From The Japan Times: A town decides to make a movie, a local official writes the screenplay, and 170 stars are born.

Thursday, July 17, 2003

 

From The Guardian: British playwright Mark (Shopping and Fucking) Ravenhill confesses to his most shocking stage outrage yet: a play without the "F" word.

Sunday, July 13, 2003

 

From Salon: Thriller novelist turned TV writer George Pelecanos talks about why he left the comfort of the literary life to write HBO's The Wire.

 

From IndieWire: French screenwriter-director Francois (Swimming Pool) Ozon says coming up with story ideas is a cinch. It's coming up with ones that have staying power that's the hard part.

 

From Associated Press (via The Kansas City Star): It was "the nuttiest house" that playwright Jean Kerr and her husband, critic Walter Kerr, had ever seen. They bought it for $38,000, and over time it became famous as the "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" house. Now it can be yours -- for a cool $4.4 million.

 

From Reuters: Antwone Fisher and David E. Kelley pick up 2003 Humanitas Prizes.