2008 Woodie Awards
News Briefs
Staff
Issue date: 3/27/07 Section: News/Features
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The Maverick tells it like it is
The "Straight Talk express" was derailed last week as Republican presidential hopeful John McCain struggled to articulate his position on whether or not to distribute condoms in Africa during a meeting with reporters. During McCain's campaign trip to Iowa, a reporter asked McCain if he thought that distributing condoms in Africa would help prevent the transmission of HIV. As reported by The New York Times, McCain stumbled awkwardly through his answer, declining to take a position and eventually saying, "I'm sure I've taken a position on that in the past. I have to find out what my position was." It makes even John Kerry's position on the Iraq War during the 2004 campaign seem courageous.
Gibson lashes out...again
Mel Gibson took questions from a California State University at Northridge audience March 22 after screening his film "Apocalypto," when one audience member, Professor Alicia Estrada, challenged Gibson's portrayal of Mayan culture in the film. Gibson responded "with an expletive." Later in the event Gibson said he regretted that "things had gotten out of hand." Gibson's publicist called the woman a heckler and said she was "rude and disruptive," but above all he was just relieved the professor hadn't been Jewish.
Harry Potter and the Tree-hugger of Azkaban
Scholastic, Inc. announced last week that the final Harry Potter book will be printed on environmentally friendly paper in cooperation with the Rainforest Alliance. The book's 784 pages will contain at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, a large impact considering the size of the book's first printing will be 12 million copies. Not bad for a bunch of Muggles.
Bringing "Sexy Back" does not make JT deserving of Tennessee honors
On the heels of Justin Timberlake's concert in Nashville last week, Tennessee state Sen. Raymond Finney blocked a resolution introduced by state Sen. Ophelia Ford that would honor Timberlake, a Tennessee native, " for his highly successful music career and for his meritorious service to the State of Tennessee." Finney removed it from a list of resolutions anticipated to pass unanimously, expressing concerns over sexual themes in Timberlake's music. Timberlake has spent the past decade producing fairly mediocre pop, so it appears that Finney made the right decision but perhaps for the wrong reason.
The "Straight Talk express" was derailed last week as Republican presidential hopeful John McCain struggled to articulate his position on whether or not to distribute condoms in Africa during a meeting with reporters. During McCain's campaign trip to Iowa, a reporter asked McCain if he thought that distributing condoms in Africa would help prevent the transmission of HIV. As reported by The New York Times, McCain stumbled awkwardly through his answer, declining to take a position and eventually saying, "I'm sure I've taken a position on that in the past. I have to find out what my position was." It makes even John Kerry's position on the Iraq War during the 2004 campaign seem courageous.
Gibson lashes out...again
Mel Gibson took questions from a California State University at Northridge audience March 22 after screening his film "Apocalypto," when one audience member, Professor Alicia Estrada, challenged Gibson's portrayal of Mayan culture in the film. Gibson responded "with an expletive." Later in the event Gibson said he regretted that "things had gotten out of hand." Gibson's publicist called the woman a heckler and said she was "rude and disruptive," but above all he was just relieved the professor hadn't been Jewish.
Harry Potter and the Tree-hugger of Azkaban
Scholastic, Inc. announced last week that the final Harry Potter book will be printed on environmentally friendly paper in cooperation with the Rainforest Alliance. The book's 784 pages will contain at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, a large impact considering the size of the book's first printing will be 12 million copies. Not bad for a bunch of Muggles.
Bringing "Sexy Back" does not make JT deserving of Tennessee honors
On the heels of Justin Timberlake's concert in Nashville last week, Tennessee state Sen. Raymond Finney blocked a resolution introduced by state Sen. Ophelia Ford that would honor Timberlake, a Tennessee native, " for his highly successful music career and for his meritorious service to the State of Tennessee." Finney removed it from a list of resolutions anticipated to pass unanimously, expressing concerns over sexual themes in Timberlake's music. Timberlake has spent the past decade producing fairly mediocre pop, so it appears that Finney made the right decision but perhaps for the wrong reason.
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