http://www.danielholloway.us Hallo, hallo, hallo, what? Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:11:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Published Feb. 12, 2010 For those wondering where Joe Johnston would take his re-imagining of 1941's "The Wolf Man," the answer comes early. "The Wolfman" (one word, like Batman or Darkman) opens with a guy waving a lantern around a Victorian-era English wood, his onscreen life lasting just long enough ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=204 Published Feb. 4, 2010 "My name's Temple Grandin. I'm not like other people. I think in pictures, then connect them." So begins the HBO biopic "Temple Grandin," with Claire Danes announcing herself as the titular character—her shouty, unselfconscious voice reinforcing her "not like other people" status. Grandin, we soon learn, ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=203 Published Feb. 3, 2010 How noir is "Terribly Happy"? So noir that when the cigarette-smoking blonde with sex in her eyes explains where the bicycle-shop clerk ran off to, she says, "He just disappeared, the way people disappear around here. I'd better not say any more." She then shuts up ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=202 Published March, 2010 (to open, double click on larger image after the link) Tracy Morgan enters Bar Breton, a Flatiron District bistro known best for its haute burger, wearing a walking cast. The rest of his outfit is less than subtle. Besides the moon boot, Morgan sports a gray hoodie, ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=200 Published March 17, 2010 Type the word "student" into Google, and the first option that comes up in the 10-deep list of autocomplete suggestions is "student loans." Third down is "student loan consolidation." Keep going and you'll pass "student loan forgiveness," "student loan calculator," "student loans without cosigner," and something called ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=199 Published March 10, 2010 "Hollywood East" isn't the most imaginative nickname that Massachusetts' burgeoning film and television industry could have been tagged with, but the Bay State media have made it stick. And goofily optimistic though the title may be, Massachusetts has worked hard for it. In 2005, under Gov. Mitt ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=198 Published Feb. 24, 2010 The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will hold its monthly national board meeting Feb. 27. There, a subcommittee created last month is expected to recommend whether AFTRA should re-enter joint bargaining with the Screen Actors Guild on its prime-time television contract. AFTRA broke away from ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=197 Published Feb. 17, 2010 The National Endowment for the Arts' wealthiest days came courtesy of a Republican president and a Democratic Congress. For the 1992 fiscal year, Congress and President George H.W. Bush allotted $176 million to the agency—pocket change by federal budget standards, but still the largest haul the NEA ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=196 Published Jan. 28, 2010 Mark Zimmerman and John Connolly spent the last few years carrying on the work of their late friend Patrick Quinn. When Quinn stepped down as president of Actors' Equity Association in 2006 to become executive director of the union, Zimmerman, then Equity's 1st vice president, stepped into ... http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=195 Published Jan. 21, 2010 "I think viewers are going to be happy to see this lineup of great new shows that will truly fit the NBC legacy of quality, culturally defining shows." http://www.danielholloway.us/?p=194