Television network and cable "news" in a nutshell. From The Onion today, the Wall Street Journal tomorrow: ATLANTA—Last week, after a reported 65 million Americans learned of the bipartisan immigration bill with the breaking news report "Mexicans Stay," it became…
Actor Charles Nelson Reilly dies at 76
I don't know how I missed mentioning David Bowie's 60th birthday in January, but I did. On a plane to LA recently I experienced my best-ever experience listening to "Hunky Dory" (1971). You know how that happens sometimes: You reconnect…
Gene Siskel and I came back from our vacations and went to a screening the next morning -- for a movie named "Fargo." We knew nothing about it. Sounded like a Western. After the lights came up after that great…
View image How many movie references can you spot in this image from "5-25-77"? Most of this is true. The rest is even truer. -- Opening disclaimer, "5-25-77" "To everybody else, movies are something to do when you're tired of…
QT: Back in flack mode. Dave Kehr points out errors in the New York Times story about the future of 3-D by Sharon Waxman (the Judy Miller of showbiz reporting), which Kehr describes as "riddled with errors and misperceptions, to…
View image Mr. Pink, about to break out the world's smallest violin. "I don't tip because society says I gotta. I tip when somebody deserves a tip. When somebody really puts forth an effort, they deserve a little something extra.…
by Roger Ebert
View image Corporate branding at its very finest. I have another new essay at MSN Movies now, on How Star Wars Changed the World. Yes, it was 30 years ago today (well, Friday, May 25, to be specific) that the…
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