Archive for November, 2008
Eli Broad shows his hand (and his art too)
By Tom Teicholz at 20 November, 2008, 12:40 pm
There’s an article today saying that Eli Broad has filed papers in Beverly Hills to begin the approval process for building a museum to house his art collection.
This goes back to the BCAM issue — Although Broad contributed to building the structrure for the contemporary art galleries, apparently he decided against giving LACMA the collection, [...]
Mel Gibson: the Passion and its consequences (or The Flesh is weak but Ukrainian woman is stronger)
By Tom Teicholz at 20 November, 2008, 12:10 pm
Gossip in Hollywood is that Mel Gibson’s wife of 26 years is divorcing him over his affair with a Ukrianian singer Oksana — and that given California’s community propoerty laws and their long marriage she may be entitled to as much as $900 Million.
It appears, if you had not noticed before, that Gibson has a [...]
GULF WAR SYNDROME IS REAL
By Tom Teicholz at 18 November, 2008, 11:44 am
The LA Times today has an article that confirms that years or test have confirmed that exposure to toxins in the first Gulf War did affect veterans with what has been called Gulf War Syndrome. Many years ago I tried to set up a cable movie about a family’s fight to get the VA to [...]
Read More >>Jason Bentley is national news; Nick Harcourt is old news
By Tom Teicholz at 18 November, 2008, 11:25 am
Nick Harcourt announced that after ten years of hosting “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on KCRW FM, he is leaving to pursue other opportunities, which we all know means, to see if he can make a living.
Jason Bentley who has been at KCRW for many years hosting a variety of programs and events will be taking over [...]
Fast reading versus slow reading
By Tom Teicholz at 17 November, 2008, 4:43 pm
Over the last few weeks I needed to get up to speed on a number of writers, Yoram Kaniuk, Mier Shalev, Evan Handler, Jonathan Kirsch so I sped through a lot of books. I read them, and I read them fast — and it was amazing how one could really get a feel for the [...]
Read More >>what’s to be done with the car companies
By Tom Teicholz at 17 November, 2008, 4:29 pm
Should we bail out GM, Ford, Chrysler and if so, how and on what terms? Or should be darwinian and let the chips fall where they may. I;ve been hearing arguments on all sides for days now. One argument against says maybe it’s not a bad thing if the car companies fail; maybe all the [...]
Read More >>John Updike at UCLA LIVE: one of the last of the Mohicans
By Tom Teicholz at 14 November, 2008, 11:36 am
John Updike was at Royce Hall in conversation with David Uhlin as part of UCLA LIVE. Updike was there to promote and talk about his new novel “The Widows of Eastwick” a sequel to “The Witches of Eastwick” — and the evening was really a pleasure.
Updike read a passage from the new novel which gave [...]
Lipstick Jungle falls prey to law of Jungle
By Tom Teicholz at 13 November, 2008, 1:35 pm
NBC has pulled the plug on Lipstick Jungle — a show that in its original incarnation, as what happens to sex in the city women once they reach the top, was intriguing - became more of a soap opera and was little watched, I feel because it was so dour - everyone seemed depressed or [...]
Read More >>OOPS Rupert does it again
By Tom Teicholz at 13 November, 2008, 1:20 pm
Rupert, who famously promised not to interefere with the Wall Street Journal’s editorial — just like he promised Dorothy Schiff not to change the New York Post — appointed Thomson editorial director. Thomson has just brough in another Murdoch-ite Baker to run the news department. Baker is an awowed right wing curmodgeon. Is that really [...]
Read More >>Bad Arolsen Archives
By Tom Teicholz at 11 November, 2008, 10:39 am
Last night I went to a presentation on the archives at Bad Arolsen which include the International Red Cross’ International Tracing service, which were only opened up to the public last May, and which by next year should be available in diigitzed form at the US Holocaust Museum.
The Archives contain many Nazi records concerning labor [...]