Thursday, April 22, 2010

Arthur returns

One of the first great movies I ever saw as a kid was the comedic release "Arthur" in 1981. It starred Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and John Gielgud, and featured one of the funniest screenplays of all-time from a writer of the shooting star variety, the late Steve Gordon. Now, the movie is about to be remade by the distinctive British comedian Russell Brand, and there's word today that Helen Mirren has been cast in... wait for it... the Gielgud role. This is one to watch.

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The terrorists have chalked up another win. The cable channel Comedy Central has edited a recently-completed episode of the program "South Park" in order to excise a speech about intimidation after a radical Muslim group threatened the show's producers, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The group was angry over the show's presentation of their prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear costume.

Jesus, are we going to live with courage in this country or aren't we?

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Happy Earth Day. Remember: Think globally. Act locally.

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