Writers strike means reality boom times

There are potential implications for the news business here too:"LOS ANGELES - For five years, John Langley tried and failed to sell a cinema verite-style TV series tracking police officers on patrol. Then came the 1988 Hollywood writers strike.  "That's when Fox bought...

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Death Needs A Mop

"In his top-of-the-heap book, Markus Zusak gives all you would expect in a novel about wartime Germany. But his trick is to make Death his narrator, writes Marianne Brace HOW do you write a fresh story about the Holocaust? Australian novelist Markus Zusak has cracked it with...

The Phrases Change, But The Game Remains The Same

"A "New Way Forward?" No, just another phrase forward. The latest Bush plan is essentially a replay of the sham that occurred in drafting the Iraqi constitution. Besides the troop escalation, it's one more creative writing exercise authored by omniscient narrator and U.S....

Baldwin wants off political documentary (AP)

" LOS ANGELES - Actor Alec Baldwin " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Alec Baldwin wants to be removed as narrator of an Arnold Schwarzenegger " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary called "Running with Arnold,"...