CHANNING Tatum screams all-American hero. From the moment he bounds into the room offering a firm handshake and a greeting of, "How are you, dude?" it's as if we are old college buddies meeting for a drink. The 30-year-old could easily be the amiable qua
During his 50 years on stage and screen, F. Murray Abraham has portrayed Al Capone, Joseph Stalin, Arnold Rothstein, Roy Cohn and, in his Oscar-winning role in 1984’s “Amadeus,” Antonio Salieri. To some, he’ll always be Omar Suarez, the nemesis of Al Pac
Tuesday will be a good one for home-video customers, with lots of significant titles ranging across genres, from British TV drama to a recent animated Disney hit to a look at the dark side of American politics to, well, whatever you think Black Swan is.
It’s like Al Pacino’s frustration in Godfather II III: just when wind thought it had pulled itself ahead in cost competitiveness, natural gas pulled it back into the struggle.
At a rule-of-thumb 7 cents per kilowatt-hour, wind was looking good until abun
Now that he’s prevailed in his “Dick Tracy” lawsuit against Tribune Co., Warren Beatty fully intends to develop another project around the crime-fighting detective from the comics.
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled on Thursday that the actor still ow
QWhat’s the perfect way to wake up on a Saturday? With no alarm clock and nowhere to be. It’s great when I can be very leisurely because I live on such a schedule, always jumping on a train really early to go for an audition, filming or rehearsing.
Q Fry
Warren Beatty has won his court battle and has officially gained back the rights to make another 'Dick Tracy' movie, or tv-show...
We all remember the 1990 film version of 'Dick Tracy', and there are very few people who disliked it. It was an amazin
With Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock hosting Wrestlemania XXVII, which the event is scheduled to take place on April 3, 2011 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. But the Rock got something cookin’ with several upcoming film projects, which are going to hit
NEW YORK — F. Murray Abraham was feeling under the weather, and the weather itself was not great. As rain fell outside on the streets of Lower Manhattan, what he really wanted to do was lie down. He had a master class to teach in a while, and a performan
Brian De Palma's classic gangster epic will reach Blu-Ray on September 6
Now you’ll be able to experience Tony Montana and all the glorious violence of Brian De Palma’s Scarface in full 1080p high definition, thanks to yesterday’s announcement by Univer
Robert De Niro isn’t a big talker. Certainly not to reporters. A major actor for four decades, the two-time Oscar winner rarely gives interviews. So when word came down that the notoriously press-shy De Niro was doing phone interviews on behalf of his l
For his latest one-man show Ghetto Klown (after five of them, he threatens to turn into the
Puerto Rican Jackie Mason), John Leguizamo wants to give us a cautionary tale.
Apparently, juggling a career with family and love is a really, really hard
thing t
Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry's Channeling Kevin Spacey, a three-time Best of Fest winner at the Toronto, Edmonton and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals, will begin performances at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre April 17 with an official opening scheduled
The New York premiere of Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry's Channeling Kevin Spacey will begin performances at Off Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre on Sunday, April 17, 2011 with an official opening scheduled for May 15. The comedy, a three-time Best of Fe
With machine guns blazing, the explosive underworld epic Scarface arrives on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def September 6, 2011 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Considered one of the most influential gangster films ever made, Scarface's gritty depiction of Tony
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With machine guns blazing, the explosive underworld epic Scarface arrives on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def September 6, 2011 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Considered one of the most influential gangst
The diner snaps back with an epithet, and the exchange quickly degenerates into a fistfight.
"Chill out!" shouts a man as he tries to pull apart the two combatants.
The video has touched a nerve in a stressed-out city where the commutes are difficult and
When I wrote Tuesday in celebration of bald characters in literature, I didn’t mean to suggest that hair doesn’t make for a good story, too.
For proof, look no further than the new book, “Whose Hair?” from Laurence King Publishing, which features more th
NEW YORK — The city's subway riders can handle panhandlers, rats and tuneless street musicians. But eating spaghetti in a crowded subway car? Well, that's just going too far.
