Arts and Entertainment

Band of Joy

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:08 +0000

Reviewed by Clark Collis | A-

Toronto’s top 10 Oscar contenders

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:07 +0000

I’m headed up north tomorrow for the Toronto International Film Festival, which usually manages to clarify the awards season a bit. Though many of this year’s potential big guns (How Do You Know, True Grit, Love and Other Drugs, The Fighter, The Social Network) are skipping the festival, there are still a bunch of possible

Tony Blair is accused of plagiarizing his fictionalized self in his new memoir

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:06 +0000

In a case of life imitating art imitating life, screenwriter Peter Morgan is accusing Tony Blair of lifting lines for scenes in his recent memoir A Journey from Morgan’s fictionalized account of those same events in the 2006 film The Queen. The lines in question come when Blair meets with Queen Elizabeth in 1997 after

Arcade Fire’s revolutionary ‘We Used to Wait’ video: Director Chris Milk explains how it was created

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:06 +0000

The Wilderness Downtown, the interactive website that Arcade Fire released last week for their song “We Used To Wait,” is something very different from a typical indie-rock promotional clip. So it’s fitting that the band hired a director, Chris Milk, who despite his impressive résumé in the field — Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” and “Touch

Exclusive: Ken Jenkins joins 'Cougar Town' family

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:05 +0000

Bill Lawrence, aka the mayor of Cougar Town, has said that he wants to start incorporating cast members from his last …

Piers Morgan talks new CNN show

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:04 +0000

Kate Ward chats with Larry King’s successor about stamp he’ll put on show, ”creating headlines,” more

Britney Spears accused of sexual harassment by security guard

christine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:14:02 +0000

People is reporting that former Britney Spears security guard Fernando Flores is suing the pop star for sexual harassment. The suit alleges that Spears “humiliated and traumatized” Flores by exposing her “naked body or near-naked body” to him, engaging in sex acts in front of him, verbally abusing him, and threatening to fire him after

Piers Morgan on ‘creating headlines’ with his new CNN gig (starting with a jab at ‘Idol’)

christine — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:49:57 +0000

As we learned earlier today, Piers Morgan has been chosen as the man who will be King. Larry King, that is. After months of speculation, CNN finally announced that Morgan will fill the void left by King when he retires this fall — hardly a surprise to anyone who kept up with the rumor mill.

‘Sons of Anarchy’ premiere was the series’ third-most watched episode ever

christine — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:35:33 +0000

The third season premiere of Sons of Anarchy on Tuesday attracted 4.13 million viewers, making it the third most-watched episode of the drama, just behind the season 2 premiere and the season 2 finale. Sons’ season three episode was the most-watched basic cable scripted series telecast in adults 18-49 this year, and was also Sons’

I’m Still Here

christine — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:06 +0000

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | –