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Film director Sydney Pollack has passed away.

May 27, 2008 7:51am

I saw him in a film recently called 'Orchestra Seats/Fauteuils d'orchestre'. It was a sweet French film in which he had a cameo as a visiting well-known director.

Interesting to read Xeni's comment about Pollock and old vs new Hollywood. Many younger film and tv practitioners are not so forward thinking even now.

And I thought the majority of people were aware that the Oscars is no judge or gauge of 'quality' film-making in any particular year. I'm always surprised when people mention it in that context. It's a huge promo event - nothing else.

Kids' wishes for a better planet

May 23, 2008 4:14am

I want to vomit. Anyone remember Maddox grading children's pics? He gave them all an F.

How directed by a teacher or what they were learning that day were these kids' wishes?

I am concerned about how bad their spelling is (was their teacher not there to help direct that?) especially as some have used recognisable internet/texting short-hand like 'PPL' for people. Most of the 'wishes' are gobbledygook!

Netherlands bans e-voting

May 20, 2008 4:31pm

@11 - Hal - Correct! The Irish government spend 10s of MILLIONS on research into e-voting and shelved the possibility of using it because of the unauditable nature of the system.

1939 marital rating scale for wives

May 13, 2008 12:15pm

Isn't this simply saying (in writing!) what most men are actually thinking...? ;-)

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