Dec 3, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Cineplex serving us Western Shore bumpkins only books movies that have at least one superhero and several scenes in which things get blown up real good. So I haven’t seen Ron Howard’s cinematic Frost/Nixon yet, but what kind of a critic would I be if...
Dec 3, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Odetta died last night in New York. She was 77. After suffering for several years with heart and lung problems, she entered Lenox Hill Hospital at the end of October for treatment of kidney failure. Her manager, Douglas Yeager, said that her hope of singing at...
Dec 2, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Alex Pareene is 23. He was just 20 when he dropped out of NYU to take over the political blog, Wonkette.com, not long after its founding writer Ana Marie Cox departed. Following 18 months covering the Beltway scene in that era of the second Internet boom (now feeling...
Dec 2, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This afternoon, TNN’s own David R. Stokes is substituting for host Don Kroah from 4 pm until 7 pm EST at Washington’s WAVA (105.1 FM, simulcast from 5 pm at 780 AM, and also streamed live at the station’s site, www.wava.com). At about 5:15, I will...
Dec 2, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Frost/Nixon nationwide festival is about to begin as the film opens this Friday. There was a preview last night at the National Geographic Society here in Washington. After the screening there was a Q+A with director Ron Howard, writer Peter Morgan, and Nixon...
Nov 29, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The screenwriter discusses writing the screenplay , that was taken from his play in the latest edition of the magazine.
