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Billy Bob Thornton is an unusual guy. He's been famous for going on 30 years and has garnered wild headlines. Remember the blood vials? This summer and fall, Esquire's Ryan D'Agostino—who last profiled George Clooney—spent hours with Thornton both at his California home and in New York City. Thornton was incredibly honest about his life. Ultimately, D'Agostino found a man at peace but unsure whether he likes that feeling. And yes, he talks about the blood vials. Read the soulful profile below. – Michael Sebastian, editor-in-chief Plus: |
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Across his seven decades, the actor has lived a series of lives—all wildly different. Ahead of Landman season 2, he reckons with what it all means. |
You'll never hear a complaint come out of Billy Bob Thornton's mouth about where he is or what he's achieved. The problem is, he knows he'll never be as good as Frederic March, the first and greatest naturalistic actor, knows he'll never be as good as the Beatles, and knows he'll never, ever be as happy as he was before Jimmy died. Even after three or four decades in this business, both as a musician and an actor, he's an outsider. He looks up into the ocean of black sky and dreams dreams he knows will never come true, and yet he feels at peace. And that's a very weird thing for Billy Bob. Very weird. Peace is not something he's known…maybe ever, in any of the lives he's lived. He's not sure he likes it. "When I think of my life, there have been so many lives. It's literally like, this one was a year and a half, this one was three years, this one was two years," he says. "And they were different people." |
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We all get cold feet. I'm not talking about before a first date or a job interview, I mean literal frozen toes at the slightest hint of November's winds. (Don't get me started on the winds of November coming early.) With holidays and year-end travel, we get how simple, yet important, tasks like "buy some new slippers" can fall by the wayside. By the time January rolls around, you're thinking you can make those ratty old ones last through the winter. Probably, but why put off your own happiness? Even if you don't live somewhere with proper seasons, it helps to have a pair of cozy slippers around for the days when there's a draft—or for when you need to blast the A/C on a blazing California summer day. These Sherpa (read: synthetic wool) lined classics from Bombas are the coziest we've ever had the pleasure to wear. Indoors, outdoors, on the deck or patio when a cool breeze is coming in, the rubber soles make them perfect for every scenario. The best advice I can give any man is get some new slippers. Wear them at home, on the plane, in the hotel, or at your in-laws. New slippers will make anywhere feel better this winter. These Bombas Sunday Slippers are the perfect example. Don't go another season without them. |
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I'm walking up the pastel-colored stairs from Squid Game with other journalists in a single-file line, genuinely frightened of what lies before me. In the South Korean Netflix series, characters who ascend these stairs usually end up in body bags after failing some killer children's game. Me? I arrive in a food court, where options include WWE Smashburgers, Stranger Things-inspired BLT's, and Selling Caesar salads. I may not be forced to walk the Squid Game glass bridge or die trying, but I'm certainly being tested today. This morning, I visited the site of the Netflix House—a new entertainment complex at the King of Prussia shopping mall outside of Philadelphia, PA, which opens to the public on Wednesday. Though Netflix stars will walk the red carpet tonight to celebrate the grand opening, I was there a bit earlier in the day to preview the streamer's first attempt to leverage their most popular shows into a Dave & Buster's-esque experience. If Netflix will ever make the jump from a streaming service to a Universal Studios theme park, this is where it all begins. |
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