eOne release The Girl on The Train in cinemas October 6.
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
eOne release The Girl on The Train in cinemas October 6.
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Wikipedia
Described by Bill Bryson as “the perfect little City”, Durham is home to some of the greatest historic buildings in Europe. With the likes of the Cathedral, the Castle and even its University, the prettiest North East city has a ridiculous amount to offer for such a small place With settlement dating back to roughly 2000 BC it’s no surprise the place positively drips with history.
Whether you live in Durham, on the outskirts of Durham or have only ever visited Durham you cannot deny its charm and beauty. With its quaint little shops, cafes and panoramic riverside views, it’s like living inside a fudge tin.
So, what better way to honour England’s finest best kept secret (because it’s a hell of a lot nicer than anywhere else) than to take a look at 10 fascinating facts that you may not know about Durham?
10. Durham Miners’ Gala...
Described by Bill Bryson as “the perfect little City”, Durham is home to some of the greatest historic buildings in Europe. With the likes of the Cathedral, the Castle and even its University, the prettiest North East city has a ridiculous amount to offer for such a small place With settlement dating back to roughly 2000 BC it’s no surprise the place positively drips with history.
Whether you live in Durham, on the outskirts of Durham or have only ever visited Durham you cannot deny its charm and beauty. With its quaint little shops, cafes and panoramic riverside views, it’s like living inside a fudge tin.
So, what better way to honour England’s finest best kept secret (because it’s a hell of a lot nicer than anywhere else) than to take a look at 10 fascinating facts that you may not know about Durham?
10. Durham Miners’ Gala...
- 10/17/2015
- by Laura Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Perhaps not surprisingly for a man of advanced years, Robert Redford takes a leisurely approach to portraying Bill Bryson, the renowned travel writer whose same-titled book details his attempt to conquer the Appalachian Trail, 2,180 miles from Georgia to Maine along the east coast of America.
It's worth noting that Redford is almost twice the age Bryson was when he set off on the hiking trail, but joined by a grizzled Nick Nolte, the spectre of infirmity closing in upon the both of them adds another layer of humour and tension.
Emma Thompson has a small role as Bryson's better half who can sense his feet beginning to itch after they attend the funeral of a friend. It isn't a midlife crisis looming but a late-life one that director Ken Kwapis only hints at to keep the mood light.
Nolte plays Bryson's old travelling buddy, Katz, who has fought a lifelong...
It's worth noting that Redford is almost twice the age Bryson was when he set off on the hiking trail, but joined by a grizzled Nick Nolte, the spectre of infirmity closing in upon the both of them adds another layer of humour and tension.
Emma Thompson has a small role as Bryson's better half who can sense his feet beginning to itch after they attend the funeral of a friend. It isn't a midlife crisis looming but a late-life one that director Ken Kwapis only hints at to keep the mood light.
Nolte plays Bryson's old travelling buddy, Katz, who has fought a lifelong...
- 9/18/2015
- Digital Spy
This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage. Plot: Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) . an aging travel writer . decides to hike the Appalachian trail. Forced by his headstrong wife (Emma Thompson) to bring a companion, Bryson brings along his long-estranged former best friend, the slovenly Katz (Nick Nolte) and the two old guys bicker their way across the trail and try to prove to themselves that... Read More...
- 9/2/2015
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Hopefully, you've had a few minutes to play around with our Fall Entertainment Generator. But if you’re looking for straight and simple lists of things to look out for by medium, we’ll be breaking them out separately. Here's a look at fall movies.September 9/2A Walk in the WoodsRobert Redford ambles down the Appalachian Trail as travel writer Bill Bryson in Ken Kwapis’s coming-of-old-age comedy. 9/4The Transporter RefueledTime to tank up on Russian kingpins, bank heists, femme fatales, and Game of Thrones vet Ed Skrein as a special-ops mercenary turned trafficker. Dragon BladeJohn Cusack is a Roman general (veni?), Adrian Brody a corrupt and patricidal consul (vidi …), and Jackie Chan a jacked warrior (vici!) in this Silk Road–era globalization battle epic that pits ancient China against the West. Break PointJeremy Sisto and David Walton are estranged brothers — and former doubles-tennis partners — brought back together by an 11-year-old.
