I just read Roger Ebert's
review of Casanova and though he wasn't impressed, I'll probably rent it anyway, when it is available. Though, if you couple his words with the
advertisements I've seen, I was reminded of something I considered ridiculous that Maureen Dowd wrote to promote her
book and several people commented upon in their journals. The movie does look like a Harlequin and will appeal to that audience, but the pre-press also seems to argue for the attractiveness of a strong woman.
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For those who may be interested, CNN has finally released something about that Christiane Amanpour situation which I posted about the other night. While there are some interesting statements in the short
article, the pertinent paragraph is as follows;A senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Thursday that the National Security Agency did not target CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour or any other CNN journalist for surveillance.
My original
post has been edited to include this information.