...side project. On Twitter , Rolling Stone 's Peter Travers applauded the director for promoting his film with "smarts and flair." Roger Ebert blogged about it, cheerfully comparing his own interview questions of Mr. Reitman with the...

In this article: Jason Reitman, Stripes, George Clooney, Thank You for Smoking, Twitter, Academy Awards, Rolling Stone, Peter Travers, Starbucks, and Walter Kirn

In the *&%#$ Beginning: Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection ( Blu-ray ) Cast: Brian O'Halloran , Jeff Anderson , Marilyn Ghigliotti , Lisa Spoonhauer , Jason Mewes Miramax ; US DVD : 17 Nov 2009; UK DVD : 17 Nov 2009) Cast: Ben Affleck , Joey Lauren...

In this article: Kevin Smith, Blu-ray, Holden McNeil, Dante, DVD, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks, Banky Edwards, Ben Affleck, and Jay and Silent Bob

...and drama? Mark Lawson on the climate of fear at Broadcasting House On Saturday, it will be one year since the BBC Trust ruled on Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's dirty phone calls to Andrew Sachs. These represented "deplorable...

In this article: Jonathan Ross, BBC, HobNob, Andrew Sachs, Russell Brand, The Thick of It, and David Mitchell

... Channel 4's Peep Show and The IT Crowd in the best sitcom category. The awards, which will be televised on ITV1 and ITV2 , will be hosted by Jonathan Ross on 12 December in London. Funnymen Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr will also have high...

In this article: Outnumbered, Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Peep Show, Bruno, Pulling, Dead Set, and Big Brother

...and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Washington Post Style columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Shales was online Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Noon ET to discuss television, its cultural impact and his...

In this article: Tom Shales, The Prisoner, Patrick McGoohan, Sarah Palin, Larry King, Tina Fey, Kathy Lee Gifford, Archie Bunker, Norman Lear, and Psycho

...by different participants. They gained some colour in the telling, but the basics remain the same. On May 29 1913, the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes unveiled a radical new work composed by Stravinsky , with choreography by...

In this article: Sergei Diaghilev, Ballets Russes, Nijinsky, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps, Parade, Richard Buckle, and Leonid Massine

(Students at both schools staged counter-protests.) Remember the July arrest in Cambridge , Massachusetts of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates by a white policeman? That was called a "teachable moment" about race by none other...

In this article: Henry Louis Gates, Washington D.C., Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Sidwell Friends School, Harvard University, John Allen Muhammad, and Barack Obama

1990 A revival of Gypsy , starring Tyne Daly as Mama Rose, opens at the St. James Theatre. The show, which co-starred Crista Moore , was Frank Rich of the New York Times ' favorite musical, so a review from him included the words "goose...

In this article: Theatre Guild, Jimmy Durante, Hamlet, George S. Kaufman, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Rich, Moss Hart, New York City, High Tor, and Evening Standard

...a vision of yourself. What am I trying to represent? You'll see more of this branding myself." DioGuardi also had kind words for Paula Abdul. Asked by Billboard editorial director Bill Werde what she thought of the departing judge, with...

In this article: Ellen DeGeneres, American Idol, Paula Abdul, NEW YORK, Revenue, and Warner Bros

I learned from my wife that Frank Rich quotes me in his column today. Here's the quote in context: William Bennett excoriated soft military leaders like Gen. George Casey Jr. , the Army chief of staff, who had stood up for diversity and...

In this article: Islam, Frank Rich, Mark Steyn, Jonah Goldberg, Afghanistan, Ideology, Trademark, National Review, and George Casey Jr.

...death in Venice. Like his early idol, Richard Wagner ("the little monster from Bayreuth," as he called him), Diaghilev predicted that he would die in the mythic, chimerical city on the water, and that his death, like Wagner 's, would thus...

In this article: Sergei Diaghilev, Ballets Russes, Richard Wagner, Leonid Massine, Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Richard Buckle, and Pablo Picasso

" Coulter called Palin an "authentic American, the way most members of the media are not, that certainly ( New York Times columnists) Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd do not represent the average American. She has a blue collar, union...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter, John McCain, Twitter, Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich, Hillary Clinton, Harry Smith, The Early Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show

...more than the Prime Minister would not be required to line up alongside other public sector chiefs. The pay of on-screen stars, such as Jonathan Ross , who earns an estimated GBP6 million a year, was also left out. Those who were on the list...

In this article: BBC, Gordon Brown, George Osborne, Tories, Mark Thompson, and Jonathan Ross

GossipLife in flux, Paula Abdul back with former love Arsenio Hall - report Life in flux, Paula Abdul back with former love Arsenio Hall - report Saturday, November 7th 2009, 4:00 AM Former lovers, together again? A report has Paula...

In this article: Paula Abdul, Arsenio Hall, Straight Up, Coming to America, and American Idol

..."Someone with hair will win American Idol. " Ha ha Randy , I guess that sucks for all those Daughtry-clones out there. And, Randy says he 's pulling for a girl to take it all this year. He's only heard the singles from this year's crop of...

In this article: Randy Jackson, American Idol, Kris Allen, and Yahoo Music

...also an episode that put a hotel on the P Street bridge over Rock Creek park, according to the address. Lisa de Moraes : brilliant.... Lisa de Moraes: lol...maybe these writers should actually have to spend some time in the places there...

In this article: Lisa de Moraes, Jay Leno, Dog, Washington, D.C., Michael Kors, Darpa, Bill Lawrence, and The Weather Channel

...were busy catching up at the Rink Bar at the Grosvenor House Hotel , along with Gallagher 's long-term girlfriend Sara MacDonald. Jonathan Ross , who was later honoured with an award by George Michael for nurturing new musical talent on his...

In this article: Jonathan Ross, Noel Gallagher, Russell Brand, David Baddiel, George Michael, David Bowie, Champagne, BBC Radio 2, and Kelly Jones

Jonathan Ross honoured for contribution to new music Jonathan Ross was presented with a music award today for the exposure he has given to new artists. Ross , 48, was handed his Music Industry Trusts' (MITs) gong by pop star George...

In this article: Jonathan Ross, God Save the Queen, David Cameron, Andrew Sachs, George Michael, Russell Brand, Peter Gabriel, BBC, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Elton John