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Over on Slate, Kim Masters has an article on the current lawsuit involving Disney's hiring and firing of superagent Mike Ovitz. We're gonna hear a lot more about this. […]
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Jonathan Rauch offers an interesting piece on gay marriage and how it relates to the sad story of James E. McGreevey, the abruptly outgoing governor of New Jersey. […]
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If one wishes to understand John Kerry's position on Iraq, one should read this article by William Saletan and then follow it with this somewhat similar article by Fareed Zakaria. I don't think Kerry's view is difficult to understand but every time he explains it, it's almost like he's trying to make sure he gives […]
Original Cast Crisis
If we are to believe this article, the original Broadway cast album may be on the endangered species list. I know of no significant recent Broadway musical that has gone unrecorded but they're claiming it's going that way. We'll see. […]
Sunset Stripped
Where does the Sunset Strip begin and end? I'm a little puzzled by this article which addresses this vital controversy. According to the piece, the West Hollywood Convention and Visitors Bureau is insisting that the name only applies to the portion of Sunset Boulevard that is within West Hollywood. The report says that if this […]
Curly Colorized
Perhaps I will get tossed out of some gathering of film buffs for saying this but I find myself unable to drum up any real objection to the "colorization" of old movies — especially things like Three Stooges comedies. Yes, there is a certain implied insult of us, the buying public; like we're all so […]
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Michael Kinsley discusses the attitudes of Laura and George W. Bush on stem-cell research. Kinsley suffers from Parkinson's Disease so his viewpoint is of special interest. […]
Charley
A number of folks have written to ask me if I've heard anything about any of the many comic book artists and cartoonists who live down in Florida. Gene and Adrienne Colan escaped damage from Hurricane Charley…and I haven't heard about any of the others. If you have, drop me a note so I can […]
Game Show Stuff
It's been a long time since I mentioned Game Show Network's Black-and-White Overnight bloc. That's because it hasn't been all that interesting. On weeknights, they've been running old episodes of Password (which I find generally boring) and old episodes of What's My Line? (which they've run many times before). On weekends, it's Beat the Clock […]
Garfield Question
Here's a question that a number of folks have sent me… We've been enjoying our new Garfield and Friends DVDs. However, one thing baffles us. U.S. Acres seems to have turned into Orson's Farm. Do you know how or why this happened? Yes. When Jim Davis did the U.S. Acres newspaper strip (on which the […]
Badtime Charley
I'm watching CNN coverage of Hurricane Charley as it slams into the much-maligned state of Florida. I worry for my friends down there and I feel sorry for everyone in the path of this monster. I wish we spent less time in this country sniping at one another and fighting, and more time working together […]
Set the TiVo
Debuting this Sunday on the Travel Channel: The Marvel Super Heroes' Guide to New York City. Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Joe Simon, John Romita and other great creators of Marvel Comics participate in a tour of Manhattan. The emphasis, as I understand it, is on locations where great scenes from comic book stories were set. […]
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Fred Kaplan discusses the mess we're in in Iraq and how there may be no solution. I would like to believe he's wrong but suspect he is not. Please, someone…point me to an article that is more than Bush-Cheney puffery and offers a more optimistic appraisal. […]
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Gail Sheehy discusses what Donald Rumsfeld did the morning of 9/11. Between now and Election Day, I think we're going to hear a lot more about this, and about what Bush did (or didn't do) that morn. […]
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Here's a New York Times double feature: This article reports the shocking news that one-third of Bush's tax cuts in the last three years have gone to people with the top 1% of income. Could have knocked me over with a feather. Then, keeping that in mind, you might want to read Paul Krugman as […]