"The Campaign": A Political Goof Full of Hijinks and F-Bombs

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The Campaign begins with an on-screen quote attributed to Ross Perot: "War has rules. Mud-wrestling has rules. Politics has no rules." The Texas billionaire/private-campaign-financing pioneer dropped this truism not during his historic third-party run fo


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Elton John Suing the Times

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SIR Elton John is suing editors at British newspaper The Times for libel over allegations of tax avoidance. Pop veteran Cyndi Lauper has seen her career come full circle with the upcoming release of her memoir - because she landed her very first job at t


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Jimmy Fallon, Oscar host? Not so fast — talks have stalled

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Despite last-minute maneuvering by outgoing Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak, "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon is no longer in talks to host next year's Oscars telecast, according to sources close to the situation who were n


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Marriage will now take priority over work: Alec Baldwin

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The 54-year-old actor, who married yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas in June, is convinced that his first marriage to actress Kim Basinger was put under immense strain because of their busy work schedules, reported Daily Star. "I want it to be different. Wh


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Harry says Derick Martini's HICK is so much better than what I've seen critics say

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From time to time a movie hits my DVD & Blu-Ray stacks and I look at the box, take a look online to see what the buzz was on the title - and ya know. There are movies that never find their audiences. They can play festivals, but never find the right eyes


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'The Closer': Gabriel Finds Out He Was Unknowingly The Leak In The Major Crimes Divison (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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The Campaign: High Jinks and F-Bombs on the Campaign Trail

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The Campaign begins with an onscreen quote attributed to Ross Perot: "War has rules. Mud-wrestling has rules. Politics has no rules." The Texas billionaire/private-campaign-financing pioneer dropped this truism not during his historic third-party run for


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The layman’s guide to the Oscars

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Here’s what the critics say: “Unforgiven” is the favorite for Best Picture. Al Pacino is the man to beat for Best Actor. Susan Sarandon is the logical choice for Best Actress. “Unforgiven” was an enjoyable movie, but somewhat overrated. I mean, ‘’Shane”


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Alec Baldwin 'Marriage Will Take Priority Over Work'

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Alec Baldwin is determined to make his second marriage work by putting his relationship before his work and keeping it as "normal" as possible. Alec Baldwin believes his relationship with Kim Basinger failed because the pair devoted too much time and ene


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Cast of Broadway's 'Glengarry Glen Ross' revival taking shape

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Al Pacino in the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," which returns to Broadway this fall. (New Line Cinema) If the phrase "coffee is for closers" means anything to you, then you'll be interested to learn that the cast of the late


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'Bar Rescue': College Buddies Have Dead Rat In Kitchen

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"The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from that spinoff t


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SANCTUM IN THE CITY

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Authors on Museums: amid the frenzy of New York, the Old Masters of the Frick hang in contemplative calm. Don Paterson revisits his favourites... New York has shaped most of my major life choices. My first serious adult relationship was with a New Yorker


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Airplane Apology Caught on Camera

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Disobedience on flights has become an all-too-common story. From flight attendant meltdowns to Alec Baldwin’s words with a flight attendant  over a game of “Words With Friends,” we have grown accustomed to a lack of politesse


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Financial Woes Come To Fore In Plot Details For Woody Allen's Upcoming Film

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Could Woody Allen be making a film to reflect our current times? Is it possible that one of his usually quite wealthy and well off characters may be forced to live in a rental unit? The times may be changing for the helmer who has spent his last few pict


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Alec Baldwin: 'Marriage will take priority over work'

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Actor Alec Baldwin is determined to make his second marriage work by putting his relationship before his work and keeping it as "normal" as possible. The "30 Rock" star is convinced his first marriage, to actress Kim Basinger, was put under immense strai


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Cheyenne Jackson On 'Mockingbird Lane,' Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin

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The End of Live TV? 30 ROCK -- "Live from Studio 6H" Episode 619 -- Pictured: (l-r) Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy -- (Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBC) West Coast Opening Theme 30 ROCK -- "Live from Studio 6H" Episode 619 -- Pictured: Che


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Kelly Ripa wants Anderson Cooper for 'Live!' co-host

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Kelly Ripa has named Anderson Cooper as her ideal co-host for Live! with Kelly. The morning chatshow launched a public search to fill the slot following the departure of Ripa's former co-host Regis Philbin last year. While a number of celebrities have st


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David Denman Heads Back To 'The Office' And More Casting News

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Sexy senior moments

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Prepare to see Meryl Streep as you’ve never seen her before — on her knees. In a scene from “Hope Springs,” a film about a married couple who head to a Maine retreat in order to repair their relationship, the Oscar-winning actress decides to give her cro


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Alec Baldwin has vowed to have'normal' marriage this time around

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Alec Baldwin said his first marriage, to Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger, failed because both devoted too much time to their careers. And he’s vowed this time around — he recently tied the knot with Boston homegal-turned-Manhattan yoga instructor Hila


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Alec Baldwin: Kim Basinger marriage failed due to career

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Alec Baldwin admits his career had a negative effect on his marriage to Kim Basinger. The '30 Rock' star recently tied the knot with yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas and is hopeful their relationship will be more ''normal'' than his disastrous union with t


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Bill Murray won't do 'Ghostbusters 3'; Sinead O'Connor wants to pose nude for Playboy: Daily Buzz

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The Associated PressActor Bill Murray arrives for the opening ceremony and screening of "Moonrise Kingdom" at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, France. Dan Aykroyd has been promising a third "Ghostbusters" film for a few years now, but the


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The intricate birth of 'The Bourne Legacy'

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Matt Damon didn't want to make another Jason Bourne movie, and neither did director Paul Greengrass. When your leading man and star filmmaker have departed one of your most profitable series, the alternatives aren't great. But in today's Hollywood, those


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Cheyenne Jackson on Liberace Biopic, Being 'Vulnerable' Through Music and Why He Admires Alec Baldwin

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Broadway vet Cheyenne Jackson is already a pro at belting out tunes on stage, and thanks to guest gigs on Glee and 30 Rock, he has been “schooled” in the art of the small screen, as well. Now, Jackson takes on his most challenging endeavor yet: writing a


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South Wales Evening Post published Catherine Zeta Jones tops casting wish-list of hit TV show...

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HOLLYWOOD star Catherine Zeta Jones is at the top of the list of actors to play a role in the huge hit US television show Glee. Ryan Murphy, the creator of the popular teen musical series, has revealed that he wants the Mumbles star to appear in the show


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Berner Class of '77 celebrates its 35th HS reunion in Massapequa

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Massapequa is famous for folks like Alec Baldwin, Jerry Seinfeld and Bobby Nelson. Well, two weeks ago, Berner's Class of ’77 celebrated its 35th high school reunion starting with a pub crawl on Friday night and moving onto a fun-filled picnic at Brady P


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What is Summer in New York Without Woody Allen? (Feature)

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Can you imagine a summer in New York City without a new Woody Allen movie? Really, can you? At this point, some 40-odd years into his career, Allen remains the season’s most consistent (and, at times, the only) cineplex alternative to the requisite flurr


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Alec Baldwin rules out reality TV show

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Alec Baldwin would "rather die" than appear in a reality TV show with his brothers. The actor's siblings Daniel, William and Stephen followed him into the industry but he has never worked with all of them together. Although part of him thinks it could be


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Battle of beauties for Ryan film

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Keira Knightley is one of the actresses in the running to be Jack Ryan's leading lady Keira Knightley and Evangeline Lilly are reportedly among the stars in the running for the female lead in the new Jack Ryan movie. British actress Keira and Canadian be


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Face off: Movie franchises shuffle characters through the years to keep buzz alive

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How do you make a Bourne movie without Bourne? On Aug. 10, "The Bourne Legacy" comes to theaters. The first three hugely successful Bourne movies all starred Matt Damon as Jason Bourne (or whatever his name actually was). But Damon will be nowhere near "


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Rome, Love, and Celebrity….and Woody Allen

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[1]There are many sides to Woody Allen, and most of them are funny. His neurotic New York schtick is always fun to watch, and Woody is right on form in this movie. Here he plays an avant garde music impresario who has never found success---- due to his a


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Keira Knightley, Felicity Jones in the running for 'Jack Ryan' lead

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Keira Knightley, Felicity Jones and Evangeline Lilly have been linked to the Jack Ryan franchise reboot. The three actresses are in the running for the female lead role with Knightley as the frontrunner, reports Deadline. The role is said to have the opt


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David Baldacci, Alec Baldwin, Robert A. Caro, Dick Cavett and Ali...

