Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Results of '30 Media Heroes' Voting Announced: Maddow Takes Top Spot! | The Nation

Results of '30 Media Heroes' Voting Announced: Maddow Takes Top Spot! | The Nation: "I've been having fun since Wednesday with a response to Salon's popular '30 Biggest Media Hacks' list, sponsoring a readers' ballot to pick '30 Media Heroes.' The response was overwhelming, with over 1,200 votes pouring in via Comments at the end of the original story, via e-mail to me directly and at Twitter (via @GregMitch). Votes obviously came from regular Nation readers, but also from many others, and in any case this is not an official Nation survey.�"

Fox News Joke on ‘The Simpsons’ Pulled from Web Replays On Hulu, Fox.com - WebNewser

Fox News Joke on ‘The Simpsons’ Pulled from Web Replays On Hulu, Fox.com - WebNewser: "For the second week in a row, “The Simpsons” mocked its corporate cousins at Fox News Channel. This time there is an added wrinkle, however, as the joke in question was apparently cut from the online version of the show on Hulu and Fox.com."

Richard Branson unveils Jeff Bridges, cars, and fiddly things for Ipad | Capital New York

Richard Branson unveils Jeff Bridges, cars, and fiddly things for Ipad | Capital New York: "Virgin Group emperor Sir Richard Branson debuts his Ipad-exclusive magazine tomorrow. What will it look like?

Well for starters, the 'cover' (or is this called a homepage? or homescreen?) is about Jeff Bridges' coming Tron. ('BACK IN THE GAME: JEFF BRIDGES REBOOTS TRON' is the main coverline; Bridges faces forward in black tie on a black background.) It's … a video!"

Friday, November 19, 2010

George Clooney Eyeing Lead In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ > The Playlist

Exclusive: George Clooney Eyeing Lead In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ > The Playlist: "Sources very close to the director tell us an A-lister is already in talks with Soderbergh to star in the picture and that star would be none other than “Ocean’s 11-13” actor, George Clooney."

That was one of my favorite programs as a kid. Would love to see this happen!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

McSweeney's Issue 36 Coming--With Lost Chabon!

The McSweeney's Store: "THE AMAZING ISSUE 36 (coming very, very soon!):

Inside this 275-cubic-inch full-color head-crate, there are all the things you'd hope for: a 100-page annotated fragment of Michael Chabon's lost novel, incredible new stories from John Brandon and Colm Toibin, Jack Pendarvis's 'Jungle Geronimo in Gay Paree,' a play by Wajahat Ali—eight astounding booklets in all, along with some other things on top, enough for hundreds and hundreds of pages of perusal, every bit of it, like we said, contained in a more-or-less-life-size friendly-looking head. It will fit on your shelf, it is compatible with most hats, and the stuff inside is wonderful—order yours today!"

Can't wait to get this one!

LOA Publishes Lynd Ward's Wordless Graphic Novels

LOA Publishes Lynd Ward's Wordless Graphic Novels: "The term 'graphic novel' didn't exist when Lynd Ward started telling stories in pictures, back in the late 1920s, but to modern eyes, that's exactly what Ward's novels are. Now the Library of America has collected all six of Ward's wordless graphic novels in a two-volume boxed set, Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, with an introduction by Art Spiegelman.

Ward, who was born in 1905, was the first American creator of wordless graphic novels. He worked in that medium for about ten years, producing six full-length works, before changing his focus to children's books and illustrations of other works; he was a prolific illustrator with over 300 works to his credit by the time he died in 1985."

Paul Levitz Puts 75 Years of DC Comics In One Huge Book

Paul Levitz Puts 75 Years of DC Comics In One Huge Book: "Former President and Publisher of DC Comics, Paul Levitz has lived and breathed comics his entire adult life. A comics fan magazine that he co-wrote and published in high school, The Comic Reader, led to his first job with the mega-publisher that is DC. With DC celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Levitz took on the incredible task of writing about its numerous characters, authors and artists and their impact on the world. From Taschen Books, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking is a mammoth tome you won’t be able to miss on the shelves of your local store. In fact, it will probably need it’s own table."

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Rev. Peter M. Wallace: The Christian Call to Civility - Huffington Post

Rev. Peter M. Wallace: The Christian Call to Civility: "It almost seems as though all pretense of civility in our nation is evaporating in the heat and light of an increasingly divisive atmosphere fueled by a rabid 24/7 media.

So does all this mark the start of a malicious new world order, or is it the last barking snarl of a dying corpse?

As our society under God continues to progress in its acceptance, and even celebration, of one another -- despite our race, our gender, our orientation, our religion or even our politics -- those who hope to maintain their 'superiority' feel threatened and fearful. They are losing in the grand scheme of things, and with their backs against the wall they are fighting for their way no matter what.

As a person of faith, I join in the chorus of those who call us all to a higher ideal. I believe we can be better than this."

Read on at HuffPost...