Paper Is Not Dead
Heh.
Hollywood Goes to Mormon Country
The industry has found a new breed of employee in Utah. One recruiter from Sony Animation Pictures described the typical B.Y.U. grad as perhaps not as talented artistically as students from the other premier schools, like CalArts, but equipped with “a different mind-set.” In most animation programs, each student leads production on his or her own film. But at B.Y.U., everyone works as a team on a single film because, unlike at art schools, students are too busy with religion courses and other requirements to be full-time filmmakers. Out of necessity, production on each year’s film winds up mirroring the way the industry actually works. B.Y.U. students emerge committed to a specialty and to collaboration — prepared for an entry-level job rather than expecting to be treated as visionary auteurs.
Can’t Spare a Square
Ouch.
Meghan McCain was quite upset about adulterer and loser Mark Sanford winning the South Carolina congressional special election last night:
Which prompted this response:
Hugo Chavez Dies
My condolences to Sean Penn.
A video making the rounds that is worth a watch, and not because it made President Obama uncomfortable.
Obsessed much?
I used to be a much bigger Sarah Palin fan, but I am still fascinated by the Left’s obsession with her. Hilarious.
Hollywood Squares
Dan Flynn on Obama’s second inauguration.
The made-for-television presidency got the inauguration it deserved. Beyoncé lip-synching the Star Spangled Banner reminded America that her business, like the president’s, is show business.