby is part satire, part tragedy, and a successful film adaptation would require depth, irony, and nuance.  read more

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16 Different Great Gatsby Covers for F. Scott Fitzgerald's 116th Birthday

By Ryan Bort at 11:30 AM on September 24, 2012

Happy birthday, F. Scott Fitzgerald! Here are 16 different 'Great Gatsby' covers for his 116th birthday  read more

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Read a Previously Unpublished F. Scott Fitzgerald Story

By Lane Billings at 8:00 PM on August 7, 2012

The New Yorker has posted a previously unpublished F. Scott Fitzgerald short story called “Thank You For the Light” that was originally submitted in 1936....  read more

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Ben Affleck Won't Be in The Great Gatsby After All

By Wyndham Wyeth at 12:30 PM on April 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Ben Affleck was in talks to join the cast of The Great Gatsby. However, the actor had to decline the role due to his commitment to direct Argo, a film about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis in the Middle East. Affleck was being courted by director Baz Luhrmann for the role of Tom Buchanan....  read more

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A Dozen of Literature's Greatest Jerks

By Lindsay Eanet and Ani Vrabel at 7:00 AM on August 9, 2010

The other day, while listening to LCD Soundsystem’s “Dance Yrself Clean” the line, “Talking like a jerk / Except you are an actual jerk / And living proof that sometimes friends are mean” started knocking around in our heads, and it got us to thinking about all the jerks we’ve met in our lifetimes. From there, we started thinking about all the jerks we’ve read about in our lifetimes—there are plenty of literary characters we’ve encountered that almost make the real-life jerks seem tolerable. Below are a dozen that particularly stand out....  read more

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Matt Damon and Keira Knightley to Star in F. Scott Fitzgerald Adaptation

By Paste News at 1:30 PM on April 22, 2010

Matt Damon is set to star in a new period drama alongside Keira Knightley....  read more

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Keira Knightley to portray Zelda Fitzgerald

By Jeremy Medina at 9:41 AM on October 1, 2008

Keira Knightley is 23 years old. As in, she was born in 1985. The fact bears repeating because Knightley seems to be doing everything in her power to prove otherwise. The actress has followed up her role in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy with one period piece after another, culminating in the announcement she will portray Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of American luminary F. Scott) in a big-screen adaptation of novel The Beautiful and the Damned. ...  read more

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