Movies
Cate Blanchett Awards Ceremony Goes Awry: Presenters Bradley Cooper, Todd Haynes COVID MIA
Cate Blanchett must be wondering what the Chaplin Awards were like in the old days of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
In the heyday,...
Movies
Maggie Smith is Not Retiring But “Downton Abbey: A New Era” Likely Marks the End of Her Dowager Countess
We already know that Dame Maggie Smith is not retiring from acting. Even at age 86, Smith is making a new film over the...
Celebrity
Spielberg, Mel Brooks Others Say Goodbye to “Lethal Weapon” Director Richard Donner, Mel Gibson Vows to Make 5th Movie
Beloved "Lethal Weapon" director Richard Donner finally got a proper send off over the weekend. A list stars met at the Warner Bros. lot...
Business
Fear and Loathing Set in as Elon Musk Buys Twitter in Deal Worth $44 Billion: Will Trump Return?
Elon Musk has bought Twitter outright in a deal worth $44 billion. That's right. @JackDorsey, who was gone, is now really gone. The inmates...
Movies
Nicholas Cage’s “Massive Talent” Proved Unbearable at Box Office with Lower Than Expected Crash
I guess the hope for "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" was it was going to be "Being Nicholas Cage" a la "Being John...
Movies
Library of Congress Acquires the Papers of Neil Simon, Broadway’s Most Successful Playwright
For several decades there wasn't a Broadway without a Neil Simon play, or two, lighting up the Great White Way.
Now the Library of Congress...
Celebrity
Warren Beatty Speaks to Whether He’ll Ever Write a Book, or Make Another Movie at TCM Screening of “Heaven Can Wait”
Warren Beatty was given a rapturous standing ovation last night at the TCM, Turner Movie Classics, Film Fest at the TCL Chinese theater in...
Theater
Broadway: Beanie Feldstein Makes a Terrific Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” Revival, Plus Barbra Streisand Ain’t Coming Back
I'm just back from the opening night of the first ever revival of "Funny Girl" on Broadway in 58 years. What I'm reading is...