- 8/25/2015
- by Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
- Vulture
Plot: Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) – an aging travel writer – decides to hike the Appalachian trail. Forced by his headstrong wife (Emma Thompson) to bring a companion, Bryson brings along his long-estranged former best friend, the slovenly Katz (Nick Nolte) and the two old guys bicker their way across the trail and try to prove to themselves that they're not too old for an adventure. Review: Considering the fact that Sundance is Robert Redford's own...
- 1/23/2015
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
The star will appears alongside previously announced Robert Redford and Nick Nolte and new cast members Nick Offerman and Kristen Schaal. Ken Kwapis has come on to direct. Im Global handles international sales in Cannes.
Production is underway on Wildwood Enterprises and Route One Films’ drama based on Michael Arndt’s adaptation of the Bill Bryson road trip comedy.
Redford, Bill Holderman of Wildwood Enterprises and Chip Diggins are producing the film. Jay Stern and Russell Levine of Route One Films are executive producers alongside CEO of Union Investment Partners Lee Jea Woo and Jeremiah Samuels.
Route One Films is financing the film through its partnership with Union Investment Partners led by Choi Pyung Ho in South Korea.
Im Global is selling through its Acclaim label.
Production is underway on Wildwood Enterprises and Route One Films’ drama based on Michael Arndt’s adaptation of the Bill Bryson road trip comedy.
Redford, Bill Holderman of Wildwood Enterprises and Chip Diggins are producing the film. Jay Stern and Russell Levine of Route One Films are executive producers alongside CEO of Union Investment Partners Lee Jea Woo and Jeremiah Samuels.
Route One Films is financing the film through its partnership with Union Investment Partners led by Choi Pyung Ho in South Korea.
Im Global is selling through its Acclaim label.
- 5/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The star will appears alongside previously announced Robert Redford and Nick Nolte and new cast members Nick Offerman and Kristen Schaal. Ken Kwapis has come on to direct. Im Global handles international sales in Cannes.
Production is underway on Wildwood Enterprises and Route One Films’ drama based on Michael Arndt’s adaptation of the Bill Bryson road trip comedy.
Redford, Bill Holderman of Wildwood Enterprises and Chip Diggins are producing the film. Jay Stern and Russell Levine of Route One Films are executive producers alongside CEO of Union Investment Partners Lee Jea Woo and Jeremiah Samuels.
Route One Films is financing the film through its partnership with Union Investment Partners led by Choi Pyung Ho in South Korea.
Im Global is selling through its Acclaim label.
Production is underway on Wildwood Enterprises and Route One Films’ drama based on Michael Arndt’s adaptation of the Bill Bryson road trip comedy.
Redford, Bill Holderman of Wildwood Enterprises and Chip Diggins are producing the film. Jay Stern and Russell Levine of Route One Films are executive producers alongside CEO of Union Investment Partners Lee Jea Woo and Jeremiah Samuels.
Route One Films is financing the film through its partnership with Union Investment Partners led by Choi Pyung Ho in South Korea.
Im Global is selling through its Acclaim label.
- 5/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
From new voices like NoViolet Bulawayo to rediscovered old voices like James Salter, from Dave Eggers's satire to David Thomson's history of film, writers, Observer critics and others pick their favourite reads of 2013. And they tell us what they hope to find under the tree …
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
- 11/24/2013
- by Ali Smith, Robert McCrum, Tim Adams, Kate Kellaway, Rachel Cooke, Sebastian Faulks, Jackie Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Malcolm Gladwell, Eleanor Catton and many more recommend the books that impressed them this year
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw (Fourth Estate) is a brilliant, sprawling, layered and unsentimental portrayal of contemporary China. It made me think and laugh. I also love Dave Eggers' The Circle (Hamish Hamilton), which is a sharp-eyed and funny satire about the obsession with "sharing" our lives through technology. It's convincing and a little creepy.
William Boyd
By strange coincidence two of the most intriguing art books I read this year had the word "Breakfast" in their titles. They were Breakfast with Lucian by Geordie Greig (Jonathan Cape) and Breakfast at Sotheby's by Philip Hook (Particular). Greig's fascinating, intimate biography of Lucian Freud was a revelation. Every question I had about Freud – from the aesthetic to the intrusively gossipy – was...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw (Fourth Estate) is a brilliant, sprawling, layered and unsentimental portrayal of contemporary China. It made me think and laugh. I also love Dave Eggers' The Circle (Hamish Hamilton), which is a sharp-eyed and funny satire about the obsession with "sharing" our lives through technology. It's convincing and a little creepy.
