At the 1936 Academy Awards, apparently the president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences said something very interesting about “the Oscar.” And that president just so happens to be one of the Jedemi LP gang. What prompted him?
Sunday Session: 23 Feb 14
February 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Sunday Session is like a verbal jam session which has been captured in Final Draft and then pasted into a post. Enjoy!–ed FRANNIE Looks like a beautiful morning. Let’s head to the roof and hang for a while. DOSSIE Sounds good to me. Can’t beat this kind of weather… more »
AWSI: Inspired by a Railroad?
February 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Tommie brought this to our attention. The USA Olympic hockey team (men and women) has a logo on its uniform that looked really, really familiar. So he did some digging. According to the Union Pacific website, its shield is “one of the nation’s most respected and recognized corporate logos; a… more »
It’s a Wonderful Mystery…
December 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The headline read, “Is Seneca Falls, N.Y., a ‘Wonderful’ site?” There are folks who strongly believe that George Bailey, the lead in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” lived in this quaint upstate New York town. Well, according to our mate, it’s “non importa.” Frankie had just started Liberty Films… more »
Tough Business: Studio Does the Wrong Thing…
November 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When we read the article from last Sunday’s New York Times on Spike Lee’s new movie, “Oldboy,” we all were irate. The movie is a “reinterpretation” of Park Chanwook’s 2003 cult classic of the same title. In the original, there is an intense fight scene that was shot in one… more »
