Richard Hell, Colin Meloy And Greg Kihn Are Among The Writers Who Rock...
(Source: Grammy Awards - The Recording Academy) A small but growing number of musicians are establishing second careers as novelists GRAMMY.com Chuck Crisafulli Music history is full of countless...
View ArticleThinking Allowed; In Our Time – radio review
A discussion of how people while away the long hours at work moved effortlessly from the pointless to the bizarre •Thinking Allowed •In Our Time Studying slacktitude ... Laurie Taylor. Photograph: BBC...
View Article>An Interview With Max Allan Collins About His Two Newest Books
I confess I had never heard of Max Allan Collins before I received not one but two unsolicited books by him in a short span of a few months. After reading Wikipedia's entry on him I realized it was...
View ArticleShane Salerno's new documentary 'Salinger' revealed in compelling first trailer
Documentaries make up a healthy percentage of my film diet every year, and the best of them...
View ArticleAbu Qatada: Jordan approves treaty to allow UK deportation of radical cleric
Treaty guarantees that those returned under its provisions will not face trial based on evidence obtained by torture The treaty clears the way for Abu Qatada to be put on a plane to Amman, possibly...
View ArticleTonight Exclusive with Laura Haddock
Masterfully deceptive as Lorenzo de Medici’s mistress, the secret lover of Leonardo da Vinci and a mole for Count Girolamo Riario, Laura Haddock is well cast as Lucrezia Donati in Fox’s historical...
View ArticleHBO's Summer Documentary Series: True Life Tales
For 10 consecutive Mondays this summer, HBO will air a new original documentary that illustrates an important issue, person, or concept in the director's own words. Take a break from the fictional...
View ArticleUnited for Libraries presents 'First Author, First Book' at ALA Annual...
(Source: ALA - American Library Association) PHILADELPHIA - United for Libraries will present "First Author, First Book" from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. CDT on Sunday, June 30 at the Sheraton Chicago, Ontario...
View Article'Pandora's Promise' is a contrarian documentary on nuclear power
In a perfect world, our information would be reliably sourced. The documentary “Pandora’s Promise” tells us that this world would be closer to perfect if it had more nuclear power plants. This is a...
View ArticleTurkey: a Second 1848 … or 1905?
With revolt now spreading to a bedrock of capitalist stability, there is every indication that the global wave of 2011 is still alive. Turkey, marketed to the whole world as a neoliberal success story...
View ArticleJessica Hynes' sitcom Up The Women commissioned for second series on BBC Two...
(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) The new series will comprise 6x30-minute episodes and will be made by BBC In-House Comedy and Baby Cow Productions. This series was commissioned by...
View ArticleTo Let best long documentary
To Let, directed by Spandan Banerjee and produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), has won the award for the best long documentary at the sixth International Documentary and Short Film...
View ArticleSalinger Trailer: Documentary Provides First Look (VIDEO)
The first trailer for the forthcoming documentary movie "Salinger," about the life of the famous recluse author, has appeared on Yahoo! Movies, and it looks intriguing. Backed by the Weinstein Company,...
View ArticleBBC unions hold strike vote over 'paltry' pay offer
Corporation could face walkout after negotiations over flat-rate £650 rise prove fruitless The BBC could face strike action after unions rejected its pay offer. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA The BBC is...
View ArticleEx-BBC chief and others may be quizzed over £100m DMI debacle
Independent review likely to question Mark Thompson about whether he was aware of concerns over doomed digital project Mark Thompson: likely to be questioned about the failure of the BBC's £100m DMI...
View ArticleProximion Offers OEM Customized Fiber Bragg Gratings
Proximion now offers Original Equipment Manufactured (“OEM”) ultra-long customized Fiber Bragg Gratings (“FBG”) for seamless integration into various products and systems KISTA, Sweden--(BUSINESS...
View Article'No Place on Earth': Holocaust documentary to make Syracuse premiere at...
How did an American cave explorer come across a shoe, a comb and an old key 70 feet underground in Eastern Europe? The answer to that question lies in "No Place on Earth," a Magnolia Pictures...
View ArticleGreek journalists defy government order to close state broadcaster
ERT, Hellenic Broadcasting Corp, was ordered to shut down as part of public spending cuts, but remained on air via the internet • Click here to see ERT's Ustream broadcast ERT journalists at the state...
View ArticleChild Genius and Happy Families: family life on television
Broadcasters may want to attract family audiences, but documentaries that scrutinise life in private homes often make for uncomfortable, post-watershed viewing. Perhaps that is part of the appeal...
View ArticleGlobal Radio appeals against order to sell off GMG Radio stations
Competition Commission ordered the sale of stations in seven areas of the UK over concerns about effect on competition Global Radio has appealed against a Competition Commission order to sell off some...
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