This film documents what happened to an Ohio General Motors plant that closed after the 2008 financial crisis and was later bought by a Chinese company. Its name is ‘American Factory’. CBS News reported that it is the “first documentary… Read More ›
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China to build a new Conservatoire in Lebanon – for Maher Zain?
Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture “has signed an agreement with China for a grant of $35 million to develop the National Conservatoire for Music in Dbayeh, including several music halls for training purposes, as well as an amphitheater for concerts, with… Read More ›
China’s most famous foreigner Mark Rowswell
Mark Rowswell liked to tell his Chinese audience a joke that when he showed his father his Chinese name 路士伟 , his Dad said, “it looks good, but … what are the plus and minus signs in the middle for?”… Read More ›
The Apartment
The Apartment is the bittersweet, darkly comic tale of a mild-mannered office nebbish who sells little bits of his body and soul to climb the corporate ladder, falls in love on the way up and finds his way back down… Read More ›
Some Like it Hot
One of the great screwball comedies, Some Like It Hot answers the burning question: will Jack Lemmon’s romantic life actually improve if he puts on a dress? You bet. In fact, just about everybody has a good time in this… Read More ›
Fiction Family by Fiction Family (2009)
Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman and Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins have set out to restore dude love’s lost notoriety with Fiction Family. The resultant self-titled record has plenty of charm despite lacking any “super band” qualities. Those who became enamored… Read More ›
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
In the crowded pantheon of comic-book-derived movie-franchise superheroes, Wolverine, as embodied by the muscular Australian song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman, always seemed kind of special. A grouchy, sensitive loner with retractable metal claws and apparently unretractable facial hair, Wolverine brooded and… Read More ›
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur was made back when going to an epic movie was an international event. Great spectaculars were made with real people, mind-boggling sets and casts of thousands, long before digital special effects made them all obsolete. Epics were shown on… Read More ›
Susan Boyle Has A Makeover
It looks like the Susan Boyle makeover has begun. In one recent report about the YouTube sensation from Scotland, Boyle is said to have visited with a hairdresser to help tame her curly flyaway locks. Earlier today, she was photographed… Read More ›
Lorne Michaels Stalker
The case against the man accused of stalking the Saturday Night Live mastermind was placed on hold at a hearing, and will be thrown out entirely if 32-year-old Evans Pidhajecky keeps out of trouble, and Michaels’ eyeline, for the next… Read More ›
Britney Spears Clown Care Donation
Britney Spears knows everybody loves a circus. The 27-year-old popstar, who’s currently on her Circus world tour, is donating $100,000 to the Miami Children’s Hospital’s Big Apple Circus Clown Care program. The mother of two made a surprise, 30-minute visit… Read More ›
Monkees Peter Tork Battles Cancer
Peter Tork isn’t monkeying around with his health. The erstwhile Monkee has been diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of head and neck cancer, and underwent surgery to remove the growth on his tongue on Wednesday. “It’s a… Read More ›
Michael Jackson Announces London Concerts
It’s the news fans have been waiting for. Michael Jackson is looking to mount a thriller of a comeback, nearly four years since he was acquitted of child-molestation charges. The erstwhile King of Pop is aiming to reclaim his throne,… Read More ›
Robin Williams Heart Surgery
Robin Williams is taking a time-out for “a little tune-up.” The madcap Oscar winner announced today that he is postponing the remaining dates of his one-man show, Weapons of Self-Destruction, to undergo heart surgery. The 57-year-old Williams announced Tuesday he… Read More ›
Bruce Willis To Countersue
To put it in Bruce Willis terms, the last boy scout thinks a lawsuit filed against him for “walking off the set” of a movie he was supposed to direct is just a bunch of pulp fiction and he wants… Read More ›
Ed McMahon Intensive Care
Ed McMahon is in intensive care at a Los Angeles hospital. The 85-year-old former Johnny Carson sidekick has been hospitalized for several weeks with pneumonia, as well as other unspecified ailments, rep Howard Bragman said. The TV icon’s family is… Read More ›
Jerry Seinfeld Returning To TV
Jerry Seinfeld is teaming up with NBC once again to produce a reality series called The Marriage Ref. The show will feature “celebrities, comedians and athletes who will judge couples in the midst of marital disputes while recommending various strategies… Read More ›
Octomum or Octopussy?
