C’mon, isn’t this every over-educated, artsy, navel-gazing intellectual’s dream? Well, I know it’s mine. First, the New York Times announced on Monday it would stop charging for certain “select” (read: everything with wit, context, opinion, or Thomas Friedman’s byline) articles. And today, they not only run a terrific piece on the legendary Alice Waters, there’s … Read more
According to TMZ, “former CBS anchorman Dan Rather has filed a $70 million lawsuit against the network, Viacom Inc., and three of his former bosses. In the lawsuit Rather claims he was made a ‘scapegoat’ for a discredited report on President Bush’s National Guard service.”
Local videographer, Chuck Olson, brings you Corn Guy TV — with a little guest appearance by yours truly.
It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
I’m ducking out early this week, lasses. Must recharge my batteries, sleep in, be still in an emptied apartment, bleach the teeth, and maybe go for a long, late-morning run. But before I check out, lookit this most promising of MNfashion Weekend events: Loves Labourers, where a six-some of designers and artists take paint brushes … Read more
Hollywood is freaking out. Supposedly, the Writers Guild, Directors Guild, and Screen Actors Guild are all planning to go on strike next year (over royalties from the sale of films through other media), so the studios are rushing projects through the mill as fast as they can. Here’s a list of coming attractions, which includes … Read more
Where does royalty dine when they visit our fair metropolis? When His Royal Majesty King Abumbi II, the Fon of Bafut visited Minneapolis last month, he stopped and his entourage attended a breakfast organized in his honor at the Sunnyside Deli & Coffee Cafe, 1825 Glenwood Ave. N. in Minneapolis. Actually, the Fon, hereditary ruler … Read more
STYLE Minnesota Fashion Fall Fashion Weekend kicks off with a reception this evening, and the next four days are filled with runway events, trunk shows, and other ways to celebrate Minnesota’s small, but growing, clothing design “industry.” In fact, not only does the weekend offer a glimpse of what’s great about local fashion, but it … Read more
Not really knowing anything more about legal issues than what I see on Law & Order, I confess to being among those who focused too tightly on the injunction handed down today against Par Ridder, tossing him out of the Star Tribune for one year. Obviously, the injunction was designed to remove Ridder from a … Read more
With OJ Simpson all over the news again, reminding everyone how subtleties like evidence, logic and common sense occasionally have no bearing at all on the American legal system, I was prepared to hear that after reviewing the evidence in the matter of Par Ridder’s multiple, uh, indiscretions, Ramsey County Judge David Higgs had decided … Read more