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  • Director David Lynch given lifetime award

    09/06/2006 10:09:57 AM PDT · by kiriath_jearim · 18 replies · 373+ views
    BBC ^ | 9/6/06 | n/a
    Cult movie director David Lynch has received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival. Lynch, 60, has gained a reputation for complex films, including Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart and cult TV series Twin Peaks. He was also at the festival to premiere his latest film, Inland Empire, which includes hallucinatory scenes and a talking rabbit voiced by Naomi Watts. Lynch assured baffled critics "it's supposed to make perfect sense". "Every film is like going into a new world, going into the unknown. But you should be not afraid of using your intuition, and...
  • Plebian Pabst beer sponsor of NPR

    05/18/2006 11:56:48 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 34 replies · 582+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | 05/18/06 | Jesse Noyes
    At first glance, it seems like selling popcorn at the opera. Pabst Brewing Co., makers of the bargain beer Pabst Blue Ribbon, is underwriting on NPR. Pabst, a brand not immediately associated with NPR’s high-falutin’ reputation, is sponsoring broadcast programming and NPR’s online music series “All Songs Considered.” But Pabst’s move, which earns the brand a mention on some NPR shows, might actually be an example of well-positioned, cost-effective marketing. “Pabst Blue Ribbon (has) built this currency of hipness,” said Eric Shepard, executive editor of trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights. That “hipness” was built by accident as the college crowd...
  • Lumberton Doctor quits (The Real-Life Edwards/Democrat Party Health Care Legacy)

    08/02/2004 6:57:12 AM PDT · by FormerACLUmember · 37 replies · 1,107+ views
    The Robesonian (Lumberton, NC) ^ | 8/2/04 | Tim Wilkins
    After 27 years of practicing medicine in Robeson County, Carolyn McCormick has been victimized by an epidemic no pill or potion can cure. Rising malpractice insurance rates forced McCormick, 57, into early retirement Wednesday. And when she closed her Elm Street office, thousands of patients - she's not sure exactly how many - lost not only a trusted physician, but a friend as well. "So many of my patients have come in crying, in total disbelief that this is happening," said McCormick, whose office employed two people besides herself. "They tell me that they'll never find another doctor who listens...