Gore Vidal

A Windy Night

eastbayexpress.com     yesterday          

Gore Vidal's 1960 play The Best Man is all the rage all of a sudden. Now artistic director Tom Ross is staging it at Aurora Theatre, and almost no sooner does Aurora's production close than Role Players Ensemble Theatre...                    

Was X-rated Caligula the greatest con in Hollywood history?

dailymail.co.uk     Aug 30, 2008   1 related          

Rome, AD41. Retailers will now be able to sell Caligula: The Imperial Version - featuring scenes hitherto banned by the censors and starring Helen Mirren, Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole and the late Sir John Gielgud -...                    

Vidal: U.S. Never Had Democracy

buzzflash.net     Aug 30, 2008          

American essayist Gore Vidal says that despite the US claim that it is making the world safer by perpetuating democracy, the country never had any democracy. In an exclusive interview with Press Tv correspondent, Vidal...                    

Celebs for McCain: Yes, Virginia, There are a Few

newsbusters.org     Aug 28, 2008          

In my short time here at NewsBusters, I've pounded away at the left's obsession with celebrities and especially their outsized role in Obama's campaign--going so far as to "advise" the candidate. You won't see any of that...                    

George Clooney’s Career Finally Takes Off

nymag.com     Aug 28, 2008   11 related          

Photo: WireImage The Air Up There: People magazine's Sexiest Guy Who Cares About Political Issues, George Clooney, is in talks to star in Up in the Air, an adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel written and directed by Juno's...                    

(UK) Times Gives Zero Three Stars?

screwloosechange.blogspot.com     Aug 28, 2008          

All I can say is that the reviewer is overly credulous:The Italian production company Telemaco has collated testimony which suggests that officials are lying about the events surrounding 9/11. The attacks, according to...                    

Caligula's sex and excess is bizarre and depressing

guardian.co.uk     Aug 28, 2008   9 related          

It was dubbed art-porn, but an 'Imperial' re-issue of the star-studded Penthouse film of Roman orgies and depravity is an embarrassing affair Pornstravganza... 'The film shows off some technical mannerisms of the period...                    

William Klein: Play TV Talking Heads Rope-A-Dope Poker

huffingtonpost.com     Aug 27, 2008          

The networks' convention coverage can be so mind-numbingly tedious that viewers are concocting their own strategies for staying awake. NBC's David Gregory, (whose "Race for the White House" show has a decibel level that...                    

In the works: Aaron Sorkin and Facebook are now friends.

ifc.com     Aug 27, 2008   55 related          

Aaron Sorkin has a Facebook page. It says that Aaron Sorkin is writing a Facebook movie: Welcome. I'm Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name--which I find more flattering...                    

Summer Under the Stars: Charlton Heston

moviedearest.blogspot.com     Aug 27, 2008          

Movie Dearest continues our daily previews of Turner Classic Movies' month long "Summer Under the Stars" celebration:Now Playing Star Profile for Charlton Heston - Stardates: Born October 4, 1924, Evanston, Illinois; died...                    

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