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The Week in DVR: A Documentary That'll Make You Cry, Movies to Make You Laugh, and Dylan McDermott Suits up for Dark Blue

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:23:25 -0400

Monday: Boy Interrupted
As part of their summer-long documentary film series—which airs every Monday at 9—HBO is premiering Dana Perry’s Boy Interrupted, a harrowing look at the life and death of her 15-year-old son, Ryan, who committed suicide after a battle with bipolar disorder. We haven’t seen the 2009 Sundance Grand Jury prize nominee just yet, but considering we got choked up watching the 50-second trailer, it’s safe to say we're...

Gaslight This! Restaurants Clamor for Faux-Retro Décor

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0400

The other evening at Moto in South Williamsburg, brothers and interior designers John and Kevin McCormick were slumped over mini glasses of Guinness, which they’d ordered by the nickname, “Sweet Sweet Baby Jesus.” Surrounded by the peeling walls, rusty light fixtures and creaky Viennese chairs that have become their signature, the McCormicks were discussing the most recent evolution of restaurant decor in New York.

“At one point, it was all French bistro and...

Most Bananas Oscars Ever?

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:31:37 -0500

Okay, yeaaah, the Oscars! It’s going to take us at least a few more days to really be able to digest all the absolute batsh*t craziness that went down during Sunday night’s telecast. Can we all just start by agreeing that that show was truly bonkersville? We know there will be plenty of ink shed on the big winners: Kate, Sean, Penélope, Heath, Slumdog, etc., so we’ll just stick to the show itself for...

The Week in DVR: Remembering Heath, Old Ladies We Love, The New World

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:09:00 -0500

Monday: The Big Bang Theory

Everyone complains about the lack of decent sitcoms on television right now, but there are a few winners out there: How I Met Your Mother, The New Adventures of Old Christine, 30 Rock. We aren't totally prepared to bump The Big Bang Theory into the all-star category yet, but with a little more time, it may just get there. Four nerds, a beautiful woman, lots of science puns: it's...

News From Cannes: Nick Drake Tribute Due Later This Year

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:23:54 -0500

In music news today, all attention seems to be focussed on yesterday's big inauguration kick off in Washington D.C., which featured massive performances by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Beyonce. But from Cannes, France, where the Midem music conference is currently taking place, news comes about a forthcoming tribute album to Nick Drake, the late, British singer-songwriter who enjoyed a posthumous boost of fame in 2000 when the title...

Hollywood Friends I'll Miss and A Hollywood Year I Won't

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:44:40 -0500

For many disturbing reasons—personal, financial and global—I unequivocally declare 2008 one of the most miserably catastrophic years within memory. With a new government promising a new strategy of reform and change, I join the rest of the world in a new thing called hope. But before we dust off and start fresh in the new year, let’s say a proper goodbye to the folks in the old one who retreated to the doors marked...

Morning Memo: Bill Blass to Close; A Magazine for A Small World; Bernard Madoff Gets Shoved

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:25:14 -0500

Here is a video of disgraced investor Bernard Madoff getting into a pushing match with some people on the street. (One of his recruiters, Bob Jaffe, may have had a similar experience at a birthday party on Saturday night.) [Cityfile]

Nexcon-owned label Bill Blass is shutting down. [The Cut]

Asmallworld.net, Harvey Weinstein's social networking site for fancy people, has launched a "journal of social and contemporary culture." Whether non-members will be able to read...

The Golden Globe Nominations: Benjamin Button, Heath Ledger and... Tom Cruise?

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:07:10 -0500

We always consider the Golden Globe awards ceremony to be a silly/fun excuse for the Hollywood elite to celebrate themselves and get drunk. Who knew that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association treats the nominating process the same way? As the motley crew of Rainn Wilson, Brooke Shields, Terrence Howard (still looking pissed at being left out of Iron Man 2) and Elizabeth Banks ticked off the "year's best" in television and film, there were...