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The evening begins at 5pm (at the Gardiner Farm, 36 James Lane, East Hampton village) with the Book Signing Reception, where guests enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres and wine and have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the authors, buy their books, and


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MacFarlane and Miss USA just a congeniality couple

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SETH MACFARLANE and Olivia Culpo look cozy, but don’t get any ideas. A source spotted the pair at CO-OP Food & Drink on the lower East Side last month when the newly crowned Miss USA was visiting the city on official pageant business. The eyewitness says


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Woolworths...The Movie?

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Bridging the age gap ... retailers need to be able to appeal to all generations. Photo: Nic Walker Some retailers resonate so well with multiple generations of shoppers that they can appeal to grandmas and at the same time have musicals made in the their


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New Google ad policy could mean adios to some annoying in-app ads

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Tired of those ads that resemble notifications on your Android device? That is the price you pay for picking the "free" version of a game from the Google Play Store. But Google isn't content to let this be, and kudos goes to the Mountain View based searc


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American Writer Gore Vidal Dead at 86

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The author, playwright, politician and commentator died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications from pneumonia. He was 86. Gore Vidal, born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr. on Oct. 3, 1925 in West Point, New York, was the only child of 1


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Author Gore Vidal dies at 86

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Novelist, playwright, screenwriter and essayist Gore Vidal, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles from complications of pneumonia, his family said. He was 86. Vidal, who applied his iconoclastic and sometimes scolding manne


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The East Hampton Library’s Authors Night

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East Hampton, NY, August 01, 2012 –(PR.com)– Join Founding Co-Chairs Alec Baldwin and Barbara Goldsmith and more than 120 authors at Authors Night – the premier literary event of the Hamptons! Featured authors include: Ken Auletta, David Baldacci, Kelly


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Woody Allen will spend a day shooting new film in Marin County

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extras to appear in a daytime party scene. According to the blogger, the scene is to take place in Marin on Aug. 6. MARIN COUNTY -- Renowned film director Woody Allen, who is shooting much of his latest film in San Francisco, will also spend a day filmin


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Stars Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry King enter digital fray

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NEW YORK — As a new wave of big names enter the growing field of Web series, leave it to Larry David to keep enthusiasm in check. ÂI wouldnÂt say IÂm excited, but IÂm looking forward to it, David says at the start of Jerry SeinfeldÂs new series, ÂComedi


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Polly has its funny moments

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Ben Stiller is on the big screen right now with The Watch, which bowed in theatres July 27, and co-stars Vince Vaughn. If you're a fan, and you're looking for a pre-movie, small-screen appetizer, Stiller's 2004 film Along Came Polly airs tonight on Slice


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Stars are aligning behind candidates

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Over the weekend, "Garden State" actor-director Zach Braff knocked on Vegas doors to stump for President Barack Obama. He was joined by his "Scrubs" co-star and pal Donald Faison. "My parents would be so proud of me right now," Faison told Review-Journal


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'Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets': Unsolved For 20 Years, Car Sale Murderer Comes Forward With A Confession (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Big names - from Tom Hanks to Jerry Seinfeld - enter digital fray

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NEW YORK, N.Y. - As a new wave of big names enter the growing field of Web series, leave it to Larry David to keep enthusiasm in check. "I wouldn't say I'm excited, but I'm looking forward to it," David says at the start of Jerry Seinfeld's new series, "


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Cate Blanchett puts feminine spin on androgynous sweater and jeans

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She just finished playing Professor Serebryakov's 27-year-old second wife Yelena in a stage production of Uncle Vanya New York's City Center. And as the 43-year-old Oscar-winner headed out of the Big Apple today, she showed the world how to properly dres


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Alec Baldwin once dined with actress he now calls a stalker

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Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin appears in New York state Supreme Court in New York on Thursday, July 26, 2012. Sabourin is accused of stalking actor Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, 54, and Sabourin, 40, met on the set of the 2002 sci-fi comedy "The Adventure


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Review: 'Breaking Bad' - 'Hazard Pay'

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Walt, Jesse and Mike set up their new business, and Skyler surprises Marie A review of tonight's "Breaking Bad" coming up just as soon as I run down to Costco to get a couple of dehumidifiers... "Yes, he handles the business. And I handle him." -Walt One


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'Big Ang': Ang Drops Big Money For Florida Vacation. Her Saving Mentality: 'Spend It All!' (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Alec Baldwin's stalker accused of 20 new counts

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Alec Baldwin's lady stalker has been hit with 20 new counts of harassment. The stalker, Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, was arrested in April after allegedly turning up outside Baldwin's home here. She was booked on five counts of harassment and sta


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List of Emmy nominations holds few surprises

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LITTLE ROCK It’s been a week and a half since the 2012 Emmy nominations were announced, so I’m betting it’s finally safe to have a civil discussion on the subject. Judging by my e-mail, a number of you were miffed that your favorite show or actor was sn


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Alec Baldwin's stalker hit with 20 harassment charges

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New York: Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, accused of stalking actor Alec Baldwin, has been hit with 20 new counts of misdemeanour harassment. The 40-year-old was arrested in April after allegedly turning up outside the "30 Rock" star's NY City home,


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No end in sight in hunt for Kelly Ripa co-host

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More than eight months after Regis Philbin split the morning talk show, Kelly Ripa is still left without a permanent partner on “Live! With Kelly.” And there are no plans to name someone in the immediate future. With ratings up and a steady stream of cel


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Fred Willard Jokes About Arrest On Fallon, Might Join Lucky Celebs Who Survive Their Scandals

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Most of us would have been cast out of society if we’d been caught in a compromising position at an adult movie theater, but not Fred Willard! Despite being fired from PBS, Willard seems to be taking his (seriously gross) scandal in stride, even joking a


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Dane Cook jokes about Colorado shooting; Alec Baldwin stalker's emails made public: Daily Buzz

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Jeff Christensen / AP PhotoComedian Dane Cook poses for a promo shot in New York. Too soon? Actor-comedian Dane Cook joked about the Colorado shooting in which 12 people were killed and 58 others wounded in a movie theater during a showing of "The Dark K


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ABC Announces the 12 Celebrities Joining the First-Ever "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" Cast

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The 13th Celebrity Joining the Cast Will Be Voted in by Fans as the "Viewers' Choice: All-Star" "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" marks the first time prior contestants will return for another chance at winning the coveted mirror ball trophy for a very


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EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones In 'Hope Springs'

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Decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her sceptical husband, a steadf


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Court Documents Show Alec Baldwin's Stalker Sought To Destroy His Life!

