Movies
As “Downton Abbey” Thumps Movies with Big Stars, More Peak TV Series Will Be Translated to Big Screen: “Breaking Bad” Coming, “Mad Men” Next?
Turning "Downton Abbey" into a hit movie was a genius idea on the part of Julian Fellowes, Universal, and Carnival. Fellowes told me this...
Movies
Box Office: Genteel “Downton Abbey” Takes Brad Pitt’s “Ad Astra” and Stallone’s “Rambo,” Gives Studio Highest Debut Ever
Gentility and peak TV won the day at the box office Friday, and should command the weekend as well.
Julian Fellowes' delightful "Downton Abbey" transfer...
Movies
Critics Choice Names Documentary Lifetime Achievement Award for DA Pennebaker, This Year’s Recipient is Frederick Wiseman
The Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award has been named for the late DA Pennebaker, who passed away August 1st at age 94. The Pennebaker...
Celebrity
(Listen) Macy Gray Sings “Hide the Hurt,” a Possible Best Song Nominee by Diane Warren from Darrell Hammond Doc “Cracked Up”
Lot of news here:
Diane Warren has not one but two possible Best Song nominees this season. She already has 10 nominations, let's not forget.
So...
Movies
3 Way Box Office Brawl This Weekend: Well-Reviewed “Downton Abbey,” “Ad Astra” vs. Panned Stallone “Rambo” Installment
Will bad review spoil the return of "Rambo"?
Will good reviews and a movie star, Brad Pitt, propel "Ad Astra" to the top of the...
Foreign Affair
Edward Snowden, Living in Exile in Moscow, Says He’s a Direct Mayflower Descendant of Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins
Happy Thanksgiving!
Who is a real American, anyway? The answer used to be: the pilgrims, the people who came over from England on the Mayflower...
Music
Listen to New Music from Van the Man Morrison: “Dark Night of the Soul” Comes from New Album October 25th
I love Van Morrison. I wish he were coming back to New York, but he's off to the West Coast and to London to...
Music
Madonna Surprises With the Launch of Ambitious, Intimate “Madame X” Show, A Sometimes Over Stuffed Attempt at an Avant Garde Broadway Show
It turns out Madonna -- the queen of re-invention --Â is human. She admitted last night during the first performance of her Madame X...