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Tim Robbins

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    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:

  • Film

    October 19, 2011

    Revenge of the Electric Car

    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:

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Q&A: Tim Robbins On Growing Up In The New York Music Scene And Giving Audiences Their Money's Worth

    ​ Tim Robbins is used to the spotlight. He won an Oscar for his role in Mystic River, directed the acclaimed Dead Man Walking, and is the kind of actor who makes The Shawshank Redemption, The Player, or the light-hearted Bill Durham worth rewatching. And who could forget his role as Bob Robert ... More >>

  • Film

    February 9, 2011

    Peeping at Susan Sarandon's Peepers at BAM

    ​ Tim Robbins is used to the spotlight. He won an Oscar for his role in Mystic River, directed the acclaimed Dead Man Walking, and is the kind of actor who makes The Shawshank Redemption, The Player, or the light-hearted Bill Durham worth rewatching. And who could forget his role as Bob Robert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    The Original Reality Show Is Coming To HBO

    ​Way before Snooki, there was An American Family--the original reality show, documenting the dissolution of the Louds, a well-to-do, charismatic Santa Barbara family at war with itself. Well, HBO is shooting a TV movie called Cinema Verite, a behind-the-scenes look at that 1973 show, with Dia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, After 23 Years, to Remain Unmarried, See Other People

    ​They were never married, which made the 23 years Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon spent together that much more charming and countercultural. Now Sarandon's rep announces that the Hollywood stars and liberal activists are no longer a couple, and in fact haven't been since last summer -- maybe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Celeb Spotting in NYC

    ​L.A. is clearly the world's epicenter of celebrity spotting, a land of relentless visions of real-life make believe. In fact, the second you disembark from the plane, you're generally accosted by all manner of biggies, has-beens, wannabes, waiters with screenplays, and starlets running from t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration at MSG with Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, and Oscar the Grouch

    Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>

  • Film

    September 23, 2008

    The Lucky Ones is (Gulp) the Best Iraq War Movie to Date

    Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>

  • Film

    May 6, 2008

    Tim Robbins Goes Funny in Noise

    A nutty performance in a too-busy movie

  • Film

    December 5, 2006

    'The Secret Life of Words'

    A nutty performance in a too-busy movie

  • Columns

    November 7, 2006

    Riding the Shortbus

    Tristan recounts her experience as a "sextra" in the provocative indie flick

  • Film

    October 17, 2006

    History Lessons

    The story of an '80s anti-apartheid activist carries overtones of the present

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2005

    Cops PO'd Over "Sopranos" Angle

    The story of an '80s anti-apartheid activist carries overtones of the present

  • NYC Life

    November 1, 2005

    Shhh!: The Former Site of Lansky Lounge Has a New Hidden Tenant

    The story of an '80s anti-apartheid activist carries overtones of the present

  • Film

    July 19, 2005

    Reel News

    Celebrities get involved as IFC Center union protests continue

  • Film

    July 12, 2005

    'The Ballad of Greenwich Village'

    Celebrities get involved as IFC Center union protests continue

  • Film

    June 21, 2005

    Armageddon It

    Battlefield Earth: Spielberg’s traumatic blockbuster destroys the world in order to save it

  • Film

    July 27, 2004

    Reproductive Thriller Scores Genetic Coup, Flunks Chemistry

    Battlefield Earth: Spielberg’s traumatic blockbuster destroys the world in order to save it

  • News

    June 15, 2004

    Campaign Trailers

    Recounting election-year movies that attempted to swing the vote

  • Theater

    March 9, 2004

    Rummy and Co. Sink Robbins's Satire With Obvious Duplicity

    Recounting election-year movies that attempted to swing the vote

  • NYC Life

    February 24, 2004

    Getting Gilbert Unmarried

    The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again

  • Columns

    February 24, 2004

    NY Mirror

    The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again

  • Columns

    January 6, 2004

    NY Mirror

    The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again

  • Columns

    December 23, 2003

    NY Mirror

    The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again

  • Film

    October 21, 2003

    It's DéJà Vu All Over Again as Bush and Gore Rerun for Office

    The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again

  • Film

    September 30, 2003

    Play Mystic For Me

    With an ambitious crime thriller, Clint Eastwood opens NYFF and returns to top form

  • Columns

    September 16, 2003

    NY Mirror

    With an ambitious crime thriller, Clint Eastwood opens NYFF and returns to top form

  • Film

    September 9, 2003

    Found in Translation

    Talking Pictures and Silent Valentines Leave Human Stains at the Venice Film Festival

  • Film

    August 26, 2003

    Film

    Talking Pictures and Silent Valentines Leave Human Stains at the Venice Film Festival

  • News

    May 13, 2003

    Hiphop Takes Stock in 'Drop the Rock'

    Coalition Sets Deadline for Repealing Rockefeller Drug Laws

  • Film

    May 6, 2003

    Where All the Lights Are Bright

    Gangster Lore, Geriatric Shagging, Global Strife, and Garage Bands

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    Sports

    Gangster Lore, Geriatric Shagging, Global Strife, and Garage Bands

  • News

    February 18, 2003

    Was Tony Blair Listening?

    Britain's Anti-War Majority Rallies in London, Gets Heard

  • NYC Life

    February 18, 2003

    P. Diddy in the House

    Britain's Anti-War Majority Rallies in London, Gets Heard

  • News

    October 8, 2002

    A Peace Movement Emerges

    Tens of Thousands Rally in New York and Other Cities to Say No to War With Iraq

  • Theater

    September 10, 2002

    The Scottish Playground

    From Total Theater to 9-11 at the Edinburgh Festival

  • Home

    April 16, 2002

    Supplement

    From Total Theater to 9-11 at the Edinburgh Festival

  • Film

    January 16, 2001

    Quit Playing Games With My Hard Drive

    From Total Theater to 9-11 at the Edinburgh Festival

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Sports

    From Total Theater to 9-11 at the Edinburgh Festival

  • News

    August 8, 2000

    Sports

    From Total Theater to 9-11 at the Edinburgh Festival

  • Music

    March 28, 2000

    Opera by the Book

    Today’s Composers Search for Inspiration in Novels, Plays, and Even Films

  • News

    January 25, 2000

    Sorting Out the Super Bowl Bluster

    It Ain't Over Till the Clichés Are Spoken

  • Long Island Voice

    December 14, 1999

    History Repeating

    It Ain't Over Till the Clichés Are Spoken

  • Film

    December 7, 1999

    History Repeating

    It Ain't Over Till the Clichés Are Spoken

  • Film

    July 6, 1999

    Losing It

    It Ain't Over Till the Clichés Are Spoken

  • Film

    June 1, 1999

    Mixed Blessings

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • Music

    April 13, 1999

    Just Walk Away

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • Film

    November 17, 1998

    Chilly Scenes

    A Winter Movie Preview
    [Some Dates Guaranteed To Change]

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