The Culture Bucket: Knut the Polar Bear and more
Here's what caught my eyes and ears in recent days:
- You were once a famous cute and cuddly young polar bear who made millions of bucks for your Berlin zoo ... but then you grew up and now look like this.
- Former KSEE (Channel 24) anchor Rich Rodriguez is one of the people who recently talked to the New York Times about the declining number of veteran TV anchors.
- Bill Drake, who's credited with reinventing Top 40 radio and once was program director at KYNO in Fresno, died last Saturday.
- Frank Langella, a prize-winning actor but not a household name, is a surprise pick (to me anyway, though I've always admired him) for Barbara Walters' list of the 10 most fascinating people of 2008.
- And, finally, how bad is it if a 9-year-old boy knows more on how to talk to females than a grown man does?
Comments:
It's interesting that BaBa picked up on Frank Langella,(another quality 'Jersey native,,,)
-He did a film in 2007, 'Starting out in the Evening,' about being a writer,
(actually sort of a forgotten writer,) who once was considered cutting edge...
Very interesting characters in this thing,
(Very NEW YORK style interesting characters, actually...) At first? hated it, (actually hated his character, more exactly,) not the acting, but the character...
Puts a lot of thoughts in motion about the whole writing process, getting published, writer's block, red-headed younger writers...
-worth watching, fer sure.
Posted by: wet towel at December 6, 2008 12:18 PM
Frank Langella is an "it's about time" for me. I've put him on my most fascinating list for a good ten years. He's a brilliant actor and an equally brilliant person.
Heather Parish
Woodward Shakespeare Festival
Posted by: Heather Parish at December 6, 2008 1:42 PM
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