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Halle Berry

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Brooklyn's Nitty Scott MC Gets A 16-Bar Break On BET

    ​"Oh, snap, it's the real-life rap Halle Berry..." And lo, with 16 bars rapped over an instrumental spun by underground hip-hop gate-keeper DJ Premier, a new star was born at the BET Hip-Hop Honors earlier this week. Well, maybe—at the very least, the performer in question saw her profil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Let's Pay Tribute To International Make Out Day In Song

    Yes, apparently May 12 is the day where you're supposed to grab someone (whether a friend, a "friend," or a stranger) and, to quote the people putting this holiday on, "take a few minutes to enjoy what is probably the most singularly positive human experience ever." Hey, it's not a holiday that was ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 30, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: March 30 through April 5, 2011

    Yes, apparently May 12 is the day where you're supposed to grab someone (whether a friend, a "friend," or a stranger) and, to quote the people putting this holiday on, "take a few minutes to enjoy what is probably the most singularly positive human experience ever." Hey, it's not a holiday that was ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 16, 2011

    Fuck You, Anonymous! I've Had It With Mouthy Web Cowards

    A one-finger salute to you knee-jerk douchebag Web whiners

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Halle Berry and the 'One-Drop Rule'

    ​Halle Berry's interview with Ebony magazine is raising some eyebrows, as the actress, involved in a custody battle with her white ex-boyfriend over their two-year old daughter, cited the "one-drop" rule as to why the child is black. The one drop rule is a Jim Crowe-era notion that a person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    The 10 Best Oscar Speeches of All Time

    ​The Academy Awards will be telecast on February 27, when we'll get all new acceptance speeches to savor and barf at. In the meantime, having just posted the worst speeches in the trophy's history, here are my favorite ones, whereby winners managed to shine in that high-pressure situation--ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    The Worst Oscar Speeches In History

    ​Something about copping an Oscar often brings out the worst in people--phoniness, fake humility, excessive blubbering, and total inarticulation. As we hold our collective breaths for February 27, here are the absolute worstest so far:

  • Voice Choices

    January 26, 2011

    SEX KITTEN

    John Waters and Ann-Margret whip you into shape

  • Columns

    January 19, 2011

    Oscars Dish: Who'll Get Royally Shafted?

    In: Portman and Franco. Out: Moore and Wahlberg.

  • Music

    December 15, 2010
  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    The Star-Studded Hollywood Invasion of Broadway Continues: Stiller, Kidman, Rock, and More!

    ​The last year in Broadway theater saw the appearances of names like Scarlett Johansson and Catherine Zeta-Jones not just on stages, but in the same award categories as their Loyal-to-New-York-Theater co-stars. The trending caused our own lead theater critic Michael Feingold to pen an epic scr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    If I Owned a Restaurant...

    ​All the courses on the menu would be named after celebrities, duh. As a starry-eyed customer, you would start your meal with some delicious Jane Fondue, either cheese or chocolate.

  • Film

    December 22, 2009

    The Decade in Film: A Timeline

    A lot can happen in 10 years. Here, the highlights.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Crazy Yankee Chick: This ends tonight.

    ​November 4, 2009. 11/4. Andy Pettitte is pitching in his 11th postseason with the Yankees. If he wins it, it'll be his 4th of the year. Pedro Martinez is pitching his 11th postseason game. If he loses, it'll be his 4th against the Yankees. If the Yankees win tonight, their postseason reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    When Oscar Got It Right

    ​I'm always bitching out all those Academy Awards given to undeserving actors simply because they didn't get it the year before or because they just had a tracheotomy. But occasionally, Oscar gets it right, actually conferring gold on the person who gave the best performance of the year in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    "Stars' Sexperiences" Make Us Feel Bad About Hollywood, Ourselves

    ​Tina Fey (pictured) reveals that she "couldn't give it away" -- meaning her virginity -- when she was a young lass, prompting respected journalistic organization ABC News to run a slide show of "Stars' Sexperiences." You would imagine these Sexperiences would be calculated to include simila ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 29, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: September 30 through October 6

