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Chris Brown Lashes Out At Stores That Won't Stock His CD
5 hours ago
Update: Walmart tells People that they did stock 'Graffiti'--but it sold out "as soon as it hit the shelves."
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Over the weekend Chris Brown gave us one more reason to doubt that he has never had any problems controlling his anger.
Unhappy with the distribution of his new CD, 'Graffiti,' the anger management student took to his Twitter page to unleash a profanity-laden rant upon the retailers who "r blackballing" him by refusing to stock it.
When a trip to Walmart revealed the superstore is giving preferential treatment to Alicia Keys (who is not a convicted woman beater), Breezy had another meltdown.
According to estimates, 'Graffiti' has sold fewer than 100,000 copies in its first week. Two years ago Brown's last album, 'Exclusive,' sold over 295,000.
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- Katy Hall
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Lily Cole Talks Nude Photos, Playing Heath Ledger's Love Interest In His Last Film
7 hours ago
Not many supermodels have made graceful transitions from the runway to the big screen, but Lily Cole may prove an exception. The doll-faced redhead started walking in top shows all over the world at age 14, became the youngest model ever to cover British Vogue at age 16 and at 21 stars in Terry Gilliam's new fantasy film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
"Over time I started to absorb what I was doing and who I was working with," she told the Huffington Post about landing the role of the female lead, Valentina. "It was a really, really amazing team to have been asked to be a part of."
That team included the famously trippy Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil) and screen legend Christopher Plummer, who plays Cole's 1,000-year-old magician father fighting to save her from the Devil--a...
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- Katy Hall
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Is Blu-ray That Red-Hot?
10 hours ago
I suppose it was bound to happen. With time it was inevitable that the technological innovation called "Blu-ray" would impinge on my particular corner of the movie universe, and I would have to confront it, willingly or not.
The fact it took over three years since Blu-ray's ballyhooed introduction speaks volumes. It seems obvious that Hollywood has been way too slow in introducing and seeding this process among consumers.
It seems that with the flattening of DVD sales and rentals worldwide, exacerbated by a global recession and lingering uncertainty over consumers' willingness to adopt new formats, top executives did take a cautious, "wait and see" approach -- perhaps too cautious.
While now the industry can claim triple digit growth in sales of Blu-ray players and double digit upticks in sales of the discs themselves, as we enter 2010, the brass must sheepishly...
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- John Farr
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Adultery as an American Subject: Our Cheatin' Hearts
10 hours ago
There's much more at play in the recent spate of adulterous liasons made public than simply leering nosiness, and a seemy delight in watching the mighty and the accomplished dragged through the mud. America's fascination with the transgressions of Tiger Woods, Mark Sanford and David Letterman is really an old school theme in American cultural life. Adultery is a very American topic. We've been redefining the parameters of its acceptability and taboo with each new generation since the Scarlet Letter.
Adultery has become more visible recently due to the technological advances like texting which is now often involved in the discovery and proof of contemporary adulterous relationships. Then there's the Internet that lets people acquire and disseminate personal information about anyone anywhere in the world with the same effortlessness as standing around at the water-cooler when you're supposed to...
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- Giles Slade
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Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros: Has the Happiest Band in America Made '09's Best Song?
10 hours ago
When it's time to name the Song of the Year, list-makers who don't put "Home" in their Top Five may come to feel...sheepish.
That's because there's a medicine show coming your way, guaranteed to cure whatever ails you. And the best service someone like me can provide is to prepare you for it. That's simple: you're going to dance. Pretty much from minute one. With whomever you're with. With strangers. And with a massive, how-the-fuck-did-this happen, shit-eating grin on your face.
Maybe you could know a bit more. Like: there is no "Edward Sharpe" in the 9-to-12-member band that calls itself Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. Alex Ebert, the lead singer, looks like a guy who's just back from an ashram in India: underfed, long hair up in a bun, loose white shirt and pants, and bare feet. The...
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- Jesse Kornbluth
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TV Critic's Call: Here Are The Decade's 10 Best Series
10 hours ago
Usually at this time each year, my fellow TV critics across the nation assemble our Ten Best TV Shows of the Year lists. But this year, many are issuing their lists of Top 10 best shows of the decade about to end.
Here's this critic's holiday "gift" to readers - my Top 10 shows of the almost-past decade: (Note that many of these were on HBO, which hit its creative stride this decade before fading.)
1. The Sopranos. Great writing plus superb acting equals - ba da bing - uncommon excellence. Normally, I don't watch mob movies or shows. This one I couldn't miss. Adult entertainment at its best. Two staffers told me that producing scripts for this HBO Emmy-winning series was "a writer's dream."
2. Deadwood: This HBO wild-west anarchy drama, which ran, sadly, for far too few...
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- Bill Mann
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Mr. Heckles Wants to be Your Friend on Facebook
11 hours ago
I'll admit it. I went to cover Saturday night's Second City 50th Anniversary bash in the hopes of seeing Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Jim Belushi, Bonnie Hunt, and many of the others whose names are well-known in my household.