An Internet video that shows New Yorkers brawling over a passenger's right to n
(03-22) 19:26 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- It's hard to determine who exactly comes out ahead when John Leguizamo hits the Lyceum Theatre stage in his new one-man show: the audience or him? "I love spilling my guts out for you," the actor and playwright says at
Wednesday March 23, 2011
concert performances in the first Lollapalooza festival in 1991 and Woodstock ‘94 provided his mainstream breakthrough, it’s Henry Rollins, the personality, that has earned the most pop cultural salience. Whether dissecting film
THE PLAYERS CLUB: This townhouse on Gramercy Park South was originally built for a banker but actor Edwin Booth donated it for the purpose of creating a private club for actors and other artists in 1888. (Tim McDevitt/The Epoch Times) The Players Club 16
Certainly not to reporters. A major actor for four decades, the two-time Oscar winner rarely gives interviews.
So when word came down that the notoriously press-shy De Niro was doing phone interviews on behalf of his latest film, “Limitless,” this repor
Here are some hump day nibbles to whet your casting appetites:
After a lot of studio bad luck, the L.A. Times reports that Rashida Jones has finally found her leading man for her divorce dramedy, 'Celeste and Jesse,' and it's Andy Samberg. Yep, that's ri
Dick Cheney, who will undoubtedly watch from an
"undisclosed location," will be the subject of an HBO miniseries based on his
life.
According to Deadline Hollywood, the project will chart the former vice
president's "single-minded pursuit of enhan
Maybe deep in her heart as she sat in front of a computer screen in her north Stockton home on that February night, Tammy Hamby saw visions of that shy little girl that the third of her four daughters once was, but the person before her in that live Inte
Nick Varano does everything to the nth degree. The restaurateur’s first branch of Strega, in the North End, isn’t just popular. It’s “Boston’s most coveted table reservation,’’ according to the website. He doesn’t just roll out a line of tomato sauce nam
So here’s the thing: I love courtroom scenes. Paul Newman in The Verdict, and Al Pacino in And Justice for All? Awesome. The jury room in 12 Angry Men? Fabulous. The real culprit shouting out from the back of the court room, “Yes I did it! And I’d do it
After making quite an impression on myself and some other Sundance attendees, actress and writer Brit Marling is on the verge of a huge career boost. At the aforementioned film festival in January, Marling charmed plenty of audiences with her work in fro
The 10 teams (all but one are individuals) interview 17 chefs. Ugh. Sudhir, who is making Southern Indian coastal cuisine adapted to American tastes is soooo screwed. Not one chef has any experience with Indian food. He goes with a Swedish-born chef. Wel
Just two years after a torn labrum in his hip threatened to sideline Alex Rodriguez(notes) for more than half of the 2009 season, the New York Yankees slugger has recovered enough of his powerful potency to turn heads with towering home runs and gaudy st
“ Dick Cheney: The Miniseries ” is on its way to HBO. According to a report on Deadline.com, the network is moving forward with a miniseries based on the book “Angler : The Cheney Vice-Presidency” — written by former Washington Post reporter Barton Gellm
The female version of Scarface, she is America’s most notorious drug baroness.
Lori Arnold-Woten, has been released from prison after serving 16 years, and now a controversial film is being planned about her life.
For Arnold-Woten became infamous after
In the most tightly contested poll thus far, the top seed, The Godfather, which trailed by double digits at one time, rallied to nip Raiders of the Lost Ark by the slimmest of margins in the quarterfinals.
Perhaps The Don called in Tessio and Clemenza wi
In more depressing Real Housewives of Orange County news, it seems that the newest housewife, Peggy Tanous, and her family are on verge of losing their home. According to the OC Register, The Tanous family defaulted on their mortgage. The $1.4 million h
INCEPTION did surprisingly well at the Oscars, winning four out of the eight for which it was nominated, even wresting away three awards that had been earmarked for the odds-on favourite, The KingÂs Speech.
I admit it took me longer than it should have f
Richi Debonis is a 45-year-old musician who’s man enough to fess up to something few other gentleman would: He dyes his hair. “I go every couple of months for a trim and a color,” admits Debonis (stage name, Richi Van Zeppelin). He gets his locks, which
John Leguizamo knows a thing or two about oversharing. “Sharing my unhappiness on stage is my happiness,” he says at the end of his new one-man show, “Ghetto Klown,” which opens on Broadway this Tuesday.
