City Pages - Culture To Go (Free subscription) | yesterday
The state of Minnesota isn’t the only one celebrating its sesquintennial, aka 150 years of existence. While early Minnesotans were penning their state constitution and electing their first representatives, English author Lewis Carroll was penning Alice in Wonderland, a novel that would delight children and inspire acid trippers and opiate fans for many years.
Tangled Up in Blue Guy (Free subscription) | yesterday
So which books have you read from this list? Cut and paste, and then bold the books you’ve read while unboldng the ones you’ve not. Italicize the ones you want to and parenthesize the ones you have started and intend to finish: 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper...
Vintage Amethyst (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week whilst feeling a bit mimsy ( I word I use alot and all you Lewis Carroll fans will surely know what it means and as Humpty-Dumpty explains to Alice in Through the Looking Glass , its meaning as being a blend of flimsy and miserable ) I thought I would cheer myself up with these pretty 'Lollipop Shoes'! I had seen them a few days before and then couldn't stop thinking about them and so on...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tim Burton has cast a little known Australian actor for the title role in his big-screen adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.The Canberra-born, 18-year-old Mia Wasikowska will disappear down the rabbit
Trashionista (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tim Burton is to start shooting a film of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland in November. It will star Mia Wasikowska as Alice, an up and coming Australian actress. Mia is soon to appear in Defiance with Daniel Craig and in Amelia with Hilary Swank.
Cantànima (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bold means I've read it through; Italic means I've started it but not finished it. The claim going around with the list (the source is unknown to me) is that the average American has only read six of these. Since some of the books are on here twice (Chronicles of Narnia and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe), one wonders about the wits of someone who (a) draws up such a list, and (b) makes
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mia Wasikowska is in final talks to take the lead role in Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland.” The Disney film, Tim Burton’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s fantasy novel,...
Bumpshack (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nick Wolfwood is reporting that Tim Burton has decided upon 18-year old actress to Mia Wasikowska to play Alice in his upcoming film Alice in Wonderland. After Tim Burton’s lengthly search for the right girl to play Alice in his new live action Alice in Wonderland film, he???s finally found her.??Australian actress Mia Wasikowska will play [...]
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
No name cast and that's about all there is to it
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Mia Wasikowska will play the lead in the new Disney 'Alice in Wonderland' Tim Burton has finally found the right leading lady to play the title role in his version of "Alice in Wonderland."
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Tim Burton and Disney walk through Lewis Carroll's looking glass.
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Tim Burton and Walt Disney Pictures are in final talks with Australian actress Mia Wasikowska to star in Alice in Wonderland , Burton's take on...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
China Miéville: "I don't think you can distinguish science fiction, fantasy and horror with any rigour, as the writers around the magazine Weird Tales early in the last century (Lovecraft in particular) illustrated most sharply. So I use the term...
Counterfire blogg (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
“If I had a world of my own . . . nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would.” - Alice in Wonderland Alice: “You want democracy in the Middle East'” Uncle Sam: “I do.” Alice: “And Iran [...]
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I found this meme at on Jenty’s blog and thought it rather interesting. Someone reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books theyve printed. Its not the Big Read though they dont publish books, and theyve only featured these books so far. So here we go Look at the list and bold those you have read. Italicize those you started but did not finish. Underline the books you LOVE....