Yet as they all headed from the red carpet to their alumni dinner, it turned out the room was also filled with "that guy" and "oh yeah, I know her!" The people who you instantly know and love because at some point in your life they've made you laugh -- made you crack up in fact. But you can't remember their name. The janitor from Scrubs, the whiny office guy from Spin City...
I ended up chatting with alumn David Miner, an executive producer of my-favorite-show-of-all-time 30 Rock, and a genuinely friendly guy; he said it was like "a high school...
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- Kim Mance
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The First Big Grant
11 hours ago
One of the exciting moments in the life of a young, small or mid-sized arts organization is when it receives its first, large foundation grant. This grant, a recognition of the good work already being performed, typically allows the organization to expand its programming. New staff may be hired, new space may be rented, and sometimes even a building is purchased. But in virtually every case, the infrastructure of the organization is expanded.
The sense of validation that accompanies the awarding of the grant can be moving and life affirming. After years of struggle, a major funding body has recognized your work. The promise of things to come is almost as exciting as the initial grant.
But as exciting as this moment is, and as helpful as it is to have guaranteed funding for a number of years, there is...
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- Michael Kaiser
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Nancy Meyers: A Voice for the * Generation
11 hours ago
Harry is a legendary lothario/sixty-something/music mogul and the guest at a Hamptons dinner party of his twenty-something girl friend Marin, her successful yet skeptical mother Erica and aunt Zoe who teaches women's studies at Columbia University. After being grilled about his media status as an elusive escape artist (as in "escapes" the matrimonial noose), Zoe breathlessly makes the following observations:
"Look at what we have here with you and Erica. Harry, you've been around the block a few times, right? You're what? Around sixty, never been married, which as well all know, if you were a woman would be a curse, you'd be an old maid, a spinster. Okay, so instead of pitying you, they write articles about you, celebrate your never marrying, it makes you illusive and ungettable. You're a real catch. Then take my gorgeous sister here...
She is so...
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- Cathy Whitlock
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The Jacksons: Not the Only Musical Family Dynasty
12 hours ago
Tomorrow night, Michael Jackson's brothers will move into minute 12 of their 15 minutes of re-found fame. The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty premieres on A&E and is certain to finally show why Michael was such a fool for leaving the Jackson 5.
Actually, my bet is that A&E's Freaky Family Dynasty will prove that Michael was saner than we all thought. According to A&E's website, the show will allow "unprecedented access into their world as they record new material and rehearse for a concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Jackson Five." Never mind that the lead singer is gone.
Are the Jackson brothers capitalizing on Michael's death?
A cynic would say that Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, and Tito are crassly capitalizing on their brother's tragic death in a desperate attempt to rescue their own forgotten careers from irrelevance. But the brothers say...
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- Shawn Amos
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Why Can't Suri Cruise Play Dress-Up?
12 hours ago
So, now it appears that little Suri Cruise has a makeup bag. Oh, the horror! Not only do Tom and Katie let her wear high heels and flamenco dresses, but she has her Own Makeup Bag! What's next -- a profile on Match.com? Her very own custom stripper pole?
Seriously, people, everyone needs to calm down about Suri's propensity to play dress-up. So she has her very own little dance shoes with heels. She just wants to be like her mama. What's so horrible about that? She obviously loves all things dress-up and girly -- she's just one of those girls. And her parents "indulge her" -- but why shouldn't they?
Read Katie Holmes Defends Suri's High Heels
The Daily Mail proclaims, direly:
Suri Cruise's love of makeup and high heels shows no sign of abating.
And despite recent criticism that she is allowing her...
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- April Daniels Hussar
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Stage Door: Finian's Rainbow, James Barbour, Misalliance
13 hours ago
How are things in Glocca Morra? That question is asked nightly at the St. James, where the revival of Finian's Rainbow offers some classic songs, a traditional love story, a leprechaun and a healthy dollop of progressive politics.
The locale is Missitucky, a Southern state where black and white sharecroppers work together and despise the racist politician trying to steal their land. It also houses a feisty Irishman who buries a pot of gold that makes wishes come true. If it all sounds hokey, it is. But it works, for the most part, due to Yip Harburg's lyrics, Burton Lane's music and a strong cast, led by Kate Baldwin, as Sharon, the Irish lass who falls for farm boy Woody (Cheyenne Jackson). Their chemistry sweetens the mix.
There are also wonderful performances by Christopher Fitzgerald as Og, the...
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- Fern Siegel
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Celebrating Kwanzaa With Maya Angelou (Video)
14 hours ago
"If you make an observation, you have an obligation." This is the piece of poetry that fuels me as an artist. It's also what I told Dr. Maya Angelou, a living hero of mine, when I pitched my latest film project to her.
"What's your observation?" she asked.
"That there's a deeply important story that has not been told," I said, remembering Dr. Angelou's famous adage that there is "no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
"And your obligation?"
"To tell it," I said.
I told her that I wanted to make a documentary film that uses Kwanzaa as a prism to explore the struggle and triumph of the African-American experience. A film that sings and trumpets and wails and funks and raps our journey in America; a journey hip hop emcee Talib Kweli calls going from "nigger to negro to colored...
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- M.K. Asante, Jr.
