Friday, July 3, 1998

Independence Day weekend notes

"Every moment, big or small, is of moment, after all. Seize the moment! Skies may fall any moment." — Into the Woods, Sondheim (natch!)

Looking for something? Old entries moved to the archive.

Looking for a quotable? Here's a nifty site to find wit and wisdom: Aphorisms Galore!

I guess when you're trying to take over the world, you try to make sure you have decent maps? Well, Microsoft is giving it a go, with what they claim is the world's largest image database. (The St. Louis maps are awfully outdated too, but real-time might be just a tad too scary.)

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss could either be really cute or mind-jammingly dumb. We shall see. Cute boys, though.

It's satire...for now. The Vatican may be rethinking its philosophy in hopes of gaining more lucrative market share. [or so sez The Onion]

I finally saw The Truman Show Wednesday night and really liked it. I probably would have liked it even more if I hadn't read so much of the advance press. Early reports revealed just a bit too much about the nuances of the production. Anyhow, The Atlantic Online has a clever take on the ersatz "protest" website that the studio put up to front it. [Atlantic Unbound]

OK, this is just weird: A social disease education site with a coffeehouse metaphor? Um...ick.

Allegations of on-set misconduct have grabbed the spotlight from what sounds like it might be a fairly credible Stephen King movie, Apt Pupil. But, quelle surprise, the whole affair may not hold much water. [LA New Times]

The boys' suits say that although they'd been promised their roles wouldn't involve nudity, once they entered the set, Singer and other crew members "commanded blaringly and screamingly" that they strip. The youths were then forced to stand naked for more than four hours as the cameras rolled and an "obviously homosexual" set photographer snapped pictures of them in "indecent positions," their lawsuits allege.

This one's for you, Jeff: Who needs the Drudge Report? When it comes to salacious gossip, no one tops (ahem!) Billy Masters. In the latest romp through the Hollywood gutter, he avers that E! talk hunk Steve Kmetko and Greg Lou(openly)ganis are gettin' serious.

Collectors, take note: After 45 years, TV Guide covers are a hot property. [New York Times]