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Genevieve Sabourin is the Canadian actress charged with five counts of harassing and stalking Alec Baldwin. At another hearing on Thursday, Alec's representatives brought forward new evidence showing the extent of the depravity of his stalker's actions a


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Hilaria Baldwin Panicked After Pal's Sneaky Wedding Snap

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Alec Baldwin's new wife Hilaria feared her friend had jeopardised a lucrative wedding photo deal with a top U.S. magazine after the pal captured a snap of the couple's first dance on her cell phone. Chris Pine is set to do battle with Kenneth Branagh on


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Alec Baldwin’s stalker threatened him with ‘war’ if refused marriage

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London, July 27 (ANI): A French-Canadian actress, who has been accused of stalking Alec Baldwin has threatened him with a “massive destructive war” if he refused getting married to her. Genevieve Sabourin sent Baldwin up to 10 emails a day in which she v


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Baldwin 30 socks ‘stalker’

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Alec Baldwin continues to be freaked out by a female stalker, and now Manhattan prosecutors have hit the perky blond fanatic with 20 new harassment counts, according to papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday. The prosecutorial pile-on against


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Film review: Woody Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love

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Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love" began with better titles. Yet despite the exquisite locations of the filmmaker's first story of love, Italian style, this bland ensemble romance deserves the generic name rather than the clever working titles it started


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'Burn Notice': Death Changes Everything For Michael

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"The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from that spinoff t


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Tracy Morgan, live at the Ontario Improv

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There's only one way to see, hear and experience the edgy comedy of Tracy Morgan live and in person this weekend and that's at the Ontario Improv. Morgan stars in NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe-winning "30 Rock" with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. His role in t


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Discovering 'Sugar Man' Rodriguez

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25 July 2012 Last updated at 20:00 ET Both Rodriguez albums originally flopped in the US, before resurfacing in South Africa where he became "bigger than the Rolling Stones" Sixto Rodriguez has been called "the greatest 1970's music icon that never was".


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Men, be proud of your hairiness

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The full fury of Wolverine’s (Hugh Jackman) rage and powers are unleashed when he emerges from the top secret “Weapon X” program. X-Men Origins. Sean Connery (and his chest hair) never go out of style. Alec Baldwin. Still smoking just slightly less likel


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'Dates From Hell': Online Dating Gone Wrong As Would-Be Serial Killer Poses As Woman To Lure Victims (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Resurgent Diceman sees himself as Rocky of comedy

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And now it's time for tender moments with Andrew Dice Clay. "I don't know what would be harder to quit - cigarettes or chicks. I'd have to go with the cigarettes. Nah, I'd go with the chicks. I could live without the cigarettes, but not without the chick


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TV Fine Tuning for Tuesday, July 31

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Stiller is on the big screen right now with The Watch, which bowed in theatres July 27, and co-stars Vince Vaughn. If you`re a fan, and you`re looking for a pre-movie, small-screen appetizer, Stiller`s 1994 film Along Came Polly airs tonight on Slice. In


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'Deadliest Catch' Finale: A Crewman's Death Ends The Season On A Tragic Note (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Willem Post: Big Green for Little Wind? Alec Baldwin Eyes $0.40/kWh Power

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I want to build something that is environmentally forward-thinking. I’m not building a satellite dish so I can watch the Knicks game.” – Alec Baldwin, quoted in “Actor Tilts at Windmill,” Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2012. “‘We’re behind big wind,’ [Mik


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Movie guide: Capsule listing of current releases

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Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children you


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'Homeland': Claire Danes Stars In Season 2 Teaser (VIDEO)

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Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" - Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series "As the show enters its last season, I'm gratified to be nominated again by the Academy." Don Cheadle, "House of Lies" - Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series "Wow. My agent was righ


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Behind the Scenes: SummerDoc screening of Detropia

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This past Saturday, HIFF hosted Detropia at Guild Hall as the second film in our annual SummerDoc series. The co-directors of the film Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing were both in attendance. Alec Baldwin hosted the event and did a great Q & A following the


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Alec Baldwin’s Wife Hilaria Thomas Strongly Suggested He Get Off Twitter!

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Alec Baldwin has a very smart wife and she recently strongly suggested that he delete his personal Twitter account. Apparently, even Hilaria Baldwin recognized that very little good had come from her husband’s using the website to rant and rave (in 140 c


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Latest Batman movie has third largest opening ever *new!

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An NYPD officer keeps watch inside an AMC move theater where the film ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is playing in Times Square on July 20 in New York City. The most recent Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” had the third largest opening weekend ever, despite


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Big Green for Little Wind? Alec Baldwin Eyes $0.40/kWh Power

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“I want to build something that is environmentally forward-thinking. I’m not building a satellite dish so I can watch the Knicks game.” “‘We’re behind big wind,’ [Mike] Bergey [of Bergey Windpower] said, with small-turbine technology having advanced just


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Crowded field makes Emmy race tough call

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As long as Tina Fey continues playing Liz Lemon on NBC’s “30 Rock,” Delaware County will have a stake in the national primetime Emmy Awards. Fey glommed another nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy Series in this year’s Emmy contest, the results of whi


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Alexander Cockburn, Left Journalist Icon, Dies at 71

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San Francisco “Diversity” Ignores Class by Randy Shaw‚ Jul. 23‚ 2012 Last week’s Board of Supervisors debate over Michael Antonini’s re-appointment to the Planning Commission exposed how “diversity” is still defined in the city. Some argued that instead


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Aurora Mass Murder Exposes Folly of "Stop-and-Frisk"

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San Francisco “Diversity” Ignores Class by Randy Shaw‚ Jul. 23‚ 2012 Last week’s Board of Supervisors debate over Michael Antonini’s re-appointment to the Planning Commission exposed how “diversity” is still defined in the city. Some argued that instead


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'Hoarding: Buried Alive': During Clean-Up, A Hoarder's Kitchen Catches On Fire (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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PIX: The HOTTEST Beach Girls of James Bond

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Ursula Andress, who starred in the 007 flick Dr No, has been voted Britain's all-time favourite Bond beach babe. The now 76-year-old Swiss actress topped the poll -- thanks to the unforgettable moment when her character Honey Ryder emerged from the ocean


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Kenneth Branagh Confirms Role In Jack Ryan Origins Film

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Caption Kenneth Branagh arrives at The 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, Calif., on January 7, 2012 Oscar nominee Kenneth Branagh has confirmed


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Cate Blanchett shows off dewy complexion and daring geometric dress at the opening of Uncle Vanya in New York

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She's currently playing Professor Serebryakov's 27-year-old second wife Yelena in a stage production of Uncle Vanya. And Cate Blanchett easily defied her 43 years as she attended the opening of her Chekhov play tonight at New York's City Center. The actr


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2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations

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In case you missed it, this past Thursday the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations. I can’t say that there were that many exciting nominations or surprises (there were a few though). And if you’re mis


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MOVIES

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Handout The Dark Knight Rises is dominating movie theatres this week. Superhero franchises assemble! This witty, thrilling comic-book movie from writer-director Joss Whedon elegantly combines four existing Marvel movie franchises -- Iron Man (Robert Down


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Baldwin's wife to host show

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Alec Baldwin, left, and Hilaria Thomas arriving for the screening of Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes Yoga instructor by profession, she will be seen hosting the Hampton's special on the "Extra" show along with Mario Lopez and Maria


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Nominations pour les Emmy Awards 2012: surprises et déceptions

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La liste des nominations pour les 63e Emmy Awards a été dévoilée le 19 juillet 2012, apportant comme d'habitude son lot de surprises et de déceptions. Découvrez la liste des nominés en images à la fin de ce billet, accompagnée de mes pronostics, dans un


