Margaret Atwood one of my favorite authors and I have read most of what she has written except for her children's books and her newest, "Moral Disorder".
There is a great video 'conversation' with her for anyone who really likes her. This is a wonderful look at her as a woman and a writer:
Margaret Atwood visits the Revelle Forum to discuss her brilliantly controversial dystopian novel, Oryx and Crake, in conversation with novelist Sanjay Nigam, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Writer-in-Residence at UCSD Medical School. Series: "Revelle Forum at the Neurosciences Institute". [Humanities]
Michael Tomasky: The Democrats (nybooks.com)
Who will be the Democrats' nominee for president, and how will that choice affect the center of gravity? The three leading contenders-Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama-are making starkly different pitches to voters, based on quite different assumptions about what the party needs to do to break its stalemate. The next year and a half-in which we'll see if the Democrats make a success of their congressional majority and who captures the presidential nomination-will be the most consequential eighteen months the party has faced in some time.
Paul A. Cantor: Playwright of the Globe (claremont.org)
And one last bit of advice for everyone: if you're ever in Frankfurt, skip the soccer and go see a performance of Shakespeare in German. You'll learn who really wins the World Cup.
Dana Stevens: It's Hard Out There for a Ho (slate.com)
A middle-aged black man in the South chains a young white woman to his radiator to cure her of nymphomania and succeeds: What a rich exploration of racial and sexual archetypes! What a daring challenge to viewers' expectations! Or maybe: What bullshit.
Roger Ebert: Unchain My Tart (3 stars)
I had never really heard many half-snorts before. Snorts, yes, and silence. But what do you make of an audience that has no idea how to react? "Black Snake Moan" is the oddest, most peculiar movie I've seen about sex and race and redemption in the Deep South. It may be the most peculiar recent movie ever except for "Road House," but then what can you say about "Road House"? Such movies defy all categories.
Roger Ebert: Road House (2 1/2 stars)
"Road House" exists right on the edge between the "good-bad movie" and the merely bad. I hesitate to recommend it, because so much depends on the ironic vision of the viewer. This is not a good movie. But viewed in the right frame of mind, it is not a boring one, either.
Children's books adapted into big-budget films also do well -- "The Lord
of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien is at number two and JK Rowling's "Harry
Potter" series is at four.
Got to disagree, "The Hobbit" was a child's book, "The Lord of the Rings"
is definately not!!!
Paul
Thanks, Paul!
We drove cross-county when the kid was 6, and our in-car entertainment was having the non-driver read 'LOTR' out loud.
LOTR caused no bad dreams, but 'The Iron Giant', which we saw in a motel in Indiana, did.
Go figure.
What a day to go to the movies…….Anna Nicole is finally in the ground…..Maury has "Sex Crazed Teens" as his subject on TV today….and I saw Samuel L. Jackson on Letterman last night promoting his new "Snake" movie….I just had to go!
What does a nappy gray haired over-alls wearing black man do with a hot, horny and half naked white chick….in a small southern town ???????
HE CHAINS HER UP !!!!!!!!
Well that's just what happens……
Rae (Christina Ricci - "The Addams Family" (1991) - "Little Red Riding Hood" (1997) - "Pecker" (1998) - "Monster" (2003) is Tennessee white trash…..a scantily clad town slut who's anxiety ridden boyfriend is shipping off to Iraq so they can have a better life. He's gone less than an hour and Rae is itching for "Dick"….she goes and screws the local black pimp, half the football team and finally gets a ride with her boyfriends buddy who rapes her, beats the shit out of her and dumps her out of his truck on some isolated rural road.
Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson - "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1987) - "Mo' Better Blues" (1990) - "Return of Superfly" (1990) - "Jungle Fever" (1991) - "Shaft" (2000) is a retired blues guitar player and a farmer who's wife Rose just ran off with his brother! Lazarus comes out the next morning and sees Rae's bruised half naked body in the ditch…he looks around to see if anyone is watching him, then tenderly carries her back into his house.
