Media-Whores D'Oevres



"Martin Scorsese, joined by group of leading international filmmakers on Tuesday in Cannes, officially announced the creation of The World Cinema Foundation. The not-for-profit organization is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and ultimately, distribution of neglected films from around the world." (IndieWire)

"Scorsese has secured the participation of many of the world’s most illustrious film directors, all of whom have agreed to serve on the World Cinema Foundation’s Board of Advisors. They include Fatih Akin, Souleymane Cissé, Guillermo del Toro, Stephen Frears, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Abbas Kiarostami, Ermanno Olmi, Cristi Puiu, Walter Salles, Abderrahmane Sissako, Elia Suleiman, Bertrand Tavernier, Wim Wenders, and Wong Kar Wai." (FashionWeekDaily)

"So far Bloomberg's non-campaign is better than Rudy's" (Slate)



"Even gayer than Idol is the fact that JOHN TRAVOLTA and QUEEN LATIFAH have been popping up on queer magazine covers about Hairspray! But some people are turning against Turnblad, as it were. FRANCES MILSTEAD—the mother of Divine (a/k/a Glenn Milstead), who played Edna in the original movie—told me last week that she saw the new clips on Oprah and wanted to stop the beat. 'Glenn was ugly,' she said, 'but John is uglier!'" (Musto)

"Michelle Obama just resigned her lucrative board seat at TreeHouse Inc., an Illinois food company whose main customer is Wal-Mart." (Politico)