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You’re a reporter and your tape recorder kicks the bucket.

What’s worse?

The celebrity has to notify you.

That’s what happened when Nylon Magazine’s April Long interviewed Zooey Deschanel:

She glances down at my [April Long] tape recorder, which is halfway hidden behind a small china pitcher filled with cream.

“Um…I don’t think that’s turning anymore,” she says, poking it cautiously.  I pick it up, shake it, and confirm that the device is indeed deceased.

“Maybe it’s my energy,” Deschanel offers, scrunching her forehead in concern.  “We all have, you know electrical fields.”  She wiggles in front of her face and makes cartoon-ghost noises, “Woooooh, wooooh…”

So, I guess maybe Zooey has magical powers?

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