In New Zealand we have a conservative government and our Film Commission has just been reviewed. In the UK, the new Conservative-Lib/Dem government decided to just shoot theirs in the…
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A British hedge fund manager has cornered the market in cocoa: The British news media has christened Mr. Ward “Chocolate Finger,” a nod to the Bond villain Auric Goldfinger. And…
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Sigourney Weaver in Esquire’s What I’ve Learned: I volunteered to serve food to the workers at Ground Zero after 9/11. There were dogs trained to find living people. The people…
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Shatner interviewed in GQ (via @saniac): Resistance is futile, of course. You aren't in Shatner's presence ten minutes before he reverse-engineers your emotional state; first, you adopt those conversational rhythms…
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A lovely meditation on permanence and impermanance from, of all places, Gizmodo: She's made a ghost bike for him, painted a thick-pipe commuter bike white with spray paint. Going to…
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