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Jun 6Liked by Cintra Wilson

Oh, Cintra, why aren't you writing a column in a big bucks shiny magazine? (Oh, right. Industry = Dead.) Your description of "The Player" party. "It was like doing mescaline while falling asleep under a copy of US Magazine." So good. The whole column, delicious.

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ha i just quoted that

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THank you dear Ms. Wadler!! So appreciated, coming from you.

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Of course, you dated Jack Black. The tales you can tell. What I wouldn’t do to be on a bar stool listening to your stories.

The next best thing is reading them. You are an incredibly talented writer. You make story telling seem effortless. And we writers know, it’s far from effortless.

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Awww thank you so much. I’ve been slaving away for 37 years trying to make it look easy!

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“Clapping” what a way to start my day. Loved this. I’m reading Massive Swelling right now, can’t believe how late to the Cintra game I am but so so lucky to be experiencing your voice right at this time!

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WELCOME Miss Vanessa! Thanks for reading!!

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Jun 6Liked by Cintra Wilson

I admire your restraint. If I had dated Jack Black I would name the whole goddam Substack after it.

PS just one of the many, many reasons Jack Black will never date me

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recently realised Hoffman was character in "Almost Famous" that grounded that film in a way perhaps the Tom Cruise movie lacked of the latter i liked it not least for a line cradle-robbed here "Cintra Wilson you make me want to be a better writer...and fuck literature anyways..."

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Boy, the idea of you and Jack Black paling around confirms for me that there really *is* an elect and it’s actually apparently meritocratic and y’all all find each other somehow and hang out!!! Wish y’all ruled the world but I’ll accept y’all ruling my personal culture as a better-than-expected outcome.

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Jun 6Liked by Cintra Wilson

This is possibly my favourite CWFYP article so far only because, apart from being as brilliant and hilarious as always, it's crammed with references to people whose work I love. Black, Hoffman - both fabulous - Altman's The Player, etc. etc. Earlier today I was reading part of Richard E Grant's diary memoir for research, so slightly spooked, also! Top class gossip and a Jack Black jingle. Pure heaven.

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Jun 7Liked by Cintra Wilson

Really enjoyed this piece. I've always loved Jack Black, so it's nice to hear that he is in fact the great guy I always assumed he was.

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He really is a gentle and superior being.

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Jun 6Liked by Cintra Wilson

Yes. Black is a fine comic actor. Hoffman ? More Capote than Capote. More Loman than salesman . More Talented than Nicholson. More addicted .. more …

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Jun 6Liked by Cintra Wilson

Dude you do win! I would love to have Jack Black sing to me on the phone!

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If you haven't listened to the audio version, DO: Jack just recorded the new theme song!!

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Jun 6Liked by Cintra Wilson

I love it! ❤️

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I dont remember how Bob Roberts ended but Jack Black was the cutest goddamn baby fascist in history.

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When you cried that night, after the party, was it like a mini midlife crisis (i.e., realizing a dream is dying, a path is no longer open to you)?

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It was pure visceral pain. I realized it wasn’t my scene, and had always sort of hoped it would be.

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I feel you. It’s tough, an awakening like that.

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I love this so much <3

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Jun 11Liked by Cintra Wilson

I have always wondered about the big-head thing. SO MANY STARS HAVE GIANT HEADS. And many, many of the women have teeny, tiny bodies.

What is it about the physics of light, lenses, and film/digital sensors that make the super skinny people with big heads look so good?

I like the "blow pop" appellation, I often call out the variation on that: the "3 balloons on a stick".

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Jun 10Liked by Cintra Wilson

"The female stars especially looked like cartoons of Betty Boop ...manhole cover...mescaline..." Is such a goddamn great passage, immediately sent it to a friend who worked celebrity-heavy events occasionally and felt pretty much the same; "They're like these weird mutants in person..."

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I can think of no better combination of word and text than your painting of Hanumen and this story. (“Hanuman is worshipped for his unyielding devotion to Rama and is remembered for his selfless dedication to the God”—Thank you bbc.co. ). Jenny Holzer ain’t got nothing on you. Love this!❤️🔥

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Thank you GURL.

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