The annual obituary montage at the Academy Awards included lot of familiar faces and several high wattage stars, foremost among them, perhaps, Peter O’Toole and Philip Seymour Hoffman. But one name that was probably unfamiliar to most viewers brought me … Continue reading
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To miss New Orleans, that is. If at no other time of the year, then as Mardi Gras nears the Big Easy, the Crescent City, The City that Time Forgot forces itself back into one’s consciousness. I haven’t been to … Continue reading
Objectively considered, this is a pretty silly election. Co-workers and competitors with obvious conflicts of interest pick from a slate of five candidates (nine in the case of Best Picture). That means you can walk away with a statuette with … Continue reading