Notary Chic and Michael Clayton
1. I'm a notary -- it's helpful when clients have to execute their documents. One thing I didn't know -- it's cool!
-Here's Angela this week's episode of "The Office," talking about her break-up with Dwight (who euthanized her cat):
How do you tell someone it's over? You send them a notarized letter, right? But what if the recipient IS your notary?
-This week's edition of Entertainment Weekly has a short article about superproducer J.J. Abrams, whose pilot for a show called "Boundaries" has been picked up by ABC for next season. "Boundaries" is about a "cable-access psychologist who becomes a notary public." According to Mr. Abrams, it's "a very funny take on the private-investigator format. She won't sign anything until she finds out what's really going on. She's basically nosy as hell."
2. George Clooney plays the title character in Michael Clayton. The character is a lawyer, described at one point as "specializing in Wills and trusts" -- in truth, Clayton is a "fixer." He's special counsel to a prestigious law firm, helping to solve touchy problems for its partners and clients. Now he has a big one -- one of the firm's big litigators, a manic depressive, took off all his clothes at a deposition involving the firm's major client, U/North, and may be ready to torpedo U/North's case.
I won't give away anything more -- this is a pretty enjoyable movie, with a great cast (including Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton and the director Sydney Pollack). It's in my top ten for the year (holding steady at #1 is Once; last year's co-#1s were Children of Men and Little Children).
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