What’s it all mean? Ratings, that’s what. The Weather Channel scored all time records, and – inexplicably – “Martha Stewart Living” got ten times its usual audience in Miami. Variety
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Fox’s new “Action” series is being billed –
– as a spoof of Hollywood. But critic Tom Shales says it’s so witty and wonderful, he wonders: Is it a satire, or a documentary? Washington Post
Short end of the stick
Why are short films such a neglected art form? The last place you expect to see them is on the big screen, distributors don’t know how to market them, audiences never liked paying for them, and critics never review them. But the British Short Film Festival demonstrates the creativity being passed over. London Times