William Boyd
By strange coincidence two of the most intriguing art books I read this year had the word "Breakfast" in their titles. They were Breakfast with Lucian by Geordie Greig (Jonathan Cape) and Breakfast at Sotheby's by Philip Hook (Particular). Greig's fascinating, intimate biography of Lucian Freud was a revelation. Every question I had about Freud – from the aesthetic to the intrusively gossipy – was...
- 11/23/2013
- by Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Tom Stoppard, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Boyd, Bill Bryson, Shami Chakrabarti, Sarah Churchwell, Antonia Fraser, Mark Haddon, Robert Harris, Max Hastings, Philip Hensher, Simon Hoggart, AM Homes, John Lanchester, Mark Lawson, Robert Macfarlane, Andrew Motion, Ian Rankin, Lionel Shriver, Helen Simpson, Colm Tóibín, Richard Ford, John Gray, David Kynaston, Penelope Lively, Pankaj Mishra, Blake Morrison, Susie Orbach
- The Guardian - Film News
Robert Redford continues to be a busy man in Hollywood. This Spring saw him direct and star in "The Company you Keep," he also stars in "All is Lost" which is premiering at Cannes, will appear in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," and now will direct and star in "A Walk in the Woods." According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the Sundance Kid is taking on the adaptation of Bill Bryson's book "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail." It seems as though Richard Linklater, whose film "Before Midnight" hits theaters on Memorial Day weekend, was in...
- 5/9/2013
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Inspired by Robert Redford's continuing success, here are another four artists over 70 at the top of their profession
I've just entered the final year of my 20s. As a friend informed me last week, I am not the kids any more. I disputed this. I am too the kids! But in the end I had to concede his point. Small children on public transport call me "the lady", not "the girl". ("Daddy Daddy, the lady is making faces at me"). Professors at conferences no longer assume I'm a postgraduate helper, and have stopped asking me to bring them tea and monocles. There's also an internal change, which, if anthropomorphised and given voice might scream: "You're nearly fecking 30 woman! Shouldn't you have accomplished something by now?"
Thankfully, Robert Redford has silenced my demons. At 76, he plans to step back from Sundance, the incredible independent film festival he founded in 1981. This...
I've just entered the final year of my 20s. As a friend informed me last week, I am not the kids any more. I disputed this. I am too the kids! But in the end I had to concede his point. Small children on public transport call me "the lady", not "the girl". ("Daddy Daddy, the lady is making faces at me"). Professors at conferences no longer assume I'm a postgraduate helper, and have stopped asking me to bring them tea and monocles. There's also an internal change, which, if anthropomorphised and given voice might scream: "You're nearly fecking 30 woman! Shouldn't you have accomplished something by now?"
Thankfully, Robert Redford has silenced my demons. At 76, he plans to step back from Sundance, the incredible independent film festival he founded in 1981. This...
- 4/26/2013
- by Emer O'Toole
- The Guardian - Film News
Whenever I get it in my head to write fiction, I find myself thinking of modernizing an old story. I minored in Classics at school, and even that didn't dilute my love of Greek mythology and drama, so I'll wind up jotting notes for a version of "Medea" set in a modern corporation or something equally ridiculous and untenable.
But I'm drawn to the idea because I think, when it's done well, that converting an old story into a modern context proves something about its timelessness. It says, "See? This is still true. This is still relevant!"
But despite Hollywood's love of a reboot, it's not an easy thing to pull off. "O Brother Where Art Thou" was a great take on "The Odyssey" that didn't need the audience to know the source material to work. And more recently, some critics have noted that "Homeland" made use of the Cassandra myth.
But I'm drawn to the idea because I think, when it's done well, that converting an old story into a modern context proves something about its timelessness. It says, "See? This is still true. This is still relevant!"
But despite Hollywood's love of a reboot, it's not an easy thing to pull off. "O Brother Where Art Thou" was a great take on "The Odyssey" that didn't need the audience to know the source material to work. And more recently, some critics have noted that "Homeland" made use of the Cassandra myth.
- 3/14/2012
- by Stephanie Earp
- Aol TV.
From Piers Morgan to Polly Toynbee, Jemima Khan to Jarvis Cocker – David Cameron takes questions from public figures who want answers
Hear what the Pm has to say in our audio interactive
David Mitchell, comedian
Do you wish you were less posh?
"[Laughs] No. You can't change who you are. For a long time I thought my full name was 'The Old Etonian David Cameron'. I had parents who gave me a wonderful start in life, who sacrificed a lot to give me a great education. So I don't ever want to change – I don't want to drop my accent or change my vowels. I am who I am."
