Stand Watch!

Defamer: The trades mourn the recent silencing of their favorite of the Three Tenors. Scott Rudin beats out Warner Bros, Universal, Sony, and New Line for the movie rights to the historical novel I, Claudius , with Leo DiCaprio and his The Departed screenwriter William Monahan expected to jump ship from ...full story

New Yorker Bites Hand That Reads It

IvyGate: A dance party hosted by Sasha Frere-Jones? A tour of Chinatown led by Calvin Trillin? An "Evening with" Sigur Ros? These things could only be happening at the New Yorker Festival -- a magical weekend in October where quasi-celebrities like Jonathan Safran-Foer exchange witticisms and host ...full story

Booty Luv - Dont Mess With My Man

Unreality Music: Serial hit recyclers Booty Luv are back next week with their third single, a cover of Lucy Pearl’s Don’t Mess With My Man. It isn’t a complicated formula - take a bunch of old-but-good dance tunes and give them a slick and sophisticated makeover. What Booty Luv do best is produce ...full story

Stand Watch!

firedoglake: As Congress holds hearings on the new Iraq reports, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War are standing watch and demanding that Congress end the occupation. Two Democratic presidential candidates are also standing watch and asking for our help. With the continuing song-and-dance in DC over the ...full story



Technorati Tags: dance, Stand, Watch