Spy thriller fans have been seeking alternative heroes since Tom Clancy stopped writing about his CIA champion Jack Ryan.
But the CIA will be getting an entirely new face next summer --Angelina Jolie. Jolie's new move, Salt, centers around the efforts by her character (Evelyn A. Salt) to clear her name as a rogue CIA operative. Hollywood can be so incestuous. The role in the original screenplay was written for Tom Cruise, but he dropped out. Cruise, moviegoers will remember, starred in another thriller (plus sequels), Mission Impossible, sharing a leading role with Jolie's father, Jon Voight.
Salt suffuses our culture. Who would have pictured the Salt Queen being dethroned by Angelina Jolie? So, salt fans, get used to the new "face" for salt -- here's the poster promoting the movie and the YouTube posting of the movie "teaser" trailer .
This graph may be even better than the Marshall Foch quote in explaining Tuesday's election results. It's from today's Casey's Daily Dispatch . CBO is the Congressional Budget Office.
The image. The analogy. Perfect. Enjoy this blog, "Pelosi as Foch " by John Feehery featured in The Hill today. Another way to put it: the best defense is a good offense (if you can mount a good offense!).
Tiffany & Co, East Hampton, NY, will host a royal art exhibition November 7 through February 28 featuring the textured, colorized salt art of The Salt Queen, Bettina Werner. Tiffany manager Kristina Klug announced "Crystals of the Winter Sea ":
History has taught us the most accomplished artists are those that have a recognizable medium that one can spot from far away – a language of art. Bettina Werner has truly created an entire unique language with her textured salt technique translating to all who encounter her artwork around the globe. It is unmistakably and synonymously profound.
Ms. Werner’s striking paintings created with Salt crystals have been recognized and selected from prestigious collections in the U.S and Europe exhibited all over the world from the Whitney Museum, Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Portofino Museum Italy, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Triennale Museum in Milan, Chase Manhattan Bank, to the collection of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel.
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