Jul 21 2009
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Jun 29 2009
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This was just a golden party lines
Does President Obama remind you of a Shakespeare character? “Obama is Prospero.” —SUZAN LORI-PARKS “That’s good! Because he’s magical and he makes things happen.” —TONY KUSHNER
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I love him
You have mutton chops for the play. Do you like them? “I just can’t wait to shave them. At first they seemed very seventies and cool, but now people think I’m some sort of downtown hipster, which couldn’t be further from the truth. I am so Upper West Side it’s not even funny.” —RAÚL ESPARZA
Jun 23 2009
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two chickens crossing the road
I just saw two roosters crossing petit (sp?) in Encino on the north side of Ventura Boulevard. Strange.
Jun 21 2009
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The Graduate at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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"if you can't sleep it isn't the coffee, it's the bunk"
I have two cinematic and pop culture projects this summer. One is watching the original episodes of Star Trek (don’t mock) and the other is watching the entire Preston Sturges movie collection.
Sturges was a writer/director who worked primarily in the 40s. His comedies were satire and they often dealt with class differences, the importance of money, and the haves and have-nots. So far I’ve seen probably his most famous movie, Sullivan’s Travels, the adorable comedy with Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea, The Palm Beach Story, and Christmas in July.
Jun 20 2009
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Obama’s speech at the Radio and TV Correspondents dinner was great tonight, but John Hodgman slightly upstaged the president (Obama’s now traditional Rahm Emmanuel joke was a little stale this time). Hodgman tried to test whether Barack is a true nerd. He asked him questions about comic books and Dune. A personal favorite was when Hodgman described the president as having a “Spock-ish calm and gangly frame.”
