From BackStage.com: Simon Kinberg began writing Mr. and Mrs. Smith as his film school thesis project. Once it was greenlighted, and other writers brought in, he had a choice: ankle the project or play nice.

 

From The Guardian: Before the riots that greeted its production of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's Behzti, the Birmingham Rep had announced a program of black and Asian plays on such issues as "Afro-Caribbean gun crime, Muslim brothels, terrorism, communalism and teenage sex." So, did they go through with it?

 

From The Telegraph: A lot of filmgoers don't like episodes I and II of Star Wars, at least not as much as the later ones. We expect, though, that some of them are simply mad because they're not kids anymore, and so the whole thing no longer seems quite as magical as it once did. That's hardly George Lucas's fault, though. As for Lucas, he thinks what we're seeing is a generational divide.

 

From Theatremania.com: Thankyou for sharing. Adam Rapp on his new play, Red Light Winter: "I had this experience with a friend in Amsterdam that was similar in its geometry. There were two of us and a prostitute, and we were both with her. I've had to deal with that a lot in rehearsal, talking about my experience with prostitutes in the red light district!"