It’s good to be Bob Morris. The author, who recently published Assisted Loving, a memoir of helping his widower father - and himself - find love, has been traveling to Los Angeles to discuss possibly turning the book into a movie. As if that’s not enough, Morris’ main squeeze, Ira Silverberg, recently proposed. And Morris said yes! Do we smell an Assisted Loving sequel? [NYDN] ...

The Republican party lost one of its most treasured figures this weekend. North Carolina Senator and noted civil rights foe Jesse Helms died Friday at the age of 86. Since his early days in the Senate, which date back to 1973, Helms used his position and connections to reinforce the conservative movement. In fact, many attribute his passion as the impetus behind the rise of the right wing in America, particularly his championing of Ronald Reagan: Helms’ decision to back Ronald Reagan’s upstart bid against President Gerald Ford in 1976 led the struggling California governor to an upset win in ...

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"The realization that something is not as you want it to be is an important first step, but once you have identified that, the faster you are able to turn your attention in the direction of a solution, the better, because a continuing exploration of the problem will prevent you from finding the solution. The problem is a different vibrational frequency than the solution—and all thoughts (or vibrations) are affected by (or managed by) the Law of Attraction". - Abraham-Hicks Publications. ...

Just a quickie that I scribbled out in the Goodwill store today while I was on the phone with my director. I am costuming a show that opens at the end of next week and I was running around all morning shopping for the last few pieces that I need. I'm trying to use this opportunity to get more in the habit of everyday sketching than I usually am. ...

A while back, I thought the always wonderful ModFab had gone into a blog deep freeze...yet today I was happy to find the site totally fresh and in season. To celebrate MF's freshness, I swiped its 5 Things Meme and thunked out my answers:5 jobs I have had:- Grocery Bag Packer- Landscaper- Library Cataloger- Photographer's Assistant- Graphic Designer (can't seem to shake that one)5 movies I can watch over and over:- Blade Runner- Showgirls- Bad Education- Notes on a Scandal- Body Heat 5 places I have lived:- Kent, OH- Annandale-on-Hudson, NY- Parikia, Paros, Greece- Boston, MA- New York, ...

ITEM! I have started another blog. It will all be explained on the first post over there, but it has to do with this post that I made a few months ago. You can find my newest endeavor here.ITEM! I was mentioned on io9 (the science fiction blog from Gawker) today. One of their writers spotted my tour of the Marvel Universe shots in my flickr feed, the ones that I made back when I was writing for MetBlogs and wrote the article about the real world locations of Marvel Buildings.ITEM! Artwork to follow shortly, (in ...

SO. We decided to spend our anniversary where we had one of our first dates, all those years ago - the Un-American Film Festival. Its a festival of short indie films that are critical of the government, concerned about social justice, that sort of earnest thing. Plus bands and open bar and a great view of the fireworks. Sweet.We were kind of broke, so we wanted to hit the open bar for as much as it was worth (if not more), so we arrived shortly after five. They were closing off that part of the river from people at 6, ...

These are not Oscar predictions. They are my preferences -- the five performances in each category I have loved most this year from the 50 films I've screened. I'm doing this since the year is half over... and also just begun. (Oh, you know how Hollywood waits and waits to release the juicy stuff...) Unfortunately none of them will get any traction for acknowledgements later in the year when various groups start giving prizes. It's all in the timing...Best Leading ActressAmy Adams -Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day (review)Irene Azuelas -Burn the BridgesFamke Jannsen -Turn ...

A quick follow-up to the news that At the Beach, today's highlight of Los Angeles Black Pride, was unceremoniously canceled. Crowds are returning to Point Dune Beach in Malibu today, although there will be no centralized functions, space or official... ...

Kathleen Turner was always asking for it in the 80s, wasn't she?God, I love her. Still. I'd gladly break through plate glass windows to have her knowing that she'd betray me, roll around on beds with her knowing she's an assassin with a contract on my life, fight alligators for precious gems just to woo her, return to high school with her, destroy the home we shared together in mutually destructive broken love rather than leave her side.Come to me Kathleen! I'll do anything...So would Falco apparently. Remember him? He wanted Amadeus... Amadeus... Amadeus... ...

Jesse Helms, the conservative icon and former longtime Republican senator from North Carolina, dies on the Fourth of July at age 86. Helms served 30 years in the Senate and "gained notoriety largely through his opposition to racial equality, gay... ...

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Three alien-loving Film Experience readers have won The X-Files: Revelations DVD set. Eight episode of Chris Carter's beloved series (starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny) are going home with them. The episodes are handpicked for their relevance to the new movie. I asked all contestants what their favorite movie about aliens were. The randomly drawn winners named the following films...Rene in Texas loves Mysterious Skin. An interesting choice for the aliens question. Those of you who've seen it will agree.Lynsey in Maryland is fond of a James Cameron's flick The Abyss. ...

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You know it's your 50th birthday when...~ The oldest looking, most worn, coin in your pocket is dated the same year you graduated college.~ You had to learn ventriloquism in order to own a toy that talked.~ You remember the Hula-Hoop® the first time it was invented. And Super Balls®, and Frisbees®.~ Your childhood friends sent you birthday cards that mention that their kids are graduating college this year.~ When Greenwood Cemetery mails you an invitation to come tour their Tranquility Garden Columbarium. ~ You remember having relatives with actual names like: Claude, Earl, Mavis, Camilla, Walter, and Emmadohl.~ ...

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oh my goodness what with all the teaching and pilates and swimming and visits from bloggers who were friends before blogging was invented and duran duran concerts and birthday celebrations and setting up my new toy and my other new toy and trying to reconfigure my home wi-fi network (WEP, WPA, waaaaah) I haven't blogged since the posting the scary lady picture but now I have to meet the prodigal friend for the Pride Parade and then lure him back to Walthamstow (Walthamstow? I know!) for a surprise welcome ...

"You could spend years and years figuring out how to take three steps at once. Or you could simply take one step, and then the next, and then the next."Being able to think things through is a tremendously valuable skill. But don't let all that thinking prevent you from doing."Sometimes it pays to think of a more efficient or effective or faster way to complete the task. Other times you're better off when you just go ahead and do it."Analyzing what you must do can be helpful. Yet analysis by itself won't get the job completed."After you think it through, ...