All this month and next, debate will rage across the Internet about the best movies of 2008. Optimists will make a case for Happy-Go-Lucky pessimists for The Dark Knight Read the rest of this entry »

The Directors Guild is set to announce its nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film on Thursday, but according to the L.A Read the rest of this entry »

Although David E. Kelley continues to churn out television shows at a rate that makes even Dick Wolf envious, it’’s been quite some time since one of his series captured the Zeitgeist the way he did in the late nineties Read the rest of this entry »

Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported.

With Beyoncé borrowing heavily from Lil Wayne’’s overly remixed &ldquoA Milli&rdquo for her latest single &ldquoDiva,&rdquo it only makes sense that her song would get the treatment sooner rather than later Read the rest of this entry »

In yesterday’’s special Times Academy Awards section, the paper’’s movie critics ostensibly make an Oscar case for some of their favorite films and performances, with A.O Read the rest of this entry »

Umbrella Girl (2008)

Artist Megan Cedro’’s childhood doodling has developed into a rather attractive, if a tad malnourished, alter ego Read the rest of this entry »

“I would like to send Kristen Wiig a shiny new captain’’s hat because she’’s taking over the captain’’s position. It would be really stiff and high and when you tipped it over, birds would fly out of it, like squawking pigeons, and then you could bite into it, and it would be marzipan.” —Amy Poehler bequeaths her unofficial title of SNL captain to Kristen Wiig [NYT]

“My reaction was, ”Are you kidding me? That’’s your marketing plan? Me sitting around and acting like a rock star?”” —Andrew Bird on a label’’s advice to stop riding his bike around town [NYT]

“For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language Read the rest of this entry »

This afternoon, the Producers Guild announced its nominees for Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and … The Dark Knight Read the rest of this entry »

Over on his Vanity Fair–hosted blog, James Wolcott is demanding that Diane Keaton’’s career (and we quote) “needs to be taken into protective custody until its owner comes to her senses and stops buggin”.” Wondering what could possibly cause Wolcott to dip into his eighties hip-hop dictionary and scrawl such a scathing indictment? The straight-to-Lifetime film Smother Read the rest of this entry »