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This NYT story talks about the tepid movie box office take this summer and addresses the following no-brainer question: Too many Hollywood movies are simply not good enough. Some excerpts: With the last of the summer blockbusters fading from the multiplex, Hollywood's box office slump has hardened into a reality that is setting the movie [...]
Wed, August 24 2005 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
From the Toronto Star: Federal Labour Minister Joe Fontana is stepping up efforts to get talks restarted in the 10-day-old CBC lockout, which has become a simmering issue at this summer's Liberal caucus retreat in Regina. “All work stoppages are frustrating but that's the nature of the collective bargaining process,” Fontana said yesterday, after conversations [...]
Wed, August 24 2005 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Here's a piece I did for CTV.ca on the political summer of 2005. It primarily asks who had the worst one. I don't know if you can say anyone had a great one. :)
Wed, August 24 2005 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, politics » Comments Off
Now that you've speculated, here's why (an excerpt from the NYT story): For Bob Costas, the issue was not complicated. The longtime NBC sports and talk show host, who signed on this year to be an occasional substitute for Larry King on CNN, resisted a request last Thursday to be the host of a King [...]
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