I’m a dyed in the wool pinko commie leftie and these Trump days are not great for me. So I find watching the various commentators like Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah and especially Stephen Colbert to be therapeutic.
Into this mix, I can usually add Bill Maher on his weekly HBO show, Real Time. Maher is very attack orientated and each week he winds up his hour with a rant on a given topic., Usually, I find him really funny and incisive but Maher does have his blind spots. He is anti-religion – Islam in particular. He thinks the majority of American voters to be morons and says so, which I find to be a broad generalization, counter-productive and not true.
His past two shows featured rants that gored a pair of my oxen. One was on space exploration, such as terraforming and colonizing Mars, and the...
Into this mix, I can usually add Bill Maher on his weekly HBO show, Real Time. Maher is very attack orientated and each week he winds up his hour with a rant on a given topic., Usually, I find him really funny and incisive but Maher does have his blind spots. He is anti-religion – Islam in particular. He thinks the majority of American voters to be morons and says so, which I find to be a broad generalization, counter-productive and not true.
His past two shows featured rants that gored a pair of my oxen. One was on space exploration, such as terraforming and colonizing Mars, and the...
- 5/26/2017
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
There's one person who's pretty much inescapable in movie theaters at the moment, and that's Charlize Theron. Last weekend, she was the evil queen Ravenna in "Snow White and the Huntsman," and this weekend, she's the biggest name (although not the biggest part) among the ensemble cast of "Prometheus" -- a film that she was originally pegged to play the lead in. And in a few weeks, she'll start filming on the long-gestating "Fury Road," George Miller's return to the "Mad Max" world. Between those three, she's become the queen of the blockbuster world, and with a performance in "Young Adult" that might have been her most widely acclaimed ever, Theron's as big a star as she's ever been.
But curiously, it's taken a little time for it to happen. Theron's been a familiar presence on screen for fifteen years now, since breaking through in "2 Days In The Valley" and "The Devil's Advocate,...
But curiously, it's taken a little time for it to happen. Theron's been a familiar presence on screen for fifteen years now, since breaking through in "2 Days In The Valley" and "The Devil's Advocate,...
- 6/7/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Publisher Haymarket has launched a technology website targeted at small businesses.
Bit – short for Business It – is aimed only at small business owners who need to know about It, but don’t have a dedicated It staffer.
The website adds to Haymarket’s porfolio of It publications that includes the magazines PC & Tech Authority, It News and Computer Reseller News.
Editor William Maher commented: “Bit exists to give practical, essential advice to small businesses about specific technology problems and decisions. We are not about industry. We are not about statistics. We are about practical advice and help.”
The site went live last week.
The launch comes at a tough time for It publishing. The Financial Review Group closed Mis Magazine in February, and the daily Information section of the Australian Financial Review folded a month later.
Bit – short for Business It – is aimed only at small business owners who need to know about It, but don’t have a dedicated It staffer.
The website adds to Haymarket’s porfolio of It publications that includes the magazines PC & Tech Authority, It News and Computer Reseller News.
Editor William Maher commented: “Bit exists to give practical, essential advice to small businesses about specific technology problems and decisions. We are not about industry. We are not about statistics. We are about practical advice and help.”
The site went live last week.
The launch comes at a tough time for It publishing. The Financial Review Group closed Mis Magazine in February, and the daily Information section of the Australian Financial Review folded a month later.
- 5/8/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
The shortlist for Britain's National Television Awards is out, and it will pit Downton Abbey against Doctor Who for the top prize, though Downton inexplicably received no nominations for the cast. They face off against Merlin and Waterloo Road. Interestingly, John Barrowman and Eve Myles both got nominations for what to me at least was a very forgettable Torchwood.
Congratulations to couples in Delaware and Hawaii, where civil unions became legal January 1st. It's not full equality, but it's a step forward.
Queerty says a company is planning to bring male-only nude gyms to New York, Sydney and London. They point out that there are women-only gyms, but not men-only in most markets. I know my mother goes to a women-only gym, but I'm pretty sure that it's not naked.
Nigel Lythgoe says that Fox has cut summer staple So You Think You Can Dance down to one episode a week,...
Congratulations to couples in Delaware and Hawaii, where civil unions became legal January 1st. It's not full equality, but it's a step forward.
Queerty says a company is planning to bring male-only nude gyms to New York, Sydney and London. They point out that there are women-only gyms, but not men-only in most markets. I know my mother goes to a women-only gym, but I'm pretty sure that it's not naked.
Nigel Lythgoe says that Fox has cut summer staple So You Think You Can Dance down to one episode a week,...
- 1/2/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
So the universe upheaved and a gap appeared in time and here we are, at the far end of that gap. (Or the near end, if we’re looking backwards. But never mind.) We’ve again grubbed residence in Comicmixland and vowed to deliver weekly blather.
But, with a deep bow to Bill Maher, we have new rules—or to be exact, just rules, since when I last did this nobody mentioned rules, though I did promise Mike Gold and myself to do at least 500 words per installment, lest I be mistaken for a carbuncle. The 500 word deal still holds, but Mike has added a new proviso; subject matter should be somehow related to comics.
Pretty draconian, huh?
Actually, Mike’s edict doesn’t much close any doors. First, a lot is happening in comics and related media per se and, second, virtually everything in our media-drenched, perpetual-news-cycling global civilization is connected.
But, with a deep bow to Bill Maher, we have new rules—or to be exact, just rules, since when I last did this nobody mentioned rules, though I did promise Mike Gold and myself to do at least 500 words per installment, lest I be mistaken for a carbuncle. The 500 word deal still holds, but Mike has added a new proviso; subject matter should be somehow related to comics.
