- Kyoko Kishida, star of Woman in the Dunes, passed away on December 19 at the age of 76 from a brain tumor.
- Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team, also died Monday at the age of 95.
- Non-Fox News watchers may not be aware of it, but the word is out: penguins are liberals. Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto lambasted Happy Feet for being “ an animated Inconvenient Truth.” He was offended that these anti-oil drilling, anti-commercial fishing and global warming believing penguins were preaching to his children!
- Paramount Home Entertainment announced that they will (finally) be releasing Twin Peaks: The Second Season on DVD April 10th 2007.
- Film Comment‘s critics poll for 2006 is out, as well as Indiewire‘s poll. (Go Mr. Lazarescu!)
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