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James Hamblin

James Hamblin

@jameshamblin

James Hamblin, MD, is a writer and physician in Los Angeles, where he also improvises at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. He specializes in medical imaging and writes about culture and human behavior.

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In the unlikely event someone wants to make a blockbuster movie about James Polk's vice president or the running mate of the guy who lost to Franklin Pierce, we have the perfect actors. 1. John Breckinridge and Matthew... READ ON

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)