Dubbed the untold story of the world's biggest diamond heist, article chronicles the crime thought to have been carried out by Leonardo Notarbartolo, who was arrested in February 2003 for heading a ring of Italian thieves. They were accused of breaking into a seemingly impenetrable vault beneath the Antwerp Diamond Center and making off with at least $100 million in loot that's never been found. Based on circumstantial evidence, Notarbartolo was sentenced to 10 years; he was released from a Belgium prison this week.

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The Mysterious New J.J. Abrams Movie Trailer

A mysterious trailer from an upcoming J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Mission Impossible: 3 movie was played before Transformers. The trailer was supposedly captured by someone in the audience using a cellphone, but we think it's just the beginning of a brilliant viral marketing campaign. The plot seems to be about some guy named Rob who's attending a surprise party, when aliens or someone else starts blowing up the Manhattan skyline. The severed head of the Statue of Liberty also makes a bouncing appearance in the midst of the carnage. The website for the film is www.1-18-08.com.

The fake name for the project on IMDB is Cloverfield and it's release date is listed as 1-18-087.com, but it doesn't have much there. It's all very intriguing. (via Defamer)

Update: The mysterious trailer has been removed from the video sharing websites including YouTube and Daily Motion.

Posted on July 5, 2007
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Six Degrees Worth a Second Look

We're big J.J. Abrams fans around here, so we were excited to tune into the premiere of his new show, Six Degrees. The premise of the show is to follow the lives of six people in Manhattan whose lives are all interconnected.

Hope Davis plays a widowed mother who hires a young woman (Erika Christenson) who is on the run from an unknown threat. She also has a mytserious box she keeps with her and has a public defender who is crazy about her but who can't find her. The public defender meets up with a young limo driver who has a gambling problem and is trying not to join his brother's budding crime syndicate. Then he's handed the young woman's photo and told to kill her.

The most interesting characters so far are a beautiful ad executive played by Bridget Moynahan who tries to hire a washed out brilliant photographer for a new ad campaign and who has a seriously creepy fiance.

The problem with Six Degrees is that none of the stories are compelling enough -- so far, anyways -- to engender the kind of rabid fanship of Lost or Alias. Still, it was mildly entertaining and the dialogue was snappy. We'll tune in next week to see if it will magically turn into must-see TV.

Posted on September 22, 2006
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