Well, the Grammy nominations are out. Someone does not like Lady Gaga, that’s for sure. She didn’t get Record or Song of the Year nominations for anything. She did get an Album of the Year nod ... Read More
No probation. The judge says “Michael Jackson was an experiment.” Dr. Conrad Murray goes to the Los Angeles County Jail for four years. Judge Pastor is brilliant. Finally, some justice in L.A. ... Read More
The New York Film Critics Circle have chosen “The Artist” as Best Picture and Michel Hazanavicius as Best Director for “The Artist.” That’s the silent, black and white film th... Read More
The Indie Spirit Award nominations are out. Best Feature choices are “The Artist,” “The Descendants,” “Drive,” “Take Shelter,” “50-50,” and ̶... Read More
The New York Film Critics Circle has chosen Brad Pitt for Best Actor in “Moneyball” and “Tree of Life,” Meryl Streep for Best actress in “The Iron Lady,” Albert Brooks f... Read More
After all the hoopla about Michael Jackson’s Cirque du Soleil show, you’d think the CD soundtrack would have sold better in its first week. But “Immortal,” an album of remixes taken... Read More
Could Christopher Plummer, known to decades of moviegoers as Captain von Trapp from “The Sound of Music,” finally win an Oscar? Could be. Plummer has a lot of buzz from his role as the dying, g... Read More
Hugh Locke, who ran Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti charity in 2010, responds to this weekend’s hit and run piece in the New York Post. I’m reprinting verbatim what he’s sent. Locke is cur... Read More
Exclusive: I just got off the phone with Wyclef Jean, former presidential candidate in Haiti, humanitarian, international music star, and subject of a new smear campaign in the New York Post. The paper is ... Read More
So “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” is a year old, technically. It began previews a year ago yesterday. In Monday’s New York Times (and online Sunday night), producer Michael Cohl goes out... Read More