Beer critic Michael Jackson dies
The world's greatest beer critic, Beerhunter Michael Jackson, passed away at the age of 65. He wrote books, created a documentary series, and praised Belgian brews.
He will be missed. Cheers.
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rogerebert.com: Overlooked Film Festival: Ebertfest '07
America's most famous art critic, Roger Ebert, is recovering from cancer of the salivary gland. As part of the surgery to remove the cancer, he had part of his jaw removed and a tracheostomy. He can't speak, his mouth droops and he's wearing bandages.
But like Robocop, Terminator and John McLean, he can't be stopped. Roger Ebert is still going to attend his Ninth Annual Overlooked Film Festival (aka Ebertfest '07), which runs April 24 -29, 2007, despite suggestions that he will be mocked in the press. Kudos to him for having the courage and the passion to continue to support what he believes in, despite what others might think.
And what are the overlooked movies? Here's the list of films at Ebertfest '07:
Gattaca
The Weather Man
Moolaade
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Sadie Thompson
Come Early Morning
La Dolce Vita
Freddie Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Untold Story
Holes
Man of Flowers
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Acadamy Award Nominations - 2007
The nominees for the Academy Awards were announced this morning.
The best movie site, IMDB.com, has the complete list of nominees, with everything as clickable links. No speculation. No picks, predictions or oversights from the pundits; IMDB's simple, elegant, functional design lets you dive as deeply into each nominee’s resume as you wish to go.
And because this is the Tuesday music post, I want to mention that the nominees for Best Song and Best Score are included in the list of nominees.
