Movies I like that apparently make me pretentious

Sometimes when I tell people I like or dislike a movie, I get the predictable eyeroll and the standard dismissive treatment that comes with having gone to a film school and worked in the industry. As my good (industry) friend’s wife Debra put it, "we suck the life out of a film." (at least that’s [...]

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Cumming in a Bottle

Oh, how I love Alan Cumming. I love the fact that he actually put out Cumming: The Fragrance, which, I believe, started as something of a joke.  But most of all, I love the commercial, and of course, the full backside nudity. Such a little tart.
Good Actor Quotes Pt. 1
For a little contrast to [...]

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Dumb actor quotes: Pt. 1

Normally, I don’t have anything against Kate Hudson. 

Sure, she can be a bit vapid and twee, but she’s a Hollywood actress so it’s not like I was expecting much anyway. (Yeah, way to generalize, I know.) Still, this quote was an eyeroller.
The 26-year-old says, "When I’m around people who have bad energy, I [...]

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Isn’t he too old for this shit?

New Mel Gibson film to be in Mayan

How do you feel about learning Sanskrit?

Yep. Mayan.
And you thought Latin and Aramaic were dead languages. Remember the good old days when actors just had to fake a bad accent of indeterminate origin to signify that they were speaking a foreign language? And you didn’t have [...]

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Payola, new round

I’m personally convinced that just listening to the radio and hearing which songs get the most airplay is solid proof that many people are being paid off. It just makes no sense that people would voluntarily have such large-scale, widespread public bad taste, all things being equal. I mean after the 40th time you’ve heard [...]

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Robert DeNiro doesn’t have to wait anymore

The best crappy band I’m estatic to see reform.

Let’s face it.  No matter what utter crap wannabe-rock journalists spout about Bananarama being precursors of girl-power or grrl-power or powder punk (yeah, I made that last one up, but it fits, no?) or other such nonsense, the bottom line is that they were a fun [...]

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Roots

Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery’s Gaps in Family Trees
The DNA tests are fueling the biggest surge in African-American genealogy since Alex Haley’s 1976 novel, "Roots," inspired a generation to try to trace their ancestors back to Africa. For those who have spent decades poring over plantation records that did not list slaves [...]

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When EXACTLY did "Perfect" become an American Movie Classic?

Film Channel Veers From Oldies and May Pay for It

What’s wrong with wanting to be the best you can be? What’s wrong with wanting to be perfect? What’s wrong with wanting to be loved?

It seems mainstream entertainment journalists are finally noticing what anyone with basic cable figured out years ago.  American Movie Classics (AMC) [...]

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Could it be because you are a tool?

Male Violinist Sues Philharmonic
NEW YORK – A violinist who claims the New York Philharmonic fired him because he is a man says some of the women who were promoted ahead of him gave flowers and other gifts to their bosses.
Anton Polezhayev, 29, says in a lawsuit that he was asked to leave after the 2003-2004 [...]

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Polanski Wins Vanity Fair Libel Suit

Surprised? Sympathethic?  Feel any different about Roman Polanski? Care at all?  No I didn’t think so.  Wonder what the bill for that Satellite hookup he used for his testimony came to?
Mind you, I don’t know Polanski.  I suspect if I did, I’d probably like him. I’m just flummoxed as to what he hopes to accomplish [...]

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