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Evangelicals, Israel, and the End of the World
14 hours ago
It's been just nine years since dooms-dayers expected the new millennium to
bring the end of the world, yet the cry of "Armageddon" still rings out.
Last month alone, Nasa had to allay fears of a 2012 end-of-the-world
scenario.
And why not? We all know humans are doomed. Either our sun will
explode in a few billion years or God's wrath will consume the planet
tomorrow. But few Americans have embraced the coming of the End Times as
intensely as the Evangelicals profiled in Waiting for Armageddon, a
documentary I co-directed with Kate Davis and Franco Sacchi, to be released
theatrically in New York City, Providence and Boston in January. In the
film, we join Christian Evangelicals on an explosive tour of the future as
they see it, from anguish to the sublime perfection of a new world.
There are some 50 million Evangelicals in...
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- David Heilbroner
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Mason Dash Disick: Kourtney Kardashian's Baby Boy
15 hours ago
It's a boy for Kourtney Kardashian! And his middle name is that of the family's clothing boutique.
Life & Style reports:
There's another Kardashian to keep up with! A rep confirms exclusively to Life & Style and E! News that reality star Kourtney Kardashian and her longtime boyfriend, Scott Disick, welcomed a bouncing baby boy, today Dec. 14.
Mason Dash Disick was born in La, weighing seven pounds, six ounces and was 19 and a half inches long. He is the first child for Kourtney, 30, and Scott, 26, stars of E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami.
"I'm in a new chapter of my life," Kourtney told Life & Style at her Nov. 14 baby shower in La. "It's fun!"
Story developing!
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- Katy Hall
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"I Am A Rock": A Playlist for Senator Joe Lieberman
15 hours ago
Hey Joe, I really hate to burst your arrogance bubble -- especially during our shared holiday and all. Still, it just struck me today that the entire future of these United States is not actually all about you and your ego that's apparently become far too big to fit in just one party. But rather than complain about your deluded belief that failing to be elected vice president somehow makes you president or God, I'm really just here to try and help you with some totally boss tunes to remind you how to work and play a little better with others. Even if this list doesn't light your candles, remember it could be worse. Hell, it could be Orrin Hatch singing them to you.
"I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel
"Hey Joe" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Two Faced Man"...
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- David Wild
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Armchair Generals in the War on Cancer
15 hours ago
A lot has been made of Drew Carey's pledge to donate $1 million to Lance Armstrong's cancer foundation if he reaches 1 million followers by the end of 2009. He's not the only celebrity, or even common person, to place Twitter users in the awkward position of following them or not caring about a horrible illness. The disingenuousness of holding a personal marketing campaign to release funds is silly; why not have everyone follow Livestrong instead of Drew Carey?
But people can do what they want with their Twitter accounts and their own money, even if it lacks style. What I worry about more is a community of drones who thinks that any of this matters.
Let's put $1 million pledged by a celebrity towards a non-profit engaged in the fight against cancer (how much will make it to the hands of...
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- Mark Drapeau
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How Do You Define Cheating?
15 hours ago
Justin Timberlake. He is a superstar. He is handsome (according to the ladies I know). He is extremely successful. And, he has a beautiful girlfriend. But, according to today's New York Post he was seen as he "partied and flirted with a gaggle of gorgeous girls." So, with such a publicized monogamous relationship with Jessica Biel, some gawkers are asking is this a form of cheating?
Here's my take. This is not so much a form of cheating as it is a complete disregard and disrespect of an existing relationship. Bottom line. When celebrities allow their relationships to become public domain, they need to take the same care in maintaining the relationship's public image as they do in their own. The relationship's public image becomes a reflection of their personal morals and values. Justin Timberlake has a squeaky clean, kinda...
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- Matt Titus
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Lady Gaga & Cyndi Lauper Unveil New Mac Ad (Photo)
15 hours ago
Lady Gaga is all glammed up for her new ad with Cyndi Lauper for Mac's Viva Glam Spring 2010 campaign, to debut in February. Each songstress will tout her own new shade of lipstick, Viva Glam Gaga and Viva Glam Cyndi. The product won't hit stores until March 18, so you'll have to wait until then to have Gaga lip color.
Gaga and Lauper are the newest faces of the Mac AIDS fund, which has raised over $150 million since 1994. Previous spokesmodels include Fergie, Pamela Anderson, Christina Aquilera, Missy Elliot and Chole Sevigny.
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- Katy Hall
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Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please Do Something About Deadly Drinking Water
19 hours ago
Miami--Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is loaded with bacteria and viruses and who are often sick, sometimes so sick they die.
Now, in the name of what he calls the global crisis on drinking water, Mr. Allgood, 50 years old and in pretty good shape, is preparing to climb the biggest mountain in Africa, 19,340-foot-high Mt. Kilimanjaro. One of his drills is running up 17 flights of stairs in his office building in Cincinnati in hiking shoes with a knapsack on his back. He does that eight times-- up, then down, twice a week.
Mr. Allgood, who heads a water purification program at Procter & Gamble, the big American maker of soap and many other drug store items, is going to...
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- Joseph B. Treaster
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