Crash DVD Reviews: "Crash" didn't pussyfoot around race, and its extras don't either. Writer-director Paul Haggis, producer-co-scribe Bobby Moresco and star Don Cheadle address the thorny issue in by far the most compelling portions of the pic's bonus features.
AFI Scores With "Star Wars" (E! Online) E! Online - Not only was his score for 1977's Star Wars named the number one Greatest Film Score of all time by the list-happy folks at the American Film Institute, but the music he wrote for 1975's Jaws and 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial also made the cut, coming in at number six and 14 respectively.
Shirley Knight Plays a Desperate Former Housewife in 'Cycling Past the Matterhorn' (Playbill) Playbill - Life is at the crossroads for a London mother who is going blind and her daughter, a mediocre psychic, in the Off-Broadway premiere of Deborah Grimberg's Cycling Past the Matterhorn, opening Sept. 29 at the Harold Clurman Theatre in Theatre Row.
New opera explores birth of atomic bomb (Reuters) Reuters - An opera is not supposed to be over until the fat lady sings. Or, in the case of a new work being premiered this week, until an atomic bomb explodes.