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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
"I have never believed that everything happens for a reason. But I do feel very strongly that everything happens so that it can be turned into a column." - Gail Collins Ah, such wisdom. I am often baffled when I can't get an idea for a column, because so much...
The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
class=goatTitle--> MOVIE-STAR WATTAGE Empirical evidence is mounting for the case that you can’t have a Broadway show these days without a marquee name attached. Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway début, and Liev Schreiber star in Arthur Miller’s 1955 classic, “A View . . .
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Small theaters around Dallas once again are brimming with big ideas and hot talent. The show to see right now—one that will make you excited about live theater, even if you haven't been to a play in years—is Upstart Productions and Project X's staging of Eric Bogosian's T...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With over 2.3 million Americans currently incarcerated, prison outreach is a vital vocation. Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was Jackson Taylor , the novelist and Mediabistro teacher who has directed PEN's Prison Writing Program for the last 20 years. Taylor shared his experiences working with hundreds of imprisoned authors and creative writing mentors. The writing program will be celebrated...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was Jackson Taylor , the novelist and Mediabistro teacher who has directed PEN's Prison Writing Program for the last 20 years. Taylor shared his experiences working with hundreds of imprisoned authors and creative writing mentors. The writing program will be celebrated on Monday at Breakout: Voices from Inside --a fundraising event with appearances by Mary Gaitskill...
The Written Nerd (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I don't often include pitches for others' events on this blog, but I've been thinking lately about the necessity of giving back, in light of all the support I've received for my own dreams. If you're a New Yorker, consider attending this event on Monday -- it's a great literary lineup, and a shot at hope for those most in need of it. The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC Presents BREAKOUT:...
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Talk about your shift change. Law & Order: Criminal Intent is getting an overhaul and then some as its adds bisexual actress Saffron Burrows and Oscar-nominated actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio to its upcoming ninth season. The new cast members come in the wake of the departure of four series regulars: original stars Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe along with Eric Bogosian and Julianne...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
As another Monday winds down, here are some odds and ends from the day's publishing news... Next week, Mary Gaitskill , Eric Bogosian , John Turturro , and others will read from stories written by inmates for PEN's Prison Writing Program . Author Stephen Fry defended Twitter and the Internets in a video interview about a generation of kids growing up online. In a True Slant interview about "...
Maud Newton (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
John Turturro, Mary Gaitskill, and Eric Bogosian gather Monday, 11/9, to read works from PEN’s Prison Writing Program.
TV.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
...Say what you will about the whole business on a moral level, but all of David Letterman's sex scandal shenanigans have at least been good for ratings. The Late Show with David Letterman is up 13% in overall viewers from last year, though it has dipped some in the coveted adult demographic. Still, he certainly hasn't bled viewers the way the Conan O'Brien-led Tonight Show continues to do, which is...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is cast in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is joining the show as female successor positioned in Danny Ross' old desk.
SpoilerTV (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
I told you a few weeks ago that “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” was letting go of three main players: Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Eric Bogosian. Now I can tell you this: one of their characters will die. “CI” just finished filming an episode in which one of the three is murdered. That’s the exit show for the other two as well. I am told by “CI”...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
-- Say cheese: The White House has posted a portrait of the first family taken by Annie Leibovitz. (The White House) -- Another setback: Broadway's new "Spider-Man" musical, featuring songs by Bono and the Edge, is expected to open later...
CultureBot.org (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Year and years and years ago, back when Culturebot was a poet living in Seattle, he volunteered for a “Poetry in Prisons” project. It was a mind-altering experience. I was in my early 20s at the time and was amazed just to meet people in prison, not to mention people serving life sentences. To work [...]
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