Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Plaintiffs’ attorney Pierce O’Donnell listens to testimony in San Diego Superior Court in October 2005. O’Donnell represented consumers in the class action lawsuit against Sempra Energy and its two utilities. Photo: Associated Press The trial lawyer has to embody the skills of a great filmmaker. He’s a writer — he writes his own material, he outlines [...]
Out in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
This is such an impressive movie. I'm so glad I got myself over to the DGA Theatre this morning to see "Dream Boy" despite a very strong desire to sleep in. I got there when the movie was just starting...
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Fort Worth Star-Telegram lists odd local history sites, including the graves of Bonnie and Clyde, and the studio where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had their photos taken.
CNN (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The world's entertainment press tripped over themselves, making embarrassing errors along the way, as they fought to be first to report the biggest celebrity story of the year: the birth of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's twins.
I Am A TV Junkie, A Blog For The Cl (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
All the things I hate; disgusting amounts of wealth, wealth-backed manipulation of the masses, callous disregard for others, levels of self-interest heretofore rarely seen in any work of fiction (and...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- 07/11/08 -- Independent Film Development Corporation (IFDC) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire 60% of the common stock of portfolio company, Basketball Tournament Enterprises, Inc., in exchange for..
Amy's Robot (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Florence Henderson, blueprint for generations of TV moms, says that her Brady son Christopher Knight was pressured by VH1 into marrying his America's Next Top Model wife to boost ratings for their show My Fair Brady, a spin-off of Surreal...
Lance Mannion (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
This week's Wednesday Night at the Movie's open thread will focus on Bonnie and Clyde and to start rev-ing up the discussion here's an extended quote from Rick Perlstein's Nixonland describing some of the contemporary reaction to the movie: The action opened with a close-up of the siren lips of Faye Dunaway as the young Bonnie Parker, all flouncing sexuality, imprisoned in a respectable Christian home....
telescreen.org (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Fun correction in yesterday's Times: An article today in Sunday Business about missed opportunities to reduce America’s dependence on imported oil refers to a 1990 effort by Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina, to block higher mileage requirements for...
Right Wing News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Or, maybe they just thought Faye Dunaway looked smokin' hot brandishing a .38 snubnose in her cashmere sweater and beret. Making the rounds to promote his new book Nixonland, Rick Perlstein tells Reason:reason: You like to mix cultural history with...
Market Wire - Media and Entertainment (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO (MARKET WIRE) Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMPN) announced today favorable audience reaction and press coverage of its special European public screening of "Say it in Russian." The film had its pre-opening night in Monte-Carlo and was a main event screening for the 2008 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
Ed Driscoll.com (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Or, maybe they just thought Faye Dunaway looked smokin' hot brandishing a .38 snubnose in her cashmere sweater and beret. Making the rounds to promote his new book Nixonland, Rick Perlstein tells Reason:reason: You like to mix cultural history with...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Tim Robey reviews Joan Crawford: Not the Girl Next Door by Charlotte Chandler
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
When Norman Jewison's anti-thriller The Thomas Crown Affair bowed 40 years ago this week, nobody knew quite what to make of it. Roger Ebert slammed it as "possibly the most under-plotted, underwritten, over-photographed film of the year."