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Editorial: Watchdog takes a bite out of abusive bank

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The new federal consumer watchdog agency proved its mettle this week by coming down hard on Capital One Bank for deceiving credit card customers. In its first extensive enforcement action since opening last July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau


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Book review | 'Mr. Broadway'

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Two men were shot, one fatally, outside a home at 741 South 39th Street early Saturday morning,...- 3:28 am New Albany Police say a woman was killed Friday night at the Plaza Square Apartments off Grant Line...- 11:01 pm A hush fell over the sanctuary, b


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Emmy faves Mad Men, Modern Family lead the pack

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Much like TV itself, this year's Emmy nominations were both predictable and unpredictable, familiar and unfamiliar, tidy and a mess. First the predictable. Emmy perennials Mad Men and Modern Family were again nominated for best drama and comedy, when thi


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From Alec Baldwin to Betty White, Emmy nominees give thanks

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LOS ANGELES, July 20 — The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Thursday announced nominations for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards, with “Mad Men,” “American Horror Story,” “Downton Abbey” and “Modern Family” among the top nominees. Following are expr


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Branagh to star in Jack Ryan film?

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Kenneth Branagh has already signed up to direct the Jack Ryan movie Kenneth Branagh is reportedly in talks to play the baddie in the new Jack Ryan movie. The My Week With Marilyn star is already on board to direct the spy thriller and Variety reports tha


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Hamptons Agenda: Rock the Dock, The Wallflowers, Kevin Jonas

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Parties will be steaming up the East End from Montauk to Quogue, Wounded arrios will be riding in Amagansett and Sag Harbor, and a new group of authors hit the Hamptons this weekend to talk about their books. Just click on the links for more information


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Creep eyes comeback to escape (get this!) his ‘normal’ new life

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Bring it on, Weiner. Proving that she’s the emasculating power behind the Jockey pouch boxer briefs, the wife of ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, orchestrated a friendly and gauzy interview with People magazine. But there was room for hilarity


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Sarkozy's new NY love nest

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The romance between Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy is becoming more serious. The half-brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is moving downtown and buying a house, where the inseparable lovebirds can shack up. “They are really, really ha


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Jimmy Kimmel Announces The EMMY Nominations at 5:40am PT / 8:40am ET!! How Will BOSS, BOARDWALK, BREAKING BAD, COMMUNITY, DAMAGES, FRINGE, GAME OF THRONES, HOMELAND, JUSTIFIED And MAD MEN Fare This Year??

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Outstanding Drama Series Boardwalk Empire Dexter Friday Night Lights Game of Thrones The Good Wife Mad Men Outstanding Comedy Series Big Bang Theory Glee Modern Family The Office Parks and Recreation 30 Rock Outstanding Actress in a Drama Kathy Bates, Ha


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Reviews: ‘To Rome With Love’

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Woody Allen’s latest film, “,” doesn’t evoke as many laughs as last year’s “Midnight in Paris,” but it’s still an entertaining, if fleeting, piece. As the title suggests, the film takes place in Rome, telling several unconnected stories of both Italians


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A is for Alfred, B is for Batmobile: Dark Knight A-Z

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Christian Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight Rises. Bale's Batman is by far the most serious - and scary. Picture: Warner Bros Source: Supplied Watch a 13-minute preview of The Dark Knight Rises including interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. Every bi


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Never put off 'til tomorrow what you can put off 'til next week

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So we’re about halfway through summer now (although many would argue that in Duluth, summer’s halfway point is actually May 27) and the days are flying by faster than ... something really funny and fast that might fly by.* *NOTE TO EDITOR: I will come up


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Keep this jerk out

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The advice gives itself: The mayoral field is weak and fractured. There’s a clamor for another choice. You’ve paid for your sins and you’ve got a $4.5 million campaign stash. Go for it. On one level, the whispering in Anthony Weiner’s ear, which probably


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'MasterChef': Paula Deen Digs At Gordon Ramsay For Saying Grits Are Bland And Boring (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Actor Tilts at Windmill

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By Will James Alec Baldwin has sunk time and money into preserving the charm and character of his beloved East Hampton, one of the last corners of Long Island to resist dramatic development. But that opposition to change may endanger his own plan: to bui


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Hondo orders White, not Red

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Hondo dealt himself a winning hand last night with the Cards, whose triumph in Milwaukee reduced the damage to 1,500 nordhagens. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will go with Humber to neutralize the Bosawx lumber 10 units on the Chisox over Jon Lester, aka Jon Lager.


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Sylvester Stallone's nephew blasts actor for son's death

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Edd Filiti - the son of the 'Rocky' star's half-sister Toni Ann - has vented his anger at the 66-year-old actor and his wife Jennifer Flavin, claiming they neglected Sage Stallone, 36, who was found unresponsive at his Studio City apartment in Los Angele


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Whatever happened to Baby Jane? Well, she's coming back to the big screen

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‘You wouldn’t be able to do these awful things to me if I weren’t still in this chair.” “But’cha are, Blanche. Ya are in that chair.” Well, even the most casual movie fan could not fail to recognize that famous exchange between invalid Joan Crawford and


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Silly season, part XXIV

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LITTLE ROCK WHEN, oh when, will the silly season be over? It’s been going on since before winter, and it’s the middle of July already. The latest sympton is still another outbreak of the on-again, off-again, now-on-again crush that the press has on Cond


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‘Something just has not been right’ with Sylvester Stallone’s son Sage

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Sage Stallone poses with his uncle, Frank Stallone, in 2006. | Getty Images While Sylvester Stallone, ex-wife Sasha Czack and everyone related to Sage Stallone mourn the death of the former couple’s son, a friend of Sage’s said Sunday, “Something just ha


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Watch 'Big Ang' Attempt A Colonic

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"The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from that spinoff t


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'Mob Wives: Chicago': Pia And Renee Beat Up Nora, Giving Her A Black Eye (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Sweeten-Shults: Holmes shows how to lose a Cruise in about 10 days

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Katie Holmes, good Catholic girl from Ohio, grew up with the idea that acting was in her future. But perhaps the former "Dawson's Creek" star didn't know "Katie Holmes, pop culture hero" would also become her claim to fame. Holmes, in planning the great


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The Rock Star and the Cyberstalker

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Of the 273 tweets @Gunn2urhead posted that day, the overwhelming majority were diatribes directed at Garbage’s official Twitter account, a timeline shared by all four band mates. And almost every posting takes issue in some ugly way with the group’s lead


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Summer Movie Review: ‘To Rome with Love’ proves the critics wrong

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To Rome with Love reflects Woody Allen’s advice, “If my films don’t show a profit, then I’m doing something right.” Despite poor ratings and a lack of turn out, Allen does it again with his 50th production. To Rome with Love follows several different sto


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From 'Prairie' to FOX news

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Hollywood history is filled with sad stories of child actors who struggle with life as they grow older. But there are some, such as Melissa Francis, who manage to survive the transition. Francis went from acting on "Little House on the Prairie" to tellin


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Swift honored with 'social change' award

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WASHINGTON--Chart-topping country star Taylor Swift is to be honored by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights for her “commitment to social change,” the nonprofit organization said Friday. Swift, 22, a multiple Grammy winner who spent


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Alec Baldwin: King of Celebrity?

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Celebrity fascinates me. I marvel at how a person -- any person -- can manipulate public perception. I can remember a conversation with someone who'd seen Arnold Schwarzenegger and then-wife Maria Shriver being interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres. Something a


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Star of Allen's latest film is Rome

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People crowd the main square of Rione Monti district in Rome. (AP) ROME -- Woody Allen's newest movie "To Rome with Love" casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself. But there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City.


