Eric Scheske

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker has a good article about TDVC and Sony [http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060522fa_fact]. The New Yorker is one of the most relentlessly-secularist publications in America, so it's significant when you see nuggets like these in its pages: > Dan Brown's

Cannes

TDVC's reception at Cannes wasn't good [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_en_mo/film_cannes_da_vinci_code_2], and the Cannes crowd doesn't exactly consist of a bunch of Opus Dei applicants. The movie might simply be bad. > The

More TDVC

The drama builds as opening day nears [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12815760/]: > “The Da Vinci Code” has undermined faith in the Roman Catholic Church and badly damaged its credibility, a survey of British readers revealed Tuesday as tensions over – and hype for – the forthcoming film reached a

Worse Than Thought?

Remember my wild speculation about the Da Vinci Code movie [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4546/] ? It may have been wildly premature. Jimmy Akin [http://www.jimmyakin.org/2006/05/the_da_vinci_mo.html] links to this Telegraph review [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/

Hanks in the Other Lung

The Curt Jester [http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/] sets the record straight: > Hanks has been married to actress Rita Wilson since 1988. They became involved while working on the movie Volunteers (1985), although they first worked together in an episode of Bosom Buddies. (Wilson guest starred as a romantic

Tom Hanks on Da Vinci

I saw the headline, "Hanks Blasts Da Vinci Critics [http://www.thisislondon.com/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=22582687] ." I thought, "Oh great, one of my favorite actors--a family man, for crying out loud--is going to lash out with half-baked accusations against the Catholic Church.

Getting Sirius

I missed the big Catholic news yesterday: Sirius Radio is getting a Catholic channel. Amy discusses it [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/05/getting_sirius.html]. This might prompt me to break down and get satellite radio, but I doubt it.

Ennui Nation

Or maybe it's "Nerd Nation." You decide [http://www.happynews.com/news/532006/abc-to-show-spelling-bee-in-prime-time.htm] : > For the first time in its 79-year history, the National Spelling Bee . . . will go prime time for next month's drama-filled finals. Thanks to recent movies [http://www.imdb.

Quarterly Men

I've started reading a new publication, and I'm recommending it to readers: Catholic Men's Quarterly [http://www.houseonthemoor.com/]. I received sample issues in the mail two weeks ago, and I was impressed. Drink, humor, history, travel, theology. Each issue is 44 pages, and

Flowering at 40

Cindy Margolis will pose for Playboy [http://news.aol.com/entertainment/articles/_a/cindy-margolis-to-pose-for-playboy/20060425131409990002] : > After turning down offers to pose for the magazine in the past, Margolis said she accepted this time because she felt posing nude at the age of 40 is empowering. Empowering? I appreciate the