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Keenly aware of the critical roasting they would get, the fathers of Pop decided to bail out before drowning in red ink. Says Katzenberg: "Everyone in this space is blindfolded and trying to pin the tail on the donkey." The final ignominy came when indie start-ups iFilm and Atom Films negotiated to buy Pop, but no deal materialized. And so Pop was laid to rest, its tombstone a warning to all those in Tinseltown who would jump on the Internet without first understanding it. If Spielberg and Howard own the story rights to Pop's internal wranglings, however, they...
...small that the cast is bunking in the homes of locals and the crew had to install phone lines. But no town is tight knit enough to prevent rumors from escaping. Thus 48 hours after Julia's arrival the world was privy to the shocking news that a braying donkey had kept her awake all night and had to be forcibly removed by a security guard. "There are a lot of donkeys here," says Verbinski, "but the problem with that story is it really gives the shaft to the roosters, who are just as loud...
Fortunately, kids who are jonesing for action and strategizing have lots of terrific games to chose from that don't involve splattering body parts--for example, Donkey Kong 64 ($59.99 from Nintendo) or Crash Team Racing ($39.99 from Sony). According to Francis Mao, vice president of Game Pro Magazine, Chu Chu Rocket ($29.99 from Sega) has even the Quake fanatics at the magazine hooked. Here at TIME, we're digging the new Shogun: Total War ($39.95 from Electronic Arts), which is more about strategy than swordfighting. As always, a family should keep its PC and gaming console in a public...
...analysis of "Balaam and the Ass" (1626), for example, Schama notes how Balaam's eyes differ from previous depictions in other portraits. In the story from the book of Numbers, Balaam's donkey sees an angel and goes berserk. Previous painters, following the Dutch master van Mander's advice, had illuminated Balaam's eyes with shock, but Rembrandt is far more restrained...
...then there are Balaam's eyes. Rembrandt's eyes. Lastman has followed the van Mander prescription. The prophet is amazed to hear his donkey speak. Follow the stage direction. Make his eyes pop out with astonishment. Give the customers dilated pupils, white sclera, and lots of it. With a stroke of perverse genius (excuse the term), Rembrandt has done the opposite, painting Balaam's eyes as dark crevices. For this is, after all, the moment _before_ God opens those eyes to the angel and the light of truth...