By Rex Reed 12/07/11 2:29pm

movies

Theron.

A Young Adult's Spinster Cycle

Another triumphant performance by Charlize Theron informs and enhances the otherwise uneven Young Adult, an edgy and sometimes disappointing drama about contemporary neuroses with comic undertones from director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, the team responsible for the surprise 2007 hit Juno. It’s not in the same league as Mr. Reitman’s hugely superior Up in the Air, but Ms. Theron, a true beauty and one of the screen’s most exquisite actors, keeps the film airborne even when it seems dangerously earthbound. She’s a one-woman emergency rescue squad. Read More

By Irina Aleksander 8/27/09 8:01pm

Tattoo Who? Screenwriter Diablo Cody Gets a Makeover

Diablo Cody, the reformed stripper and witty screenwriter, arrived to a West Hollywood party celebrating Nylon magazine’s TV issue earlier this week in an elegant, knee-length wrap dress, low grey heels, understated makeup, and a very blond pixie cut. She looked pretty and put-together. The only thing by which to recognize that this was in Read More

By Gillian Reagan 12/02/08 8:13pm

Superstar Avatars

Hillary Clinton: powerful, reliable, classic. These are the ideas that Ms. Clinton seems to want to convey about herself with her Facebook profile picture. In the black-and-white headshot, she’s looking off to her right, and all of her signature attributes are there: Big smile, pearl necklace, American flag pin. This picture presents the ur-Hillary. She Read More

By Gillian Reagan 6/24/08 3:01pm

Borat, Diablo Cody Join Oscar Voting Ranks

Sacha Baron Cohen, otherwise known as Borat, and Juno scribe Diablo Cody have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. According to Reuters, the Academy issued invitations to 105 new actors, directors and other glittery movie folks. Ms. Cody’s pal director Jason Reitman was also invited, as well as Oscar Read More

By Matt Haber 5/05/08 3:55pm

Whither Twitter?

Who will ensure Twitter tweets uninterrupted? That’s the question posed by Silicon Alley Insider’s Hank Williams about the popular wireless and Web-based application that allows users to share their brain farts on the Web in real time. Everyone from Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ("I’m smoking Virginia Slims today. I’ve come a long way, Read More