Crying

The Top 10 Cry-Faces in Hollywood

A cry-face is like a snowflake; each one is a special and unique work of art. For that reason, ranking the effectiveness of cry-faces is harder than you’d think. We took a whack at the task, and are proud to present our top ten cry-faces in Hollywood, judged by believability, tear duct dexterity, and lip-quiver technique. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term “cry-face,” it’s exactly what it sounds like — the face an actor makes when he or she cries, of course! Simple as that.) Check out our rankings after the jump, and hit the comments to let us know who would top your own list of oh-so-intense criers. … Read More

10 Books To Humble You Into Wonderment

“Wonder,” wrote Richard Harvell in a recent NPR article, “is that feeling you get when some new idea springs open your imagination to reveal that the world is so much vaster and richer than you ever thought.” Although Harvell goes on to recommended Perfume: The Story of a Murder, The Age of Wonder, and Candide, Or Optimism as “Three Books to Rekindle Your Sense of Wonder,” we couldn’t help but consider a more bite-sized approach to the conundrum. These ten richly detailed micro-histories will humble you into reveling in the vastness of the world — or, at the very least, open your imagination to some good trivia points. … Read More