Saturday, April 27, 2024

Movies

West Side Story: Leonard Bernstein’s Fans and Friends Orchestrate Private Screening of New Doc Set For 2022 Release

An elite group, many of whom knew Leonard Bernstein, gathered this week at Soho House in the Meatpacking District (technically the West Side) for...

(Listen) U2 Joins Oscar Race for Best Song Along with Diane Warren & Reba McEntire, Beyonce, Van Morrison, More

The race for Best Song at the Academy Awards is on. U2 has joined it with "Your Song Saved My Life" from "Sing 2."...

Babaloo: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Are Striking Lucy and Ricky in “Being the Ricardo’s” Trailer

I like everything about this trailer for Amazon's "Being the Ricardo's" starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. The Oscar winners look and sound like...

Oscars: Sublime “Belfast” Gets A List Hollywood Premiere, Jamie Dornan Whips Crowd into a Frenzy

Kids, Focus Features flew me to Hollywood for the premiere of "Belfast" last night at the new Motion Picture Academy museum. I never do...

Jeff Bezos Warns Leonardo Di Caprio Away from Girlfriend After They Hit It Off at Museum Gala

Jeff Bezos, one of the world's very richest men, didn't like it when Leonardo DiCaprio hit it off with his girlfriend. Bezos introduced Lauren Sanchez,...

UPDATED 11-15 : 95,000 People Have Signed a Petition to Keep James Corden Out of Movie of Broadway Hit “Wicked”

updated 11/15 The number is closing in on 95,000 now.   updated 11/8 Those change.org peeps are at it again! Now 8,400 38,000 people have signed a petition to...

Box Office: “Eternals” Powers Marvel to $71 Mil, “French Dispatch” Holds On, “Spencer” Shows Diana’s Power

It's a good news story mostly this weekend at the box office. Just don't think about "The Last Duel." Think instead of Marvel's "Eternals," which...

Late Take: Jessica Chastain Deserves an Oscar Nod for “Tammy Faye,” A Wrongly Maligned Dramedy

I just caught up with Michael Showalter's "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," a much maligned dramedy that was abandoned, I think, when rough winds...