Nolan Talks Dark Knight Sequel

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:23:33 -0400

With it looking more and more likely that The Dark Knight will have a large role in what happens at the Academy Awards, isn't it about time someone caught up with Christopher Nolan? Thankfully the LA Times got to sit down with the director, presumably before everyone there was fired. In the first part of a three part interview, Mr. Nolan talks about The Dark Knight's runaway success ("It's mystifying") and what he plans on...

Morning Memo: Harvey Weinstein Vindicated?; Bill Clinton Redirects His Energy; Janet Jackson Hospitalized

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:22:13 -0400

Scott Rudin has admitted that he lied to Page Six about an email that Harvey Weinstein supposedly sent to producer Sydney Pollack on his deathbed, along with the widow of another producer, Anthony Minghella, over issues related to the upcoming release of The Reader. [Gawker]

During a talk about the joys of philanthropy featuring Bill Clinton, The Economist's Matthew Bishop noted, "Neuroscientists have monitored the part of the brain where you get the reward...

Morning Memo: Robert De Niro's "Weird" Calls; OK! Mag to Lose Baby Photos?; Tommy Hilfiger Moves Back In

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:21:24 -0400

In an 11-year-old tape anonymously leaked to Page Six, Harvey Weinstein can be heard warning director Quentin Tarantino of potential "weird late night phone calls" from Robert De Niro, who was apparently angry about the salary he received for Tarantino's 1997 film Jackie Brown. [P6]

Actor Shia LaBeouf will not be charged for a July drunk driving incident due to insufficient evidence. [TMZ]

OK Magazine's Kent Brownridge may be putting a moratorium on the purchse...

Morning Memo: Hamptonites Peeved at Gwyneth Paltrow; Mariah Carey Celebrates; Freemans Closing! (Not Permanently)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:53:06 -0400

Hamptons residents who paid up to $2,500 a plate to hang out with Gwyneth Paltrow at a benefit for the Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue Organization at Steven Klein's Bridgehampton farm (read Daily Transom's account!) were upset when the actress refused to come out of the host's house for most of the evening. [NYDN]

Maybe she was just saving her energy? Ms. Paltrow later attended at party at Def Jam Chairman L.A. Reid's house celebrating...

Morning Memo: ScarJo's Still an Obama Gal; Graydon Carter's New Bar; Morgan Freeman's Wrecked Marriage

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:22:34 -0400

Mary-Kate Olsen won't have to talk to the police about Heath Ledger's death after all. [NYDN]

Graydon Carter bought the lease on the Monkey Bar on East 54th Street. One of his partners told the Post, "It's just going to be a little bar in Midtown." Just like the Waverly Inn is a little bar in the West Village! [P6]

Scarlett Johansson is still talking about being friends with Barack Obama on the...

Stop Asking Mary-Kate Where Heath Ledger's Drugs Came From

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:35:56 -0400

Well, that didn't take long. When the New York Post reported today that Mary-Kate Olsen was refusing to speak with investigators about Heath Ledger's death unless she was promised immunity, the unsubtle implication was that Ms. Olsen knew something about Ledger's death that she wasn't telling. Maybe, some speculated, she had even supplied Ledger with drugs! Or at least, knew where he got them. This afternoon, though, her lawyer put the kibosh on those...

Morning Memo: Ledger's Bar; Bale's 'Assault'; Hathaway's Diary

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:40:45 -0400

Heath Ledger was reportedly a silent investor in Five Leaves, a Greenpoint bar designed by John McCormick, who also designed Smith & Mills and Beatrice Inn. While the project was at first put on hold after the actor's death, his father has agreed to fund the project to its completion. [P6]

Christian Bale's assault on his mother was possibly not an assault at all; sources say he never touched her, but merely raised his...

Dark Night: Fans Await Midnight Show of Raved-About Batman Movie

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:37:55 -0400

Two things were noticeable about the line of people awaiting the 12:01 a.m. Lincoln Square cinema premiere of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.

