Monday, January 14, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Roger L. Simon: Wesley Snipes, the IRS and the Black James Bond - 'Movie star Wesley Snipes goes on trial Monday for involvement in a bizarre tax scheme. Pajamas CEO Roger L. Simon recalls his encounter with Snipes in happier times, when they attempted to turn the charismatic actor into the first black international spy on the silver screen..."half of the budgets for Joe Roth’s films (the expensive ones anyway) came from Europe and the Europeans were refusing to back an action film with a sole black hero. Their audiences wouldn’t countenance it, they said"...'
