Letters From a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato, Forgive my disappearing act. The Dalai Lama flew into town nine days ago. Unofficially. Unexpectedly, at any rate. And in so doing he created such a hot ticket, only Oscar Night and the Vanity Fair after-party can compete in ...

Letters of a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato, This week it's all about INT.  THE DOGHOUSE. Yes, we know it well. And some better than others. I"€™m familiar with the place. And so are"€”let's see"€”Lance Armstrong, O. J. Simpson, Lindsay Lohan...to name ...

Letters From a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato, I"€™m mindful of the time we were rechristened. In Puerto Vallarta. The toothless soothsayer gave us sopa to drink that was foul-tasting and laced with mescal and some local psychedelic. She read your palm and pronounced ...

Letters From a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato"€” You really should try the ozone therapy"€”cleans your blood. Kiedis does it. Everyone should do it. Ignore the Wikipedia warnings; it was used in Europe for decades to keep livers from failing. Ask Anthony. Why die ...

Tim Burton

Letters From a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato, I hope you"€™re sitting down. If you"€™re checking messages while driving, pull over. Things got a lot weirder since last time. I waited another hour in the Palacio Azteca's lobby, my eyes peeled for a man of ...

Letters of a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato, Bocas del Toro couldn"€™t be more different than Puerto Viejo. In Bocas, the "€œVenice of Panama,"€ the only way to get around is by dugout canoe, paddled by genial 15-year-olds smoking weed and accepting beers for ...

Letters of a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato: So I made the crossing over to Panama just fine, at least from the legal point of view. Despite the guards’ Rottweiler expressions, they can’t even be bothered to swat a mosquito in that humidity, let alone ...

Clarence Dupnik

The Worst Sheriff in America

There are many heroes who showed indomitable courage and grace under fire during this weekend’s horrific Tucson massacre. Blowhard Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was not one of them. If the White House has any sense, ...


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