Johnny Depp on his “explosive pal,” Hunter S. Thompson“Shit, man, we must build a bomb!” yelled gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson at Johnny Depp the day they met. Depp recounts his experiences with the eccentric legendary writer to The Daily Beast.
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Hunter S Thompson and The Rum Diary
The first good look at the film adaptation of The Rum Diary, which has been eagerly anticipated by Hunter S Thompson devotees for a few years now, has finally been unveiled, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Stone the crows! HST’s savage response to a Rolling Stone fan
More than four decades after it was written, the Huff Post has confirmed that a vitriolic expletive-laden letter to a Rolling Stone fan was penned by legendary gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson.
Would you have hired Hunter S. Thompson?
Check out this glorious cover letter from Hunter S. Thompson’s application for a journalist role back in 1958. “It’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks..,” writes Thompson.
Why Hunter S. Thompson didn’t cover the O.J. trial
As the O.J. Simpson murder trial captured headlines around the world, San Francisco Examiner editor Phil Bronstein had a brainwave: commission famed gonzo journo Hunter S. Thompson to cover the beat. But as is increasingly the case for media outlets, his ideas were bigger than his wallet.
APEC fear and loathing: we can’t protest here, it’s bat country
Despite water cannons, neo-Nazi provocateurs and legions of twitchy cops, the APEC protests actually manifested less violence than the average inner-city Saturday night.
