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The United Center sendoff for Oprah Winfrey has been the most moving celebration of good works and selflessness since the star-studded two-part televised special that Gandhi threw for himself. And if the first day of the special was celebritastic, then the second was positively celeborgasmic. Will Smith! Jamie Foxx! Rosie O’Donnell! …
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The History channel, as we all know, puts a premium on the veracity and historical truth of its projects. That was the ostensible reason, for instance, that the channel rejected the miniseries The Kennedys, saying that the political story did not meet its standards of accuracy.
Now History has a new project: Survivor producer Mark …
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The first day of Oprah Winfrey’s three-day send-off began about as low-key as you would have suspected, with copious tears, A-list celebrities and cheering crowds holding up video placards like something straight out of a Super Bowl halftime show. The program of events, a voiceover intoned as the titles rolled, was “One of the …
Any attempt to make a “best of” list for an artist as prolific as Bob Dylan is doomed to fail. But, you know what, we decided to try anyway
Oh, Bobby D. As great as you can be, you’ve sure had some epic stinkers. And no, they weren’t all from the ’80s
Pop music is like junk food. It’s not very substantive, but when you’re in the right mood, there’s absolutely nothing more appetizing.
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A year ago today, Lost came to an end, the Island castaways (or many of them) met in the afterlife, and the Internet exploded. I reviewed the finale the night the show ended; I reconsidered it a few days later; and I returned to rewatch the finale at the end of last summer.
I had planned, at …
In a wistful documentary, YSL’s longtime companion sells off their art collection and says his goodbye to the glamorous designer
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Fox News’ Republican-professional commentator ranks have been thinning lately, with contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum leaving to explore Presidential runs. So you’d think that Fox might be a promising perch for former GOP party chief Michael Steele. You would be wrong: …
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, fix yourself a nice juicy horse snack and watch last night’s Game of Thrones.
“A Golden Crown” was the final episode of Game of Thrones I saw in advance before I reviewed the series. In that review, I quoted a couple of scenes that, for me, captured the essence of Thrones’ attitude toward …
The shy guy was a no-show again, and this time as the guest of honor. The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick’s grand view of the universe as reflected in one suburban Texas family in the 1950s, won the Palme d’Or, the top prize of the …
…the messages would’ve been madly multi-part, with as many chapters as the whole Harry Potter opus. My editors know I can’t say ‘Hi’ in 140 words, let alone 140 characters. I think I’m already over the l
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In French, it is spelled ‘tuite’?
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The chatter onscreen, in the press conferences, at café tables, among the …
Delight is not a word frequently associated with the films at Cannes. Seriousness, slowness, strangeness: the movies on the Grand Palais screen are often dour and demanding. This year the world’s most acclaimed directors have …
