Quentin Tarantino

Obama Warns Tarantino: 'They Will Bamboozle You'

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On stage in front of a "change" banner at a fund-raiser at the Avalon club in Hollywood, Barack Obama reprised his his ‘bamboozled” line last night for an audience that included celebrities. (Quentin Tarantino!).

“It’s the typical response against a movement for change," he said. “[It] happens, by the way, every time. It’s fascinating, you know, Bill Clinton was confronted with the same stuff back in the 90s. And now, you know, things go full circle.”  read more »

From Hecht to Tarantino, a Screenwriter Unspools the Talents and Near-Talents

Screenwriting legend Ben Hecht (1894-1864).
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Screenwriting legend Ben Hecht (1894-1864).

You can practically count the number of books about screenwriters on two hands. This latest is the best—by far.  read more »

High Heels: a Quentin Tarantino, Mad Violence Sort of Pain

ERICA: I've been agonizing over shoes for my wedding. Not the ridiculously priced $400 pair of shoes I'll likely buy to wear for my ceremony and pictures and then immediately kick off at the reception the moment no one's looking. It's the flip flops I plan to put on afterwards that have been keeping me up at night.

For anyone out there who plans to pull off wearing a pair of 3 or 4 inch heels all day during pictures and all night long at their wedding, I offer you mad props. Apologies to Manolo and company, but heels KILL ME. I'm talking Quentin Tarantino, mad violence sort of pain. There's no way in hell I'd even consider keeping heels on all night without making plans to leave the reception in a wheelchair.

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High-wedge thongs, 3 1/4" heel, they're genius.
So I'm happy to report my search has ended. Shockingly, these fantabulous flip flops recently featured on Weddingbee.com come from Victoria's Secret. And they only cost $11!

Granted, they are kind of ugly, but they clock in at a whopping three and a quarter inches of fierce, flip flop heel height. For a girl like me who is 5'4" (OK, I'm 5'3", but I lie about it so much, I've convinced myself I'm officially one inch taller), these are just what the doctor ordered.  read more »

Pam Grier More Than Foxy; Nothing Tops Jackie Brown

Bound: Pam Grier in <i>Foxy Brown</i>
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Bound: Pam Grier in Foxy Brown

Has any honest-to-God movie star ever been given sleazier settings in which to shine than Pam Grier?  read more »

Frenzy of Judyism May Augur the Dawn Of New Neural Age

Out of the delirium of Judiana (Gawker’s coinage), a paradigm shift?  read more »

Frenzy of Judyism May Augur the Dawn Of New Neural Age

Judy Miller.
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Judy Miller.

 Out of the delirium of Judiana (Gawker’s coinage), a paradigm shift?  read more »

Eastwood's Mystic Tragedy Cuts Friends, Family Ties in Blood

Clint Eastwood's Mystic River , from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by Dennis L  read more »

Quentin, the Dancin' Fool of New York

Quentin Tarantino closed his eyes and gave himself over to K.C.  read more »