Good luck to all those running on Sunday! We were inspired to hear about Ed Norton running to raise funds and awareness for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. He’ll be running with 3 Maasai, David Blaine and Alanis Morissette as team members. For those preparing, may we suggest Beppe for carbs (try the Butcher’s Spaghetti) and for inspiration, “Running the Sahara,” a doc Matt Damon produced about just that – super marathoners who cross six countries of the Sahara, averaging 2 marathons per day, in 80 days. Damon’s project aimed to raise awareness about water supply in Africa. Should make Sunday’s little jaunt, with scattered showers, feel like a blessing.

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By far our favorite pic, thanks to Stranger Than Fiction of Tuesday’s celebration.

D. A. Pennebaker poses with the doc ladies, including Chris Hegedus (far left) and Deborah Shaffer (far right). Credit: STFdocs.com

Leonardo's war machines

A few months ago Ron Howard’s “Angels & Demons” kicked off summer blockbuster season with Tom Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. Dan Brown will soon have yet another payday when his much anticipated new novel, “The Lost Symbol“, hits bookstores this month. Sandwiched between these releases, Brownian replicas abound. In case you think you’ve already seen “The Da Vinci Treasure” – you probably haven’t yet – but the thrills, chills and mysteries will be familiar, as will the faces of C. Thomas Howell and Lance Henriksen.

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