Music
UPDATE Famed and Beloved Rocker Tom Petty Near Death at Age 66 in Los Angeles After Cardiac Arrest
UPDATE Tom Petty is near death. A few news agencies reported his death. it's a technical thing. He's brain dead. He's been taken off...
Movies
Review: Dustin Hoffman Shines in “The Meyerowitz Stories,” Featuring Nuanced Ben Stiller and…Adam Sandler? (Yes)
Woody Allen often complains that no filmmakers are influenced by him. But Noah Baumach-- who's written and/or directed several wonderful New York dramedies-- definitely...
Television
“The Simpsons” Will End Tonight’s Show with a Last Minute Dedication to Puerto Rico
"The Simpsons" will end tonight's show with a tribute to Puerto Rico. Exec producer James L. Brooks tweeted that they commissioned the PR flag...
Books
S.I. Newhouse, Owner of Conde Nast and the Man Who Made Anna Wintour, Dead at 89
S.I. Newhouse, known as "Si," has died at 89. His family bought Conde Nast magazine publishers in 1959, and he ran it the rest...
Music
Clive Davis Has Nothing to Apologize For, He Literally Created “The Soundtrack of Our Lives”
I read this morning's assassination attempt on Clive Davis by Jacob Bernstein in the New York Times Style Section with sadness and bemusement. Listen,...
Movies
Sony Sink: “Flatliners” Reboot Flatlines with Just $6.7 Mil Weekend, Scores Rare Zero on Rotten Tomatoes
UPDATE: SURPRISE the total was $6.7 million. DOA.
UPDATE: Friday night box office was $2.1 million for a likely $5 million weekend. Time of death:...
Music
R&B Great Soul Man Sam Moore Releases “American Patriot” Album For Everyone, Knee or No Knee
Right now now one knows what it means to be patriotic, left or right, liberal or conservative, knee or no knee. Into that atmosphere...
Music
Harry Styles Shades Columbia Records Over Choice of Singles at Radio City Music Hall Debut
Harry Styles didn't seem so happy with Columbia Records last night At his Radio City Music Hall debut in front of 5,000 screaming pre...