Octomom needs money, the world needs alternative movies. It’s a match made in heaven. Or so think the opportunistic peddlers at adult powerhouse Vivid Entertainment, who have made Nadya Suleman a halfway decent indecent proposal, offering the cash-strapped mother of… Read More ›
Arnold Schwarzenegger In Sylvester Stallone Movie
Arnold Schwarzenegger has agreed to make a cameo as his state-ruling self in Sylvester Stallone’s latest testosterone fest, The Expendables. The flick is set to begin shooting March 28 in Brazil and then will then move to New Orleans for… Read More ›
Spider-man Musical From U2's Bono and The Edge
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the hyped stage musical directed by Julie Taymor (The Lion King) with music and lyrics courtesy of U2’s Bono and The Edge, will kick off what its producers hope will be an amazing run along… Read More ›
Charles Barkley Jail For DUI
Charles Barkley’s run-in with the law has landed him in foul territory. The outspoken NBA analyst was sentenced to 10 days in jail Monday after pleading guilty to driving under the influence for his Dec. 31 arrest in Scottsdale, Ariz…. Read More ›
Rupert Murdoch Apologises Personally For Chimp Cartoon
This time the apology from the New York Post’s controversial chimp cartoon is coming straight from the monkey’s uncle: Rupert Murdoch. The News Corp. chairman offered up a personal mea culpa this morning for last week’s editorial panel that sparked… Read More ›
Oscars 2009 Red Carpet Quotes
“He doesn’t speak English. He isn’t saying anything.” They were the words of one of the little kids from Slumdog Millionaire, translating on behalf of another little kid from Slumdog Millionaire. Unfortunately, many better known people feel obliged to say… Read More ›
2009 Oscar Winners Complete List
2009 Oscar Winners Complete List Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, Milk Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet, The Reader Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Foreign Language Film: Departures (Japan) Original Song: “Jai Ho,”… Read More ›
United Nations Put George Clooney In Danger
George Clooney’s freedom of speech may have cost him his safety. The United Nations announced that it was looking into allegations that the world body pulled the actor’s security detail while he was, and still is, travelling through a lawless… Read More ›
Peter Falk's Daughter Seeks Control Over Dad's Finances
Columbo can take care of himself. That’s the word from the lawyer appointed by an LA judge to evaluate whether Peter Falk needed to be placed under a conservatorship controlled by his daughter, who has claimed the 81-year-old TV legend… Read More ›
Hugh Jackman to Do Oscars Drunk and Nude
Sunday night’s Oscars host, Hugh Jackman, is sure to shake things up. For one thing, he’s not a professional comedian like most previous hosts. For another, he tells CNN that he plans to do the entire show naked and inebriated…. Read More ›
Michael Jackson Auctions Personal Collection
Luckily for Michael Jackson, there’s never been a better economic climate in which to unload a gently used portrait of the artist surrounded by various cultural and historical figures each donning the Thriller maestro’s trademark shades and Swarovski-encrusted white glove…. Read More ›
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
An awe-inspiring combination of terrific special effects and warmly human story-telling, Close Encounters of the Third Kind holds up beautifully after more than 30 years. The phenomenal success of his thriller Jaws allowed Steven Spielberg to make an expensive movie… Read More ›
Gary Coleman Court Over Roughing Up Guy At Bowling Alley
Gary Coleman’s latest taped appearance is not ready for prime time. A Utah judge ruled Tuesday that a videotaped deposition Coleman gave after being sued by a guy he roughed up at a bowling alley will not be released until… Read More ›
Australian Stars Help Bushfire Telethon
ome of Australia’s biggest stars participated in a telethon to aid victims of this week’s deadly bushfires ravaging the state of Victoria, among them Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban, who personally donated more than $300,000 in relief funds. “As… Read More ›
Stevie Wonder Library Of Congress Award
Stevie Wonder’s music helped sign, seal and deliver Barack Obama all the way to the White House, and now the president and first lady are sending him a big shout-out. The 58-year-old Motown legend will receive a Library of Congress… Read More ›
Michelle Obama Vogue Cover
As if all the fuss over her lemongrass Isabel Toledo inauguration ensemble followed by the one-shouldered Jason Wu ivory gown weren’t enough to solidify Michelle Obama’s newfound fashion icon status, now comes the Vogue cover. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz at… Read More ›
Two Years Wait For Next Batman
