Not really smarty news

It's one of those days when there are few Brontë mentions on the Internet.

Tom O'Neill on Los Angeles Times insists (as we have previously reported) on Jane Eyre 2006's possibilities for the next Emmys:

PBS is also campaigning for "Jane Eyre," starring newcomer Ruth Wilson, who edged out Mirren for a BAFTA nod, as the forlorn governess in the adaptation of the Charlotte Bronte classic.

And Bruce Black in MyMac.com has some possible 'suggestions' for TV-shows:

Smarty Pants! In a television first, the producers of this innovative series bring you the very first quiz game show, designed for teenaged girls. Hosted by Lindsey Lohan, the questions are on the subjects that this demographic group feels is most important. Answering right means you are popular and cool, but answering wrong, and it’s off to “loser land”. Sample questions include “Who is Paris Dating this week?”, and “Who is my favorite hair stylist?” (From Lindsey herself!) On occasion, a “trap question” will be asked. Be careful of these ladies! Trap questions will include “who is more important, Britney Spears, or Sally Ride?” or, “Who were the Bronté sisters?” (Lindsey is really scratching her head over that one!) Endless fun for teenaged girls!

We suppose it's in character to write Bronté in such a TV show...

A book that we presented some time ago with a Brontë connection - El Cáliz de las Letras - has been chosen as the 2006 Best Wine Literature Book in the World, in the Gourmand Cookbook Awards.

On the blogosphere we find several reviews: Insomnomania reviews Wuthering Heights and seems to walk the opposite path of Jasper Fforde (see this previous post):

Isn’t life a funny thing? I started Jane Eyre with every expectation of liking it but didn’t, and I started Wuthering Heights—a book which I’d been forced to read in high school, but left with less than fond memories of—expecting to hate it, and the opposite proved true. (Dance Chica)

Salomes Bücher also reviews, in German, Die Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights) and Gaurav Dubey does the same thing with Jane Eyre.

Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Wuthering Heights