First, the affinity most of the waiting masses appeared to feel with the Caped One; second, the bizarre impression many of the waiting seemed to have that they had seen the movie already.

Brandeis University student Andrew Litwin called The Dark Knight "probably one of the most amazing movies I've ever...

Dark, Stormy Knight

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:07:55 -0400

There’s a moment in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight when the action—which relentlessly pounds, soars, twists and turns for a full two and a half hours—slows down for one brief and strangely beautiful instant. The Joker—certainly one of the more villainous, terrifying and electric characters to come our way in some time—speeds through Gotham’s sleek, gray streets, his head hanging out of a cop car window, eyes softly shut, mutilated face turned...

Bat to the Future

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:41:12 -0400

THE DARK KNIGHT
RUNNING TIME 152 minutes
WRITTEN BY Christopher and Jonathan Nolan
DIRECTED BY Christopher Nolan
STARRING Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Some folks take metaphysical pleasure from the New Batman Philosophy According to Christopher Nolan: that good and evil lurk side by side in everyone, including Batman. But in my...

Joke’s On Us: Nolan’s Noir Is Gloomy Echo of New York in 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:35:00 -0400

THE DARK KNIGHT
RUNNING TIME 152 minutes
WRITTEN BY Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
DIRECTED BY Christopher Nolan
STARRING Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, is, of course, ultimately from a series of comic books published by...

Morning Memo: Trump Charm School For Spitzer Sweetie? Heath's Relatives Continue to Keep Things Classy ...

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:45:41 -0400

Bittersweet Symphony? Ashlee Simpson may not be welcomed back to Saturday Night Live after her 2004 appearance exposed her lip-synching talents. Also, Page Six hears that the young Mr. Simpson was not exactly a hit with the show's producers. [P6]

The Aussie relatives of the late Heath Ledger continue to provide made-for-tabloid muck; now an uncle claims Matilda Rose Ledger may not be the actor's only offspring. [NY Daily News]

Donald Trump wants to send Ashley...

Morning Memo: Meet Spitzer's Call Girl, Ashley Dupre! And, Michelle Williams Speaks Out About Heath Ledger

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:49:41 -0400

Even the gossipy bit—Who's That Girl?!?—that all of the tabs were after all day yesterday (us too, in fact) is broken first by The Times: Spitzer's prostitute "Kristen" is in fact known as Ashley Alexandra Dupré, though she was born 22 years ago as Ashley Youmans, in New Jersey. [The New York Times]

Anderson Cooper is shocked at the cost of hookers these days, but the King of All Pimps explains that Dupre was getting...

Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan's New 'Partying' Method; 'Gay Gay' Clooney Pops the Question?

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:57:49 -0400

Did George Clooney pop the question? [Marie Claire UK]

All this while he avows that he is "gay, gay" (and not "gay, gay, gay"): "That third 'gay' was pushing it."[People]

Matt Damon's rep confirms he and his wife Luciana are expecting. [People]

Tina Brown finds Hillary Clinton "resolutely effective" and "inspringly pedestrian" but not "magically delicious." [Newsweek]

Lindsay Lohan and her little sister, Ali, "partied" at the penthouse of her new apartment building, the Atelier, Thursday night—if...

Terry Gilliam Picks Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp to Replace Ledger?

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:50:31 -0500

It seems like the rumors may have been confirmed: Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell will each fill in for Heath Ledger in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Cinematical reports via Ain’t It Cool News, the insidery movie and comics blog that broke the scoop early this morning. The film was still in production when Mr. Ledger died on Jan. 22 of what has been ruled an accidental overdose of prescription...

Medical Examiner: Heath Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:45:26 -0500

This morning, the New York medical examiner’s office confirmed that Heath Ledger’s death was caused by an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine," Ellen Borakave, a spokesperson for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner said in a statement. Actress Michelle Williams, the late actor’s ex-fiancee, and their daughter, Matilda,...