Leguizamo is well aware of the risks of putting hi
Check out what the actor had to say when quizzed about his time making Thor, whether he's a comic book fan, the preparation needed for such a role and what it was like portraying the Ruler of Asgard...
You seem to have enjoyed your time making Thor.
In his new Broadway play, "Ghetto Klown," John Leguizamo gets into shoving matches on movie sets, is sucker-punched by a best friend, is nearly sued for libel by his own father and gets kicked out of the house by an angry, fed-up wife. But the truly epic
Robert De Niro isnt a big talker.Certainly not to reporters. A major actor for four decades, the two-time Oscar winner rarely gives interviews.So when word came down that the notoriously press-shy De Niro was doing phone interviews on behalf of his lates
The Lincoln Lawyer (R)
2 1/2 stars out of 4
In the canon of Matthew McConaughey movies, “The Lincoln Lawyer” ranks near the top. Only “Lone Star,” “A Time to Kill,” “Dazed and Confused” and “We Are Marshall” are better. That’s the good news.
The bad news
The big drama opening today is "The Lincoln Lawyer," starring
Matthew McConaughey as an unorthodox attorney who does business out
of the back of his luxury car. It also stars Marisa Tomei and Ryan
Phillippe.
McConaughey, 41, is a free spirit in the enter
Certainly not to reporters. A major actor for four decades, the two-time Oscar winner rarely gives interviews.
So when word came down that the notoriously press-shy De Niro was doing phone interviews on behalf of his latest film, Limitless, this reporter
Blood on the bed. That's what 12-year-old Tamar Fogel saw last week when she opened the door to her parents' bedroom in Itamar, Israel. The blood covered the blankets and the bodies of her father, Rabbi Udi Fogel, and her 3-month-old sister, Hadas. In th
A generation of juvenile moviegoers now knows Robert De Niro best as Ben Stiller's hard-nosed dad-in-law in the Meet the Parents franchise—and of course, they don't have a clue why their parents are appalled he's in those dumb movies. But the kids would
Jason Anderson SPECIAL TO THE STAR Lord of the Dance in 3D: Finally, a solution for Michael Flatley fans who have always longed to get closer to the action yet are terrified of being hit by all those flailing legs. Thanks to a series of screenings at par
Certainly not to reporters. A major actor for four decades, the two-time Oscar winner rarely gives interviews.
So when word came down that the notoriously press-shy De Niro was doing phone interviews on behalf of his latest film, “Limitless,” this report
When I was in college, I had a couple roommates who were film students. They were going through headshots for some short they were making and they came across a guy whose had all these small credits, but the one that stuck out most to my was was this one
There's still a couple hours left to vote in the previous sweet 16 matchup between The Longest Yard and The Waterboy, which is currently being led by the Waterboy with 54% of the vote. Today's matchup features a #1 vs a #4 seed.
#1 seed The Blindside eas
Money raised by a fundraiser with actor Al Pacino at Carmen's has enabled construction to begin on a training centre for the destitute poor in Bangladesh. Upon completion, over 500 families will be impacted through microcredit as well as a number of comm
SWIMMING AT THE RITZ, a new play by Charles Leipart, begins a 4-stop UK tour on Monday, 14 March, at the Devonshire Park Theatre, in Eastbourne, playing through 16 March.
The play will also play the Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich, 30-31 March; The Mill Stu
I'm just not sure they do...
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This is the upset bracket, no question about it. It’s like the tournament made a junk drawer for underprivileged tournamen
LCT has aligned with the National Theatre and producer Boy Boyett to import the poignant drama.
The National Theatre production of War Horse, a blend of naturalistic storytelling and breathtaking puppetry set during Britain's entry into the first
As simplistic as this seems on the surface, this was a brilliant skit done by The Rock and "Kid" John Cena. There are multiple reasons for this: Timing. While these taped skits have provided plenty of material for Cena to use against Rock in his silly ra
On Sunday, my husband and I had a home date. For reasons beyond my control, it featured red wine, fresh mozzarella with prosciutto, and sun dried tomatoes with basil and chopped almonds ... served on Goldfish crackers. It was very romantic, because my hu
Good morning. Today is the 74th day of the year. On this day in 1972, Francis Ford Coppolaâs first Godfather film premiered in New York City. The Godfather, which many people consider the greatest American film, picked up three Oscars for Best Picture, B
Greeeeeetings! We were joined on Saturday's show by Rob White - the son of the legendary Spurs and Scotland star John White who was tragically killed by lightning - and Phil Differ, who created another Scottish football legend - Only An Excuse.
