Books: For some reason, Palm Beach County has never had a books festival all its own, despite examples to the south in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Key West, but that changes Saturday. At the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, the one-day festival will include talks from a number of prominent writers and a little bit of celebrity juice. Actor Alan Cumming, whose searing … [Read more...]
Stiller’s inventive ‘Mitty’ avoids the hard edges
In updating James Thurber’s six-page short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty to modern times, director-star Ben Stiller plants his titular dreamer in a scenario all too familiar and scary for middle-aged members of the Fourth Estate. Stiller’s Mitty works for a print magazine that is transitioning to an online-only publication, a move that will result in massive layoffs. … [Read more...]