I am well able to separate artists from their art. In the entertainment world you have to, otherwise you’d deny yourself some quality product pumped out of the liberal asylum. And so I must exercise this discipline with one of
After years of being thought of mainly as the dedicatee of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, as well as the famous author’s third wife (and, oddly enough, his third consecutive wife from St. Louis), Martha Gellhorn has begun
On June 27, 1966, a serial drama on ABC started running that would remain as a force in pop culture for many years. That show, “Dark Shadows” created by my late friend Dan Curtis has either remained on TV or
This Sunday, the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out to some of the best shows and actors from the past year. Although some shows and performances were snubbed, there are numerous nominees that are worth rooting for during
From CNN: Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Embattled radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced Tuesday she will not renew her contract that is up at the end of the year, telling CNN’s “Larry King Live” she wants to
There are several takeaways from Netflix’s announcement that it will have exclusive streaming rights to movies from Epix, the joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount. While the deal has generated a lot of press, however, I find the impact
The last thing I was worrying about was that The Other Guys would be too preachy. Sure, Will Ferrell has a long history of deep, thought-provoking critiques of society and culture, so that should have been my big concern. Also
It has been over a year since the Iranian elections were held and a beautiful young woman was killed on that nation’s streets while protesting the election results. Since those public demonstrations, the same brutal Iranian regime remains in power.
Mary Frances Berry, the former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, writing in Politico: Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that
Several weeks ago, the Emmy nominations were announced and many media outlets celebrated some of the great new programs that were nominated. For instance, USA Today’s Robert Bianco wrote that, “After years of recycling nominees and ignoring new shows, the
In mid-April of this year, Variety reported on HBO Documentary Film’s purchase of a new documentary about Al-Qaeda entitled “My Trip to Al-Qaeda.” The article also noted that the movie “is a collaboration between [Alex] Gibney, who picked up an
HBO isn’t often accused of being a great source of patriotic material, but their 2008 mini-series John Adams should required viewing. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a great one to rent. It deals with the first fifty years of
The HBO documentary For Neda, directed by Antony Thomas and narrated by famed Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, first aired on HBO in the United States on June 14 but went viral in Iran on June 1, well before the regime
For all the talk about how TV, not movies, is where you find the best writing these days, I sometimes think they’re starting to run out of ideas for TV shows, too. For example, as of this week there are
Filmmaker Antony Thomas talks about the making of “For Neda,” his documentary about the death of protester Neda Agha-Soltan.
[youtube XCbrEbEyheM nolink] In 2006, Michael Richards, who played “Kramer” on the Seinfeld series, appropriately apologized for his racist rant at the patrons of a comedy club where he was performing. He later phoned the Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse
The only way to explain my admiration for “Sex and the City 2” is to unfortunately reveal key plot moments and lay out much of the final act in spoiler-iffic Technicolor. This is not about justifying myself but instead to
The Treme (pronounced treh-MAY) is one of New Orleans oldest and traditionally black neighborhoods. It is also the home of some of its musical legends. The area was one of those hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. HBO’s new series explores
HBO’s Bill Maher exhibits some of his wisdom on ABC. Its nice to know people like Bill are looking out for us poor ol’ helpless minorities, and appearing on major “journalism” shows like This Week, which now feature comedians instead
Anyone watching today’s installment of ABC’s morning news program This Week had to feel some measure of pity for out-spoken left wing elite Bill Maher making his first appearance on the show as a round table guest. The condescending comic
In my last article, we began a discussion of GOV2.0. Over the next couple weeks, I’ll sketch some sexy details. Commenters, keep tossing out your ideas. Tea Partiers! Here’s how to save every state budget. Let’s hoist our pirate flag
Very few romantic comedies these days manage to get both the romance and the comedy right. But the surprisingly well-written, deftly cast and impressively scored new film “The Back-Up Plan” manages to be a rare success on both fronts. —–
This piece, by Andrew Ferguson in Commentary, is almost too easy, but it sure is fun. Did the little furry mammals tuck into the dinosaur eggs with so much gusto? The tiny corner of the New York Times empire where
Why does Frank Rich still have a job? Not only is Rich the last and least interesting of the Op-Ed columnists of the New York Times — and, given that his competition includes Maureen Dowd and Paul “The End is
