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JoBlo (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Since I AM LEGEND, director Francis Lawrence has been juggling a few potential projects, including SGT. ROCK, a kung fu SNOW WHITE, an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's SURVIVOR, and a follow-up to the Will Smith blockbuster. Now according to Pajiba, he's also developing a movie based on Michael Hague's graphic novel IN THE SMALL. While the book was apparently aimed at more of a young teen audience,...
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Escape Adulthood (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” –Chuck Palahniuk (Click comic to view larger)
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Watford Boy (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I was surprised to learn, while here in Peru, that the number of people "disappeared" in this country during the war between Abimael Guzmán´s "Shining Path" guerilla/terrorist organisation and the state during the 1980s and 1990s eclipses the total number of victims of Chile´s traitor - Pinochet - and the Argentine Dirty War, put together . Around 70,000 people...
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Bluestalking Reader (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Alright, I did get along fine with Chuck Palahniuk (copy/paste) for the first disc or two of Haunted. Around disc three I started to waver, and disc four never made it into the player in my car. I don't dislike...
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Inside Facebook (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
There’s no doubt that Tyler Durden would have some issues with Facebook, but a new Connect integration is now out promoting the 10th anniversary of the film featuring Chuck Palahniuk’s unforgettable character. The Fight Club film adaptation of Palahniuk’s novel is celebrating its 10th year the release of an anniversary edition on Blu-ray tomorrow. To get [...]
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ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive first look at a clip from a bonus feature from the "Fight Club: 10th Anniversary Edition" Blu-ray which you can watch using the player below! You can order the Blu-ray at Amazon.com . Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, whose characters bond over a mutual disgust for corporate...
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Bluestalking Reader (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I thought I hated Chuck Palahniuk. Ever since I saw my first book by him a few years ago. I judged him without even reading him, going solely on the covers of his books and something or other I read...
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Pajiba (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
When you understand...that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize that story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan...then we'll figure...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Teacher Greg Van Vooris from the "Save Mr V" group on Facebook Following the suspension of a Bronx English teacher who assigned 11th graders a short story about tragic masturbation attempts , students have defended the instructor while adults have expressed skepticism over his decision. Louella Hatch, whose grandson attends the Bronx School of Law and Finance, is one of the adults who objects...
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
"A beloved city schoolteacher has been suspended by the Department of Education after giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by 'Fight Club' author Chuck Palahniuk."...
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The Dreamin' Demon (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
New York — During an English class at The Bronx School of Law and Finance popular English teacher Greg Van Voorhis gave students studying for the Regents Exam the graphic and sexually explicit short story “Guts” written by one of my favorite authors, Chuck Palahniuk. Fans of Palahniuk are very aware of the [...] Related posts: Natasha Sizow Is Hot.. For Students Oregon Teacher Wants...
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The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Rashanna In Red The Unofficial Top Five Notre Dame Coaching Prospects [Bleacher Report] The Odd Popularity of Mafia Wars [Time] Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool [Gawker] Rihanna Gone Topless For Wait Your Turn [Singersroom] Jamie Foxx & Martin Lawrence Announce “Sheneneh And Wanda” Film [Black Voices] Teen Burglary Suspect Detained, Goes Into Labor [Times Herald]...
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kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Talk about your extra credit. A popular English teacher in the Bronx is in hot water for giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk. Greg Van Voorhis, 30, handed out copies of Palahniuk's "Guts" late last month to about 100 students studying for the English Regents exam at The Bronx School of...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Greg Van Voorhis, a 30-year-old teacher at the Bronx School of Law and Finance, was suspended for giving students a Chuck Palahniuk story "about masturbation," per the Post . Our first thought when we read this: How bad could the story have been ? Probably not anything worse than teenagers hear or see or read on the Internet. Happily, the story was online. Or, maybe not so happily, because...
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