Steady Diet of Film

Link round up:

+D. Hudson stands up for Germany: 'Scientology & Tom Cruise love Nazis' [Daily GC]
+Remembering Edward yang. [VillageVoice]
+Postal clerk gets hard time for stealing Netflix discs. [HChron]
+MPAA probably already be in your hard drive... sigh... killin' yr dudez. [TiaraBlog]
+Dane Cook lowers the bar. [AOL]
+Sex and the City movie confirmed, Entertainment Weekly denies they will totally get loaded and go see it with their lady-posse. [Popwatch]
+SDoF hates romantic comedies.  Controversy ensues. [Guru]

Link round up:

+Hollywood system, still sexist. [Alternet]
+After meeting with Gov. Schwarzenegger, Canadian govt steps up anti-piracy. [Yahoo]
+Spike Lee's WWII drama greenlit!  [Variety]
+In age of celebrity obsession, Interview mag on the verge of folding. [AdAge]
+Action heroine blog-a-thon! [FilmExperience]
+Eli Roth blames Hostel 2's poor box office numbers on piracy, LOLLERSKATES! [FirstShowing]
+Multi-billion dollar insurance and pharmaceutical lobby groups scared shitless of new Michael Moore film, Sicko. [Monsters&Critics]
+31st San Francisco Frameline fest kicks off with kick ass fete. [SFChronicle]

Link round up:

+Controversy at Frameline festival leads to a film being yanked. [Bay Area Reporter]
+Giorgio Armani makes huge donation to Scorsese film restoration foundation. [FashionWire]
+Virgin Airlines makes controversial decision to not scare the shit out of people with their in-flight movie selection. [Short]
+Basic Instinct special edition dvd features commentary from... Camille Paglia? [AudAud]
+Anthony Kaufman outlines changes in Oscar documentary consideration rules. [indieWIRE]
+Let's all drool over the new Sergio Leone anthology dvd box set. [SeattleTimes]

Link round up:

+Record high ticket sales for Frameline Documentary Film Fest this year. [IndependentWeekly]
+Writer of VI Warshawski sues Disney to get movie rights back. Yes! Bring Kathleen Turner back!  [Chicago S-T]
+Showgirls helmer knighted.  At last SDoF is vindicated by the Netherlands! [Twitch]
+Female executives are fleeing like rats from the burning building of Hollywood.  [NYT]
+Low ticket sales actually a big, fat lie! [NewsMax]
+It is the fault of the damn INFIRMED that our local video stores are going under. [MediaShift]
+Adrien Grenier looking for distribution for documentary about search for his father. [AndPop]

Link round up:

+Miramax, still not quite figuring out Grindhouse is a chick flick, markets "Rapist #1" dolls (oh, I'm sorry ACTION FIGURES) . [Feministing]

+MPAA now monitoring & rating movie websites.  Can't wait to hire an almost available Alberto Gonzalez.  [Twitch]

+Luc Besson making a film about the environment and making it available for free on the tubes. [Variety]

+bell hooks discusses her favorite documentaries. [MediaRights]

+Technical difficulties during Adam Kempenaar's iview with Shia LeBouff... funniest thing ever?  (note: the outtakes are at the end of the file). [Filmspotting]

+So you have at least a passing interest in art films?  THEN WHY ARE YOU ON THE INTERNET?!  [ReverseShot]

Link round up:

+Ken Burns does not care about brown people! So that's the reason I don't give a shit about Ken Burns. [Alternet]
+Cintra Wilson builds the case for Lindsay Lohan. [OxfordAmerican]
+Round up of all the films at Tribeca 2007 made by lady directors. [Cynematik]
+Avatars from the film Top Hat!  1,2,3  [40k Films]
+First details about Final Cut Studio 2 dribbled out. [CNet]
+Grindhouse's... ahem lack of success causes Harry Potter 5 to be trimmed. [Irish Examiner]