Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | yesterday
... with Orson Welles (McKay) lands him a small part in the Mercury Theatre troupe’s production of Julius Caesar, Richard is thrust headlong into his dream, and under the protective wing of New York’s most prominent actors, no less. Richard’s charisma and confidence quickly net him various friends around the set: a date with the beautiful Sonja (Danes) (and subsequent kudos from the other...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Richard Linklater has previously earned the right for me to be excited about seeing his films regardless of what they're actually about. Turns out this is from a fiction novel by Robert Kaplow, which was based on a famous photo of Orson Welles and a young man performing together during Welles' 1937 production of Julius Caesar. "That guy playing Orson Welles was genius!" That seemed be...
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... who gets the chance to make his big break when he is hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar, but soon learns the horrible secret of show business. The film which is slated to be outed in 2009 was shot in the Isle of Man, London and New York over February, March and April 2008.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
by Hopewell Masola Friends, Zimbabweans and farm owners; if you could lend me your ears! I write this piece to bury Mwanawasa not to praise him. Due to my own linguistic limitations, I found myself borrowing a line or two from a speech attributed to Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Mark Antony; with the express permission of Brutus and other conspirators began, “Friends, Romans...
Just Jared (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zac Efron and co-star Claire Danes arrive at the Me and Orson Welles Premiere held at the Ryerson Theatre during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on Friday. Actor Christian McKay and director/producer Richard Linklater also posed for photographers on the red carpet. Me and Orson Welles involves a teenager hired to star in an Orson Welles production of Julius Caesar...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 20. I Kissed A Girl; 21. The Verve; 22. Stephanie McMicheal; 23. Graham Chapman; 24. Tiberius; 25. Julius Caesar; 26. West Germany; 27. Titanic; 28. John Cleese; 29. Cornwall; 30. A Christmas Carol
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... up red meat on the menu to convention delegates. (Did you seriously believe they would not') In a Julius Caesar like moment, John McCain required his vanquished opponents in the GOP primary to supplicate themselves before him and sing his praises. This is a rather disturbing emotional need on McCain's part. Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani dutifully read from the red meat...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... CliffsNotes(R) for classic works, including Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Great Expectations, and Julius Caesar -- History -- Great American History Fact Finder -- Science -- Scientific American: Ask The Experts, Scientific American: Geography, Scientific American: The Human Body, 100 Words Science Words Every College Graduate Should Know -- Mathematics -- Scientific American:...
Cafe Hayek (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Yahoo! News Dear Sir or Madam: The headline of one of your reports today (Sept. 4) from the Associated Press reads " Sarah Palin and her fellow RNC speakers weren't completely truthful at times ." Wow. Why not also run a report with the headline "Law of Gravity Still Working," or one screaming "Julius Caesar Remains Dead!"? Deceitful politicians are as newsworthy as ants at a picnic -...
ARLT Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Daily Mail What, as the old Monty Python question goes, have the Romans ever done for us? Well, apart from the usual answers of roads, sanitation and a fondness for wine, it appears they have also made us more vulnerable to HIV. According to genetic research published on Wednesday, when Julius Caesar made his first exploratory visit to our [...]
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Here all this time we were told Ronald Reagan was to blame for the spread of AIDS.What, as the old Monty Python question goes, have the Romans ever done for us? Well, apart from the usual answers of roads, sanitation and a fondness for wine, it appears they have also made us more vulnerable to HIV. According to genetic research published on Wednesday, when Julius Caesar made his first...
DennisMansfield.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... for an 8-year run. Then a whole entourage of political actors, jointly playing Brutus (to his lone Julius Caesar) came on the national stage with left-handed broad-blades. Why? 'Cause Lieberman ran for re-election to the Senate and they no longer needed or wanted him. Et tu Brutae? Well, sort of...but this Caesar didn't quite die...tee hee. EVERY major National Dem came agaist...
American Orthodox Patriot (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... but no legislation! “ Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. I thought of Marc Antony’s oration at the funeral of Julius Caesar, as she praised Obama’s skill as an orator; then she asks- but what has he done? What has he achieved? I wonder if Obama will ever again be able to give one of his “inspiring”, “soaring”, leg thrilling speeches without that question intruding into people’s minds. “ Some candidates...
Adam's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... of the Alaska National Guard.” It’s a pity Gingrich was not around when the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his nickname Caligula, reputedly named Incitatus as a consul and a priest. Incitatus was his horse. Pardon me, but did Richard Cohen just compare Governor Palin to a Horse? Yes, I believe he did. National Organization for Women, where are...
The Tiger in Somerville (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... she moves up to the presidency … It’s a pity Gingrich was not around when the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his nickname Caligula, reputedly named Incitatus as a consul and a priest. Incitatus was his horse. … One of the more heroic efforts at Palin worship came from the commentator-columnist William Kristol, the former chief of staff for Vice...
