Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there’s no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate.
Herewith this week’s leftover links, in no particular order:
Polanski Speaks – But Doesn’t Apologize
Russell Crowe slams past films about ‘Robin Hood’
Joe Roth: Time to Let Studios Own Theaters
“Welcome to the Hollywood Walk of… oops!” [Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ name misspelled on Walk of Fame]
Fox News reports Mr. Rogers is evil
John Simm and Philip Glenister to team up in new show
30 Photos That Changed the World
[Jeffrey Wells on why Sex and the City 2 is cause for terrorists to bomb us]
Movie Gallery to close all U.S. stores: report
Why do Korean moviegoers get to see ‘Iron Man 2’ way ahead of Japan?
EXCLUSIVE: JJ Abrams has a new secret film coming, and we have your first details
Indie films await sign of VOD, Web download success
ACTA and the Overblown Threat of Piracy [re MPAA and RIAA]
Facebook statuses reveal happiness
Lindsay Lohan tipped to play Deep Throat porn star Linda Lovelace
[how the new critics at Variety are being treated by their employer]
‘Babies’ may have technically violated labor laws
F.C.C. Allows Movie Studios to Block Copying of New Video-on-Demand Releases
Everyone on Earth *is* special, with the possible exception of Fox News hosts, which may explain why they felt let down by that message…