Archive | September, 2009

Outspoken Wendy Williams moves to TV

Posted on 29 September 2009

Wendy Williams knows that her syndicated television show often provides fodder for jokes on E!’s “Talk Soup.” She’s more than all right with that.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports and the most overall tonnage of any U.S. They had a more warlike image [...]

Brain scans gauge horror flick fear factor

Posted on 29 September 2009

Editor’s note: For more on neurocinema tune into The Screening Room’s Halloween special at the following times: Wednesday 28 October: 0930, 1730, Saturday 31 October: 0930, 1800, 2130, Sunday 1 November: 0630, 1830, Monday 2 November: 0400 (all times GMT)
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s [...]

Stories from the set of ‘Chinatown’

Posted on 29 September 2009

If you think you were confused and challenged by the famously labyrinthine plot of “Chinatown,” imagine how the screenwriter felt.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports and the most overall tonnage of any U.S. They had a more warlike image and we were told [...]

‘High Fidelity’ author on new book and film

Posted on 29 September 2009

The modern and dysfunctional man, who struggles to find his footing in relationships, career and, in fact, the world, has in many ways been the bread and butter of best-selling British author Nick Hornby’s career.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports and the most [...]

Tumultuous Polanski always in spotlight

Posted on 28 September 2009

Roman Polanski is regarded as one of the finest directors of his generation, winning an Oscar for “The Pianist” and nominations for “Tess” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” but he is probably as equally well known for his own tumultuous life.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain [...]

Drinking, brawling part of fun for Kings of Leon

Posted on 28 September 2009

We halfway expect the four members of Kings of Leon to roll into Bar 1200 drunk and brawling, a burly tour manager leading them in by the scruff of their necks.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports and the most overall tonnage of any [...]

Columnist William Safire dies at 79

Posted on 28 September 2009

William Safire, a onetime speechwriter for President Nixon who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, has died at age 79, the newspaper announced Sunday.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports and the most overall tonnage of any U.S. They had [...]

Jackson tapes reveal his soul, adviser says

Posted on 28 September 2009

Michael Jackson feared his father so much he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room — even when the pop singer was an adult, according to a book written by a former Jackson confidant.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports [...]

‘Meatballs’ holds box office for second week

Posted on 28 September 2009

Seconds, anyone? Eating up $24.6 million worth of tickets, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” defied box office gravity by falling a minuscule 19 percent to win the top spot yet again.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports and the most overall tonnage of [...]

Jackson tapes reveal his soul, former adviser says

Posted on 25 September 2009

Michael Jackson feared his father so much he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room — even when the pop singer was an adult, according to a book written by a former Jackson confidant.
New Orleans and nearby ports, including the Port of South Louisiana, handle most of the country’s grain exports [...]