Piers Morgan, TV presenter
If you could relive one moment in your life, excluding births of children and marriage, what would it be?
"God, that's a really good question. Piers, why don't you ever ask really good questions like that normally? I...
Hear what the Pm has to say in our audio interactive
David Mitchell, comedian
Do you wish you were less posh?
"[Laughs] No. You can't change who you are. For a long time I thought my full name was 'The Old Etonian David Cameron'. I had parents who gave me a wonderful start in life, who sacrificed a lot to give me a great education. So I don't ever want to change – I don't want to drop my accent or change my vowels. I am who I am."
Piers Morgan, TV presenter
If you could relive one moment in your life, excluding births of children and marriage, what would it be?
"God, that's a really good question. Piers, why don't you ever ask really good questions like that normally? I...
- 11/26/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Well happy Friday, my dears. I'm glad to know you were as cheesed-off as I was by that BBC article yesterday on undesirable American phrases. I was also delighted to see Intern Rusty recommend Bill Bryson's book, The Mother Tongue which is where I learned everything I know about cockney rhyming slang. Forks are fists, yeah? So "Put up your forks" = "Put up your Duke of Yorks" = "Put up your Dukes." Shut up, language Is fascinating. Anyway, our beloved Katers is currently stranded in Heathrow but she nonetheless sent me this link for "It Takes A Village People" Pajiba Love. It further delineates the differences between British English and American English with a fun list at the end. I really had no idea about "billions." (Tesl)
If you scored well on yesterday's vocab test, then I would be delighted to see what you would do with these Fill-In-The-Blank greeting...
If you scored well on yesterday's vocab test, then I would be delighted to see what you would do with these Fill-In-The-Blank greeting...
- 7/22/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Russell Crowe has fulfilled a longstanding promise to teach an acting class to students at Durham University. Crowe made the promise around five years ago to his friend, author Bill Bryson, at a dinner party with mutual friends. "It was quite a few years ago now," Crowe explained to The Journal. "Bill had just been appointed Chancellor of Durham University and I told him I would pay a visit. "At the time I thought he would remain Chancellor until he was 105, but quite recently I read somewhere that he was leaving the position. I thought I had better get back in touch to keep my promise." Crowe said he tried to teach the students to seek out projects they would enjoy, rather than to pursue fame and money. "It's (more)...
- 6/5/2011
- by By Tom Ayres
- Digital Spy
Filed under: Canadian TV, Screen Time
I was recently doing some re-reading from my bookshelf and came across my collection of Bill Bryson. In 'Mother Tongue,' he describes a time when there were no dictionaries. But once the idea took hold, a number of people jumped into the business and started putting words and definitions onto pages.
Since those heady early days, dictionary-makers have had a number of troubles, among them the decision of whether to be descriptive of proscriptive when it comes to language. For example, should they include 'Jared Leto' under the 'douche' heading, since people do call him that (descriptive)? Or should they leave it out, since officially, douche is a feminine hygiene product (proscriptive)? For the record, the example is mine, not Bryson's.
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I was recently doing some re-reading from my bookshelf and came across my collection of Bill Bryson. In 'Mother Tongue,' he describes a time when there were no dictionaries. But once the idea took hold, a number of people jumped into the business and started putting words and definitions onto pages.
Since those heady early days, dictionary-makers have had a number of troubles, among them the decision of whether to be descriptive of proscriptive when it comes to language. For example, should they include 'Jared Leto' under the 'douche' heading, since people do call him that (descriptive)? Or should they leave it out, since officially, douche is a feminine hygiene product (proscriptive)? For the record, the example is mine, not Bryson's.
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- 3/22/2011
- by Stephanie Earp
- Aol TV.
The Sunday Telegraph has published a letter signed by nearly 100 dignitaries speaking out against the announcement to sell off 15 percent of the government’s forests.
Save England’s Forests, a new campaign group, has gained the support of signatories Annie Lennox, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Bill Bryson.
Bryson, who sits as president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Cpre), recently supported the Cpre’s Gloucestershire branch in questioning proposal’s to sell land in the Forest of Dean. They are calling for the forest to be protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Save England’s Forests, a new campaign group, has gained the support of signatories Annie Lennox, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Bill Bryson.