British Heath Ledger Biography Will Be Available in U.S. in June

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:53:18 -0500

A biography of Heath Ledger which will be published as a paperback in England in April, will be available in the U.S. in June, according to a spokesperson for Trafalgar Square Publishing, the company that will import and distribute the book here.

The book, titled Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death, is being written by journalist John McShane and published by John Blake Publishing. No word yet on how many copies of...

Battle Rages Over Heath Ledger Drug Video

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:20:49 -0500

A video—in what is sure to be a long chain of posthumous "leaks" portending doom for Heath Ledger—has recently “surfaced.” The video, which allegedly shows “a guilt-ridden” Mr. Ledger at a party in L.A.’s Chateau Marmont on Jan. 29, 2006, will likely air tonight on Australia’s Channel 9, according to the Daily News. This broadcast plan from down under flies in the face of what the paper billed “an uproar from the Hollywood community.”...

Gilliam to Finish Parnassus with a CGI Heath Ledger?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:41:55 -0500

Heath Ledger was in the middle of shooting The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus when he died last week. Since then, director Terry Gilliam has been scrambling to find a way to finish the movie. Despite earlier reports that the director, who has helmed 1975's Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Brothers Grimm, might shelve the $30 million production, Mr. Ledger's co-star Christopher Plummer told People...

British Publisher to Rush Heath Ledger Biography; American Rights Up in the Air

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:28:16 -0500

TheBookseller.com is reporting that British publishing house John Blake Ltd. is planning to publish a biography of Heath Ledger, who died last week in a Soho apartment at the age of 28. The book, being written by journalist John McShane, will come out in the U.K. on April 7th as a paperback titled Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death.

A representative of Independent Publishing Group, the company that distributes John Blake...

City Room Heath Ledger Post: 1.78 Million Page Views

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:43:10 -0500

The City Room's post authored by Sewell Chan on the death of Heath Ledger has reached 1.78 million page views, a spokeswoman said. The Times can't confirm whether it's an all-time record for a nytimes.com blog post, but it's probably awfully close. Editor Jonathan Landman wrote in an e-mail this morning: By the end of the evening, the blog post on Ledger had collected more than 1.5 million page views. That's a little less than...

Heath's Death: The Meta-Coverage

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:07:24 -0500

The death of Heath Ledger is so ubiquitous that apparently it's news when some journalists opt out of the gossip cycle.

Gossip Web site justjared.com posted an item that says a couple TV personalities refuse to cover each and every Ledger development. Star Jones blogged on the Huffington Post that media focus should be on Mr. Ledger's talent instead of his demise. And last...

Morning (Heath) Memo: Masseuse Used His Phone to Call Mary-Kate; Falling Out With Mel

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:26:10 -0500

Not only did Heath Ledger's masseuse call Mary-Kate Olsen before calling 911, she spent a full nine minutes dialing the actress multiple times. From Ledger's cell phone. [NYT]

Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger had a falling out over Ledger's role in Brokeback Mountain—“The role apparently ran counter to Gibson's morality,” sources say. [Rush & Molloy]

The New York Times endorsed Hillary Clinton and John McCain (the Observer called it yesterday).

New photos were released in Disney's...

Heath Ledger's U.E.S. Funeral Arrangements Finalized

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:31:20 -0500

Heath Ledger’s funeral arrangements have been finalized. George Amado, who manages the Frank E. Campbell funeral home on Madison Ave. and 81st St., refused to disclose any details about the forthcoming memorial. “The family doesn't want us to give out any information,” he said. Mr. Ledger’s family is expected to arrive in New York from Australia tomorrow.

Yesterday, the 28-year-old actor’s body was taken to the uptown establishment, the same...

In Wake of Ledger's Death, Pressure on Gossip Weeklies Mounts

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:03:34 -0500

Because the gossip weeklies closed their issues this week before Heath Ledger’s death (except for People, which features the late actor on their latest cover), they apparently had to find new ways to keep the rapt public’s attention focused in their direction. Star thought of one particularly unique way of doing this, WWD reports today. The whisper magazine’s editorial director, Bonnie Fuller, guest-blogged about the death over at the Huffington Post, where she would...

