Alec Baldwin and James Toback’s search for film financing at Cannes makes for a mammothly entertaining documentary
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Cannes 2013: 20 Films for Our 40th Festival
Screening on La Croisette this year are new offerings from Joel and Ethan Coen, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, and Roman Polanski
The Celebrity Campaign Against Fracking: How Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Rallied an Outcry
Yoko Ono, her son Sean Lennon, and more than 180 other artists have come together to lend their star power to the anti-fracking cause.
To Rome with Love: Woody’s Roman Holiday
Not up to the standard set by Midnight in Paris, Allen’s ensemble wanders all over the place, like a tourist without a map. Thank goodness for Alec Baldwin
Spoiler Alert: What’s Warm and Fuzzy Beneath All the Leather in Rock of Ages
The semi-regular series in which we totally spoil one of the weekend’s films. If you saw ‘Rock of Ages,’ please chime in below.
Rock of Ages Is Sometimes Fun-Awful—But Mostly It’s Just Awful
Though Tom Cruise fire-breathes some life into this ripoff of ’80s hair-metal rock, it’s still a ludicrously bad Schlock of Ages
“Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt”
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Emmys 2011: Getting It Mostly Right — the Awards, at Least
When someone asks, “What did you think of the Emmys?” — let’s pretend this is a question that comes up in daily conversation — it can mean two things: the Emmy Awards, and the Emmycast itself. The broadcast this year was not …
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Today in Possibly-True TV Stories: Vieira, 30 Rock Departing?
We’re suddenly up to our armpits in stories of TV stars possibly, reportedly, according to insiders, leaning toward leaving their jobs. First, there was Katie Couric. Then yesterday came a report that Meredith Vieira is favoring leaving the Today Show later in the year when her contract runs out. And now we have Alec Baldwin telling …