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COMIC-CON: ‘Firefly’ 10-year Anniversary Reunion Recap

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Michael Arcand / Myspace . Comic-Con is a place like no other, with literally tens of thousands of fans trying to get into their favorite panels. It was the same way with Firefly, but with the diehard “browncoats,” there was simply no way to contend. Hun


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Longtime ‘Prairie Home' host shows it's still a prime time for him

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Not a single public opinion survey would have hinted at it in the mid-1970s, but it turns out that stories about Norwegian bachelor farmers, mock ads for the American Duct Tape Council, and musical sets mashing together bluegrass and bossa nova have a bi


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The real star of Woody Allen’s new film is Rome

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ROME -- Woody Allen’s newest movie To Rome with Love casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself. But there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City. “This city is really special,” says Hayley (Alison Pill) to her fian


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Tammy Blanchard: 'Not uptight about anything'

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This June 25, 2012 photo released by Starpix shows actress Tammy Blanchard at the New York screening of "Union Square." The film stars Blanchard, Mira Sorvino, and Mike Doyle, and was directed and co-written by Nancy Savoca. It opens exclusively at the A


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Latest Rise of the Guardians Trailer

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If there is one animation movie that I am looking forward to this winter then it is Rise of the Guardians. The movie is a big screen 3D adaptation of William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood from DreamWorks Animation. We have already been treated to a


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@ THE MOVIES

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Friday-only times provided by theater websites and may have changed. Check www.fandango.com. Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper. Who knew Honest Abe was such a butt-kicking, ax-slinging slayer of the undead? The 16th president takes revenge on vampires afte


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Alec's wedding incredible: Stephen Baldwin

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Alec Baldwin speaks during the inaugural NFL Honors show in Indianapolis. Photo/Marcio Sanchez, File) "The wedding was fantastic. It was incredible, beautiful, went off without a hitch. Hilaria was gorgeous, Alec was over the moon. I can't be more happy


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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Now playing In Hanover

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The most recent product of Woody Allen’s romp in Europe, “To Rome with Love” uses both English and Italian to tell four self-contained but occasionally intermingled stories about the lives and loves of the visitors to and residents of Rome. The character


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Last Night on Late Night: Bryan Cranston Beat Letterman at His Own Joke

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Last night on the Late Show, David Letterman got smart with Bryan Cranston over the five-season run of Breaking Bad. But Cranston stepped right up and proved that you can't beat his quick wits. Oh, touché, Walter! (And for those of you viewers who posses


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Animal rights activists wave graphic posters of elephant 'abuse' as families arrive for night at the circus

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The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus last night started a seven-day stint at the Staples Center in Los AngelesAbout 500 protesters waved graphic placards of alleged elephant abuseActivists promise to continue demonstrating throughout coming week


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Russell Brand's Brand New Start

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But Russell - a self-confessed West Ham United supporter and lover of cats - is feeling good about the future. "I'm spectacular," he declares. The Essex-born actor plays hard-partying club worker Lonny in Adam Shankman's big-screen adaptation of the West


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Alec Baldwin enjoyed 'beautiful' wedding

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Alec Baldwin's wedding went "without a hitch", says his brother. After just over a year of dating actor Alec married Yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas at the end of June in New York. Speaking as a spectator at their ceremony, his brother Stephen said everyt


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JR Smith agrees to re-sign with Knicks

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With hugs, smiles and a few tears, Somerset Medical Center recently bid farewell to seven new...- 4:57 pm U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J, Tuesday announced more than $3.- 4:59 pm Liz Gagliardi of the Somerset section o


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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: A genial divorce? What a scandal!

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“Sometimes you get parties who can’t take the stress and they settle on something because they can’t bear it any more,” she says. “It could also be that there is something that one party does not want aired in a public forum. This is particularly an issu


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Hondo’s horsing around again

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Hondo took his lumps in the Mid-Summer Flaccid Classic last night as the Senior Circuit jumped on The Great Verlander in the first inning and caused the deficit to expand to 1,410 hartacks. Today, having sought the counsel of Anthony Affrunti, The Post’s


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Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes: A genial divorce? What a scandal!

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When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced their divorce earlier this month, we all felt it. Not sadness (sorry, TomKat, you never really convinced us); but, I hate to say, ill-suppressed excitement. The voyeur in us longed for the thrilling courtroom sh


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Rise of the Guardians

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First things first: Rise of the Guardians should not be confused with Legends of the Guardians, the 2010 owl cartoon. Nor should it be confused with The Guardian, the 2006 Kevin Costner coastguard film; or Lancelot: Guardian of Time, the 1997 Marc Singer


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2 Omaha boys win a 1st-place award at national history contest

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You reap what you sow, according to the old saying. The hard work that two Omaha boys sowed with their extensive research on the McCormick mechanical reaper and how it changed agriculture reaped a first-place finish recently in the National History Day c


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Settlement highlights Cruise-Holmes privacy wishes

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Only time will tell if the quick divorce settlement reached between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise lasts longer than their five-year marriage. It will need to, since the agreement will guide how the actors raise their 6-year-old daughter


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Survey shows strong support for Papio-LV bond issue

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A community survey shows solid support for most projects in a $64 million bond issue contemplated by the Papillion-La Vista school board. Seventy percent of the 410 residents surveyed by telephone last month said they favored or were leaning toward suppo


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Court keeps $93G fee against Hunterdon in public records case

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HIV testing should be part of the routine care that expectant mothers receive during their...- 5:01 pm After placing a career best sixth with partner Nicholas Buckland at the 2012 European Championships...- 5:01 pm The number of people killed by lightnin


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Logan, Iowa, council feels heat over 2 firings

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LOGAN, Iowa — The Logan City Council voted Monday night to begin searching for a new city administrator and city attorney, but judging from the audience's reaction many people want a new city council as well. The council voted during a hastily called and


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Animal-rights disputes taken up by lawmakers

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Water restrictions were eased Sunday in Monmouth County as New Jersey American Water modified its...- 5:57 am Two girls who died when a yacht capsized on the July 4 holiday were remembered at separate wakes on...- 5:37 am The Township Committee has sched


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Odd-even watering allowed in Monmouth

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Water restrictions were eased Sunday in Monmouth County as New Jersey American Water modified its...- 5:57 am Two girls who died when a yacht capsized on the July 4 holiday were remembered at separate wakes on...- 5:37 am The Township Committee has sched


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Girl, 17, killed in Newark triple shooting

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Water restrictions were eased Sunday in Monmouth County as New Jersey American Water modified its...- 5:57 am Two girls who died when a yacht capsized on the July 4 holiday were remembered at separate wakes on...- 5:37 am The Township Committee has sched


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NJ gets a break from humidity

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Water restrictions were eased Sunday in Monmouth County as New Jersey American Water modified its...- 5:57 am Two girls who died when a yacht capsized on the July 4 holiday were remembered at separate wakes on...- 5:37 am The Township Committee has sched


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Critique the Press's front page: July 9

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Water restrictions were eased Sunday in Monmouth County as New Jersey American Water modified its...- 5:57 am Two girls who died when a yacht capsized on the July 4 holiday were remembered at separate wakes on...- 5:37 am The Township Committee has sched


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Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s executive overreach abundant in immigration

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Though overshadowed by the shocking U.S. Supreme Court decision on health care, the court’s Arizona immigration decision, issued three days earlier, remains far more significant than appreciated. It was generally viewed as mixed or ambiguous because the


