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...Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code brims with mysteries: Did Jesus have a girlfriend? And did they have a daughter, whose descendants live today? Is the Priory of Sion an ancient covenant whose Grand Masters, including Leonardo Da Vinci and Isaac Newton, have sworn to protect this royal blood line? Is Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic sect Brown paints in such lurid colors, really that awful? Can a fictional thriller that is nothing more or less than (as one Biblical scholar called it) "a great plane read" be taken seriously as an ecclesiastical exposé? (My short answers...
...mentioned therein. 60 Minutes got Ed Bradley to huff and puff about ripping the lid off the Priory of Sion fraud, which was very old news indeed. (I'd read about a month earlier in that hard-hitting compendium of investigative reporting, Fodor's Guide to the Da Vinci Code.) The TV news networks have lavished Scott Peterson-type coverage on the film's imminent release. Last week, producers for Bill O'Reilly's nightly show on Fox asked on two separate days if I'd come on and talk about the Howard film. That I had no hard data...
...RIDICULE The Da Vinci Code Response Group says it won't stoop to condemnations or boycotts but calls the film "harmless" and "grotesque...
...Brown's The Da Vinci Code granted fans access to a thrillingly fictionalized Opus Dei. Our story on the reality of the Roman Catholic group inspired readers' aversion, wonder and defense...
...April, Australia's Arts Minister Rod Kemp announced a crackdown on exploitation in the industry, hinting at a parliamentary inquiry in the coming months. The Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board launched a $A3 million scheme to help combat the problem, including a new code of conduct for dealers and their customers. "The time is right to get it right," says the board's chair Chris Sarra. "It's not only Aboriginal artists benefiting from the industry. It's all Australians...