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Ned Hepburn

New York
As seen in: Medium, Time Out New York, Esquire, Popular Mechanics, Ask.com, UPROXX, Thought Catalog
Covers:  celebrity, rock music, interviews, movies, entertainment, travel, culture, long-form features, pop culture, bad movies, music, tacos, artist interviews
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Ned Hepburn’s Biography

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I might not have graduated from a top journalism school but I've been doing this writing thing full-time since 2009. Currently, I'm an Editor at Death + Taxes Magazine. I've written for Vice, Interview, MTV, Blackbook, Funny Or Die, and The Awl. I've done copyediting for Comedy Central, written for awards shows and college commencement speeches, and various other outlets. Oh dear god. These self-written bios read like bad dating profiles.

Ned Hepburn’s Journalist Portfolio

VICE: We Interviewed the Music Supervisor for Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead | VICE

VICE: We Interviewed the Music Supervisor for Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead | VICE

Ned Hepburn wrote to us and was like, "Hey, I've been in contact with Thomas Golubic, the music supervisor fo…

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Interview: Camilla Blackett, writer for 'The Newsroom'

Interview: Camilla Blackett, writer for 'The Newsroom'

Occasionally, and very thankfully, you get the kind of by-chance interview that gives you an insider's perspe…

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Kill Your Internet Television: Why Seinfeld still matters

Kill Your Internet Television: Why Seinfeld still matters

Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee" is possibly the best web show out there right now. It wou…

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Influencers: Glenn O'Brien

Influencers: Glenn O'Brien

I had a meeting yesterday at a big building with a small name. I sat in a chair and talked about matters to a…

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Karine Vanasse Stays Grounded

Karine Vanasse Stays Grounded

ABOVE: KARINE VANASSE. PHOTO COURTESY OF MAXYME G. DELISLE Karine Vanasse has taken the role of Colette, a su…

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What the Kim Kardashian/ Kanye West baby means to you

What the Kim Kardashian/ Kanye West baby means to you

The fact that Kim and Kanye committed the most basic human act in order to further the species means nothing.…

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There are bedbugs on the subway

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By Ned Hepburn
| Time Out New York Verified
Do you like the subway? Yes. Do you like bedbugs? No. Sadly, it looks like the two have met and are currently digging each other's company. Last Sunday, two N train subway cars were pulled off the tracks and sent to Coney Island to be fumigated after bed bugs were found on the train. A third N train car was pulled off the tracks just yesterday, after even more bed bugs were found.
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Smarter People Stay Up Later, Do More Drugs and Have More Sex

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By Ned Hepburn
| Esquire Verified
Sex. Drugs. Late nights. You may be reading the first four words of my memoir. Or you could be simply listing three things that show signs of being a genius, according to various studies. There's evidence that shows that if you're spending less of your nights hitting the books and more time smoking weed and getting laid until 3am, then you're probably wiser than the rest of us.
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Sitting Across From Bret Easton Ellis

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By Ned Hepburn, Ophelia Thyne, Christopher Lynsey
| Thought Catalog Verified
And it is a story that might bore you, you don’t have to listen, Bret Easton Ellis told me as I gingerly sipped my Pumpkin Spice Latte — the first of the year — at my local Starbucks in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, out there on Smith and Wycoff, in a part of Brooklyn that’s been as pleasantly gentrified as a place can be, but what the hell, I thought, what the hell were the chances of running into Bret Easton Ellis here, at a damn Starbucks?
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Editor of a men's lifestyle website, way back when.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I have one. I'm that guy.

How is social media changing news?

The better question is how is it not?
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