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BlogNosh 02/14/08

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Above: an ambitious aspiring film editor bought a fixer-upper and Hitchcockified the bathroom. More images here. Via BoingBoing.
Jeff Wells finds a way to justify talking about “what a gutless dithering douchebag pussy John Edwards has turned out to be” on his movie blog by pulling a Chris Matthews, accusing the former presidential candidate of “acting like the softer, squishier, less decisive brother of Gregory Peck’s character in The Big Country.”
UnitedHollywood links to a PDF version of an essay from Joan Didion’s After Henry, about the 1988 writers strike. “Agree or disagree with how this strike has been waged, she puts her finger on realities that sound eerily familiar, 20 years later — and on some key differences as well.”
Just in time for Valentine’s day, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Texas statute restricting sales of sex toys. Jette Kernion finds the movie angle at Slackerwood.
I think this is what qualifies as “comedy” from Vanity Fair. Go easy on them–at least they’re trying.

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Strike Video: Tuesday’s ‘Exorcism’ & NY Rally

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

John Edwards hijacked the pulpit to make campaign promises, Tim Robbins rocked a new pair of hipster glasses and a sort-of Lynchian haircut, and Gilbert Gottfried made a half-way decent joke about Jews. What more could you want from a writer’s strike rally? Eat the Press has it on video. And if you can find a better clip of Tuesday’s WGA exorcism at Warner Brothers, do forward it along–the one embedded above is not nearly sensational enough for my tastes.

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Trade Roughage 11/27/07

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

There’s not much news to report from yesterday’s strike talks (looks like Nikki was right about that pesky press blackout), but we do know that Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards is a expected to join Tim Robbins and Gilbert Gottfried at a star-studded strike rally today in New York’s Washington Square. Meanwhile, this week Carson Daly will become the first late-night host to cross picket lines to tape his show. Yes, Carson Daly has a show.
My beloved Silent Light took the best picture and best director prizes at the 33st Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival over the weekend
Dubai International Capital, an investment corp owned by the ruler of Dubai, has acquired a chunk of Sony. The exact size of the investment is unknown, but DIC characterized it in a press release as “substantial.” In other local news, the Dubai Film Festival has announced its lineup, which will include a tribute to Danny Glover as well as “Jordan’s first feature in 50 years.”