Entertainment & Arts
We’re more satisfied by the buzz about Tom, Oprah and Eminem than by their films, shows or CDs.
July 31, 2005
California
Movies
While Hollywood scampered around trying to get the Sony-Guber-Peters story right--trying to figure out how Sony hand-picked Jon Peters and Peter Guber to run Columbia Pictures--Steven Spielberg returned from Hawaii and put it all in Zen-like perspective: “Sony,” he explained, “is simply giving the movie business another checking account.”
Dec. 3, 1989
The New York City borough of Queens has given the world an unusual amount of larger-than-life figures: John McEnroe, 50 Cent, Howard Stern, Cyndi Lauper and, oh yes, the current White House occupant.
Aug. 10, 2017
NOBODY’S PERFECT: Writings from the New Yorker, By Anthony Lane, Alfred A. Knopf: 752 pp, $35
Sept. 8, 2002
Long before its Christmas Day release, the fact-based film “Concussion” was generating speculation and even potential controversy.
Nov. 11, 2015
Television
Having become something of a succès d’ordures, “Sharknado,” the 2013 TV movie about a tornado full of sharks (to simplify somewhat), has inevitably birthed a sequel.
July 30, 2014
A friend of mine once described the films of Joel and Ethan Coen as the movie equivalent of eye-catching curios you stare at in an antique shop without ever wanting them in your home, and I know what he means.
March 13, 1994
Television: Producer Don Hewitt seems unfazed about the prospect of a movie focusing on the show’s segment on the tobacco industry.
Feb. 12, 1998
Rebels on the Backlot Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System Sharon Waxman HarperEntertainment: 386 pp., $25.95
Jan. 23, 2005