Multiplied Media Offers Beta of Poynt for the BlackBerry.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 June 2008-Multiplied Media Offers Beta of Poynt for the BlackBerry(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Multiplied Media announced the beta release of Poynt for BlackBerry smart phones. Poynt, a free, all-in-one local search tool, connects consumers to retailers and theaters at the moment they...

Wired for health: you can find plenty of health advice online. But is any of it trustworthy?
Let's say you have a "friend" with an embarrassing health problem. And let's say that friend doesn't feel comfortable talking to anyone about it. But the person wants to know what's going on with his or her body--and fast. Hypothetically speaking, whom might your friend ask? If...

Tales from the crypt.
When word arrived last autumn that The New Yorker was releasing a deluxe boxed CD set of every issue of the magazine published since its monocled dandy espied a butterfly on the cover of the February 21, 1925 debut, my first thought was: "Happy-doodle-day!" (1) That may speak to...

Hear them roar! Young actors light up the Broadway stage. (Teen Tracks).
Most actors can only dream of making it to Broadway. Derek Taylor and Tiana Kenney are already there, and they are still kids. Derek and Tiana (TEE-ah-nuh) star in The Lion King. The story is about a young lion named Simba who finds his way in life....

Wit and wile with Guillermo Cabrera Infante.
A MASTER OF WORDPLAY, THIS INTRIGUING CUBAN-BORN WRITER REFLECTS ON HIS TRICKS OF THE TRADE GUILLERMO CABRERA INFANTE IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE WRITERS IN THIS CENTURY. THE AUTHOR OF NOVELS, STORIES, ESSAYS, AND SCREENPLAYS, HE WAS BORN IN GIBARA, CUBA, IN 1929 AND...

Journal named best newspaper.
The Anglican Journal has been named best national/international newspaper for the fourth year in a row by the Associated Church Press. The Journal won 10 awards, including five firsts at the Chicago ceremony. "This newspaper really has something for everyone," the judges commented. Two of the Journal's...

The news from Olympus.
Last month I had the curious experience, which must be much more familiar to the eminences of the journalistic "profession" than it is to me, of becoming part of a story I had attempted to write. In my case, the story was a humble book review. I had been...

The beholder of the eye.
[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly] DESPITE DESERVED Oscar nominations for Best Direction, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, and Cinematography, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," a sophisticated triumph of the human spirit movie, hasn't been able to break out of the art-house ghetto. Its ponderous title, which is...

Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard to Perform Live at Batman Premiere.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 July 2008-Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard to Perform Live at Batman Premiere(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard will be performing together live for the first time, on stage at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square IMAX Theater prior to...

Revisiting a classic: The Snake Pit.
The title of Anatole Litvak's 1948 classic film, "The Snake Pit," conjures violent images of harsh care of the mentally ill. In fact this melodramatic movie is historically important for its surprisingly sophisticated, well-nuanced depiction of psychiatry at mid-20th century. The screenplay is based on a book by Mary...