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World-Herald editorial: Don’t mess with success

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From one end of the state to the other, Nebraska communities are benefiting from the Community Development Block Grant program. Through it, cities and towns have loaned federal CDBG funds to many small businesses. An estimated $20 million in such loans c


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Book celebrates life of vaudeville legend Harry Langdon

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Drivers in the 90-plus age range represent the extreme end of the nationwide trend toward older drivers — one the aging baby boom generation will keep pushing. Joey Thompson, 10, and his family received good news at a recent six-month checkup for his neu


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Woody Allen puts Rome in a starring role

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Woody Allen's newest movie “To Rome with Love” casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself. But there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City. “This city is really special,” says Hayley (Alison Pill) to her fiance Mic


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Middlesex County could take to the air in Snapple Bowl

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WOODBRIDGE Bruce Turcotte is missed every day, not just by his family, but also his fellow...- 9:31 pm In my long career as a junkie, I have been in and out of many treatment programs, but the one I...- 9:11 pm For many in the Plainsboro Literary Group,


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Baby penguin makes its official debut

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A town says goodbye to a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan last week. Just a few hours before his funeral, hundreds honored him by greeting the plane carrying his body when it arrived at the York Municipal Airport. Droughtlike conditions and high temp


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South Sudanese official's August visit to Omaha creates excitement

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Hunter Hogan's father blames the president and says the U.S. pays for Afghan good will with lives. Droughtlike conditions and high temperatures mean less standing water in birdbaths, old tires and other places where the pests like to lay their eggs. Thos


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Language barrier hampers efforts to reach out to drowning victims' families

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MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Residents in a central Iowa town are struggling with a severe language barrier as they try to comfort two refugee families whose children drowned in the Iowa River this week. The families in Marshalltown speak one of an estimate


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Hundreds pay tribute to fallen Marine

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Hunter Hogan's father blames the president and says the U.S. pays for Afghan good will with lives. Droughtlike conditions and high temperatures mean less standing water in birdbaths, old tires and other places where the pests like to lay their eggs. Thos


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'The Choice': Rob Kardashian Says Jesus Helped Him Pick A Date (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Review: 'To Rome With Love': Ciao, baby

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Woody Allen's latest film, To Rome with Love is a story about a number of people in Italy, some American, some Italian, some residents, some ... Rating: R for some sexual references If it's a zinger capped by the phrase "leper colony," if there's a hotel


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Film producer charged in fraud involving seafood

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Federal investigators have interrupted the movie-producing career, such as it is, of longtime Vegas guy Jed Baron. The street continues to buzz about the wire-fraud indictment of Baron, whose flashy lifestyle has included a producer credit for the movie


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Love letter to Rome dated

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North Vancouver Mounties have released a composite sketch of a man wanted in connection to a sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in her home. The girl had just picked up her school report card, and was... Without much movement recently in a potential Ro


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‘Always Be Publishing,’ Brand Journalism and How It Can Help Your Startup

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As a business owner, you’ve probably heard the term: “Always be closing.” Though the directive still rings as true as it did when Alec Baldwin trumpeted it in the 1992 salesman’s opus Glengarry Glen Ross, “Always be publishing” may make more sense for to


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Katie escapes camp cuckoo

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You go, Katie — a Stepford Wife no more. Katie Holmes’ nickname among friends was “Dead Eye’’ — an unflattering euphemism for the blank stare that’s glazed the starlet’s face since she was embedded as wife No. 3 to No. 1 Scientologist Tom Cruise. At the


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New this week

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"The Amazing Spider-Man": Peter Parker (now played by Andrew Garfield) finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father's for


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Andre (3000) Benjamin to play Jimi Hendrix without his music

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Andre (3000) Benjamin will soon be seen on the silver screen as Jimi Hendrix, but don't expect to hear the OutKast rapper rocking out to any of the late guitar great's classic jams. Instead, Benjamin will be covering classics from the Beatles, Muddy Wate


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National News: Which city had the best fireworks?

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Dog rescued 200 feet above rock quarry Dying teen tells 911: 'My grandma shot me'Dying teen to 911: Higgs Boson takes us before Genesis 1 Why's it so hot -- and how long will it last?How long will high temps last? Usher's reported stalker Watch historic


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Longing for the rigors of 'Paris' in 'Rome'

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Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love" is an affectionate but meandering comedy that contemplates romance, fame, legacy and longing. It comes with much of the lightness and love for one of Europe's great cities that made last year's "Midnight in Paris" so cha


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Alec Baldwin quits twitter again

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Alec Baldwin speaks during the inaugural NFL Honors show in Indianapolis. Photo/Marcio Sanchez, File) Actor Alec Baldwin has signed off his personal account on twitter with the words "It's been fun". The 54-year-old signed off his personal account on the


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Chan will advocate for trafficked kids - Wed, 04 Jul 2012 PST

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Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan is going to Myanmar this week on a three-day mission to help combat child trafficking in the Southeast Asian nation. UNICEF announced Tuesday that in his capacity as a goodwill ambassador, Chan will visit the agency’s pr


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New image on the way for Chuck E. Cheese

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tool goes here In a media campaign set to launch Thursday, the parent of the Chuck E. Cheese’s chain hopes to rebrand its spokes-mouse as a rock star. The new campaign is called “Chuck E. Rocks,” and features the voice of Jaret Reddick, best known as the


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Teen Stabbed On Post Avenue

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Rochester, N.Y. - Police are investigating a stabbing that happened Tuesday night in the city. Paramedics responded to a call at Post Avenue and Aberdeen Street just before 11 p.m. They found a young man in his late teens at the scene and took him to Str


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Ride A Replica Of Civil War Balloon At Genesee Country Village

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Mumford, N.Y. – Did you know that balloons were used to monitor troop movements during the Civil War? Genesee Country Village and Museum is showing off a replica of a manned Civil War balloon used by Union troops 150 years ago. Museum visitors will be ab


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'I wanted him to die'

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Alec Baldwin wanted to kill ex-wife Kim Basinger's lawyer "with a baseball bat". The 30 Rock star — who married second wife Hilaria Thomas on Saturday (30 June) — endured a famously acrimonious divorce from his former spouse in 2002 and he admits he harb


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Alec Baldwin Marries His 28-Year-Old Yoga Instructor Hilaria Thomas

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Alec Baldwin Hilaria Thomas in a church ceremony last Saturday (Jun 30) in New York City. Prior to his wedding, the 54-year-old actor tweeted, “Was bridal e’er like this? A paradise, the host, And cherubim and seraphim The most familiar guest,” which was


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Baldwin quits Twitter - again

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03/07/2012 - 09:26:52 The hotheaded '30 Rock' actor - who married yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas on Saturday - signed off his personal account on the micro-blogging site with the words "It's been fun" before updating the page to reflect its new function.


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In other news. . . .: Who knew? Alec Baldwin and Hilary Rosen dated in college!

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Alec Baldwin and Hilary Rosen ( AP; Marissa Rauch) Just when you think you know everything about Alec Baldwin — everyone’s favorite Emmy-winning, self-mocking, paparazzi-shoving , celebvocating A-list newlywed of the moment — suddenly you get walloped by


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Justin Bieber Hangs Up On Interviewer

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I wish canada would have contained this virus. metalfabricator1: I wish canada would have contained this virus. You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Ya know what he's laughing at everyone.Just like most celebs and athle


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4 aid workers taken in Kenya rescued by militia

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BY ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press (Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A pro-government Somali militia group said Mon


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Alec Baldwin is married!