Bryson, who sits as president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Cpre), recently supported the Cpre’s Gloucestershire branch in questioning proposal’s to sell land in the Forest of Dean. They are calling for the forest to be protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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- 1/25/2011
- Look to the Stars
In the mid-90s the architect Patrick Keiller established himself as one of Britain's best independent film-makers with two uniquely personal films, London and Robinson in Space. Their narrator, Paul Scofield, purported to have travelled around London and other parts of the UK with his friend Robinson, a gay, leftwing academic, commenting upon the seen world and what lies beneath. Orwell, Baudrillard, Bill Bryson, Stuart Hall, Ian Nairn and Iain Sinclair come to mind as comparably acute social observers. Keiller's welcome new film rediscovers Robinson, or rather a notebook and some cans of film that he had left in his suburban Oxford squat after having emerged from a spell in jail for unspecified anarchic activities in early 2008. They record his suave, erudite, epigrammatic peregrinations around Oxfordshire and Berkshire as the world economic collapse of that year took place around him.
He visits ghost towns, deserted Us bases, the place were Dr David Kelly committed suicide,...
He visits ghost towns, deserted Us bases, the place were Dr David Kelly committed suicide,...
- 11/21/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
In an A.V. Club interview earlier this year, bestselling author Mary Roach explained why she models herself after Bill Bryson: “He has an incredible ability to be both entertaining and enlightening.” As if on cue, Bryson has released a second book in what seems, happily, to be an emerging “Short History” series—volumes that are short only in the sense that they make no attempt at exhaustive coverage of topics that are far too large for any one book. At Home: A Short History Of Private Life goes room by room through the author’s house, an Anglican rectory ...
- 10/21/2010
- avclub.com
I'm exhausted. There's a lot of random things I could rant about for an acceptable amount of page space (In particular, the idea that the iPhone can prevent teenagers from sending each other sexy text messages. Anyone who has spent any time around teenagers is well aware that they can turn event the most mundane words and scenarios into double entendres. Ex: "Hey, can you grab me a cup?" "I'll grab Your cups. Yeah!" Also: 5318008.) but I've been having trouble sleeping all week and I'm at the point of just barely managing to function in a socially acceptable manner. If this week were going on any longer, I'd probably end up somewhere in public without pants or wearing my bra on the outside of my shirt and when someone pointed it out I'd respond with "So's your Face!" or something equally witty and then pass out while standing up. I'm not saying it's happened before,...
- 10/14/2010
- by Intern Rusty
Turn on the radio and you're bound to hear Ke$ha (pronounced Kesha, not Keisha or Casha!) belting out the lyrics to her club anthem "Tik Tok," the No. 1 pop song right now. Sound like your typical 22-year-old party girl? Maybe. But here are a few things about her that may surprise you: 1. Nerd Alert!: Sure, she brags about brushing her teeth with Jack Daniels and hooking up with boys who look like Mick Jagger, but the pop star has an intellectual side too. Before scoring a record deal, "I was going to go to Barnard to be a psychologist,...
- 1/27/2010
- by Lesley Messer
- PEOPLE.com
Turn on the radio and you're bound to hear Ke$ha (pronounced Kesha, not Keisha or Casha!) belting out the lyrics to her club anthem "Tik Tok," the No. 1 pop song right now. Sound like your typical 22-year-old party girl? Maybe. But here are a few things about her that may surprise you: 1. Nerd Alert!: Sure, she brags about brushing her teeth with Jack Daniels and hooking up with boys who look like Mick Jagger, but the pop star has an intellectual side too. Before scoring a record deal, "I was going to go to Barnard to be a psychologist,...
- 1/27/2010
- by Lesley Messer
- PEOPLE.com
“If I’d known you were going to settle for 17 percent below 2020 levels, I would have killed you when I had the chance.” There is a scene in James Cameron’s upcoming sci-fi extravaganza, Avatar, where Zoe Saldana’s tribal warrior princess is about to kill Sam Worthington’s interloping soldier-scientist when an ethereal fluffball lands on the tip of her arrow. She recognizes this as a divine sign: Don’t kill this guy, the nature goddess is telling her. He may not look like much now, but we’re both going to end up relying on him in the third act. The jungles of Na’vi, teeming with defiant natives and murderous megafauna, may be a more hostile environment than the ones our ancestors survived, but not by much. That we’re even here is nothing short of a miracle, as Bill Bryson memorably described it in his wonderful 2003 book,...
- 12/14/2009
- Vanity Fair
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