Since 1977 the ubiquitous "I Love (heart) NY" campaign has spoken for up optimism and pride by every community who has adapted it for their own use. Like the smiley face before it, the slogan nourishes good cheer along with a strong sense of community dignity. But now Future Heretics has replaced the heart with an Uzi sub-machine gun and the "NY" with "LA."
Across the pages of People, US, and leading fashion magazines mindless stars with thin careers are being showcased wearing these t-shirts. Hayden Panettiere, Khloe Kardashian, Sarai Givati, Fergie and Lindsay Lohan are among the stars whose candid photographs the company is using to market their wares. But Future Heretics hasn't stopped with Los Angeles, they have waved the automatic weapon at Santa Barbara in a special-issue "I (UZI) SB".
Before Harry Houdini's 1926 death, the master magician promised his wife Bess that he would return to her from beyond the grave. Every year at the anniversary of Harry's death, Bess held séances at the top of Hollywood's Knickerbocker Hotel. Finally after a decade, her hopeful conjuring stopped. Mrs. Houdini said that "ten years was long enough to wait for any man."
Last week, Elsie Poncher, the widow of Richard Poncher, brought real earning power to death by auctioning off her husband's crypt above Marilyn Monroe. The text of the ebay listing confirmed the 23-year-old rumor that Mr. Poncher was flipped over -per his last wish - to be interred in an eternal kiss with Hollywood's immortal sex goddess.
Hollywood's contribution to art is indelible. Like a great painting, film demands we stop, sit, and experience the celluloid humanity unfolding before us. Film stirs emotions, viewpoints, ideas, and memories. Film might even enrich our lives more broadly and dramatically than music.
Great film teaches us about the human experience. Whether it is a sniffle, a laugh, or a sigh, the tribal communication among audience members viewing a film together in a theater heightens the experience. Imagine never seeing Kubrick's 2001, The Grapes of Wrath, or even Saturday Night Fever on a big screen. Without theatrical screenings, the director's intent for a bigger-than-life experience would be lost. In these days of CGI box office hits and humanistic flops, well all understand the need for a vibrant film program at the LACMA.
A robust film industry must take some major responsibility for its own artistic legacy. When Michael Govan announced the end of the weekend film program, people across L.A. screamed "foul." How could LACMA cancel the program that showcases America's most important films? I'm glad there is an outcry, but without donating the bucks to support the program the public complaints are nothing more than an irresponsible rant for someone else to take an active role.
Martin Scorsese's open letter to LACMA's head Michael Govan is flawed.
For me, loneliness and daytime television have always gone hand-in-hand. As a metronome for the morning, I'll switch the TV on as I prepare for the day. Some afternoons I find myself standing alone in my kitchen intrigued by a talk show train wreck or a CNN prediction of doom. During my college years, I remember the guilty displeasure of Luke and Laura. Today, daytime's preponderance of lawyer, technical school, and lapband commercials make it appear as though people at home could use some shining inspiration. It's there, but you have to dig behind the scenes to find TV's daytime gold.
Thom Bierdz's return to The Young and the Restless is 24K brilliance. In 1989 his character, twenty-eight- year-old Phillip Chancellor III, drove his car off a cliff in a drunken fog. All the bells and whistles pealed for a big-haired 'eighties funeral that left legions of fans teary eyed over the end of handsome, young, rebellious Phillip. This summer in a Friday afternoon closing cliffhanger, Thom Bierdz, as Phillip, appeared back on the soap. It seems that Phillip has risen from the dead, but in truth Mr. Bierdz has come back to restore Phillip Chancellor's dignity and give middle America a shot of humanity.
New York - The "New York Times" is reporting that Goldman Sachs has completed its acquisition of the Atlantic Ocean, stunning the other remaining investment bank. An overpaid spokesperson for the firm has confirmed the story to The Times, in exchange for "above the fold" placement of his daughter's wedding announcement.
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