Pretty draconian, huh?
Actually, Mike’s edict doesn’t much close any doors. First, a lot is happening in comics and related media per se and, second, virtually everything in our media-drenched, perpetual-news-cycling global civilization is connected.
- 7/14/2011
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
Charlize Theron went public with her unorthodox 'marriage' to partner Stuart Townsend over the weekend when she referred to the Irishman as her "husband" in a TV interview.
The Oscar winner was chatting to the hosts of U.S. film show Shootout, wearing a band on her wedding finger, when she cooed about her seven-year romance with Townsend.
Asked why she has chosen to produce movies by two first-time directors - William Maher (Sleepwalking) and Patty Jenkins (Monster) - the actress cryptically offered, "I look at my husband today and I wonder, 'What was it that you said that made me stick around for seven years...' I'm still sticking around."
Then, later in the show, while Theron was proudly talking about Townsend's directorial debut Battle In Seattle, a scene from the film was shown, with the blurb, "Theron's husband, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, wrote and directed Battle In Seattle."
Theron and Townsend declared themselves 'married' last September after exchanging rings just before Battle In Seattle's world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.
Townsend revealed, "I didn't do a church wedding or anything, but we're married. We're husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together."...
The Oscar winner was chatting to the hosts of U.S. film show Shootout, wearing a band on her wedding finger, when she cooed about her seven-year romance with Townsend.
Asked why she has chosen to produce movies by two first-time directors - William Maher (Sleepwalking) and Patty Jenkins (Monster) - the actress cryptically offered, "I look at my husband today and I wonder, 'What was it that you said that made me stick around for seven years...' I'm still sticking around."
Then, later in the show, while Theron was proudly talking about Townsend's directorial debut Battle In Seattle, a scene from the film was shown, with the blurb, "Theron's husband, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, wrote and directed Battle In Seattle."
Theron and Townsend declared themselves 'married' last September after exchanging rings just before Battle In Seattle's world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.
Townsend revealed, "I didn't do a church wedding or anything, but we're married. We're husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together."...
- 3/17/2008
- WENN
By Neil Pedley
This week, our cup runneth over with a "Karate Kid" knockoff, a shot-for-shot remake and more documentaries than Michael Moore can shake an overpriced hot dog at.
"Blind Mountain"
The recipient of plenty of acclaim at last year's Cannes Film Festival, director Li Yang has a casual yet immediate style that's been touted as something of a Chinese answer to Ken Loach. "Blind Mountain" offers an uncomfortable but powerful indictment of China's one child policy and the sex trade that has flourished under it. The film follows the desperate struggle of a young woman who accepts a job in a remote mountain village, only to discover that she has unwittingly been sold into marriage as a slave.
Opens in New York.
"Doomsday"
Before anyone had heard of Angelina Jolie, model-turned-actress Rhona Mitra was the original face of "Tomb Raider"'s Lara Croft. Ten years later, she's traded...
This week, our cup runneth over with a "Karate Kid" knockoff, a shot-for-shot remake and more documentaries than Michael Moore can shake an overpriced hot dog at.
"Blind Mountain"
The recipient of plenty of acclaim at last year's Cannes Film Festival, director Li Yang has a casual yet immediate style that's been touted as something of a Chinese answer to Ken Loach. "Blind Mountain" offers an uncomfortable but powerful indictment of China's one child policy and the sex trade that has flourished under it. The film follows the desperate struggle of a young woman who accepts a job in a remote mountain village, only to discover that she has unwittingly been sold into marriage as a slave.
Opens in New York.
"Doomsday"
Before anyone had heard of Angelina Jolie, model-turned-actress Rhona Mitra was the original face of "Tomb Raider"'s Lara Croft. Ten years later, she's traded...
- 3/10/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
PARK CITY -- Overture Films has made its first acquisition, picking up all U.S. rights to producer-star Charlize Theron's drama Ferris Wheel for about $4 million.
Although Wheel was not shown at the Sundance Film Festival, Overture, the new indie production-distribution company, completed the deal in Park City during the fest. The film was produced by Denver and Delilah Films, Theron's production outfit, and Film Engine.
Directed by Bill Maher in his helming debut, Wheel stars Theron as a poor mother who gets caught up with the wrong crowd and abandons her young daughter (AnnaSophia Robb). She leaves the girl with her brother (Nick Stahl), and the girl develops a special bond with her uncle as they deal with the situation. Dennis Hopper plays the father of Theron's character, and Woody Harrelson plays a member of her circle of troubled friends.
Overture chief operating officer Danny Rosett said Overture execs, including CEO Chris McGurk, viewed about 45 minutes of the unfinished film before making their decision.
Although Wheel was not shown at the Sundance Film Festival, Overture, the new indie production-distribution company, completed the deal in Park City during the fest. The film was produced by Denver and Delilah Films, Theron's production outfit, and Film Engine.
Directed by Bill Maher in his helming debut, Wheel stars Theron as a poor mother who gets caught up with the wrong crowd and abandons her young daughter (AnnaSophia Robb). She leaves the girl with her brother (Nick Stahl), and the girl develops a special bond with her uncle as they deal with the situation. Dennis Hopper plays the father of Theron's character, and Woody Harrelson plays a member of her circle of troubled friends.
Overture chief operating officer Danny Rosett said Overture execs, including CEO Chris McGurk, viewed about 45 minutes of the unfinished film before making their decision.
- 1/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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