Comedian Louis CK, mastermind behind the FX show Louie, announced today that the series—the third season of which ended last month—would not return to television in mid-2013 as planned. Instead, having requested “more time to …
The Lincoln biopic from Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the President, got a surprise premiere last night at the New York Film Festival. The film’s stars came out for the event, according to the New York …
UPDATE 10/11/12: Everybody was wrong. An official tour announcement this afternoon has cleared the question once and for all: the next Sufjan Stevens tour will be called: “The Sirfjam Stephanapolous Christmas Sing-A-Long Seasonal Affective Disorder Spectacular Music Pageant Variety Show Distaster.” The announcement also sheds light on …
Comedian Steve Martin has joined the political fray with an Oct. 4 ad backing Nebraska Senate candidate Bob Kerrey. In the spot, Martin tells viewers that Kerrey—who, according to Entertainment Weekly, officiated at the actor’s wedding in 2007—is a man who “cares about the people of Nebraska” and who “is sane.”
Or, rather, an …
Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin (for which she won the Booker Prize), is no stranger to innovation. She writes about what the world could be—although it’s often what the world could …
“Never trusted the President. Never trusted anyone.” That’s not a Mitt Romney zinger from last night’s first Presidential debate—it’s a line from the new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th President. The TV ad was shown to anyone watching the debate on ABC, CBS or CNN. Interestingly, …
The Lone Ranger rides again! The trailer for the upcoming Gore Verbinski-directed take on the radio and TV classic The Lone Ranger, starring Armie Hammer as the ranger and Johnny Depp as his sidekick Tonto, is out today. The movie shoot took nearly twice as long as Raiders of the Lost Ark, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and cost …
But don’t get too nervous, fans
The arts are well represented in the list of 23 recipients of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the so-called “Genius Grant” that awards $500,000 over five years to individuals whose future work the …
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With today’s publication of J.K. Rowling’s first foray into grown-up fiction, The Casual Vacancy, you’d think the Harry Potter author would be having a muggle-centric news day. But, even as The Casual Vacancy bows, Rowling has …
Think the approaching end of Twilight means the vampire-movie trend is over? Think again. Well, sort of. As the movie’s new trailer shows, the upcoming Vamps — from writer-director Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, who previously worked together on the 1995 classic Clueless — takes the genre in another direction. As …
Eight notes of music followed by three scratching strums: it’s perhaps one of the most recognizable song intros in rock history, from The Clash’s classic “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” And now those opening bars are at it again, in One Direction’s new single “Live While We’re Young.” The video for the song, meant to debut today, …
