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We all know the the paradigm of the tortured modern artist and his (occasionally her) self-destructive habits. But not all artful quirks (like Honoré de Balzac’s caffeine addiction, turned into marketing at right) lead to early retirement, as evidenced by Neatorama’s listicle of 4 Writers and Their Strange Obsessions. And though it might not qualify [...]

Those all-seeing pop culture humorists over at NextRound.net draw our attention to an underused accessory in the canon of screen fashion: the eye patch. Though their listicle includes some vital entries (Angelina Jolie in Sky Captain, Kurt Russell in Escape From New York, Rob Lowe in Austin Powers 2, among others), some golden celebrity eye [...]