Lucky thing for Rae, Lazarus decides he's going to do the right thing and heal her and chase the evil out of her…of course when Rae finally comes to, she tries to get away. But Lazarus won't allow it. He knows that she'll go right back to the same degrading, dangerous and deadly situation….sooooooooooooo what does he do?????
HE CHAINS HER UP !!!!
This movie is very confusing and unbelievable….but if you like Ms. Ricci half naked; this is the movie for you. If you want to hear Mr. Jackson sing the blues; this is the movie for you ! If you want to see Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson and a cage full of hounds; this is the movie for you!
You all just have to go see this one yourselves and stay till the very end (I'm not giving it away).
Purple Gene gives "Black Snake Moan" 6 homely, howling houndogs out of 10 for being so toe tapping and tantalizingly ridiculous. (The name "Black Snake Moan" comes from an old Blind Lemon Jefferson song.)
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'Cold Case', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Criminal Intnent'.
'SNL' is FRESH with Jake Gyllenhaal hosting, music by The Shins'.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Building A Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy', followed by the movie 'Head Of State'.
The CW here fills the night with a FRESH'NBA Basketball', with the Pacers visiting the Clips.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
'MAD TV' is a RERUN.
MY has the movie 'Cider House Rules'.
A&E has 'Sell This House!', another 'Sell This House!', 'Flip This House', another 'Flip This House', and still another 'Flip This House'.
AMC offers the movie 'Dances With Wolves', followed by the movie 'Magnum Force', then the movie 'High Plains Drifter'.
BBC -
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 18 Mitchell;
[2:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 7 The Long Game;
[3:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 8 Father's Day;
[4:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 9 The Empty Child;
[5:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 10 The Doctor Dances;
[6:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 11 Boom Town;
[7:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 12 Bad Wolf;
[8:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 13 The Parting Of the Ways;
[9:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 1 Will You Tolerate This?;
[10:00 PM] Beatles Biggest Secrets - Beatles Biggest Secrets;
[11:30 PM] Footballer's Wive$ Overtime - Episode 5;
[12:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 1 Will You Tolerate This?;
[1:00 AM] Beatles Biggest Secrets - Beatles Biggest Secrets;
[2:30 AM] Footballer's Wive$ Overtime - Episode 5;
[3:00 AM] The Kylie Interview - The Kylie Interview;
[4:00 AM] Diana's Legacy - Diana's Legacy;
[5:00 AM] Paparazzi - Episode 4;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News - BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Top Design', followed by the movie 'The Brady Bunch Movie', then the movie 'Ghostbusters II'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', followed by the movie 'Zoolander', then 'South Park', and another 'South Park'.
FX has the movie 'Big Daddy', followed by the movie 'Any Given Sunday'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'History Of Sex', another 'History Of Sex', and still another 'History Of Sex'.
IFC -
[06:00 AM] IFC News Special;
[06:10 AM] The Brothers McMullen;
[08:00 AM] Rashomon;
[09:30 AM] The F Word;
[10:50 AM] Spellbound;
[12:30 PM] Bus 174;
[02:30 PM] Tom Dowd and the Language of Music;
[04:05 PM] The F Word;
[05:25 PM] Spellbound;
[07:05 PM] Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie;
[09:00 PM] American Pimp;
[10:30 PM] Festival Express;
[12:00 AM] The Endless Summer 2 - The Journey Continues;
[02:00 AM] Bus 174;
[04:00 AM] American Pimp;
[05:30 AM] Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie. (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Thirteen Ghosts', followed by the movie 'House On Haunted Hill'.
