Spec Script Alive

from The LA Times Hollywood ‘spec script’ is making a comeback By Daniel Miller Independent producer Lawrence Grey sold the screenplay for “Section 6” for $1 million after setting off a bidding war between the major studios. Six months later,...

Hobie (Cat) Alter Gone

from The NY Times Hobie Alter, Innovator of Sailing and Surfing, Dies at 80 By DENNIS HEVESI Mr. Alter created the Hobie Cat sailboat, which skims the water like a surfboard.CreditAbdullah Doma/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Hobie Alter, who was known as the...

Fahrenheit 1984

from BuzzFeed 9 Video Games Based On Classic Literature by Kevin Smokler 2. Fahrenheit 451 (1984) Via en.wikipedia.org Mostly text and a few graphics, and set five years after the novel concludes, protagonist Guy Montag is now an agent for the Literary Underground,...

Oderus Urungus Gone

from SPIN GWAR Frontman Dave Brockie Dead at 50 Richmond, Virginia band’s manager confirmed death of singer, known as Oderus Urungus David Brockie performs as Oderus Urungus in 2009 PHOTO BY SPIN Oderus Urungus, a.k.a. Dave Brockie, the founder and frontman for...