Paranoids
Author Blake Nelson conducted an interview with director Gus Van Sant about the movie Paranoid Park in the Sunday New York Times. Here’s the link to the article. *Imagine here me speaking in valley...
View ArticlePenelope the Movie
Penelope is based on a screenplay by veteran tv playwright Leslie Caveny, and has a book by Marilyn Kaye based on this screenplay. (Book pictured left.) This urban fairytale could best be described as...
View ArticleLibraries in Music Videos
After a friend dedicated a Tears for Fears music video on my blog, I began to wonder what music videos have libraries or librarians in them? I could only come up with two. (They’re both from the 80s...
View ArticleLong Duk Dong: Love Him or Hate Him?
Check out this NPR transcript on the character Long Duk Dong. I was reading Eric Nakamura’s blog over at Giant Robot and just had to post a link to it. Gosh, I can’t believe Gedde shops at Wal-Mart!
View ArticleThe MiddleMan
Based on the graphic novel series by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine ABC family’s The MiddleMan is a cross between X-Files, and Men in Black, with a dash of Eureka . Wendy Watson (Natalie...
View ArticleTwilight on the cover of Entertainment Weekly
featuring an article about Stephenie Meyer and one about the movie
View ArticleHill’s star slated to write YA ‘novels.’
According to this article in People, Lauren Conrad star of MTV’s reality show The Hills has signed a 3-book deal with Harpercollins. The books will be based on Conrad’s experience as a reality show...
View ArticleCoraline crafts
I didn’t see any simple projects you could do with a group here, but if you knit, you can make your own Coraline sweater (PDF). Posted in Crafty Librarian, Movies & TV
View ArticleI’ll be watching it
According to Variety, The CW is looking to take a bite out of the vampire craze, picking up a pilot based on the “Vampire Diaries” series of books. As you probably know by now, I’m a huge fan of this...
View ArticleThings I’ve learned now that HarperCollins has FINALLY put their catalogs online
1. What the upcoming book Jennifer’s Body is about. (This was one of the first things I looked up, because every time I’d seen the title, I would automatically think of the song by Hole and Courtney...
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