    ​Tina Fey (pictured) reveals that she "couldn't give it away" -- meaning her virginity -- when she was a young lass, prompting respected journalistic organization ABC News to run a slide show of "Stars' Sexperiences." You would imagine these Sexperiences would be calculated to include simila ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Tyler Perry Assembles The World's Greatest Blactresses

    ​So Tyler Perry--you know, the Madea guy--is writing and directing a film called For Colored Girls, based on the brilliant series of monologues called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. (The play surfaced in '75, when you had to have long, interesting title ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Hollywood's Best Black Divas Of All Time

    ​A new book called Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film by Mia Mask examines five African American film icons, discussing: Dorothy Dandridge's status as a sexual commodity in films such as Tamango, revealing the contradictory discourses regarding race and sexuality in segregation-era ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 2, 2007

    Dean Johnson's Legacy, Anna Nicole's Lunacy

    Devout banter about a very different Bible class, plus sleuthing about Sleuth and ragging on Rita

  • Music

    April 24, 2007

    Music

    Devout banter about a very different Bible class, plus sleuthing about Sleuth and ragging on Rita

  • Film

    April 3, 2007

    'Perfect Stranger'

    Devout banter about a very different Bible class, plus sleuthing about Sleuth and ragging on Rita

  • NYC Life

    May 23, 2006

    The Big Cover-Up

    Why women of color can't find good cosmetics

  • Film

    May 16, 2006

    Third Degree

    The X-Men survive explosions, a threat to mutant rights, and Brett Ratner

  • NYC Life

    February 28, 2006

    Vision Quest

    Get your avant-garde fix with plenty of experimental cinema this season

  • Film

    March 8, 2005

    The Machinists: Autopilot Plot Needs New Parts

    Get your avant-garde fix with plenty of experimental cinema this season

  • Columns

    December 21, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Get your avant-garde fix with plenty of experimental cinema this season

  • News

    August 3, 2004

    Butt Seriously

    From The Book of J.Lo: We may be through with the ass but the ass isn't through with us

  • Film

    July 20, 2004

    Me-Ouch

    Catty critics find there's more than one way to skin a Catwoman

  • Film

    July 13, 2004

    Meow Nix

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Columns

    February 24, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Art

    February 10, 2004

    My Big Fat Obnoxious Prank

    The Lawless and Ever Expanding World of Hidden-Camera TV

  • Columns

    December 23, 2003

    NY Mirror

    The Lawless and Ever Expanding World of Hidden-Camera TV

  • Film

    November 18, 2003

    Nuts and Volts

    Halle Berry's looney-tuned fireworks jinxed by a French ex-auteur's waterlogged ambition

  • Film

    November 18, 2003

    Pacific Heights

    Chasing the dragons in Vancouver's East Asian showcase

  • Columns

    October 7, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Chasing the dragons in Vancouver's East Asian showcase

  • Art

    August 5, 2003

    Masked & Pseudonymous

    Academics Look at the Social Phenomenon of 'Passing' and Ask: What Could Be More American?

  • Columns

    June 3, 2003

    Horoscope

    Academics Look at the Social Phenomenon of 'Passing' and Ask: What Could Be More American?

  • Columns

    April 1, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Academics Look at the Social Phenomenon of 'Passing' and Ask: What Could Be More American?

  • Columns

    April 2, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Academics Look at the Social Phenomenon of 'Passing' and Ask: What Could Be More American?

  • News

    March 26, 2002

    Operation Infinite Justice

    A Patriotic Hollywood Celebrates Its Own Beautiful Mind

  • Film

    December 25, 2001

    The Sorrow and the P. Diddy

    A Patriotic Hollywood Celebrates Its Own Beautiful Mind

  • News

    December 18, 2001

    Sports

    A Patriotic Hollywood Celebrates Its Own Beautiful Mind

  • Film

    November 13, 2001

    Requiem Suite

    Marc Forster’s Symphonies of Sorrow

  • NYC Life

    September 4, 2001

    Y2Care

    Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

  • Film

    June 12, 2001

    Culture Vultures Home to Roost

    Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

  • Film

    July 18, 2000

    Bands of Outsiders

    Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

  • News

    July 4, 2000

    Sports

    Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

  • Columns

    February 15, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

  • Film

    September 8, 1998

    Behind the Music

    Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

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