December 16, 2008
"Fringe" Gets Festive
My favorite new show of the 2008 TV season, "Fringe," has just released this cracker of a Christmas Carol. Recapping the show while remaining enjoyable for the masses, the short...
Recasting "Twilight" - Reactions?
While Kristen Stewart's casting as Bella was hailed as "perfect" by the Twilighters, fans weren't jumping up and down over Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen at first - obviously, they've...
Watch "Slumdog Millionaire's" Remix
By this point you have either seen "Slumdog Millionaire" or suffered from a universal chastising for having not bought a ticket to 2008's most uplifting, inspirational and musically important film....
Whitney Leaves 'The Hills' with Her Best Faces Yet
In last night's it's-almost-over episode of "The Hills," Whitney left for her new life (show) in NYC, Heidi proved that one must be s***faced in order to spend the rest...
Penn Badgley's Ballsy Photos
Penn had a ball during the athletic-themed shoot, and told the mag that his father chose the name Penn because he was squeezing the tennis balls during his mom's first...
Naomi Campbell Puts Her Back Into It
Sure, the idea of throwing a child, instead of a BlackBerry, is a silly notion, but that doesn't change the fact that this child wrapped up in Naomi Campbell's arms...
'Heroes' is Finished - Are You?
Last night, "Villains," the third volume in the "Heroes" saga came to a close with a fire, a freezing, a fall-out and flash-forward -- but truthfully, I couldn't care less....
Kate Winslet Can Do No Wrong
With her role in "Revolutionary" gaining momentum as we head into Oscar season, the question isn't whether or not she'll nab a nomination -- or two - the question is,...
NO DRECK IN B'WAY'S 'SHREK'
'SHREK the Musical," which beats the Dis ney dreck like "Tar zan" and "Little Mermaid," will make your heart dance. The creative team who made onstage magic - smoke, special...
BROADWAY DOE$ CARE
'HE ERRORS who thinks Santa enters through the chimney. Santa enters through the heart," said Charles W. Howard, who founded the Santa Claus school of Midland, Mich. I would think...
MAKING HIS MARC
MARC Jacobs canceled his holiday bash this year, but he was still in the mood to celebrate. The iconic designer took his boyfriend, Lo renzo Martone, to the Chandelier Creative...
MORNING MUSSEL MANIA
AL Roker and Diane Sawyer might be on-air rivals, but the morning show stars have the same taste in food. The "Today" show host and his family are regulars at...
MUMBAI MIRACLE
THE Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, one of the Mumbai massacre sites, is reopening on Sunday, just weeks after terrorists stormed the city and murdered more than 130 innocents. Hotel...
MAKING UP
PAUL Anka wants everyone to know that he and his wife, Anna, are cool now, after a fiery dispute last month when she clocked him in the head with an...
CAUGHT SMOKING
HAVING played one of the "60 Minutes" producers who helped bust Big Tobacco in "The Insider," Debi Mazar was red-faced this week after the film's real-life hero dressed her down...
FUN FOR ALL AT 'SHREK' BOW
SOMEONE forgot to tell Kathie Lee Gifford and her "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb that it was a cash bar at the premiere of "Shrek: The Musical" [Review Here.] The free...
END OF AN ERA
A HUGE turnout is expected tomorrow morning at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for the funeral of "Mama Rose" Bochino Migliucci, the beloved "First Lady" of the Little Italy-Belmont...
ROYALS RETRENCH
EVEN Queen Elizabeth is feeling the pinch. She's begun scaling back on expenses and has even taken to almost plebian measures. According to British news outlets, she told staffers to...
AUSSIE RETREAT FOR HOLIDAYS
RYAN Phillippe has gone Down Under for Christmas and New Year's. He landed in Australia on Sunday with his love, Abbie Cornish, whom he met on the set of "Stop-Loss"...
NEIGHBORLY KATE
KATIE Holmes is no snob. Even though her downtown apartment building has been deluged by paparazzi since her Broadway debut in "All My Sons," she took time to make an...
AGNES DENIES A 'CHEAP' SHOT
AGNES Gund - the Sanka coffee heiress and one of the biggest art collectors in the world - was backing away yesterday from comments she made implying that her fellow...
THAT'S A TERMINAL TRIP
FANS of "The Terminator" can now own a piece of the movie franchise - if they fly to Dubai. Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson of the Halcyon Co. are jetting...