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...Then there is the sublime: For sheer diabolical genius (of the Hollywood variety), nothing came close to the reports that European security services are preparing to counter a Bin Laden attempt to assassinate President Bush at next month's G8 summit in Genoa, Italy. According to German intelligence sources, the plot involved Bin Laden paying German neo-Nazis to fly remote controlled-model aircraft packed with Semtex into the conference hall and blow the leaders of the industrialized world to smithereens. (Paging Jerry Bruckheimer?) The Russians, who believe a Bin Laden attack in Genoa is more likely to be carried...
...1970s, Southern became "unfashionable" in the movie industry, due to several factors (changing regimes, the death of the "small" Hollywood film with the advent of Spielberg and Lucas, a reputation as one who "indulged" quite a bit). His position as a "name" journalist-in-residence on Rolling Stones tours had the same sad, resigned air as Ken Kesey's travels with the Grateful Dead. Given the nature of his later professional endeavors (including the script of an unfunny 1980 hardcore porn comedy, "Randy the Electric Lady"), the sweetest surprise waiting for Southern fans in "A Grand Guy" is the revelation...
...acknowledged in an interview (also included in "Dig") that "it is highly rewarding in the financial sense..." Therefore, owing quite a bit to the IRS, he looked forward to scoring a "breakthrough" film project that would simultaneously solve his financial troubles and resuscitate his standing in the Hollywood community. The juiciest anecdotes in Hill's biography detail the curious way in which he pursued this breakthrough: in true self-destructive, Wellesian style, he hooked up with a variety of collaborators who were immaculately talented, but were further along in their alcohol- and drug-dependency than he was (Hill sketches Southern...
...tired to go out to dinner? Now there's a restaurant just for you. At such eateries as the Pig 'N Whistle in Hollywood and Beverages, Entertainment & Dining in Miami, tables and chairs have been replaced with comfy, oversize beds, where diners can nibble their lamb chops or salmon tartare from a tray...
There?s no doubt about it: World War II is hot - in Hollywood, in the New York media world and especially in Washington, where a years-long battle royal rages on over a once uncontroversial memorial honoring the so-called Greatest Generation. Last month, the House of Representatives granted final approval to the memorial project, despite vocal and emotional opposition from some veteran groups and a handful of legislators. And Thursday, a federal judge dealt what appears to be a decisive blow to that opposition, denying a request to temporarily halt construction...