Hey Sheiks! Leisure-Suit Jerry Is Renting-Out Bowery Hotel Penthouses--Just $30K a Month!

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:00:56 -0500

Downtown's swanky Bowery Hotel is looking for "an A-list actor, studio executive, oil sheik or titan of industry" to rent out its two-bedroom penthouses -- just $30,000 a month, according to an e-mail sent to The Observer.

That's only $6,000 more than late actor Heath Ledger's $24,000-a-month, three-bedroom SoHo loft.

Read the Corcoran listing here.

Developer Jerry Rosengarten, also "inventor of the leisure suit," is promising to provide the "private living experience that moguls and movie...

Fate of Ledger's Last Films Uncertain

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:30:25 -0500

Since Heath Ledger's death Tuesday afternoon, Warners' marketing executives have been scrambling to rejigger their marketing scheme for Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. Principle photography wrapped in the fall but their posters and trailers have highlighted Mr. Ledger's ghoulish Joker character.

Production on Terry Gilliam's indie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has also temporarily shut down. According to Variety, Mr. Gilliam has three options: "Replace Ledger in the role, shoot around...

Morning Memo: Why Mary Kate Olsen Was Dragged Into Ledger Story; The Latest From Alain Ducasse

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:01:13 -0500

When Heath Ledger's masseuse found the actor unconscious Tuesday, she called Mary-Kate Olsen for advice before dialing 911. The NYPD spokesman said, "I'm not going to speculate on why 911 was not called first." [City Room]

Also, multiple types of anti-anxiety meds and sedatives, all prescribed to Ledger, were found in his apartment. [TMZ]

Paris Hilton updated her MySpace blog – she's "never been happier"! [Just Jared]

Maggie Gyllenhaal's daughter wears shoes! [Gatecrasher]

Jessica...

Ten Actors Who Died in Their 20s

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:50:29 -0500

Actors who died in their 20s, just like Heath Ledger.

James Dean, 24, died Sept., 30, 1955, after an automobile crash on the highway near Paso Robles, Calif.

Sharon Tate, 26, was murdered Aug. 9, 1969, by followers of Charles Manson in Los Angeles.

Freddie Prinze, 22, died Jan. 29, 1977, after shooting himself in Los Angeles.

Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, died Oct. 18, 1984, after accidentally shooting himself with a prop gun...

Brokeback Director Ang Lee's Statement on Heath Ledger

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:31:03 -0500

Ang Lee, the Academy-Award winning director of 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, which starred Heath Ledger, has just released a statement concerning Mr. Ledger, who was found dead yesterday.

Mr. Lee said:

“Working with Heath was one of the purest joys of my life. He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have imagined - a thirst...

Heath Ledger's Family Releases Statement

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:26:08 -0500

The family of actor Heath Ledger, speaking from Applecross, Australia, released a statement regarding their son, who was found dead yesterday afternoon in a Soho loft.

From the Huffington Post:
“We, Heath's family, confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda, who was found in a peaceful sleep in his New York apartment by his...

Actor Heath Ledger, 28, Found Dead in Soho Apartment

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:00:43 -0500

Editors' Note: This article has been corrected from an earlier version which misidentified the Brooklyn neighborhood where Ledger lived with Michelle Williams. We regret the error.

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 22, in a bed in a fourth-floor apartment at 421 Broome Street.

Months before, Ledger had broken up with his fiancee, Michelle Williams, with whom he had had a two-year-old daughter and a townhouse in the Boerum...

Off-Key

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:24:46 -0500

I'M NOT THERE
Running Time 135 minutes
Directed by Todd Haynes
Written by Todd Haynes and Oren Moverman
Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger

Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, from a screenplay by Mr. Haynes and Oren Moverman, has convinced me that Mr. Haynes knows infinitely more about Bob Dylan, his life, his times and his music than I have ever wanted to know, even though I am way old enough to remember the...

