Birthday Twins: A Rare Daily Double!
A Maverick, a movie director, and a movie director who’s a maverick. All this and Sir David Frost too in today’s rare daily double of birthday twins.
Biographies
Glenn Beck Will End His Daily Show on Fox News
Glenn Beck is ending his daily television show on Fox News.
Duncan Jones Biography: New!
Our new biography of Duncan Jones is now live. He’s the director of the sci-fi film Moon (2009) and now Source Code (starring Jake Gyllenhaal, as seen above on a Spanish poster).
‘Super’ Movie: Rainn Wilson and Elliot Page Chew the Fat
“I always get on conference calls four minutes late, because it’s not so late that it [irritates people], but it’s just late enough to show how important I am.”Rainn Wilson,
Happy Birthday, Thomas Hobbes
Today is the birthday of English philosopher and royal pal Thomas Hobbes.
Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Filmmaker Werner Herzog has made a feature-length documentary about the caves and cave paintings in France’s Chauvet cave. The film is called Cave of Forgotten Dreams and examines paintings on the walls that date to around 30,000 years ago.
To hear Werner Herzog talk about his new movie, including the technical challenges he experienced filming in 3D for the first time, listen to this 19 minute podcast from the U.K.’s Picturehouse Blog.
William Henry Harrison Made History Today in 1841
U.S. President William Henry Harrison made history on this day in 170 years ago. How? He became the first president to die while in office.
Barack Obama: “This Will Be My Final Campaign”
“This will be my final campaign, at least as a candidate.”So said Barack Obama in an email to supporters this morning, announcing that he’s filing the paperwork to run for president in 2012.
Torpedo of Truth, or Bomb of Baloney?
4700 showed up for Charlie Sheen’s live show in Detroit last night. Not many stayed.
King Hussein’s QSL Card
No, that’s not the sequel to The King’s Speech.