DVD Review: The People Vs. George Lucas

Source: Geeks of Doom

is a quasi-documentary film which uses a courtroom debate approach to explore the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism pertaining to the Star Wars franchise, and its creator, George Lucas. The film combines filmmaker and celebrity in ...
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Neil Gaiman Graduation Speech & 50 Shades Sales Bump: Top Stories of the Week

Source: mediabistro.com

For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including how to sell your self-published book in bookstores, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s bankruptcy filing and Neil Gaiman’s inspiring commencement addres ...
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Toronto’s Silver Snail Comics offers sneak peek of Yonge Street store and cafe

Source: Quill & Quire

Silver Snail Comics co-owner George Zotti is offering the public a video tour of the store’s new home just steps away from Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas Square. In addition to the standard comic book fare, the 3,300 square-foot store at 329 Yonge Street wil ...
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Washington Post Quotes Guthrie

Source: The Daily Update

In a recent article, titled "You, too, can be a commencement speaker" in The Washington Post, the 2012 Hobart and William Smith commencement address given by Savannah Guthrie, co-host and chief legal analys ...
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Author Interview and Exclusive Preview: Batman: Death by Design

Source: Wired

DC Comics releases Batman: Death by Design next Wednesday, May 30. In this over-sized hardback, Batman must piece together a sting of seemingly unrelated accidents in the midst of one of Gotham City’s largest co ...
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SKETCHBOOK QUOTE OF THE MONTH: Neil Gaiman’s compelling and wise advice to artists

Source: The Washington Post

THERE IS A POWER , naturally, to the mantra or musical refrain or repeated sequence or whatever-you-want-to-call that device of relooping recognition that bores with force into your brain. Delivered with the right delightful timing, this repetiti ...
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2012 Australian Book Industry Award Winners

Source: Matilda

Hook's Mountain by James McQueen McQueen's sadly neglected novel from the early eighties. A WW II returned serviceman dives headfirst into environmental confrontation. This may be Australia's first "eco-terrorism" novel. The Tro ...
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On Graduation Speeches and YouTube

Source: Hack Education

I tend to avoid the graduation speeches that seem to go viral on YouTube this time of year. It's not a genre I find particularly compelling. A lot of platitudes. A lot of punchlines. That's not to say there haven't been great ones -- Steve J ...
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Pulitzer winner to publish new story, one tweet at a time

Source: CNN

Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan's new work, "Black Box," will be published on Twitter starting Thursday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The New Yorker was to begin posting a short story tweet by tweet on Twitter Thursday night Jenn ...
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