Phil's a
BROADWAY BEARS XIV, an annual grand auction of one-of-a-kind, museum quality, theatrically costumed and celebrity autographed teddy bears, was held Sunday, March 6, and raised a grand total of $103,905 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Beat
Movie icon Al Pacino will spend two intimate nights with fans at the Niagara Fallsview Casino June 2 and 3. Photo: Special to The Review
Legendary actor Al Pacino is coming to the Niagara Fallsview Casino in June.
The Oscar-winning star of classics like
I just happened to spend some quality time and too much money at the Fallsview Casino this weekend, and now I'm seeing this press release. A press release so strange and compelling I may have to go back to Niagara Falls June 2 or 3. (Thank you, Rob). LEG
British crime writer Peter James tells MINI ANTHIKAD-CHHIBBER about his sixth Roy Grace novel, the rigorous research that gives his novels their authenticity and the television avatar of the detective
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace's next case might
By Stephen Adly Guirgis. Directed by Angela Konrad. A Glass City Theatre production presented by Pacific Theatre. At Pacific Theatre on Friday, March 11. Continues until April 2
This production of Jesus Hopped the “A” Train contains some of the most exqu
Shawn Doyle stars as chess master detective Arkady Balagan in the new Canadian series Endgame, premiering March 14, 2011. SHOWCASE PHOTO Bill Brioux Special to the Star TV is full of crime solvers with a twist. The Mentalist has a sixth sense about a sus
How do you get Robert De Niro to play a supporting role in a sci-fi thriller?
“Limitless” star Bradley Cooper used “a full assault” to persuade the film icon to take the part of Carl Van Loon, a power broker looking to cash in on a writer’s drug-induced
The Music on Film series from Limelight editions is a series of pocket sized studies of individual films where music is a central element. Some have been studies of musicals: West Side Story and Cabaret. Some have dealt with films that have significant m
By Al Lewis Here's a list of movies that former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd should watch now that he's getting more than $1.5 million a year to be the chief lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America:"Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" (2011): "No lobb
Other designs represent shows such as A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine (signed by David Garrison and Tommy Tune); Barnum (signed by Glenn Close); Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (signed by Benjamin Walker); Cats (signed by Anna McNeely); Dreamgirl
HUMOR I recently proposed a sequel to the Liam Neeson movie Taken to a Hollywood producer friend over lunch.
In this movie proposal ripped from the headlines, a football commissioner named Roger Goodell (Liam Neeson) offers a priceless gift of a footbal
Influenced by “The Godfather Part I,” Seth Isler (above) and co-creator/director Susan Jane Sullivan sought to develop a physically straining one-man show that pays tribute to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 cult classic.
For 15 years, L.A.-based actor Seth
The top 10 entertainment highlights on our gaydar this week: R.E.M. returns, Richard Hatch represents, Sandra Bernhard gets crafty with Justin Vivian Bond, gay vampires come out to play, and more.
Graduating from her High School Musical era with grown-up
Well, well. “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” has actually improved. I saw it on Friday night, and there were no glitches or stops of any kind. The flying and all the special effects were absolutely t...
Michael Hartman, Broadway's most handsome press agen
Image credit: Lucasfilm Ltd MOFF PIT Tarkin (Stephen Stanton) has little use for the Jedi, especially Ahsoka (Ashley Eckstein). EPISODE 19 | Anakin finds Tarkin’s lack of faith…refreshing All Star Wars: The Clone Wars recaps | TV Recaps Main You know the
If there is any rapper that would be perfect for a starring turn in a horror or snuff film, it would be the longtime independent MC Necro. That's exactly what he's about to do in a new horror flick entitled 'The Super.' Within, Necro will play a characte
NEW YORK -- Robert De Niro says he'll be working with Martin Scorsese again soon.
"I'm planning on it," the actor said Saturday, during a news conference to promote the film Limitless.
"The film is based on a novel called I Hear You Paint Houses. It's ab
As we close out the film year, another couple of moments from the 20th minute & 10th second of 2010 cinema.
