Could Jeremy Renner Play Hawkeye?
Empire News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Exclusive: Actor reveals Marvel talks
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Lloyd & Vince: What's Changed?
The Flack (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Two pieces broke over the weekend that make me wonder if the modern practice of public relations may finally be getting its just due. Or maybe the PR biz hasn't changed as much as we'd all like to think. Both stories touch on the old and the new, the yin and the yang, the steadfast and the social sides of our dichotomous profession. The first piece gave props to Hollywood PR peeps for putting butts...
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Alan Alda as Spokesman for Smart Cars
Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Who better to market the wussification of America? Compliments of John L, with thanks to Eneils Bailey....
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Denver/Boulder: Shows this week | 11.23.2009 - 11.29.2009
Merry Swankster (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Monday November 23 The Big Pink w/ Crystal Antlers @ Larimer Lounge Mad Caddies @ Bluebird Theater Hatebreed @ Ogden Theatre Tuesday November 24 Remember the Radio @ Larimer Lounge Fiery Furnaces w/ Young Coyotes @ Bluebird Theater Wednesday November 25 The Heiz @ Hi-Dive Nitzer Ebb @ Bluebird Theater Dweezil Zappa plays Zappa @ Fox Theatre Thursday November 26 Food Coma Friday November 27 Married...
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Evolution’s Narrow View
A Christian Worldview of Fiction (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Last night I watched part of a PBS program hosted by Alan Alda. Yes, the Alan Alda of Mash fame. The program, Scientific American Frontiers, has some really interesting material, but all from an evolutionary point of view. So, too, last night’s show. This one discussed researcher Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees, in particular [...]
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This Day in Theater History (Bergen-Originated "Owl" Unites Alda, Ludlum)
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
November 18, 1964— Alan Alda and Robert Ludlum (in the image accompanying this post) reached the top of their professions within a year of each other in the 1970s, but a decade before the M*A*S*H star and the master of the paranoid thriller had collaborated on a far different project: the two-character comedy The Owl and the Pussycat , which premiered at Broadway’s ANTA Theatre on this...
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The Acting Bug
accidental rabbit trails . . . (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I've haven't caught the flu, but I think I could be susceptible to the acting bug. We had a great time last night, at the final of three acting classes. We did improvisation of our characters. Very powerful, interesting. I was playing Doris, from "Same Time, Next Year" (which is the play about the two who meet once a year for 25 years on teh same weekend every year to have an affair.) It...
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Alan Alda, what hath thou wrought?
Travels with Shiloh (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Back when I was in my tween/early teen years I was obsessed with all things military. Part of that included being a huge fan of the TV series MASH. Towards the later years of the show’s run it was both in syndication and producing new episodes allowing me to catch multiple viewings ever day. My [...]
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Elders With Andrew Denton - 8:00pm
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
“Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?” It’s this quote from T. S. Eliot that inspired Andrew Denton to seek out prominent elders of our tribe, each over 65, to see what they had learnt from life so far. Series two of Elders With Andrew Denton explores six very different lives in search of that undervalued treasure –...
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Quote of the Day, 2
The Agitator (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
“You ever watch that TV series ‘Mad Men'’ If I keep watching this program, will I ever find a happy person? Great television. Good drama. But . . the way women were treated is appalling, and only occasionally funny to me.” –Bill Clinton, who makes Roger Sterling look like Alan Alda. Obligatory disclaimer: I like Bill [...]
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30 Rock Review: The Problem Solvers
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The humble attitude of new TGS cast member Jack "Danny" Baker (Cheyenne Jackson) causes Jenna and Tracy to re-think their whip-cracking treatment of Kenneth as they team up to form a duo - aptly named "The Problem Solvers" - to help people solve problems rather than cause them.
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Veterans Day
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I've just been informed that today is Veteran's Day. It's a quasi-holiday, so some things are closed, some things are open. You just never know. Military.com compiled a list of some Famous Celebrity Veterans . It's a short list, so it probably omits some celebrities: Tony Bennett George Steinbrenner Alan Alda Montel Williams Bill Cosby Best wishes to all the Veterans out there. Comments | Posted in...
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Crisis of Masculinity Blogging: Young Progressive Male Edition
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Courtney Martin's piece on young progressive men and masculinity is really interesting . She looks at the so-called feminist masculinity movement on college campuses and sees in it great promise but also concern that it hasn't defined an optimal masculinity. This is an interesting time in the history of masculinity. For the last 30 years, we've seen this sort of feminist masculinity play an active...
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Camera Obscura: 'War, Inc." Rips Outsourced Warfare; Sundance Festival In Tennessee
Cup Of Joe Powell (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Creating a satire on your own culture is a doubled-bladed dagger. Satirists seldom become lionized or praised for their efforts as pointing out failures and dangers and the ridiculous presence of deluded emperors wearing invisible clothes tends to invoke more embarrassment than wisdom or appreciation. Sometimes greatness is achieved - most readers and critics still applaud Joseph Heller's "Catch-22"...
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Why Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host Oscars'-Two wild and crazy guys go to the Oscars
My World Earth (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are good, solid choices to host the Oscars, but it's hard to make sense of why they were tapped — and combined as a pair. Lately, Oscar chiefs have seemed eager to lure younger viewers and add song-and-dance entertainment to the ceremony. Martin is age 64, Baldwin is 51. Neither is known as a musical showman a la last year's emcee Hugh Jackman. But they're both stars...