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By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyThe Oscars didn't really hold my attention Sunday night and sadly, after I got distracted,they still went on and on. Before the first commercial, however, I was glad to hear winning cinematographer Wally Pfister thank his "union crew" on the film "Inception." As my husband is a member of the screenwriters' guild, I was also glad to see, for the two winners in his professional category, that the Academy got it exactly right. Related Stories The Oscars: 'The King's Speech' and Natalie Portman Reign The Oscars: Young, Pretty, Snarky, So Who's ...
Could David Simon Give Back His MacArthur Genius Grant?
By Alex Eichler - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- You can't apply for a MacArthur Fellowship, the $500,000, no-strings-attached award given to a handful of Americans each year and popularly known as the "genius grant." But can you give one back? Observers had cause to ponder that when the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2010 Fellows. The eclectic group of 23 professionals included a Native American linguist, a honeybee scholar, a genre-jumping jazz pianist, a high school physics teacher and one David Simon, creator of "Homicide: Life on the Street," "The Wire" and "Treme." Speaking to reporters, ...
'The Wire' Creator Among 23 'Genius Grant' Winners
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- David Simon, creator of HBO's epic "The Wire" series, says he feels "a little sheepish" about being among 23 scientists, inventors and scholars who've been awarded this year's "genius grants" from the MacArthur Foundation. The $500,000 annual awards come with no strings attached, paid out quarterly over five years, and are usually given to scientists, entrepreneurs or artists who contribute talent and creativity to society. This year's winners include, among others, a public high school physics teacher, a Native American language preservationist, a stone carver, three ...
Newspapers Failing to Turn the Page
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyYesterday, a Senate hearing billed as examining "the future of journalism" became a eulogy-tinged debate about the future of the newspaper industry itself. Old-school newspapermen currently or formerly from The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Miami Herald, and The Dallas Morning News, lined up on one side of the witness table, while two women leading the charge from Google and The Huffington Post sat on the other. And why again was the United States Senate in the middle of the fight? Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) addressed that question by discussing his legislation, the "Newspaper ...
The Wire Creator David Simon's Latest Target: Major League Baseball
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsI'm not going to read The Wire's obituary again, but if you don't know who David Simon is, he's one-half of the creative duo that breathed life into the best television show of the past decade, The Sopranos (arguably) excepted. He's also been labeled by The Atlantic as "The Angriest Man in Television," a title one imagines Simon is honored by. Simon is also a baseball fan, and in this conversation with Washington Times writer Thom Loverro, Simon has a few words for Bud Selig and Major League Baseball. Specifically, that they can "kiss [his] pale, white ass," But let me say this about the ...
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