- If you have not heard about Chris Anderson's The Long Tail book you should:

"In Chris Anderson's popular new book The Long Tail, about "the new economics of culture and commerce," the Wired magazine editor-in-chief explores, "Why the future of business is selling less of more." (indiewire)

- - Reuters: Arab investors set up $200 million film fund
Investors from six Arab states will put up $200 million to finance the production of more than a dozen big-budget Arabic movies in English, an Arab-American film producer told Reuters on Wednesday.

- Jon Moritsegu new film info: FAME WHORE (1997) will be out on DVD in September. It will be available on Jon's website

- Blackfilms.com has a transcript of a press conference with The Departed's Scorsese. Nicholson, Damon, and Dicaprio.

- Finally Jeff Wells is posting these Suber Lessons. This is #4: "In many of the most memorable stories, th central character is torn between desire and duty, between what the self seeks and society demands. The inner voice whispers, 'I want...' but the outer voice responds, with an echo-chamber resonance, 'You must...' The duty of the hero is not merely to stand up; he must stand for something. It's not something he desires; it's something he's got to do."