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Thursday
Jan122012

Faux Pas Murder Accusation?

I was reading up on my Sarah Polley news, as you do (I borrow that phrase from FindaDeath.com because I dig it), and I came across this article on IMDB. It states:

"Sarah Polley is no stranger to Canadian literature. As a young actress, she rose to fame playing Sara Stanley in the beloved TV series "Road To Avonlea" based on the writings of Lucy Maud Montgomery, and when Polley set out to make her debut feature film, she turned Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain" into the astounding "Away From Her." With another feature film already under her belt in the relationship dramedy "Take This Waltz," which will hit theaters later this year, it looks like Polley has been at the library again. The writer/actress/director is now set to bring Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace" to the big screen. The novel is based on the true story of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/mistress Nancy Montgomery, who were murdered in their Upper Canada home in 1843 by 16 year-old Grace Marks and James McDermott, servants of Kinnear."
 

Great news! I can't wait to see Sarah's next projects. The only problem? The site inadvertently linked a contemporary crew member, James McDermott, as the murderer who lived in 1843. It also has make-up artist Nancy Montgomery, who seems to be very much alive, linked as the mistress who was killed that year. I think they may want to re-think that practice that seems to be in place of linking anyone named the same to unique profile pages. Then again, maybe they enjoy the extra links and attention. To be quite honest, I might. Attention is gold is show biz, right?

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