Sundance -
[06:05 AM] Gelato: an endless passion;
[07:00 AM] In the Sun: Michael Stipe and Special Guests (Long Version);
[07:45 AM] Breaking Out;
[08:00 AM] The Other Side of the Street;
[09:45 AM] Assisted Living;
[11:00 AM] Gelato: an endless passion;
[12:00 PM] Charade;
[02:00 PM] Ladette to Lady: Season 2: Episode: 204;
[03:00 PM] Slings & Arrows - Season 3: Episode 2: Vex Not His Ghost;
[04:00 PM] IN SHORT: Ireland;
[04:30 PM] Kadosh;
[06:30 PM] Brazil;
[08:45 PM] Victoria Para Chino;
[09:00 PM] Slings & Arrows - Season 3: Episode 2: Vex Not His Ghost;
[10:00 PM] A Good Woman;
[11:35 PM] Harvie Krumpet;
[12:00 AM] Dallas 362;
[01:45 AM] IN SHORT: Ireland;
[02:15 AM] A Summer Dress;
[02:30 AM] One Punk Under God: Episode 6;
[03:00 AM] Swinging: Season 1: Episode 101;
[03:30 AM] Joe Gould's Secret;
[05:20 AM] Big Storm: The Lynndie England Story. (ALL TIMES EST)
Humanoid robot HRP-2 pours green tea into a cup during a demonstration at Tokyo University February 28, 2007. A Japanese university has developed two humanoid bartender and waiter robots who can also wash dishes -- sort of. The two robots, named HRP-2 NO.7 and NO.8, work as a pair to serve drinks and then collect the empty glasses. They are also designed to open a faucet and place objects beneath it.
Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon
Though he's approaching 50 years in show business, 70 years on the planet and decades of heart trouble, George Carlin says this is no time to slow down.
Also, life gets easier as one approaches 70, said the comedian, who reaches that milestone on May 12 and whose comedy routines and everyday conversation are still sprinkled liberally with what he has famously described as "the seven words you can never say on television."
Although he has suffered for decades from the coronary artery disease that runs in his family, Carlin said he's learned to control it through a strict diet.
"My father gave me this disease," he said. "But he also gave me my gift of gab, my sense of humor. So what the ... . It was a good trade-off."
TV Land will get a helping hand in its move toward becoming a baby boomer destination network from President Clinton.
Clinton will speak during the cable network's advertiser presentation on March 23, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Midtown Manhattan.
Clinton's appearance had been in the works for several months. His office couldn't be reached for comment. He is also scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Promax/BDA's annual conference in June in New York.
Paralyzed British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, author of the blockbuster "A Brief History of Time," will get a brief plane trip to weightlessness next month, a US company announced Thursday.
Hawking will experience the zero-gravity sensation of outer space in a flight he hopes will lead to a 2009 rocket voyage into the cosmos, Zero Gravity Corporation said.
Hawking, who has made numerous prize-winning contributions to cosmological research, will travel aboard the private Zero Gravity flight on April 26 in a trip similar to those astronauts have taken.
The 90-minute flight on a modified 35-passenger Boeing 727-200 will take off from the shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The plane will soar up at a 45-degree angle to about 10,000 meters (33,000 feet) before plunging to 2,500 meters (8,000 feet) to give the passengers about 30 seconds of gravity-free flying.
The British Broadcasting Corp. said Friday it has signed a deal with Google Inc.'s YouTube that will allow the popular Web site to show excerpts of the broadcaster's news and entertainment programs.
The BBC said it will offer two branded "channels" on YouTube, the video-sharing Web site bought by Google in 2006.
Under the deal, YouTube will create a channel called "BBC Worldwide" to show clips from hit BBC programs including motor show "Top Gear," spy drama "Spooks" and the nature documentaries presented by David Attenborough.
It will also create a channel to be called "BBC World," which will show news clips from the BBC's commercially operated international news channel of the same name.
A guitar signed by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel raised more than 10,000 dollars for East Timor's street children when its owner, Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, auctioned it on the Internet, a statement said Friday.
The Nobel laureate sold the Squier Bullet electric guitar on e-Bay, and gave the 11,100-dollar proceeds to the Street Children's Association of Dili.
