New York Times Corrections: “Because of an editing error, an article in The Arts on Saturday about the use of the Los Angeles Times building in movies and television shows misstated the surname of the building’s manager of administrative services at one point. As the article noted, he is Cletus Page, and in a subsequent reference he should have been identified as Mr. Page, not Mr. Cletus.”
Year / 2006
Giller Prize Shortlist Announced
Now If Only Deborah Treisman Would Start Blogging
Howard Junker, editor of the swank San Francisco literary mag ZYZZYVA, is now blogging. (via Madam Mayo)
Condolences
I wish the best possible thoughts for Mr. Michael Schaub and his brother. For understandable reasons, Mr. Schaub not been blogging of late over at Bookslut. Do send the Schaubs some positive juju. I wish his brother the best possible recovery.
This Week in Marie Antoinette News
You’d think I could simply ignore Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette like any ordinary populist, but, once again, Romancing the Tome steers me to this amusing piece of news. Apparently, the Marie Antoinette Association has blasted Coppola’s film. President Michele Lorin notes, “We’ve spent years trying to convince people that the queen was not just a libertine who told the starving to eat cake. What do you see on the trailer? You see Marie Antoinette eating cake. You see her lying naked on a chaise longue. I fear the film is going to set us back many years.”
No complaints on the egregious 1980s soundtrack? Or Coppola’s diffidence to include Marie’s death? If Marie Antoinette’s most ardent supporters are protesting this film, then heaven help the reactions of a mass audience.