Holy bad news, Batfans. A Dark Knight sequel is at least two years away. Director Christopher Nolan has inked a deal with Warner Bros to film Inception, based on his own screenplay. The sci-fi action film, “set within the architecture… Read More ›
21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown won’t land in stores until May, but it’s worth waiting for this revival of political punk. Here’s a sneak peek at what Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt have been cooking up with… Read More ›
Sports Illustrated Bikini Issue Cover Girl Bar Rafaeli
Leonardo DiCaprio’s rallying cry seems to have been heard. The actor’s off-again, on-again main squeeze, Bar Refaeli, is next month’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl, according to a big old billboard in Manhattan. The 23-year-old Israeli model broke out… Read More ›
Chris Brown Arrested Over Rihanna Assault
Grammy day was supposed to be a glittery affair for R&B’s reigning It couple, Chris Brown and Rihanna. But things went horribly amiss. About the time Brown was scheduled to be singing “Forever” onstage at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, he… Read More ›
2009 Grammys Complete Winners List
Album of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: John Mayer, “Say” Record of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Please Read This Letter”… Read More ›
Michael Phelps Dropped By Kellogg
A couple days after Michael Phelps admitted to recent marijuana use, cereal maker Kellogg says it has dropped the 14-time Olympic gold medallist as a spokesman. “We originally built the relationship with Michael, as well as the other Olympic athletes,… Read More ›
Who Wants To Be A Slumdog Millionaire?
Slumdog Millionaire could be looking to share the wealth. The producers of the recent U.K.-U.S. transplant Secret Millionaire are looking to capitalise on the Oscar hopeful’s international success with Secret Slumdog Millionaire, a spinoff reality series, according to British media… Read More ›
Elton John Closes Las Vegas Show
The erstwhile Rocket Man has announced plans to close his long-running Las Vegas revue, taking his final curtain call on the Strip on April 22. Tickets for the final run of shows will go on sale tomorrow. John kicked off… Read More ›
Michael Phelps Apologises For Smoking Dope
Michael Phelps has gone and gotten himself involved in a different type of doping scandal. The good news: He’s human after all. The eight gold medal-winning swimming phenomenon issued a quick apology over the weekend for behaviour unbecoming a Wheaties… Read More ›
Gone With The Wind
1939 Is arguably the year of the greatest number of all time classic movie releases of all time. The greatest of them is, perhaps, Gone With The Wind. The classic American epic, Gone With the Wind sweeps across the Old… Read More ›
To Kill A Mockingbird
The movie gets it’s title from a quote by one of the main characters, Atticus Finch: “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Set in a small Alabama town during the Great Depression, To Kill A Mockingbird raises great questions… Read More ›
Casablanca
Casablanca is a great romance, a stirring wartime adventure, a suspenseful action movie, and in the end, a terrific buddy movie. It’s listed again and again on the top ten lists of critics and fans alike. Its snappy lines are… Read More ›
Kung Fu Panda Smashes Competition At Annie Awards
A butt-kicking panda cleaned up at the annual Annie Awards this year. Kung Fu Panda took home 10 trophies, including best animated feature, at the awards show that honors the year’s best in animation. The Dreamworks flick, which features the… Read More ›
Narnia's Dawn Treader Set To Sail Under Fox
Weeks after Disney decided not to bankroll another sequel in The Chronicles of Narnia series due to spiralling costs, 20th Century Fox has swooped in and rescued the big-screen franchise from almost certain doom by agreeing to team up with… Read More ›
Harry Potter Stuntman Hospitalised
A terrifying moment on the Harry Potter soundstages Wednesday, as Daniel Radcliffe’s stuntman was hospitalised with serious back injuries following an onset mishap. Because the accident took place during preproduction for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Radcliffe and the… Read More ›
Mickey Rourke And Auditions
Most of the time, A-list gods and goddesses don’t have to read for anything. In fact, even B-plus talent often joins a project before a casting director is even hired. That’s what happened with the movie Soul Men. Samuel L…. Read More ›
Titus Andronicus
It has become commonplace to describe any band more than a decade old and with a few albums under their belts as “influential”, as though it were a badge of honour. But surely influential is just another way of saying… Read More ›
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