In this scene from Mother and Child, Karen (Annette Bening) has agreed to have coffee with an interested co-worker Paco (Jimmy Smits), who keeps a
Daniel Radcliffe has shed his Harry Potter skin and evolved into a super Broadway song-and-dance man. Who knew he would be a wizard on his feet?
But here's a record that may be tough to bust. Has a show ever survived terrible reviews and continued to thr
Antigay 2012 presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says the Oscar-winner is sending a bad message to single women everywhere that it's OK to have a baby out of wedlock.
"People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'We're not married, but we're having these chi
Baylor University has twice denied official recognition to a
student group dealing with LGBT issues, but the students, including Samantha Jones (pictured), arenât giving
up.
Baylor University this week again denied official recognition to a student group
Did you guess it all right? Parvathi Nayar captures the highpoints of the 83rd Oscar ceremony
And the Oscar goes to… Christopher Nolan. Well, of course, it didn't, not the least, because he wasn't even nominated for Best Director, though Inception did g
Image Credit: Travel Channel In this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly (out on newsstands today and tomorrow), Anthony Bourdain, former chef and current host of Travel Channel’s No Reservations , dug deep to tell us about the five scariest meals he’s
Famously fired Danity Kane singer Aubrey O'Day attempts a solo comeback in her new reality series, All About Aubrey, and dishes all about her gay husbands and her issues with Perez Hilton and Josh Strickland.
Author and activist Sherry Wolf says Michael
The hotel manager staring at me from across the massive desk looks like an Arab Al Pacino, only with less hair. Jalal won't break his gaze and neither will I. We're locked in some kind of battle of wills about whether the man who stole all of my camera e
Why make a film sequel? For film producers with an eye on the bottom line, the
answer is a no-brainer: to bring in swag-bags of cold, hard cash. If a
film’s performed well at the box-office, then it surely follows that a
second instalment will draw
WHEN it comes to Chris Rock , it’s the gait above all. Sure, there’s the voice too, a purring rasp that never sounds at peace, and the eyes, which are emphatic and precise. But anyone who’s seen Mr. Rock walk the stage during one of his comedy shows know
It's Dr. Seuss's 107th birthday today, and in honor of the rhyming author, we compiled a list of Twitter users' favorite quotes and lines from him and his books.
Did we leave your favorite out? Let ...
It's Dr. Seuss's 107th birthday today, and i
A Maryland General Assembly delegate who holds the key vote in passing marriage equality in the state says she is willing to take a hit for withdrawing her support if it makes a larger point about her favored issues.
According to the Baltimore Sun, Del.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that members of the Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for their incendiary antigay demonstrations, are protected under the First
Amendment right in protesting military funerals. Â
In an 8-1 ruling issued Wednesday, the c
President Barack Obama will host a conference about bullying prevention at the White House next Thursday.
Melody Barnes, the chief domestic policy adviser, announced the conference Tuesday afternoon on a call with reporters. She said that participants w
One day after being fired by French fashion house Christian Dior for the drunken, anti-Semetic remarks he made that were captured on film, designer John Galliano is reportedly heading to rehab.
Reports the New York Times: He was persuaded to accept treat
has a new clean up crew member: the well-banged Heather Lind, who will play a maid on the show. Lind was most recently seen on Broadway in the Al Pacino-helmed The Merchant of Venice, so she has plenty of experience with annoying period costumes.
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A bill that would prohibit Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states has stalled in the senate over court system access for couples in civil unions.
The Associated Press reports on the stalemate between the senate and house, w
The singer was riding in the car with her boyfriend Matthew Rutler, who was arrested with a DUI. According to law enforcement sources, Aguilera appeared to be "extremely intoxicated" and was "unable to take care of herself."
Tabloids have reported friend
Dave Karger is not only one of the film industryâs most reliable Oscar pundits, heâs their official red carpet interviewer. The veteran writer reveals how he predicts the winners, his involvement in the nightâs gayest moment, and which celebrity is out o
French fashion house Christian Dior has fired designer John Galliano one day after video of him declaring his love of Hitler hit the internet.
"Today, because of the particularly odious nature of the behavior and words of John Galliano in a video made pu