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Alec Baldwin married Hilaria Thomas in New York City this weekend! His 30 Rock costar Tina Fey was at the ceremony, as was Mariska Hargitay, Stephen and Billy Baldwin, and Woody Allen with his wife Soon Yi. Both bride and groom tweeted photos of their we


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The Ten Nastiest Hollywood Break-Ups

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It wasn't just Tom Cruise who was shocked when Katie Holmes, his wife of five and a half years, filed for divorce last Thursday while the actor was away in Iceland, shooting for his new film Oblivion. Everything seemed perfect on the outside even though


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Ratings sink Bristol Palin's new TV show 'Life's a Tripp'

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Looks like the reality TV version of Bristol Palin isn't ready for prime time after all. Lifetime confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Palin's "Life's a Tripp" will now air at 11 p.m. Tuesdays, an hour after its originally scheduled broadcast time of


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Tom Cruise -- Victim of the 'Rock of Ages' CURSE?

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Tom Cruise Victim of the 'Rock of Ages' CURSE? Divorces, violence, and even a racial controversy -- it seems the " Rock of Ages " cast has been smothered in bad fortune from the moment the project began. It's almost like ... THEY'RE CURSED! Think about i


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Baldwin marries yoga instructor

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01/07/2012 - 10:15:36 Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee have tied the knot in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood friends. Baldwin, 54, and Hilaria Thomas, 28, married at St Patrickâs Old Cathedr


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Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas tie the knot

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Baldwin's friend and publicist said the 30 Rock star warmly received congratulations from well-wishing fans. Thomas wore a silk magnolia Amsale gown with cap sleeves. Baldwin's suit was designed by Tom Ford. The two began dating last year. Baldwin previo


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Heat and humidity to last the week

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Another sultry, sweltering week is ahead for Quad-City residents. Three Quad-City area students have been named by the Iowa Department of Human Rights to the 2012-2013 State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council, or SIYAC. The Quad-Cities’ two minor-league spor


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Grammy winner Adele pregnant with first child

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Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee have tied the knot in a New York City church.More >> Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee tied the knot Saturday in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood p


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Cheap Smarm & Gossip column

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "I actually had a nightmare the other night that people were trying to deflate my boobs while I was working. They had tubes and I was trying to work, but they kept getting smaller.I was like, 'Guys, don't take them away!' I'm getting i


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Alec Baldwin and fiancé share a sidewalk smooch

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Christopher SadowskiAlec Baldwin and fiancé Hilaria Thomas kiss after leaving Emporio Restaurant in Manhattan Friday. Aww... Eww ... Alec Baldwin has been known for his public displays of emotion lately, and he continued that trend after leaving dinner w


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Whitney Port: 'Britney Spears needs a makeover'

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Whitney Port wants to give Britney Spears a makeover. The new 'Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model' judge is a huge fan of the popstar but despairs of her style choices. She told More magazine: 'I love her so much and want her to succeed and she has so mu


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Fresh Air Weekend: Alec Baldwin, College Tuition

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerp


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With 'To Rome With Love,' Woody Allen has over-stayed in Europe

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"To Rome With Love," Woody Allen's latest stamp on his European work visa, is a film not without its charms. But they are so few and far between that the film's raison d'etre stares you in the face for a solid 100 minutes. It's location location location


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7 anti-blockbusters you must see this summer

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Keep out of the heat with these not to be missed movies It's not all masked vigilantes and Bourne-again spies filling the screens the rest of summer. Between film festival hits, new controversy from Spike Lee and a devastating documentary about the milit


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COMING ATTRACTIONS

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LITTLE ROCK (opening dates are tentative) The Amazing Spider-Man, PG-13 Andrew Garfield plays the title teenager-turned web-slinging-superhero in “a different side of the Peter Parker story,” involving a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his late fa


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Alec Baldwin’s Daughter Ireland Shows Off Her Model-Like Looks

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Ireland, once the subject of a custody battle between 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin and his ex-wife Kim Basinger, has grown up into a lovely young lady. The gorgeous teenager cut a striking figure as she took a stroll through New York City. Ireland wore fril


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A Minute With Woody Allen on ‘Rome’

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US director Woody Allen (2nd L) and cast members, Jesse Eisenberg (L), Penelope Cruz (C), Roberto Benigni (2nd R) and Alec Baldwin, pose during the premiere of the film “To Rome with Love” in Rome April 13, 2012. – Reuters Photo LOS ANGELES: After the su


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New Releases (June 28)

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Universal Pictures "Ted," about a man's childhood teddy bear who comes to life, is new in theaters today. It stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. Warner Bros. Pictures Matthew McConaughey stars in "Magic Mike," a film set in the world of male strippers. T


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Alec Baldwin stars on Broadway in Orphans

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Big Hollywood names and Broadway are a formula for success. Expect the new Orphans broadway production starring Alec Baldwin to become a hit show in New York. Orphans will be directed by Daniel Sullivan with Frederick Zollo and Robert Cole producing. Ale


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'Hollywood Exes': Jose Canseco's Ex-Wife Jessica Says Steroid Use Damaged His Testicles (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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Alec Baldwin Is Returning to Broadway

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Alec Baldwin is returning to Broadway in a new production of 1983 play 'Orphans', in which he will star as a wealthy gentleman who becomes a father figure to two orphaned brothers after one of the sib Alec Baldwin is returning to Broadway in a new produc


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Steve Martin brings Steep Canyon Rangers to MotorCity Casino for bluegrass bonanza

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In the pantheon of musical instruments, the banjo has been the occasion for ridicule for years. There are the jokes, such as: "What's the difference between a run-over skunk and a run-over banjo player? The skunk was on its way to a gig." The banjo's ima


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Success in sales requires a mastery of the basics

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Public hearing for Orchard Pond Greenway on Thursday- 12:12 am Gadsden County marked its 189th anniversary Sunday; it was named for American soldier and statesman...- 12:11 am Former FSU star Bernard James hopes to dispel age concerns and get selected Th


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Man Accused of Robbery Found Hiding Underneath a Sheet

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Police broke into the residence of 20-year-old Ossining, New York man Timothy Bryant on Tuesday on suspicion of robbery and found him hiding underneath a sheet on the second floor. Does this guy think he's Alec Baldwin? Maybe he was just in the middle of


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A Minute With: Woody Allen on 'Rome' and home

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Looking back on the meteoric rise of the Spice Girls. Slideshow Director of the movie and cast member Woody Allen is interviewed at the premiere of ''To Rome with Love'' during the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival at the Regal Cinemas in Lo


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Sheen denies ruinous role at hotel

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Has Charlie Sheen taken up method acting for his new TV series? The “Anger Management” star’s camp is denying a report that he trashed his hotel room at the Manhattan Ritz-Carlton during another drug-fueled weekend bender. “It’s not true. I spoke to the


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Def Leppard talk Tom Cruise, 'Rock of Ages'

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LOS ANGELES - Def Leppard has no shame. When it comes to riding the fur-covered, animal print-lined coattails of "Rock of Ages," the big-screen musical about love and hair bands in the 1980s, the group isn't shying away from commandeering some of the fil


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Princess Diana's wedding dress designer Elizabeth Emanuel praises 'thrifty' Duchess of Cambridge

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While the Duchess of Cambridge is believed to have spent more than £35,000 on clothes since the start of the year, Elizabeth Emanuel says she should be admired for her thriftiness. The designer of the late Diana, Princess of Wales’s wedding dress tells m


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Catherine Zeta-Jones: I loved under-striping blush

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Javascript is needed to use most of these tools: Catherine Zeta-Jones has recalled wearing "under-striping blush" in her youth. The stunning actress stars as Patricia Whitmore in Rock of Ages alongside Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough and Alec Baldwin. The fil


