Helen Mirren

Xixa Shines Bright in Williamsburg

The duo behind Traif runs a Mexican-ish kitchen

Quentin Tarantino Emerges with His Most Daring Film Yet

Basterd makes good

Holiday Guide: Sacha Gervasi on Mr. and Mrs. Hitch

The Director of Anvil! seeks out the woman behind the Master of Suspense

The Five Fictional Characters I'd Most Want To Be! How About You?

Of course I'm perfectly happy being the fictional character known as myself. But if I could dig into the vaults of literature and find someone even better, here's who I'd choose to switch costumes and time periods with: (5) Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest A vengeful wizard full of sound an ... More >>

The Wackiest Things Celebs Have Ever Said To Me

In their dealings with a potentially scary press person like myself, celebs are sometimes solicitous, occasionally pandering, at times delightfully ass kissy, but always tons of fun. Here are just a few of the highlights through the years:

Bette Midler and Helen Mirren: Separated At Birth

​​ Whenever I think of sassy camp queen Bette Midler, I always think of magisterial Oscar winner Helen Mirren. Well, maybe not. But someone obviously does. You see, Bette just hurt her back and had to drop out of playing Phil Spector's lawyer in the HBO movie about the convicted kille ... More >>

Meryl Streep As Margaret Thatcher: Another Oscar?

​Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a heavily researched, carefully made up film called The Iron Lady? Reeks of Oscar, right? Well, I know the answer.

The Ten Best Musician/Comic Artist Friendships

Grant Morrison in the video for My Chemical Romance's "Sing" Grant Morrison is a U.K. comic book writer known for known for highly singular--or insane, if you prefer, in a good way--takes on established mainstream properties like X-Men and Doom Patrol as well as his own, peyotesque original series ... More >>

Oscars 2011: The Official Runnin' Scared Red Carpet Live Blog! (We're Wearing Valentino.)

​Let's get this party started! We have chocolate marshmallow cookies, and wine, and cheese and crackers, and maybe we'll get pizza. And, most importantly, we have CELEBRITIES CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES FOR BEING CELEBRITIES. And Billy Crystal. Whee! Herewith, Runnin' Scared's official live blog ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live Blogging the Awards Show

Courtesy ABC​And now for the awards portion of the evening! Full disclosure: the three of us have seen only five of the Best Picture nominees. Not that it matters. So:

My Definite, Possible Oscar Buzz

Colin Firth​Here it is: Unfounded, un-called for, and way too early. Best Actor nominees will surely include Colin Firth (The King's Speech), James Franco (127 Hours), and Robert Duvall (Get Low). Firth is the favorite to win right now, especially since he was so good in A Single Man last ye ... More >>

Spectacle, Sex, and Subversive Cinema in Russellmania

Al and Tipper Gore Incite Rash of Old People Divorces

​Al and Tipper's calling it quits has, apparently, inspired a whole nation of gray-haired malcontents to finally get out of their miserable marriages as well. According to the Denver Post, which reports on this new "trend," this is only just the beginning. Someday, it may be as big as the enti ... More >>

Oscar Nominees Announced; Extended Best Picture List Includes Up, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man

In another February 2 ritual, the 2010 Oscar Nominees were announced this morning. The Best Picture list, expanded to ten nominees this year, are: An Education Avatar The Blind Side District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire A Serious Man Up U ... More >>

Class Action Listings 2010

SAG Award Nominations Heat Up Movie Prize Fever

​Hot on the heels of the big critics' awards and the Golden Globe nominations, the Screen Actors Guild has unveiled its annual award nominations for films and television. SAG has been handing these out for 16 years, but only in the past few years has awards fever caused non-professionals to pa ... More >>

Precious Is the Diary of a Sad Black Woman

Pushing the limits of taste, but locating the heart—and hell—of its heroine's struggle

A PASSAGE TO INDIA

New films from Bollywood and beyond

Quentin Crisp Scores at Tribeca Film Festival

Quentin Crisp was the frilly British poufter who ceaselessly spouted aphorisms, his wit hiding the fact that he had come of age through oppression and abuse in puritanical England. In the '70s, he came to New York to do a live show and stayed, showering us with his wisdoms, hats, and weird viewpoi ... More >>

Which Old Broads Are Still Bang-able?

Let me assume the emotional posture of a crass and insecure straight dude and wonder aloud which stars who are really old--you know, MY age--are still worth a flop in the hay, even if the act would have to be done with walkers and Metamucil? In other words, which old ladies would you still want to ... More >>

Post-Oscars, the Dress Knock-Off Crowd Gets Busy

. . and the debate over copies crops up again

Ellen Page's Sexuality! Jennifer Garner's Hairdo!

Writer's cramp? No, a nonstop stream of diary during the Oscars telecast.

TABLOIDED: The Oscars (and Maybe a Little Hard News)

The BET Awards: A Running Diary

Early Bloomer

Peter Greenaway after The Falls, before the fall

Haughty Couture

For the man who has everything, Tom Ford's new store offers umbrellas dipped in gold

Being Stanley Kubrick

Plus new Oscar bait, and the attack of the right-wing lesbian polemicist

On The Red Carpet #3

Inconvenient Truths

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V For Violence

From Al Basrah to the AMC, 2006 meant war

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It's a Small World After All

The season's globe-trotting films bring mankind closer together, or at least pretend to on-screen

Malcolm in the Muddle

Monsters, Inc.

For Mature Audiences Only

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To the Manor Born

Horoscope

Hedda Shrinker

Parlez-Vous Français?

French Tries, by Romanian Eugene Ionesco, Come Alive

Dig Your Own Hole

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Much Too Vulgar a Display of Power

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

You choke, you learn

Chilly Scenes

A Winter Movie Preview
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