- It starts off sad. Actress, Writer/Director Adrienne Shelly was found dead in her office at the age of forty. You might remember her from Hal Hartley's first two movies The Unbelievable Truth and Trust. No cause of official death yet but some are reporting suicide.

- Aspiring starletts with control issues! Want to see how the pros handle their stars? Jeff Wells lets you on the inside.

- "'The actors (TomCat and Co.) are not going to have a cakewalk,' said Harold Vogel, the author of 'Entertainment Industry Economics.' 'These investors don't say, "Oh, it's so glamorous to go to a party." They aren't that dumb. Instead they say, "You will get your money, but we get ours first."

-  Filmmaker David Lowery has a very good piece on Shanberg's imaginary portrait of Diane Arbus, Fur.