Notice to celebrities -- the time for drugging, and partying it up beyond the max, is OVER!
This new film isn't some cookie-cutter analysis of Islamic terror. There is no "Bring it on" bumper sticker sloganeering to appease conservative ideologues. In fact, there's no appeasing of either side.
People apparently expect celebrity Twitter feeds to be authentic. They like to imagine, and they do imagine, that they are following a celebrity's life as it happens. That's an unrealistic, albeit rather charming, expectation.
The hostage situation at the Discovery Channel Wednesday, which ended with the death of the offender, shows the extent some people will go to complain about cable programming.
Step 1: Pose Half-Naked on a National Magazine Cover.
It seems like a weirdly cross-cultural idea: Chinese master Zhang Yimou does a remake of the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple. If the film lacks the dryly mordant Coen wit, it offers other pleasures -- but also some problems.
Center for Disease Control studies that show youngsters who are exposed to cigarette use on film are more likely to take up smoking, setting the stage for health problems later in life.
I was watching the Isle of Wight documentary from 1970 when I realized that the emergence of Napster was in fact nothing new, but rather the latest skirmish in the battle for putting a price on music.
The first part of this season is more pleasant to watch than the first part of last season. But until we know where we're going this season, I'm not sure how consequential it will all turn out to be.
Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, who make up the Rhythm Devils, are on the road with a gaggle of friends.
Don, the ultimate charlatan, is imploding under his identity crisis. He's so drunk throughout most of the episode that he becomes unconscious of his actions.
The "Grand Ole Opry" which turns 85 this year, presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville. On Sept. 28, 2010 their award show "Grand Ole Opry Live" will return to the restored venue.
Ashley Bell is the "star" of the new thriller The Last Exorcism. Talking to her, you find a warm, witty 24-year old who studied hard to make her character believable.
However we feel about Fantasia, the courage in her honesty is something to be respected because the reality of her struggle is something more black women are experiencing every day.
Why has this incredible woman -- six time Emmy-award winner and pioneer for women in the media -- been reduced to the role of potty-mouthed, simpleton granny?
Compared to Russell's de-spining of a television news anchor, every other moment in this season of True Blood may seem tame by comparison. Instead of focusing on the gory or the baroque, they episode thrives on what isn't said.
The East L.A. quintet is three years shy of the fourth decade of their "weird little trip," as saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin describes it. Los Lobos is playing for keeps.
Entertainment and technology is not only a hobby; it's been my job for 15 years. That love is rooted in my admiration for the creativity and art that propels all forms of the industry -- music, television, movies, video, games and apps.
Tamar Abrams, 2010.09.02
