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Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’

NYTimes has an article about the marketing campaign for a new vampire tv show on HBO called True Blood. It’s based on the series of books by Charlaine Harris centered on Sookie, a telepathic waitress in a small town in Louisiana.  After a blood substitute beverage is invented, vampires come out of hiding. I’ve read [...]

I heard this on Studio 360 on NPR this morning and I thought I’d share. It’s by Elna Baker.

Please read this article and tell me how this not going to turn out to be the plot of Blades of Glory.

NY Times: Figure Skating Rivalry Pits Athleticism Against Artistry
An excerpt….
One stands 6 feet 2 inches, wears panther black and dates ESPN’s Hottest Female Athlete. The other weighs an avian 125 pounds, favors [...]

Thanks to Natalie for telling me about this. Tina Fey was back on SNL Weekend Update…the part I’m talking about is about a minute into this clip.

They are doing a full-scale production of Hair for Shakespeare in the Park this summer. Hmm…interesting.
I guess the song “What a Piece of Work is Man”  helps.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/theater/08arts-HAMLETANDHAI_BRF.html

In case you didn’t know I’ve been in Utah for the past week and will be here for the next few weeks. Yay! We just wrapped up Boobcon, wherein a bunch of my girl snowboarder friends came to SLC to get their shred on. It was mucho fun. Need to recap that too.
Right now it’s [...]

Rent is closing June 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/theater/16broad.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
I walked by the theater yesterday and I found it kind of funny that the life size photo mural on the building is of the original cast, considering I knew it was over 10 years old. I wondered how much longer the show would be open, and now I know.

PR gets underway in less than a week! Do you think you know who’s gonna win? Well there’s a Fantasy PR Game running. It’s sort of like fantasy football – you pick the 3 designers you think will do best in the next episode. They don’t seem have their method for scoring figured out yet, [...]

Twin Peaks DVDs have been slowly trickling out over the past few years. First the Pilot, then Fire Walk with Me, and then Season Onein 2001. Then they stopped. What happened to season two? Well Twin Peaks – The Second Season was finally released in April. Today I was on Amazon and noticed that Twin [...]