Cameron Diaz

Parent Trap: The Narrow Worldview of What to Expect When You're Expecting

Bronx Principal Teaches Students Lesson in Cheating

For some students the idea of a principal who bumps up your undeserving performance might be great. None of the work, all of the credit. For most (hopefully) that educator would seem to be setting an incredibly poor example. Though, say, giving students credit for courses they didn't even take might ... More >>

Victoria Beckham, Fashion Icon

While her husband hawks underwear -- as well he should -- Victoria Beckham has become a rising star in the high-end fashion world. She's bringing her stuff back to New York's own Fashion Week in a matter of days, and she's also dressing various stars for the real Fashion Week, i.e., the imminent Os ... More >>

"Dubbing Through The Decades" Video Expanded And Improved!

I recently posted a YouTube video of clips showing who dubbed the singing voices for various screen icons so they could sound as hot as they looked. It was eye- and ear-opening, a vastly entertaining glimpse into Hollywood magic-making that you cineastes adored. Well, by popular demand, the person ... More >>

Rent Is Back: My Review

​Remember when shows used to move to a larger theater? Well, they still do that, but then after they shut down, they move back to a smaller theater. This provides some kind of economic closure, I guess. So the award winning Jonathan Larson musical Rent is now at New World Stages.

Hollywood's 10 Highest Paid Actresses

​According to forbes.com. (10) Meryl Streep $10 million per picture. What???? She should make that just for waking up. (9) Sandra Bullock $15 million. I bet she'd trade all that in for one normal man. (8) Cameron Diaz. $18 million. I guess there's something about Mary.

Bad Teacher and the Downside of Equal Rights in Hollywood

​According to forbes.com. (10) Meryl Streep $10 million per picture. What???? She should make that just for waking up. (9) Sandra Bullock $15 million. I bet she'd trade all that in for one normal man. (8) Cameron Diaz. $18 million. I guess there's something about Mary.

The Three Most Overrated Women of 2011

​So far. According to guyism.com. Based on their sex appeal. (Yes, I try to spotlight the other team once in a while.) (3) Lea Michele I guess her Tony awards appearance last year is still not instigating waves of glee. (2) Cameron Diaz You mean, her reuniting with ex beau Justin Timb ... More >>

McDonald's Inspires Most Brand Loyalty Among Coffee Drinkers; Food Writers Can't Stop Recounting Meals at El Bulli

​A YouTube video gone viral suggests that sugar is toxic. Is our excessive consumption of sugar not only causing diabetes and obesity, but heart disease, hypertension, and many common cancers? [NY Times] McCafé customers are apparently more loyal to the Golden Arches than Starbucks patrons o ... More >>

Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet: Superhero Slob

​A YouTube video gone viral suggests that sugar is toxic. Is our excessive consumption of sugar not only causing diabetes and obesity, but heart disease, hypertension, and many common cancers? [NY Times] McCafé customers are apparently more loyal to the Golden Arches than Starbucks patrons o ... More >>

Crazy Person (and/or Budding Novelist) Rushes Field During Yankee Game to Win Love of Cameron Diaz

via NYP​Today in signs you might be crazy: You run out onto the field at Yankee Stadium during the Yankees/Rangers ACLS game to confront A-Rod because you have a thing for Cameron Diaz. You carry five pictures with you: One has A-Rod with an X-ed out face and a gun pointed at his head; anothe ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: The Queer Issue, Featuring Jersey Shore's Guidos

​We at the Village Voice fly all variations of flags -- patriotic, pirate, freak, or otherwise -- day in, day out as routine business around here. But this week, we're loud and proud of a very specific color (or colors), as that special time of year is here again: The Queer Issue has arrived. ... More >>

Who's Your Favorite Funny Lady in Films?

​Today, that is. (Spare me votes for Carole Lombard). Your choices are:

Shrek Forever After, Fourth and Final in the Series

​Today, that is. (Spare me votes for Carole Lombard). Your choices are:

Gossip Folks: Tony Soprano, Dad of the Year; Bret Michaels, Still Alive and More!

Earlier this week, I was having a drink with a fellow content producer after work and the internet came up (imagine that). We got into talking about the daily arc of a "blog" and the different types of posts that make up the web we read: news aggregation and write-arounds, original reported pieces, ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: January 6-12, 2010

Earlier this week, I was having a drink with a fellow content producer after work and the internet came up (imagine that). We got into talking about the daily arc of a "blog" and the different types of posts that make up the web we read: news aggregation and write-arounds, original reported pieces, ... More >>

News Roundup: Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP Details, Converge's Axe to Fall Leak, New Arcade Fire?

​--Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP turns out to be very real: AC's Avey Tare confirms and previews the record over at Pitchfork, where he specifies a tracklist and explains: "The vibe is a little bit darker, I'd say-- not in terms of the sound, maybe. Well, the melodies are definitely dark ... More >>

Family Catharsis in the Courtroom in My Sister's Keeper

​--Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP turns out to be very real: AC's Avey Tare confirms and previews the record over at Pitchfork, where he specifies a tracklist and explains: "The vibe is a little bit darker, I'd say-- not in terms of the sound, maybe. Well, the melodies are definitely dark ... More >>

Britney Spears Celebrity Nude, Almost

We and several generations of burlesque club operators' lawyers agree that pasties = non-nude, but a scan of this morning's news and gossip sites reveals that as far as these leaked pictures from Britney Spears' "Gimme More" shoot go, brown contact paper is not clothing. So: celebrity nude! Those ... More >>

MTV Goes Back to the Eminem Gay Panic Well

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

Another Free iTunes Single of the Week: The 88's "Go, Go, Go"

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

His Girl Friday is No What Happens in Vegas

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

Kimmel Still Fucking Affleck. . . Matt's Getting Jealous

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

Who Is Norman Lloyd?

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

VH1's Rock Honors: A Running Diary

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

On The Red Carpet #3

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

Inconvenient Truths

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

'Catch and Release'

Somehow it doesn't seem that likely that the MTV Movie Awards planning committee just happened to drop an in-character Sasha Baron Cohen (Bruno, coming soon!) balls-first onto an album-promoting, famously gay-hating Eminem, who, among other things, has only been one of the two or three most valuab ... More >>

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

A Year in Food Shopping

Top ten food finds of 2005

The Death of the Dumb Blond

Why peroxide rot is, like, officially over

Hanson Dons Heels for Tepid, Well-Acted Chick-Lit Adaptation

Why peroxide rot is, like, officially over

Hot Mama Earth

Green is the new black

Bed Mates

Hanging with Ego Trip, the Wiggle Tour, and minimal pasta

Horoscope

Hanging with Ego Trip, the Wiggle Tour, and minimal pasta

They're Back

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequels?

Vice City

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequels?

'Vice' Guys Play Ig'nant

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequels?

Collision Courses

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequels?

Manic Regression

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequels?

Global Wetting

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequels?

Untouched by an Angel

Bachelor Father Knows Best

Eternal Return

Bachelor Father Knows Best

Picture This

Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

We Got Game

How Sports Took Over American Culture

The Vagina Monologue

Here's a Trend for Jack Valenti: Men Without Guns

Porn Yesterday

True Confessions of a Celebrity Skin Editor

Double Trouble

True Confessions of a Celebrity Skin Editor

NY Mirror

''Most high-minded of all was Madonna, a spiritual lady who wears her heart on her jewel-encrusted sari sleeve.''

Hey There Little JoJo

''Most high-minded of all was Madonna, a spiritual lady who wears her heart on her jewel-encrusted sari sleeve.''