So THE HOBBIT Film is Going to Look Like a Rembrandt Painting?

Could be worse. It could resemble the work of the Brothers Hildebrandt. (Obscure fantasy illustrator joke. Sorry.)

From Entertainment Weekly
EW again (not an expression of opinion, merely an acronym for the source)

Why Politicians Shouldn’t Marry Comedy Writers

We’re seeing a beautiful Wes Anderson film in this. (Sadly, we doubt that Wes does.)

Bob Kerrey’s wife, Sarah Paley, rues his political career, disses Nebraska, in Vogue essay

Here’s an interesting twist on the adoring political spouse: Does it matter to voters if a wife or husband really, really doesn’t want to be part of the campaign? read article

Academics Never Get It

Satire, sarcasm, irony, just plain humor, call it what you will – academics don’t get it. The proof of this statement is in the courses colleges teach on the subject. The seriousness with which they approach comedy. Can one really dissect something using its opposite as the tool?

Case in point:

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Harry Bosch, TV Detective?

Uh…who?

Michael Connelly Partners Up To Pitch His Harry Bosch Books As TV Series

EXCLUSIVE: Crime novelist Michael Connelly has partnered with Fuse Entertainment (The Killing, The Good Guys) and writer-producer Eric Overmyer (HBO’s Treme) in hopes of finally bringing his Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch character to series TV. Overmyer has come on to develop and serve as showrunner and lead writer on the prospective series, Connelly told Deadline today. No network or pilot deal is in place. The partnership marks Connelly’s first Bosch deal following a legal battle between the author and Paramount over rights to the character. Until 2010, the brooding LAPD homicide detective and protagonist of 15 of Connelly’s 20-plus books was tied up in 15 years of development hell at the studio. read article

munchman’s Guilty Pleasures

Can’t help it. This site has me by the scro throat. I check it every day. 4 times a day. It’s more important than food, drink, my career…

Oh, wait, I don’t have a career. But I could if…if…

Can no one rid me of this accursed addiction?! read article