Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
Amazon.com: Death in Four Courses: A Key West Food Critic Mystery (9780451237835): Lucy Burdette: Books: The annual Key West Loves Literature seminar is drawing the biggest
names in food writing from all over the country, and Haley Snow is
there to catch a few fresh morsels of insider gossip. Superstar
restaurant critic Jonah Barrows has already ruffled a few foodie
feathers with his recent tell-all memoir, and as keynote speaker, he
promises more of the same jaw-dropping honesty. But when Hayley discovers Jonah's body in a nearby dipping pool, the cocktail hour buzz takes a sour turn, and Hayley finds herself at the center of attention--especially with the police. Now it's up to her to catch the killer before she comes to her own bitter finish.
William Windom, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: William Windom, who won an Emmy Award playing an Everyman drawn from the pages of James Thurber but who may be best remembered for his roles on “Star Trek” and “Murder, She Wrote,” died on Thursday at his home in Woodacre, Calif., north of San Francisco. He was 88.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Jeff Sherratt: R.I.P.
Mystery Fanfare: Jeff Sherratt: R.I.P.: Sad news. Sue Ann Jaffarian mentioned today that mystery author Jeff Sherratt has passed away.
The Great Book Sale of Texas: Larry McMurtry Gives Up His Collection
TIME.com: He’s still writing, he says, noting that he has a biography of George Custer coming out in November, and has finished a memoir about his book collection that he hasn’t shipped to his publisher yet. The weekend has been all about the final chapters of that lifetime of accumulating books. But McMurtry says he has given up his work as a novelist. “It’s toward the end of my life,” he says as he contrasts the writing of fiction and the life of a book collector. “One of the great things about the life of an antiquarian bookseller is that it is progressive, you keep getting better and better and better the longer you do it. But writing novels is something else. It’s not progressive. You don’t get better.”
Phyllis Thaxter, R. I. P.
The Hollywood Reporter: Phyllis Thaxter, the wholesome actress who played Ma Kent in 1978’s Superman and the faithful girlfriend to vengeful POW Robert Ryan in the 1948 film noir classic Act of Violence, has died. She was 92.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . . .
Local News: An almost-midnight snack turned into a late-night smack for a Woodson family whose argument over a sandwich required police intervention.
Terra Nova Update
Terra Nova wreck found off Greenland: The SS Terra Nova, the ship that took Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team on their ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic a century ago, has been found on the seabed off Greenland.
The famous polar exploration vessel was known to have sunk off the coast of Greenland in September 1943 after being damaged by ice.
The famous polar exploration vessel was known to have sunk off the coast of Greenland in September 1943 after being damaged by ice.
Uh-Oh
ABC Developing Tom Sawyer-Huckleberry Finn Drama (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter: The drama hails from Detroit 1-8-7 duo Jason Richman and David Zabel and is described as an adventure-themed reinvention that revolves around the two famed literary characters who re-meet as young men in their 20s and form an investigative firm in a bustling and steampunk New Orleans.
Scott Mckenzie, R. I. P.
Contactmusic: Veteran singer Scott Mckenzie has died at the age of 73.
The star passed away in Los Angeles on Saturday (18Aug12). No further details were available as WENN went to press.
Fly the Tattered Ensign High
CBS News: The world's oldest commissioned warship will sail under its own power for just the second time in more than a century to commemorate the battle that won it the nickname "Old Ironsides."
The USS Constitution, which was first launched in 1797, will be tugged from its berth in Boston Harbor on Sunday to the main deepwater pathway into the harbor. It will then set out to open seas for a 10-minute cruise.
The USS Constitution, which was first launched in 1797, will be tugged from its berth in Boston Harbor on Sunday to the main deepwater pathway into the harbor. It will then set out to open seas for a 10-minute cruise.
Amelia Earhart Update
NY Daily News: A team of researchers trying to solve the mystery of aviator Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance said on Friday that underwater video from a Pacific island has revealed a field of man-made debris that could be remnants of her plane.
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