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In this picture, you can see the fifteen-year-old Ray Bradbury...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:11 +0200

In this picture, you can see the fifteen-year-old Ray Bradbury — long before his famous author days — posing with the incredible movie star and singer Marlene Dietrich. How did this happen?

Over on Dangerous Minds, Tara McGinley contextualizes this odd coupling with a few telling quotes from interviews that Bradbury did over the years. He told Playboy that he’d moved to Hollywood with his family when he was fourteen, and that he loved to chase down movie stars on his roller skates:

I was madly in love with Hollywood … I skated all over town, hell-bent on getting autographs from glamorous stars. It was glorious. I saw big MGM stars such as Norma Shearer, Laurel and Hardy, Ronald Coleman. Or I’d spend all day in front of Paramount or Columbia, then zoom over to the Brown Derby to watch the stars coming or going. I’d see Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Allen, Burns and Allen—whoever was on the Coast. Mae West made her appearance—bodyguard in tow—every Friday night.

In a LIFE interview, he added:

I still have my autographs and a few roller skate ball bearings left over from those days so long ago. Almost all of the people I met then are gone, but miraculously Marlene and George have survived. The light that comes out of these pictures is a constant rerun of my life as a somewhat silly but always loving boy, terribly reluctant to enter manhood.

The thought of Bradbury as a teenage skater, getting a snapshot taken with Dietrich, made me feel nostalgia for a time I never even lived through. Absolutely adorable, but also wistful and beautifully unlikely, just like Bradbury’s best writing.

Annalee Newitz »io9 » A picture of teenage Ray Bradbury with Marlene Dietrich made my day

Jean Grey vs The Great Gatsby.#battleofthelogos#Marvel #warnerbros twitter.com/diego_malara/s… —...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:22 +0200

Jean Grey vs The Great Gatsby.#battleofthelogos#Marvel #warnerbros twitter.com/diego_malara/s… —...

[…] Ora, io non vedo Chronicles da anni (Pitch Black, invece, lo riguardo tutte le estati) e...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:42:25 +0200

[…] Ora, io non vedo Chronicles da anni (Pitch Black, invece, lo riguardo tutte le estati) e...

“One of the dorkiest shirts we’ve done in a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27:00 +0200

“One of the dorkiest shirts we’ve done in a while”, dice Zach Weiner di Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.

timeshaiku: A haiku from the article: Chinese Automakers...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:29 +0200

timeshaiku:

A haiku from the article: Chinese Automakers Quietly Build a Detroit Presence

Amazon’s Zombieland Show Got ‘Hated Out of Existence,’ Sad Writer...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:24:53 +0200

Amazon’s Zombieland Show Got ‘Hated Out of Existence,’ Sad Writer...

Il Grande Gatsby è l’unico film della settimana di cui vi freghi qualcosa ed è il nuovo film di Baz...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:27:29 +0200

Il Grande Gatsby è l’unico film della settimana di cui vi freghi qualcosa ed è il nuovo film di Baz...

xkcd: Interstellar Memes Alt: “The strongest incentive we...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:54:00 +0200

xkcd: Interstellar Memes

Alt: “The strongest incentive we have to develop faster-than-light travel is that it would let us apologize in advance.”

Due in altrettanti giorni consecutivi, lo so, ma non ho potuto farne a meno.

Vulture’s 10 Most Anticipated Films at Cannes

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:52:59 +0200

Vulture’s 10 Most Anticipated Films at Cannes: [Vulture] Quattro (forse cinque?) di questi li...

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Neil Gaiman and Terry Gilliam

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:26:34 +0200

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Neil Gaiman and Terry Gilliam

xkcd: Birds and Dinosaurs Alt: “Sure, T. rex is closer in...

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:05:04 +0200

xkcd: Birds and Dinosaurs

Alt: “Sure, T. rex is closer in height to Stegosaurus than a sparrow. But that doesn’t tell you much; ‘Dinosaur Comics’ author Ryan North is closer in height to certain dinosaurs than to the average human.”

betterbooktitles: Joseph Heller: Catch-22 Reader Submission by...

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:02:41 +0200

betterbooktitles:

Joseph Heller: Catch-22

Reader Submission by David Leeds

The trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is here! After the...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:59:00 +0200

The trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is here!

After the six-second teaser earlier today, ABC has unveiled the full promo for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Let the speculation begin, and don’t touch Lola.

Also check out Rising Tide, a little mystery blog seems to be keeping tabs on our agency.

[io9]

‘Nuff said! ‘NUFF SAID!!!

L’uomo con i pugni di ferro è il primo film da regista di RZA del Wu-Tang Clan. Vi ricordate quel...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:51:22 +0200

L’uomo con i pugni di ferro è il primo film da regista di RZA del Wu-Tang Clan. Vi ricordate quel...

Game of Thrones Art Prints in the Style of Saul Bass by Fernando...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:52:55 +0200

Game of Thrones Art Prints in the Style of Saul Bass by Fernando Reza

Los Angeles-based graphic artist and web designer Fernando Reza (aka “Fro Reza“) has created an excellent series of Game of Thrones art prints that are in the style of iconic film graphic designer Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996). They were made as a tribute to Saul’s 93rd birthday celebrated yesterday. Limited edition prints are currentlyavailable to purchase online from Fro’s website.

[Laughing Squid, via @ariannacavallo]

[…] 3) Olè olè olè, Zemà, Zemà La notizia più bella, però, arriva in un meraviglioso giorno...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:43:00 +0200

[…] 3) Olè olè olè, Zemà, Zemà La notizia più bella, però, arriva in un meraviglioso giorno...

sir alex ferguson si ritira da allenatore del Man Utd e smentisce subito voci che lo vedono a breve...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:27:17 +0200

sir alex ferguson si ritira da allenatore del Man Utd e smentisce subito voci che lo vedono a breve...

Come usa Instagram un principe saudita L’Arabia Saudita è uno dei regimi più chiusi del Medio...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:25:49 +0200

Come usa Instagram un principe saudita L’Arabia Saudita è uno dei regimi più chiusi del Medio...

[The Oatmeal]

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:09:31 +0200

[The Oatmeal]

Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:57:42 +0200

RIP Ray Harryhausen. From sword-fencing skeletons to gigantic sea-squids, thanks for firing up our...