Salon delves into the case of Noelle Bush before Florida’s courts. Who would’ve guessed that a Governor’s daughter would receive special treatment, or that GOP lawmakers would prescribe different rules for the masses than they would their own family members?
Month: September 2002
DC Down, Marvel Up.
While Superman continues to languish over at Warner Brothers, Sony gets Michael Chabon to punch up the script for The Amazing Spiderman. Since so much of Spidey’s appeal is his internal monologue, Chabon sounds like a great choice.
Hack Attack
In the ongoing Superman saga over at Warner Brothers, McG is out and Brett Ratner is in (with Anthony Hopkins as Jor-El). Can’t say that’s much of an upgrade.
Harlem Renaissance
The Voice takes a snapshot of the current real-estate battle over Harlem.
Fightin’ Wuma.
You’ve probably seen these by now, but in my absence Time-Asia posted the first pics from Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino’s next.
Hope he’s got a towel.
The long-awaited, much-delayed film version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy gets a new scribe. Hopefully he’s more hoopy frood than Vogon poet.
Oh no.
So long, Ew.
Another week gone by…
…and I haven’t posted. I’ve been devoting most of my free time to completing the Henry Luce research. Now that that’s done, I should be around more often, although I do need to get cracking on my Herbert Croly seminar paper for this term. (I chose to write on Croly because I’m intrigued by what Sandel had to say about him in Democracy’s Discontent, but otherwise haven’t really defined the topic as of yet. That’s the task for this weekend.)
The Wheels Come Off.
FCC Chairman Powell prepares to gut the limits on broadcast ownership, meaning everything will soon be brought to you by AOL-TW, Viacom, and Rupert Murdoch. Bad call…reinstituting monopolies isn’t going to solve the crisis in telecom.