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Category Archives: Pop-culture Ponderings

Montana De Luz

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Matthew and Elisa Leahy are documentary film makers in Vancouve, BC and very close friends of mine. Their most recent film, ‘Montana De Luz’ about an orphanage in Honduras that cares for children with Aids, has received some much deserved attention. http://www.film-festival.org/  Montana De Luz is an official selection to 2 different film festivals. Please [...]

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The Soprano’s, another American mobster fascination

Sunday, June 22, 2008

to watch again.. At first watch you wouldn’t believe this episode won an Emmy, but it did. Lots of ideas out there as to why it ended the way it did. My thoughts… Because they could. Why does the last episode have to end spectacular, everything was tied up that needed to be except for [...]

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John Cusack in Vanity Fair, killing me softly with his answers

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

My brother found a great Proust Questionnaire with John Cusack in Vanity Fair. I could have found it myself, but he sent it to me first, but I really could have found it and maybe even sent it to him…if I wanted to, I could have. Here are some highlights: Who are your heroes in [...]

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Oscar De La Hoya

Monday, February 25, 2008

I might as well have been watching the Oscar De La Hoya Awards. Tilda Swinton???? She naturally looks stoic, is that worth an Oscar? She laid out her clothes, got mad, did naughty things, got caught. It’s not that she isn’t a good actress, I saw her in ‘Young Adam’ with Ewan McGregor, shocking that [...]

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