“During the last decade, the Toronto Film Festival, now in its 32nd year, has emerged as the unofficial beginning of a six-month movie-awards cycle that culminates with the Oscar ceremony in late February. While some high-profile offerings are tucked elsewhere in the program, the gala presentations tend to attract the movies’ stars and a frenzy of media coverage. This time around, the opening notes are a bit intense.”
Tag: 08.23.07
HBO In Decline?
HBO’s rivals say that the network has stumbled and declined. “This sort of thing is inevitable when you get to where they got to, where you’re saying, ‘It’s not TV, it’s HBO,’ and that you’re superior to everyone else, and then you hit a fallow period.”
Ray Bradbury At 87
“Though slowed by age, Ray Bradbury still speaks with exuberance. Hobbled by a stroke in 1999, he now dictates his work over the phone to his daughter in Arizona, who records and transcribes it before faxing edits back.”