Viacom is suing Google for a billion dollars, but a while back the BBC and Google reached an agreement, and here’s an example of the value of that deal — a 90-minute documentary on the next military target of the Bush administration, Iran.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
It’s Stephen Colbert Day in Canada, Eh?
Did you know that tomorrow, March 20, is Stephen Colbert Day in the Canadian town of Oshawa (bless you!), near Toronto? You do now!
The Name is Plame. Valerie Plame.
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Valerie Plame Wilson gave sworn testimony yesterday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. This should answer any lingering questions about Plame’s status as a former covert CIA operative. She is no longer a covert CIA operative, of course, only because her cover was blown by people with security clearance.
I didn’t bother editing this video clip, so it starts and ends somewhat abruptly. I included Georgia Republican Representative Lynn Westmoreland because it’s funny to see that he appears to be a bit smitten by Plame, and also because he made a memorable appearance on The Colbert Report last year.
An Audience of One
Sometimes the story behind something is more interesting than the something itself. And there is no better example of that than the independently produced documentary An Audience of One, premiering this weekend at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX.
Made by Mike Jacobs, the something that An Audience of One is about is described as…
A Pentecostal minister receives a vision from God to create an epic science fiction movie based on the bible story of Joseph, sending he and his followers on a journey of extreme faith.
Click here for a 10-minute audio interview on NPR with the director of the documentary, and the preacher turned wannabe director.
The trailer that’s at the link provided above for the festival is in MPEG4 and Quicktime, which are both problematical formats, so I’ll post it here in friendly Adobe Flash video.
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Dems Cautioned: Beware of Colbert!
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The Democratic Caucus chairman, Rep. Rahm Emanuel from Illinois, has cautioned freshman legislators to stay away from Stephen Colbert. Emanuel’s concern, apparently, is they’ll be made to look ridiculous. Keith Olbermann comments, and provides a bunch of sample interviews lifted from ComedyCentral.com.
Captain Colbert America
With Captain America now deceased, who gets his shield? Stephen Colbert!