From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Nice guy finishes first. When carjackers stole his car, Paul Haggis didn't get mad, he got interested. The result is Crash, the follow-up to his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Million Dollar Baby, and one of the most acclaimed directorial debuts in years.

 

From The Houston Chronicle: As Edward Albee prepares to receive a Tony for lifetime achievement, he also mourns Jonathan Thomas, his partner of 35 years.

 

From Nine.msn: The premiere of The American Ruling Class at the Tribeca Film Festival raises the question: what's the difference between a political point-of-view and plain old propaganda?

 

From The Telegraph (Calcutta): He's kept his day job at the Bank of India, but Ranjit Sarma is also one of his country's leading playwrights and screenwriters.

 

From WGA.org: R.I.P. Herb Sargent, one of the original guiding lights behind Saturday Night Live.

 

From CNN.com: The last American playwright to attempt anything so monumental was Eugene O'Neill. With Radio Golf, August Wilson goes him nine or ten plays better, completing his landmark cycle of plays about African-American life.