Personally, I consider 'Titanic' the most brilliant example of successful counterprogramming; the film actually countered itself by embedding an epic chick flick within a classic disaster movie.
From Diablo Cody
Now '90210' is returning with an all-new cast of slightly more plausible teens. I'll be honest: I wish the old cast was back. Ideally, this spin-off would be an Ice Storm-esque exploration of the West Beverly gang's bleak adult lives.
I can't write at night. For me, I'm programmed to believe that nighttime is for relaxation.
In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
I'm not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies.
It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes.
You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.
I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.
Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers of winter here.
When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.
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