Last night David and I were invited by our good friend David Brind to the LA premiere of the new movie Dare which he wrote! The film has been screening at film festivals all year long (starting out with Sundance back in January) and finally premiered here in Hollywood: The movie is a very poignant [...]
Gratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of **** It would be perfectly understandable if The Royal Family showed its age. After all the play, by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber , made its Broadway debut 82 years ago, in 1927. The story is based on the Barrymore clan and the only Barrymore I know is Drew . Well, the Manhattan Theatre Club revival of this three-act play is anything but a musty period...
The revival of the George Kaufman-Edna Ferber comedy The Royal Family is sheer perfection. A charming send-up of the illustrious Barrymores, theatrical and film...
Here is the trailer the upcoming film “DARE”. Directed by Adam Salky and starring Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Ana Gasteyer, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bernhard and Alan Cumming. DARE opens in theaters November 13th In high school, what kind of person did you dare to be: risk-taking and lustful, melancholy and confused or simply [...]
Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Ana Gasteyer, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bernhard and Alan Cumming star in Dare from Image Entertainment. Clark Kent says: Remember ‘Wild Things’…? Yeah… This is not it! Find out what ‘Dare’ is, though, after the jump! In high school, what kind of person did you dare to be: risk-taking and lustful, melancholy [...]
Legit News: McCartney, Vardalos, Wilson added to lineup -- Paul McCartney, Nia Vardalos, Patrick Wilson and Laura Benanti are among stars added to the previously announced lineup for “Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser."
I’m, oh, five years behind the rest of the world, but I finally saw Wicked. It was, as promised, awesome. Even my husband liked it (although he still wonders why they have to sing everything). I was so taken with it I had to come home and do a little research on [...]
Please upgrade your browser When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa that she hasn’t lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny. Envious, her shy best friend Ben also dares to pursue Johnny, complicating Alexa’s romance and pushing the boundaries among the three friends. US Release Date: [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
Celebrity party people such as Kirsten Dunst are wearing out their welcome on Jane Street. Ana Gasteyer is busy. A new book says Michelle Obama gave Barack the silent treatment during the campaign when she was sick of other women grabbing his ass. It also cites rumors that an attractive young campaign staffer named Vera Baker moved to the island of Martinique. The producers of a new documentary about...
OLD IS NEW Jude Law plays the moody Dane in a Donmar Warehouse production of “Hamlet,” at the Broadhurst, directed by Michael Grandage (previews begin Sept. 12). | Manhattan Theatre Club revives George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s “The Royal Family,” from 1927, about a . . .