Nah, I don't have any juicy stories to tell you myself but I can point you to a good site that does. A little introduction:
"In so far as a city ever needed a gossip rag, Los Angeles is crying out for a Defamer. For a city that’s in many ways the cultural capital of the world, it’s woefully under-gossiped. Sure, the celebrity weeklies give the latest tittle-tattle on the reality TV romance of the week. But the real stars of Hollywood are the producers, the agents, the PR flacks, the studio execs, and the screenwriters. They’re usually behind the scenes. No longer—since May 2004, there’s Defamer, putting them front and center. "
Not necessarily agreeing with L.A. being the cultural capital of the world...but I sure enjoy all the inside info and especially the humour! Defamer won the 2005 bloggie award for best entertainment weblog!
That water-stealing, valley-talking place that shall not be named is not the cultural capital of anything worthy of the name. As they would say: "Like totally dude."
ReplyDeleteWhat is the cultural capital of the world?
ReplyDeleteI like the way the Europeans do it - cities take turns every year. We should have a rotational UN World Cultural Capital.
From the Europa site: "The designation 'European Capital of Culture' helps to highlight the richness and diversity of European cultures and the features they share and facilitates greater mutual acquaintance between European Union citizens."
ReplyDeleteCork in Ireland is cultural capital 2005. And will be followed by Patras in Greece (2006), Luxembourg and Sibiu in Romania (2007), and Liverpool and Stavanger (2008).
Stavanger is in Norway...is the EU anticipating that Norway will join by 2008?
It's one of those programmes EFTA countries can opt-into.
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