Almost forgot, Spaceship One is launching on June 21. If all goes well, that means Scaled Composites will wind up with the X-Prize, and we'll all have some supercool footage to look at while Rutan tries to get his design accepted in the public eye and wallet. Hopefully nothing will blow up, nothing hardly ever does with Rutan... three weeks from now... lots goin on.

Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" has found THREE distributors. CNN reports:
The film, which Walt Disney Co. declined to allow its Miramax Films unit to distribute, is set to launch theatrically June 25 in the United States, through a complicated distribution apparatus that will see Miramax co-chairmen Bob and Harvey Weinstein's newly formed Fellowship Adventure Group join forces with Lions Gate Films and IFC Films.
It seems Lion's Gate and IFC will be helping out with screenings (though they estimate only about 1,000 screens will be found), Showtime will be allowing Pay-TV viewing, and it seems Universal Home Video will be doing... well, home video. June 25... can hardly wait.

Photo courtesy of CNN

Brahimi today (and by today I mean that it is on television live as I write this post) announces his choices for the interim Iraqi Government. The Prime Minister and President Choices (Allawi, and Yawar respectively) are apparently both seen as pro-American installments rather than people the general Iraqi public can rally behind. As it has happened before, I am now apprehensively waiting for the moment when the president and/or prime minister are assassinated. I wouldn't even rule out seeing something to that tune as I speak... on live television... time to get off the computer and back on the T.V.

And just another reason to check out all those news links on the left side of the screen each time you visit: The BBC reported yesterday that the Weinsteins (owners of Miramax) have bought Farenheit 9/11 from Disney, and are now in talks with distribution through third-parties or home release. Mid-summer seems to be the target time.

Saw Morgan Spurlock's documentary "Supersize Me" last night. If you have not seen it... consider it a replacement for the book "Fast Food Nation" or "The Jungle". Very good, very graphic at times (he is living off of McDonald's for a month... after a while he can't keep food down) but in the end very insightful. Apparently there are competitively priced healthier alternatives for school cafeterias, mildly more expensive ways to NOT make McDonald's threaten your health, and so on. Informative film, as documentaries tend to be...

Speaking of which, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11: The Temperature at which Freedom Burns" WON the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Festival (making it the first documentary since Jacques Cousteau's "The Silent World" in 1953) as well as picking up a distributor in Albania. That makes the film available to every human being on the planet, except Americans. Disney (owner of Miramax, who made the film) has refused to distribute it because of an aversion from political movies as well as a dedication to family oriented material. At the time of this claim by CEO Michael Eisner, the highest grossing movie under Disney's belt was the family-fun-time "Kill Bill Vol.2"... yeah... just keep blinking.

Hopefully, after Cannes, Moore will get a distributor in the states by early July. He hopes to release on the July 4th weekend. As I was sluggish in bringing this up at all, I'll be sure to get all information up here immediately when it happens. In the mean time, go see "Supersize Me", it is well worth it.