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I get emails from an art glass store on a fairly frequent basis. Today their email ad included a product I’ve never seen before and certainly wouldn’t have thought of. Honestly; this could not have come from my brain. Check it out here. At first glance this seems like a unique, eye-catching product, but then one [...] If you were anywhere near an Internet connection the last two days you know that there have been a slew of leaks about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows…don’t worry…no leaks or spoilers here. Yesterday, photographs of every page of the book showed up in bit torrent…I didn’t look. Today, Scholastic, the U.S. publisher, [...] Foyle’s War season 4 became available today at your local DVD sellers and Internet stores such as Amazon.com and DeepDiscount.com. Did you get your copy? Come on, admit it. An interesting series of discussions about the Harry Potter films is available here on the New York Times website. Listen in as Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott critique the progression of the films in the areas of the kids, the special effects, the genres, and the plethora of British superstars. A while back I reported (to use the term very loosely) that both the Australia and the U.K. postal services were going to issue Harry Potter stamps. Images of the British stamps were released today. Their stamps are of each book cover, plus stamps for Hogwarts and each house. I wonder if the book cover [...] I’m going to have to re-watch the 1940 production of Pride and Prejudice to check out Sir Laurence Olivier’s nose. Yes, his nose. Olivier was fresh off his success as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights ("Caaaathyyyy! Caaathyyyyy!") and Rebecca when he was cast in P&P. He wanted Vivien Leigh, fresh off her success in a little [...] JASNA (Jane Austen Society of North America) has put together a website with information, links, articles, etc. about Jane Austen films. That includes film adaptations of Austen’s books and "films that contain homages or references," but also films about Austen. I’ve only spent a few minutes there so far, but plan to spend more. I [...] I’m getting a TON of hits for Foyle’s War, so let me see if I can clarify a few things: Yes, PBS does edit the shows. PBS cuts about 10 to 13 minutes from each episode. PBS viewers, i.e., viewers in the U.S., that want to see complete episodes as written and shown in the U.K., [...] |
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