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...departing premier promises he won't offer unwanted advice to his successor. Blair's friends aver that he'll also refrain from criticizing or passing comment on Brown, despite the bitterness engendered by their ruptured friendship and long rivalry. But Blair is unlikely to opt for a quiet retirement. On Tuesday, after assent came from Moscow, Blair was cleared to be appointed to the role of Middle East peace envoy for the quartet of the U.S., E.U., U.N. and Russia in the quest for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Blair also hopes to launch an inter-faith initiative...
...Even the butts of Roger's "buts" understand that there's nothing personal in his negative reviews - as indicated by a comment Roger made last year on his website: "A bouquet arrives... A beautiful bouquet of flowers was delivered to the house the other day. A handwritten note paid compliments to my work and wished me a speedy recovery. Who was it from? A friend? A colleague? An old classmate? The card was signed, 'Your Least Favorite Movie Star, Rob Schneider...
...back with Roger to the early 70s, when he wrote a long, fine piece on Russ Meyer for Film Comment, the magazine I edited. He also did an important analysis of the action-film audience's disconnect from narrative - how they would simply ride from one sensational episode to another, without caring about any continuity of narrative or character. When the magazine needed a smart story, Roger would write one. By now TV had made him a star, but he was never a prima donna...
...with a tough hide. (And, according to my mother, a smooth one. She once stroked his face and said, "You have beautiful skin.") He's one of the few critics who can take it more than he can dish it out, as I know firsthand. In 1990, for Film Comment, I wrote a piece called "All Thumbs," about what I saw as the devolution of film criticism, and cited the Siskel-Ebert TV show (not their other writing) as an example of movie reviewing being reduced to opinion. In the next issue, Roger responded to these charges with a dispassionate...
...Cambridge Police Department did not respond to requests for comment. The status of both the victim and the suspect is unknown...