Dear Author.Com (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
A while back we received an unusual request at Dear Author. We were asked to review something other than a book — a DVD set called “The Romance Collection: Special Edition.” The 14 DVD set, which can be found here, usually retails for $99.95 but is currently on sale for $59.97, and contains nearly 30 [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
The Wispa bar is to make a full comeback following a successful internet campaign, Cadbury says.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
THE Wispa is coming back - and this time it's here to stay.
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Celebrity Masterchef (Friday 8.30pm, BBC1) After last night’s somewhat foul-mouthed (and utterly brilliant) penultimate heat of this year’s contest, it’s all to play for in the toughest kitchen on the box. This really has been a fantastic series, certainly the best of the celebrity variant,...
Mr. Excitement News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
(This is a response to Isaac's post.) Richard Nelson noted that the creation of the administrator-class is a perversion of the regional theater's original mission, which was to give artists the tools they needed to support their own work. In the words of Nigel Hawthorne, "in what business do you not have to drive your chickens to market?" And that's all most artistic directors are: artists
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The BBC should be reduced to just one TV and radio channel, says the co-writer of sitcom Yes, Minister.
Dear Author.Com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Dear Readers, Last month we received an unusual request at Dear Author. We were asked to review something other than a book — a DVD set called “The Romance Collection: Special Edition.” The 14 DVD set, which can be found here, retails for $99.95 and contains nearly 30 hours of programming (not [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 7, Warner Home Video will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic fantasy film favorite with the DVD debut of Watership Down
kalebeul (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
The Spanish DVD is poorly produced but this error was probably planned: George finds sanity through lunacy, monarchy through dethronement. The film is as fine in its own way as the original play was, and Nigel Hawthorne is divine. Handel was George I and II, not III, but period films normally inflict far greater musical torments.
LGBT History Month UK (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation. Enjoy! Some of the radio programmes listed below can be listened to again via the Listen Again facility of the BBC's website while some of the television programmes will remain available also for a week on the BBC's...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “BBC apologies over McCanns over Madeleine anniversary film blunder” THE BBC have apologised to the McCann family for scheduling a film about a runaway girl called Madeleine on the anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance… But bungling Beeb chiefs scheduled the 1998 children's film [...]
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Today the A&E Home Video's revamped 'Romance Collection. Special Edition' becomes available for Region 1. It includes Jane Eyre 1997: Romance Collection Special Edition DVD Set DVD Release Date : April 29, 2008 Run Time : 1800 minutes Region 1 * Enjoy the original, unedited and complete versions of these acclaimed productions. * Over 30 hours of programming — plus Extras! — on 14-discs in an all-new,...
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Your birthday today: You have been endowed with strength and fortitude. Cultivate these! You have a magnetic personality and the qualities of a good leader. Your home life is dear to you, but petty things irritate you. Be less whimsical and fickle. You have nobody in the book to share today with you, so perhaps you might consider using your magnetic personality to attract, for your birthday party,...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Happy Birthday to Neptune Pharrell Williams (1973), Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready (1965), fmr. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (1937), British actor Nigel Hawthorne (1929; d. 2001), director/producer Roger Corman (1926), "Mr. Belvedere" star Christopher Hewett (1922; d. 2001), "To Kill A Mockingbird" star Gregory Peck (1916; d. 2003),[...] Read more!
Queer Advantage (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
[Pictured above: Sir Ian McKellen joins the Europride 2003 parade. Sir Ian McKellen depicting Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings]. Find a list of Famous Gay & Lesbian Celebrities here including some important openly gay British film stars and personalities: http://www.queerattitude.com/society/famous.php Important changes are happening in British Filmmaking, and we'd like to report on them for you. Let's...
