Opinion About Oscar For Geeks Only: How Oscar Voting Works February 28, 2006 • Now that the identity of Deep Throat has been revealed, the accounting of the Academy Awards may be the last set of true secrets in American life. Bill Wyman explains what is known.
The DVD Room 'Team America: World Police' May 27, 2005 • The irreverent creators of South Park take on pompous actors, lisping dictators and blind patriotism with equal parts vision and crude humor. The DVD set includes revealing behind-the-scenes footage of the painful process of creating marionette mayhem.
The DVD Room 'Sideways' April 14, 2005 • The Alexander Payne film was the darling of critics leading up to the Oscars, and Paul Giamatti's performance was duly lauded. The DVD takes fans one step further with a commentary track by Giamatti and co-star Thomas Haden-Church that's smart, ribald, sophisticated and adds a lot to a second viewing.
The DVD Room 'The Wire: Complete Second Season' February 25, 2005 • Unlike most TV cop shows, The Wire shows viewers how the system really works on the mean streets of Baltimore -- sophisticated criminals who learn from their mistakes, flawed cops who look and act like real people, small victories and ambiguous endings. NPR's Bill Wyman reviews the DVD set of the full second season of the HBO series.
The DVD Room 'The Village' January 28, 2005 • Bill Wyman reviews the DVD release of M. Night Shyamalan's latest Twilight Zone-style thriller The Village -- and finds it to be bad movie with the accompanying and appropriately bad DVD.
The DVD Room 'Live Aid' December 3, 2004 • NPR's Bill Wyman dives in to the four-disk DVD set chronicling the 1983 Live Aid concert -- a dual-continent music extravaganza that was musician Bob Geldof's response to famine in Ethiopia. Wyman says there are some real gems here, if you can get past the early '80s English new wave hair bands.
The DVD Room 'Star Wars Trilogy' November 12, 2004 • The original Star Wars film trilogy gets the box-set DVD treatment, complete with a separate DVD with making-of documentaries, and alternate commentary soundtracks from George Lucas himself.
Opinion The DVD Room 'The Rules of the Game' September 10, 2004 • The Rules of the Game, released in France in 1939, stands virtually alone as a remarkable intersection of cinematic vision, effective writing and dense meaning. It is routinely cited in international critic polls as one of the greatest films ever made, in the company of Citizen Kane and Vertigo. NPR's Bill Wyman reviews the new Criterion Collection DVD.
The DVD Room 'Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Second Season' August 20, 2004 • Larry David, the co-creator of the hit series Seinfeld, scores another hit with a show about nothing -- Curb Your Enthusiasm. Watch scenes from the show's second season, now available on DVD.
Movies 'Most Popular Movies' a Construct of Time, Inflation July 6, 2004 • In an age of over-hyped blockbusters, the relative popularity of movies gets overlooked. How do you determine what makes the biggest movie of all time, taking into account the rise in movie-ticket prices and a film's impact on society? The answer isn't simple. NPR's Bill Wyman reports. 'Most Popular Movies' a Construct of Time, Inflation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3154015/3154016" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture Poor Ticket Sales Nix Lollapalooza Fest Revival June 23, 2004 • NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with NPR arts editor Bill Wyman about the cancellation of this year's Lollapalooza music festival, due to poor ticket sales. Poor Ticket Sales Nix Lollapalooza Fest Revival Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1971947/1971948" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Things Considered Wyman vs. Wyman November 15, 2002 • A lawyer representing former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman wants The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Bill Wyman to stop using his name. Wyman the writer was born in 1961 with that name. Wyman the rock star adopted the name in 1964. Lynn Neary talks to Bill Wyman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about his predicament. Wyman vs. Wyman Listen · 3:04 3:04 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/844515/844516" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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