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A conversation with Woody Allen

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NEW YORK -- On a sweltering Manhattan day, it's hard not to think of Woody Allen's old line about preferring air conditioning to the Pope. Allen's Park Avenue office and screening room are a cool sanctuary, far off the Manhattan street and away from the


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'Hollywood Exes' Series Premiere: Jessica Canseco Has Vaginal Rejuvenation Treatment (VIDEO)

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"The Bachelor" "The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from


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7 Anti-Blockbusters You Must See This Season

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Los Angeles. It's not all masked vigilantes and Bourne-again spies filling the screens the rest of summer. Between film festival hits, new controversy from Spike Lee and a devastating documentary about the military, there's plenty coming to the multiplex


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Sinking Into A Frozen Lake On 'Ice Road Truckers'

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"The Bachelor," ABC Status: Renewed Why: You really think we've seen the last rose handed out? Not in a million years. ABC has already tapped their next "Bachelorette," and we know they'll have their eyes peeled for a hot rejected man from that spinoff t


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Waterspout spotted in Florida

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Watch Sandusky leave court in handcuffs after verdictWatch Sandusky be led out of court Cancer survivor fights to swim topless 1972's 'Deliverance' still angers 40 years later country, 40 years later This Texas couple lives in 10x20 storage unitTexas cou


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Glee N’ Roll

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WHAT MAKES a musical special is a spectacular opening number, which Rock of Ages doesn’t have. Instead, it has covers that strain at fabulous and mostly ballads instead of anthems. Yes, we know the staged schoolyard medleys of Glee have displaced the old


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Goin’ our way Dave not just MTA board member, he’s ridin’

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Former Gov. Paterson is expected to attend his first MTA board meeting as a member on Wednesday, and he’s already on the right track. Paterson fired his car service several weeks ago and started riding the subway to reacquaint himself with the system he


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Also in theaters

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Here it is. The great conjunction. The culmination of it all. The players: Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johanssen). Their n


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The role model

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Malin Akerman may have stopped modelling 10 years ago, but she still knows how to attract attention as she glides into a West Hollywood hotel suite. The blond is a knock out in her slinky black designer dress and shoes with extra-high heels. And while Ak


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Hondo’s eyes a four-bagger

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Hondo did some top-notch janitorial work yesterday, making a clean sweep with the Blue Jays and Nationals to lower the accounts payable to 1,275 bunnings. Today, Mr. Aitch will get his frenzy on with the foursome of Verlander, Quintana (that guy can pitc


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Now playing

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Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter This crazy mashup, based on Seth Grahame-Smith 's novel, works because the filmmakers decided not to be smirky about the gimmick but to treat it with an illusion of seriousness: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, is als


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Movie Review: To Rome With Love

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The prevailing wisdom about escaping to exotic places, is that you unfortunately take yourself with you, no matter where you go. But in the case of Woody Allen, his early fretting Brooklyn agoraphobia has segued quite nicely into humorously adventurous n


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Connor reviews 'Rock of Ages'

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"Rock of Ages" is a lot of fun. It's plain-and-simple toe-tapping fun. I would say it's nothin' but a good time, but other critics published the joke before I could get to it. I swear I thought of it first! The story follows Sherrie Christian (Julianne H


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June 23: Alec Baldwin, immigration and Green-Wood Cemetery

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Briarwood: When will people learn to ignore Alec Baldwin (“Rock of rages!” June 20)? This guy is a huge narcissist and crybaby who expects to be treated like royalty. This is the same guy who said he would move out of the country if George W. Bush was el


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Damsels in demand

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The ladies get the last word? But of course! Back we are for the second, better half of The Worthy 30: Toronto edition. We turn this week to local swans of all shapes and (heel) sizes, not to mention varying states of adorable neuroses. Based on my own s


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Obsessing over iPhones won’t cure imagined ills

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On June 29, 2007, the first iPhone went on sale…Apple has since sold more than 217 million iPhones worldwide and sparked a commercial, cultural and — most surprising — behavioral revolution… According to a study of medical workers at the Baystate Medical


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Tom Cruise: Katie helped rock look

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Javascript is needed to use most of these tools: Tom Cruise says even though his wife Katie Holmes "laughed" at his Rock of Ages look, she "loved it". The Hollywood actor stars as rock god Stacee Jaxx in the musical movie, alongside Julianne Hough, Cathe


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June 22: Eric Holder, immigration and Alec Baldwin

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Holder must yield to Congress Manhattan: Eric Holder’s ill-advised bargaining stance that he will surrender all of the documents about the Fast and Furious scandal if the Congress will thereby end its inquiries into the case is untenable and unseemly in


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Film clips

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LITTLE ROCK At area theaters 70 AMERICAN REUNION, R Those madcap American Pie characters return to East Great Falls for their 10-year high-school reunion to reminisce and get reinspired. (113 minutes) 89 THE AVENGERS, PG-13 The title superheroes of all


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Madagascar tops box office again

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LOS ANGELES Two A-list stars failed to attract moviegoers to the box office last weekend, as a musical featuring Tom Cruise and a comedy starring Adam Sandler lost out to Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. The animated 3-D picture centering on a band o


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To Rome With Love

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To Rome with Love is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world’s most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving his youth; an average middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome’s b


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Woody Allen's latest: A love letter to Rome

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âLook, Iâm an intelligent guy. Iâve got a 165, 170 IQ.â âWell, only if you calculate it by euros.â So goes an exchange between Woody Allen, as a retired stage director, and his wife, Judy Davis, in Woodyâs latest, âTo Rome With Love.â (Ms. Davis is the d


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Penélope and Alec Still Can't Believe They Got to Work With Woody Allen

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The cast of To Rome With Love was in NYC Tuesday to chat about their new Woody Allen-directed comedy, which hits theaters in the US tomorrow. Penélope Cruz headed up a roster of actors including Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Greta Gerwig, and Italian star Al


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Alec Baldwin slammed for anti-gay slurs in Twitter rant

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Washington, June 21 (ANI): Alec Baldwin has been criticised for making anti-gay slurs towards the editor-in-chief of the New York Daily News, British-born journalist Colin Myler. “Her Highness Colin Myler… Please don’t do to the News what you did to NOTW


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Now Playing: movie theaters

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World An apocalyptic comedy following two neighbors who set out for one last road trip after learning that an asteroid will wipe out all life on Earth in just three weeks. As society collapses around them, the connecti


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Bix at 6 and construction cause Davenport detours

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Organizers and Davenport police are urging caution and patience when runners and walkers converge for tonight’s Bix at 6 starting line at East… A good Thursday morning to all. You’re waking up to 70 degrees and a light rain. Those scattered showers are l


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Depp's link to bisexual actress grows

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New love interest caused split ... Bisexual actress Amber Heard with Johnny Depp at the premiere of "The Rum Diary". (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) Source: AP Johnny Depp has been presented with the MTV Generation Award at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.


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Ex-officer in hooker scandal seeks pension

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With a preliminary court decision in the borough's favor in hand, officials are amending an...- 7:07 pm LeBron James better get well fast. He's about to play for a championship.- 12:33 am Johan Santana pitched six sharp innings, Lucas Duda hit a two-run


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Water main break closes southbound lanes of Route 9 near County Line Road in Lakewood

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Kindergarten and preschool students will only attend the Spruce Street School come September...- 6:10 am 511nj.org reports that there is a water main break on Route 9 South near W.- 5:39 am LeBron James better get well fast. He's about to play for a cham


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