12:17 p.m.
Ouch. When you fail, sometimes you fail big.
One of the funniest headlines:
‘Lions’ lie down with lambs and nearly talk them to death
“The film is written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, who, after turning the Middle East conflict into an episode of “CSI” with “The Kingdom,” now seems determined to offer penance in the form of a windy screenplay full of shallow talking points best left to Hannity & Colmes.”
Even Roger Ebert, who often takes great pains to find the best in the films he reviews (including the ones that don’t really deserve it), finds little to get excited about: “There is a long stretch toward the beginning of the film when we’re interested, under the delusion that it’s going somewhere. When we begin to suspect it’s going in circles, our interest flags, and at the end, while rousing music plays, I would have preferred the Peggy Lee version of ‘Is That All There Is?’”
But it’s getting a good reception outside the country, and maybe that was the whole point to being with . . . ?
1:03 p.m.
So the Broadway stagehands have decided they want some of that media spotlight, too:
Broadway Stagehands Go on Strike, Shutting Down More Than Two Dozen Plays and Musicals
But the best part of the stagehand strike is this precious quote: “The 3,000-member stagehands union, which has between 350 and 500 members working on Broadway at any given time, contends it could find employment for many of its people in television or film if a work stoppage occurs.”
Right, just as Hollywood is grinding to a halt with its own strike. Lots of jobs in sunny CA for everyone – I guarantee!
