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Angelina Jolie: Atlas Shrugged Movie Moving Slowly

June 18, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
In a brief interview with Cinematical, Angelina Jolie provided this update on the upcoming Atlas Shrugged movie: She had a little more to say about the adaptation of Atlas Shrugged, which is moving forward very slowly, ... »More

Facing New York - Rock & Roll Individualism

April 26, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From the article "Striving for Individualism" in today's San Francisco Examiner: Facing New York has had plenty of opportunities to make more money. While music-industry people have offered lucrative deals in exchange for control over their ... »More

Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Slams Bill Gates & Warren Buffet’s “Santa Clause” Routine

March 14, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From today's New York Post: March 14, 2007 -- Carlos Slim, the Mexican tycoon just a hair from being the world's richest man, scoffed yesterday at Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for "playing Santa Claus" to ... »More

Travels and Travails of the “We the Living” Band

January 17, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
In November I finally bought a copy of the album Far from You and Your Everyday Noise by a new Wisconsin band called "The Profits" -- since re-christened "We the Living" and scheduled to release ... »More

Variety reports: Jolie to play Dagny

September 21, 2006 - Posted by Shawn Klein
According to Variety magazine, Angelina Jolie has signed with Lionsgate to portray Dagny Taggart in the film adapation of Rand's classic, Atlas Shrugged. Click here to read more at Variety.com Click here to read The Atlas Society's ... »More

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Defies Chinese Censors

September 11, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From a new article at the Guardian: The founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written by its users, has defied the Chinese government by refusing to bow to censorship of politically sensitive entries. Jimmy Wales, one of ... »More

Sandra Bullock on The Fountainhead

August 26, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
This will be old news for some, but we've not posted it before. From an interview with Sandra Bullock in 2004 in Marie Claire magazine: If you had to pick 12 things you could take to a ... »More

Brandon Routh on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged

July 31, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The new issue of People magazine contains this quote from Brandon Routh, Hollywood's new Superman: "I don't know if most people will want to read something this heavy, but I really recommend Atlas Shrugged by ... »More

Preity Zinta on Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead

July 31, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From a new article in The Hindustan Times about actresses with a passion for reading: They are hot. They are sassy. They are sexy. But mind you, they are not dumb! We're talking about the Bollywood ... »More

Bidinotto Dishes up News on Atlas Shrugged Movie

July 12, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Robert Bidinotto offers quite a few exciting updates on the Atlas Shrugged movie, drawn from one of the sessions at this summer's Atlas Society seminar. Some tasty excerpts: The final go-ahead "deal" was signed on June 29. ... »More