Morley Safer
The Frank Gehry Show
Sydney Pollack and the late Philip Johnson.
Every seat was taken in the DOLBY screening room (formerly the MGM room). But a handful of invited guests snagged director's chairs that were placed along the sides of the small theater.
Regis Philbin, Ken Burns, and Morley Safer were amongst the notable names in the crowd--which was comprised mostly of film industry types.
Mr. Pollack addressed the audience prior to the start of the 82-minute film by saying, "one thing I've never learned is how to introduce a film." read more »
Nevertheless, Mr. Pollack began by discussing his first visit to Guggenheim Bilbao several years ago. Unfortunately, it occurred under less than ideal circumstances.
Stephen Colbert Is Against the War
That's a dodge. I love Colbert partly because I'm sure he shares my politics. What's my evidence? It's obvious. The left loves him and it should; his ironies are chiefly directed at the right in the same way that Trey Parker's (vicious, sourmaking) comedy is aimed at the left. Also at Saturday night's Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Colbert's speech, featuring Helen Thomas as the crazily heroic main character, had as its central theme, What are we doing in Iraq? Good question. And it was aimed at the guy three seats away, the President.
Which is to say, Colbert has real power. I don't expect him to want to talk about it, but 60 Minutes let its own fuzzy liberal orientation show when it failed to ask Colbert one genuine question about his politics, and failed to try to talk to his friends and family about his politics.
