From The Independent: Film and TV writer Jimmy (Cracker) McGovern has been helping disadvantaged kids in his native Liverpool make their own films. Maybe that's why he's concerned Europe's latest Capital of Culture will use the 2008 showcase as an excuse to hide, not help, its poorest neighborhoods.

 

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Here's a novel alternative to going Hollywood: Playwright Roberto Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa will write The Fantastic Four. No, not the movie -- the comic book.