obligatory sex and the city post obligatorily references horrible STDsThe Sex and the City movie – which follows the libidinous exploits of, uhh, Veronica, Betty... Dopey and, er, Horny? (I’m...
Odd. It’s not even a French carJust saw the Audi R8 commercial and Googled it to find out what the music is . It’s Jeux d’eau by Ravel, and here’s Sviatoslav...
La fin du mondeIt’s 2 am, and too late to be typing. It was a full evening, beginning with the awards and ending with a windblown party at the...
The news, when we get around to itI’m still digesting this extraordinary piece by New Yorker writer George Packer about what he believes is the terminal crumbling...
World o’ EuronewsGordon Brown: Seriously not doing well . Sarko: Ditto . Turns out fantastic set design isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Tusk:...
There’s a brain drain going on and we’re invitingNeil Turok’s appointment as executive director of Perimeter Institute continues to be ignored in Canada and followed with interest...
Atom Egoyan "overwhelmed"Skipped a French movie to see Atom Egoyan accept the Ecumenical Jury Prize. Looks like my earlier announcement of it broke an...
Being Charlie KaufmanAt the press conference after the Cannes premiere of Synecdoche , New York , Charlie Kaufman’s feature directing debut, the...
Egoyan’s ’Adoration’ wins a prizeThis just in. Atom Egoyan has won the Ecumenical jury’s prize in Cannes for Adoration . It’s awarded by a different jury than the...
Can you pronounce ’Synecdoche’?Just got back from a late dinner with a gang of journalists at La Pizza, which has always been Roger Ebert’s favorite restaurant...