The writers' strike may be over, but not everything is going
well in Hollywood, I read in yesterday's
Corriere della Sera (Milan).
The latest trend of shows and movies abandoning the city for cheaper
locales leaves the film industry capital increasingly isolated.
And if things continue down the same path, soon nobody will be filming
there (that prediction is courtesy of Carsten Lorenz who made it
in an interview with the Financial Times)...
Read the rest of: "Frankie Goes To... New York?"»
The current issue of the Economist (June 10th-16th 2006) has a short article ("Deadly Beauty", p28)
on the popular if macabre use of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California - namely, on its function
as the perfect suicide locale. Apparently, the 4-foot-tall railing deters only the most hesitant
would-be suicides.
As for the rest, according to the data published in the article, the Golden Gate Bridge with its
two-per-month attempted suicide rate is the most popular place in the world to call it quits.
(Far from everyone succeeds, though)...
Read the rest of: "Heaven's Golden Gate"»
