Monday, July 21, 2008

Mistakes and Oversights, Negotiations & Love Songs


Hey, everybody. Sorry it's been such a long time between posts but it's been really busy in this neck of the woods. July is the time of weddings, birthdays, and other joyous happenings that require me to spend big. "Congratulations on your nuptials, Brenda. Enjoy your $20.00 gift certificate to the Ground Round."


I've been doing this blog for a few months, so I figured it's time to see where I went wrong. I know newspapers and magazines hire an ombudsman for this kind of thing, but I can barely afford a Metrocard, so it's all me. Two mistakes come to mind.


*In my review of Maid of Honor I made the point that a scene where Michele Monaghan tries on lingerie for best friend Patrick Dempsey was based in no kind of reality. In making that point, my brother Dave, suggested that it sounded like I had never kissed a girl.


I assure you that I have. A list of references is available upon request.


*In the June 18 blog posting, I referred to Jancee Dunn's husband as Tom Newmark. It's actually Tom Vanderbilt. WIW apologizes for the error, especially since Ms. Dunn has been nothing but super nice to us.


One of the reasons for the delay on the blog, is that I just finished transcribing Jancee's interview, which wound up at around 3,500 words. Yikes. By the way, the interview will be posted very soon. By the way, please by her new book, Don't You Forget About Me. It's great.


*In mid-June, Pete Croatto, the writer of WIW, bought a medium coffee and everything bagle on a packed 4 train in New York City. This isn't related to film in any way, but we just thought you'd enjoy the image of Mr. Croatto's breakfast balancing act. What a maroon!


As for what's coming up in future weeks:


--The July book of the month!

--Reviews, reviews, reviews!

--An amusing encounter at the Sony screening room!

--And much, much more!

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