On October 15, the big "Balloon Boy" incident involving the quirky Heene family took over broadcast and cable news. By now you know the story – a boy named Falcon went missing in a UFO-shaped weather balloon flying across the Eastern Plains of Colorado. Miraculously, he turned up safe and sound in the family’s attic. That should have been the end of the story. It wasn’t. Covering the story for a national media outlet I thought that once the Larimer County Sheriff announced Falcon was found, everyone would wrap things up and go home.

Growing up some of my favorite CDs were movie soundtracks. The good ones always had a collection of great songs that perfectly encapsulated the mood of the film. Some were a handpicked selection of Top 40 hits ("Saturday Night Fever," "The Big Chill") while others were eclectic mixes of songs I had never heard before ("Trainspotting," "Natural Born Killers"). The best soundtracks gave a great variety of music and were huge sellers for record companies and studios alike.

If you've ever felt that your favorite movie got robbed of a best picture Oscar nomination, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is here to help.

 

D-day -- June 12, 2009. Last Friday was the day when the remainder of the nation’s 1,700 analog television stations shut down in the long-promised changeover to digital broadcasting.

 

Like a small Balkan republic wrestling with political infighting, SAG members continue to be locked in combat with one another over the studio contract proposal.

 

Although SAG's national board narrowly approved the deal in April, now it comes down for the members to vote.

 

And a lot of them are not happy. You think Capitol Hill has knock-down, drag-out fights ... you ain’t seen nothing yet.

 

So what’s the problem?