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Peter Fonda Wrote Easy Rider in a Seedy Toronto Motel and You Should Too

Peter Fonda recently said that he wrote the script for Easy Rider without the aid of drugs between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. in a low-rent Toronto motel. Since most of the film industry is currently in this very city, it seems like the perfect time to see if lightning will strike twice. Instead of sleeping tonight, I challenge all festival-goers to take a break from the blog updates and crowded screenings, hole up in the cheapest motel you can find and write your own script, Fonda-style. Imagine how much more you’d have to show for your trip! First person to change the direction of cinema for the next decade wins. The prize? Your entire personal life exposed by Peter Biskind. [ National Post ]

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Peter Fonda Wrote Easy Rider in a Seedy Toronto Motel and You Should Too

The Ishtar of Books: Why Peter Biskind’s Warren Beatty Bio Stalled

Haven’t gotten around to reading Star , Peter Biskind’s biography of Warren Beatty? Better question: Hadn’t even realized it exists? Well, you’re not alone. The industry-anticipated book has bombed with regular readers since its release in a way that recalls Ishtar or Town and Country . So what happened? Look no further than the introduction.

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The Ishtar of Books: Why Peter Biskind’s Warren Beatty Bio Stalled

Book Claims Warren Beatty Slept with 12,775 Women

Tiger Woods has nothing on this guy – although in another 39 years, who knows. According to Peter Biskind’s new biography about Warren Beatty, the 72-year-old acting legend is claimed to have bedded a whole lot of chicks in his life. The number?

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Book Claims Warren Beatty Slept with 12,775 Women