For Joker, Heath Ledger Channels Sid Vicious, A Clockwork Orange

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:33:48 -0500

MTVNews sat down with a fidgety Heath Ledger recently to discuss his roles in I'm Not There, the Bob Dylan movie, and The Dark Knight.

MTV: There's this little film called "The Dark Knight" you're doing ...

Ledger: Done.

MTV: Michael Caine told me recently that you'd created "one of the scariest performances" he'd ever seen. Is that part of the goal, to scare the crap out of people next summer?

Ledger: It...

The Expert: Josh Hartnett's Face (Emotional, Paternalistic) Proves He's Datable; Matthew Perry, Not So Much

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:17:49 -0500

We checked in today with celebrity life coach Patrick Wanis, Ph.D., in order to hear his expert opinions on what Hollywood people should be doing with themselves right now.

Again this week in the romance department, rumors and announcements surrounding novel couplings have proven their power to flabbergast outsiders. Last time we checked in with Mr. Wanis, he offered a bleak outlook on the prospect of Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen...

Nicholson Furious Over Heath as Joker

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:06:06 -0500

Jack Nicholson, a member of a dying breed of Geezer Roues according to the Observer's Spencer Morgan, might not even see the new Batman movie, Dark Knight, because he can't bear to watch pretty boy Heath Ledger play the Joker, which he made famous in the original Tim Burton-directed Batman.

MTV News sat down with him:

MTV: What do you think of another actor, Heath Ledger, playing the Joker in next summer's "The Dark...

Nevermind That Gay Movies Stuff--Here's Brokeback II!

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:26:27 -0400

Nevermind, gay movies are totally making a comeback!

OK! Magazine reports:

Have you ever wondered what happened to Brokeback Mountain's closeted Ennis Del Mar after the heartbreaking loss of his lover Jack Twist? Wonder no more: A sequel is in the works!

Although we won't be seeing his pal Jake Gyllenhaal, 26, Heath Ledger, 28, is currently in negotiations to reprise his role as Ennis. "It will...

Is Hollywood Quitting Gay Movies?

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:24:50 -0400

Adam B. Vary of Entertainment Weekly asks why Hollywood hasn't put out a gay-themed film since the commercially and critically acclaimed "Brokeback Mountain."

Brokeback was more than a movie. It was a phenomenon that commanded the cultural conversation for months, from Jay Leno to YouTube to the cover of The New Yorker. More important, it proved that straight audiences would snap up tickets to a same-sex romance. Since then,...

Haynes' Wacky Dylan Film Gets Rare Distribution Deal

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:52:35 -0400

Todd Haynes' new film I'm Not There will have New York audiences seeing double in more ways than one. Not only will the film feature multiple actors playing the role of Bob Dylan—the list inclues Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, and Cate Blanchett—it will now be released at the Film Forum and Lincoln Plaza. The unique distribution pact was brokered by the Weinstein Company, who convinced the Film Forum to share,...

The New Victorians

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:29:02 -0400

On a balmy morning in June, Rebecca Miller, a petite 26-year-old actress and Brown University graduate, was perched on a wooden bench in the East Village, just a block from the apartment she shares with her fiancé, a theater director, and two cats. By the looks of her outfit, she was firmly grounded in the 21st century, just another hip lass with loose curls, a scoop-necked top and denim skirt with naughty front slits....

Arbus Ambush! Fur Fails to Fly

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500

There are many things I don’t understand about the movie business, but one of the most troubling is the fast-lane rush to buy up great books in order to change, trash, deconstruct and eviscerate them of everything that made them great in the first place. Even in an industry famous for castrating literature and rendering it powerless, it is impossible to figure out what motivated the assassins who have turned Diane Arbus: A Biography,...

Arbus Ambush! Fur Fails to Fly

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500