December 13, 2002
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ART WARS:
Shall we read? — The sequel
Two stories related to my recent entries on the death of Stan Rice (Sequel, 12/11/02) and the career of Jodie Foster (Rhyme Scheme, 12/13/02) —
From BBC News World Edition,
Thursday, 12 December, 2002, 15:34 GMTEntertainment Section
- Poet Stan Rice dies
Stan Rice, the poet, painter and husband of author Anne Rice, has died of brain cancer at the age of 60….
He met his wife, the author of the Vampire Chronicles, when the pair studied journalism together.
- Abba hit tops dance music poll
Dancing Queen by Abba has been voted the top dancefloor tune of all time, according to viewers of cable music channel VH1.
That’s Entertainment!
See also my entry of December 5, 2002,
Key (for Joan Didion’s birthday):I faced myself that day
with the nonplused apprehension
of someone who has come across a vampire
and has no crucifix in hand.— Joan Didion, “On Self-Respect,”
in Slouching Towards BethlehemDivine Comedy
Didion and her husand John Gregory Dunne
(author of The Studio and Monster)
wrote the screenplays for
the 1976 version of “A Star is Born”
and the similarly plotted 1996 film
“Up Close and Personal.”If the incomparable Max Bialystock
were to remake the latter, he might retitle it
“Distant and Impersonal.”
A Google search on this phrase suggests
a plot outline for Mel Brooks & Co. - Poet Stan Rice dies
Comments (1)
I wonder what Stan’s passing will do to Anne’s writing again?
Interview with the Vampire came as a result of losing a child.
Why is it that pain is more motivating than joy? Why is it also that we tend to identify more with a writer who can express pain more than joy?