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Talking to Lois Lowry About the Movie Version of The Giver

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Lowry at her home in Bridgton, Maine. “So, shall we go to the dump?” Lois Lowry is now a slightly salty 77, with a sort of Elaine Stritch side-mouth speech and no Mother Goose orb about her. It’s a misty morning in late July, and I’m in Bridgton, Maine, watching the young-adult god as she separates cardboard boxes from newspapers and bottles, two days before she heads to Comic-Con, where she’s been roped into a panel with Jeff Bridges to promote the film adaptation of her 1993 classic The ­Giver—the start of a publicity tour, followed by a major movie release, which will make her dystopian novel, one of the most beloved books of the YA “golden age,” a whole other kind of famous. Read More...

Trisha Paytas Reveals Sex of Baby No. 2 With Husband Moses Hacmon

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YouTuber Trisha Paytas Is Pregnant With Baby No. 2! Trisha Paytas and Moses Hacmon had three times the fun sharing the sex of their baby. After all, instead of picking just one way to announce the sex of their second baby, the YouTuber revealed they decided to just go with all of their favorite ideas—including cutting into a bear-y cute cake on her podcast.  "It's a girl," she revealed on the Jan. Read More...

We Almost Saw Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Penis In Nocturnal Animals

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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read any further, I have to warn you that there's no way of getting around not describing parts of a certain scene in Nocturnal Animals for this story. Consider yourself warned. To say Tom Ford shocked audiences with Aaron Taylor-Johnson's outdoor bathroom scene in Nocturnal Animals is putting it mildly. Not only is he naked and sitting on a toilet that happens to be on his front porch, but we also see him wiping his backside. Read More...