A Yale senior takes a stab at defining her generation, one emerging into adulthood on the heels of the 2000s.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/opinion/brooks-the-empirical-kids.html
Deconstructing the Wrath of Christine Quinn
Readers react to a front-page article about angry outbursts by the City Council speaker, who is running for mayor of New York.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/opinion/deconstructing-the-wrath-of-christine-quinn.html
Delay At The Altar on Tina Fey-Steve Carell Comedy ‘Mail Order Groom’
EXCLUSIVE: The Warner Bros comedy Mail Order Groom has been pushed to next year. The film, which will re-team Date Night stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell, has been postponed because of scheduling conflicts with other film commitments Fey and Carell have. Fey will next star for Warner Bros in This Is Where I Leave You, the adaptation of the Jonathan Tropper novel that Shawn Levy will direct in May. She has been filming The Muppets…Again! for Disney.
Carell will next star in Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, the adaptation of the Judith Viorst children’s book that Miguel Arteta just committed to direct for Walt Disney. Carell is currently reprising his role as weatherman Brick Tamland in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. He and Fey will return to Mail Order Groom in 2014.
via Deadline.com http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/delay-at-the-altar-on-tina-fey-steve-carell-comedy-mail-order-groom/
7 of 8 Ivy League Schools Report Lower Acceptance Rates
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Brown and Penn were more selective when admitting the freshman class of 2013. If Dartmouth follows suit, all eight Ivy League institutions will have reported lower acceptance rates this year.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/7-of-8-ivy-league-schools-report-lower-acceptance-rates/
College student loan interest rates set to double
Federal legislators aren’t so eager to hold down the costs in the budget struggle.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/neither-party-cash-student-loan-rate-fix-185759359–politics.html
FX Orders Charlie Kaufman Comedy Pilot
FX Networks has greenlighted How And Why, a half-hour comedy pilot from Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman. It tells the story of a man who can explain how and why a nuclear reactor works, but is clueless about life. Kaufman will write and direct the pilot and serve as executive producer.  FX Prods. will produce. How And Why joins another recently ordered FX comedy pilot, animated Chozen from Grant Dekernion, Danny McBride and the team behind Eastbound & Down. Dekernion is writing and executive producing Chozen, about a white rapper, recently out of prison, who uses his new survival skills in his quest for redemption. Danny McBride and Rough House Pictures, will executive produce along with Floyd County Prods. Characters will be voiced by Saturday Night Live’s Bobby Moynihan, Michael Pena, Hannibal Buress, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Swardson and Danny McBride. FX Prods. is producing.
via Deadline.com http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/fx-orders-charlie-kaufman-comedy-pilot/
The RNC Committeeman Who’s Not on Board With This Whole Gay Rights Thing Explains Himself
Yesterday I wrote about the Facebook punditry of Dave Agema, a Michigan RNC committeeman who was’t going along with the whole “try to sound nicer when you talk social issues” thing. He posted a quasi-viral list of anti-gay lifestyle arguments from Frank Joseph, M.D., and some Republicans were spooked. Agema, one of 168 Republicans who helps write the national party’s rules and choose its chairman, was good enough to explain his views in an email.
His findings and others confirm its an unhealthy lifestyle. The gay activists portray themselves as innocent victims ; however, we who believe in traditional, time tested values are being bullied. Because I disagree with their views, I have had threats to me and my family- thats hate! This is not about hate but a lifestyle that is against 230 years of American history and filled with medical, psychological, legal and costs reasons to oppose it. If you truly loved someone, you would want them to know their lifestyle usually leads to early death. It’s about common sense. It’s about maintaining the family and its importance to the well being of the children and this nation.
And here’s the problem with the wise, beltway-driven Rebranding effort. You’re a D.C. Republican consultant who gets booked on TV to talk about the glories of gay marriage? Good for you. I agree with you! But most of your party adamantly disagrees with you, and these people know how to write or say things that can make their way onto the Internet.
FX’s ‘It’s Always Sunny’, ‘The League’ & ‘Legit’ Renewed, Will Move To FXX
Three of FX’s comedy series, flagship It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The League and Legit, will help launch new sibling FXX (formerly Fox Soccer), along with late-night show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Sunny, The League and Legit have been renewed for Season 10, 6 and 2, respectively. Additionally, Totally Biased will expand to five nights a week when it moves to FXX when the network launches Sept. 2. The plan for FXX is to start with four original comedy series and one late-night show. The fourth original comedy will likely come from one of FX’s half-hour pilots, FX president John Landgraf said. The new network’s original offerings will go up to six comedy series by the second year and to gradually introduce dramas.
via Deadline.com http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/fxs-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-the-league-renewed-will-move-to-fxx/
FX Greenlights ‘Fargo’ Limited Series, Lines Up Slew Of Event Series In Development
UPDATED: FX has given the green light to the first limited series under the cable network’s push in that programming area — an adaptation of Joel and Ethan Coen‘s 1996 comedic crime drama Fargo.
Additionally, FX president John Landgraf announced several high-profile limited/miniseries projects in development as the genre will become a cornerstone for FX’s sibling FXM (Fox Movie Channel): Grand Hotel from Sam Mendes, about a fictional terrorist plot in Paris; Sutton, from Alexander Payne, about the infamous band robber and Michael De Luca; Mad Dogs from The Shield‘s Shawn Ryan, based on the British black comedy/psychological thriller miniseries; and The Story Of Mayflower, from producers Paul Giamatti and Gil Netter (Life Of Pi).
The Coen brothers are exec producing Fargo, which was written/executive produced by The Unusuals and My Generation creator Noah Hawley. Warren Littlefield also executives the project, which will be co-produced by MGM Television and FX Prods. Production will begin in the winter for a spring debut. The Fargo movie starred Frances McDormand as a pregnant Minnesota police chief who follows the trail of two bumbling criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) hired by a car salesman (William H. Macy) to kidnap his wife. The indie earned seven Oscar nominations, winning two statuettes — for the Coen brothers’ script and McDormand’s performance. FX put the project in development in September.
via Deadline.com http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/fx-greenlights-fargo-limited-series/
Facebook Gets Thumbs-Up To Build Second Menlo Park Campus, Designed By Starchitect Frank Gehry
The 433,555-square-foot building will connect to the existing offices by underground tunnel. Cue privacy jokes.
Facebook‘s office space is expanding. The firm got the go-ahead from the Palo Alto council on Tuesday night to build a second campus at Menlo Park. The project will be designed by Frank Gehry and is expected to be an “extremely long” 433,555-square-foot building that will connect to the existing offices via a tunnel running under the Bayfront Expressway, which will divide the two campuses.
Will the new one look like a spaceship? Too soon to tell.
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