Ramos-Horta bought the guitar in Memphis. It now belongs to Estelah Ferreira in Australia, who posted the winning bid.
Angelina Jolie has filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country's top adoption official said Friday.
A U.S. adoption agency representing the 31-year-old actress filed the papers at Vietnam's International Adoption Agency, said Vu Duc Long, the agency's director.
Long would not name the U.S. adoption agency working with Jolie, who applied to adopt as a single parent.
A mailman is replacing a hitman on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff Claven on "Cheers," will step in for Vincent Pastore, who quit after one week of training.
Ratzenberger, 59, had previously turned down an offer to join the cast for the 10-week dance competition because of a scheduling conflict, ABC said Friday.
The 60-year-old Pastore, who played a tough-guy mobster on HBO's "The Sopranos," said earlier this week he didn't realize how physically demanding the show would be for him.
Secret Service agents have questioned an Alameda man about a display in his front yard featuring a cardboard cutout of resident Bush with a knife through his head.
Michael McDonald said he was grilled for about 90 minutes by two agents who asked about his personal history and his political views. They also asked him to allow access to his medical records, he said.
"They said, 'You've got a knife sitting in the head of the president of the United States,'" McDonald told The Oakland Tribune. "I said, 'No, I got a knife in a piece of cardboard.'"
The Bush piece remains in place. He painted over the president's likeness in yellow and penciled in a swastika on the chest. The knife still pierces the forehead, running through a recently added sign that says, "Anonymous."
One of two babies crowned lemurs (Propithecus verreauxi coronatus) born in early January 2007 is seen in this recent photo at the Parc Zoologique de Paris in nearby Vincennes. The birth of the two baby lemurs, part of the European Endangered Species Breeding Programmes, increases the population to ten lemurs in captivity at the Zoo.
Photo by Francois-Gilles Grandin
A woman who says she wrote the script for a star-studded audio version of the New Testament has sued the producers, claiming she was cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in payment.
"Inspired By...The Bible Experience" is a New Testament dramatization involving more than 200 singers, clergy and actors, including Denzel Washington, Blair Underwood, Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. It has been a best-seller among audio Bibles.
Paula Neiman said she wrote the script for the production in return for $10,000 and a shareholder interest in the production company, Inspired By Media Group Inc.
She was paid the $10,000 but did not receive the company interest, according to the fraud and breach-of-contract lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
A German tourist who claims to have photographed a Tasmanian tiger, solving one of Australia's enduring wildlife myths, said on Friday he had returned to the country to video the animal and end doubts over his find.
The Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine, was a striped, wolf-like native mammal which was hunted to extinction by European settlers. The last one died in a zoo in 1936.
In February 2005, German tourists Klaus Emmerichs and Birgit Jansen said they had captured two digital photos of the animal in Tasmania's rugged forests while on holiday.
Experts initially believed the night photos showed portions of a Thylacine obscured by foliage, but later examinations led to accusations of a set-up, ending a bid to sell the pictures for A$25,000 ($19,600).
What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.
According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.
A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.
"High Five!" and "It's Sexy Time!," favorite expressions of the hit comic character Borat, have topped a list of the top Hollywood phrases of the year.
The Global Language Monitor, a non-profit group that monitors word use, put those two expressions at the top of its annual list of Hollywood words and phrases for the impact they made on the English language.
In second place was a Hollywood star trend of giving babies unusual names like Suri, the name of the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and Shiloh Nouvel, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Other words and phrases on the list include were "Pursuit" from Will Smith's film "The Pursuit of Happyness" and the phrase "Nazi Bullets," used by the grandfather in "Little Miss Sunshine" to explain his crankiness.
Polar bear cub Knut plays in the Berlin zoo in this undated picture, released on March 2, 2007. Knut, born on December 5, 2006, weighs now 6500 grammes and had to be hand fed every four hours by zoo employee Thomas Doerflein after its mother Tosca refused the baby.
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