PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
XXX star ASIA ARGENTO has wed in Tuscany, Italy. The actress married director Michele Civetta on Wednesday (27Aug08) in a civil ceremony at the city hall in Arezzo. The 32-year-old daughter of Italian moviemaker Dario Argento was previously engaged to actors Michael Pitt and Vincent Gallo but she never married. She has a daughter, Anna Lou, from her [...]
An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Flood review published PlanningResource Sir Michael Pitt has published his Independent Review into the floods of 2007 which calls on the government to set out publicly how it will improve the country’s flood resilience. Planning Bill set for crunch vote PlanningResource The government is waiting to see whether it has done enough to stave off a backbench rebellion on [...]
Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Should the Government publish details of reservoir flood plans for local residents and ‘persons likely to be interested‘? (Which I think is a reference to the emergency services) Sir Michael Pitt believes so. The Centre for the Protection of the National Infrastructure, on the other hand, says that such information could show terrorists where an attack [...]
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Guardian ( UK ) : Insurers have called on the government to act in response to today's review into last year's devastating floods. The independent report, carried out by Sir Michael Pitt, called for fundamental changes to the way in which the UK responds to the increased risk of flooding due to climate change. Following the events last summer, insurers dealt with 180,000 claims and paid out £3m to...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
More cash and better planning are urgently needed to stop future floods wreaking the type of devastation seen across the UK last summer, a report has warned.
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Guardian (UK) : Rain forecasts for individual streets will be needed to avoid a repeat of the flood disaster in parts of the UK a year ago, a government adviser said today. Sir Michael Pitt, head of an independent review of how the June-July floods were handled, said climate change would mean more extreme weather events, bringing damage to homes and businesses. Pitt said his final report would recommend...
digitallyOBSESSED.com DVD Reviews (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
From: Genius Products - Year: 2006 - Rated: Not Rated - Release Date: May 06, 2008 - Features: Anamorphic * Widescreen * DD 5.1 * Extras! * - Recommended! Steve Buscemi does what he does so well hereall wiry, edgy, and foul-mouthedbut it's the charismatic performances of Michael Pitt and Alison Lohman that easily tip the scales on this one. All of the oddball characters (flawed or otherwise) are...
Lightwater (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Yes, more about flooding. I do hope not to bore on this subject. But there’s good news to report. The Local Government Information Unit reports on their recent event looking at flood mitigation as follows, including an important point [which I've underlined] raised by Sir Michael Pitt, author of the Pitt Review - Lessons Learned from the 2007 Floods: Sir Michael Pitt, wants councils [...]
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
(2005) Michael Pitt stars as a rock star drifting towards suicide in Gus Van Sant's minimalist drama, inspired by the death of Kurt Cobain.
John Redwood's Diary (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Following strong representations from several MPs including John Redwood about continuing confusion between national and local agencies over responsibility for surface water flooding, Sir Michael Pitt (Chairman of the Flood Review) has suggested he will be recommending legislation to clarify responsibilities in his final report. Speaking today at a meeting in Westminster alongside Baroness Young [...]...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
"Elephant" covered the Columbine High School massacre with a blank teen gunman played inarticulately by Alex Frost. Then Michael Pitt was just as inaccessible (albeit plausibly) as a heroin-addicted Kurt Cobain in "Last Days." Now we have Gabe Nevins as an alienated high-school kid in "Paranoid... Read the full story.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
FUNNY GAMES (18) *** DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL HANEKE STARRING: NAOMI WATTS, TIM ROTH, MICHAEL PITT, BRADY CORBET
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Website Read our review Michale Pitt and Brady Corbet interviewed Watch the trailer
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
When he was younger, Michael Pitt used to have a problem with authority. Or rather, authority had a problem with him. When he came to London in 2003 to promote The Dreamers, Bernardo Bertolucci's erotic drama set amid the 1968 Paris riots and Pitt's fourth major movie, the actor went missing on an important day of press interviews. There were CCTV images of him leaving his Park Lane hotel with his...
The Moment (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
T online's exclusive film series. Today's episode stars Michael Pitt...
