Not since David Lynch (tried) to adapt Dune for the screen has The Observer had such conflicted feelings about a movie: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oliver Stone will adapt The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s epic 1,161-page door stop of glory, into an HBO special. Read More
James Gandolfini has a face as malleable as taffy. I have never seen him give a performance that didn’t startle, transfix and thoroughly please me. Built like Humpty Dumpty, with a melting smile and a countenance so changeable and expressive that he can show several emotions at the same time, he is never less than Read More
The officially-on-the-decline-because-a-competitor-says-so Page Six still manages to scrounge up a pretty good anecdote today. On Monday, James Gandolfini allegedly managed to distract people from a burlesque show by throwing ice at a group of middle-aged women seated in front of him in the audience. He knew them, apparently.
The theater denies Read More
If you want to meet with the mayor about, say, a large garage for sanitation trucks that’s being built in your neighborhood, it apparently helps to have a celebrity emissary. “We couldn’t get an entree into the mayor’s office until [James] Gandolfini got involved, and suddenly the door was open,” Richard Barrett, a painter and Read More
Where the Wild Things Are
Running time 100 minutes
Written by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze
Directed by Spike Jonze
Starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper
I’m the first to admit that I went into Where the Wild Things Are with Read More
Actor James Gandolfini, who plays a New York City mayor in the movie, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, walked into City Hall a while ago and into the mayor’s side of the building.
I noted that there’s an article explaining how Gandolfini first intended to play the role of mayor Read More
Actor James Gandolfini, who plays a New York City mayor in the movie, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, walked into City Hall a while ago and into the mayor’s side of the building.
I noted that there’s an article explaining how Gandolfini first intended to play the role of mayor more like Rudy Read More
“Have you seen Jennifer Connelly?” a reporter for local CW affiliate WPIX-Channel 11 asked legendary rocker Lou Reed.
The 67-year-old former Velvet Underground frontman, clad in comfy running shoes, jeans and a gray sweatshirt, and standing with wife Laurie Anderson, simply shrugged and turned back to a video presentation that was playing—something about a Read More
If they gave an Emmy for the half-cry, Matthew Fox would have a mantle full of them. The Lost actor is a maestro when it comes to performing his patented move; tears well up in his eyes, yet somehow never drip down his face. We look forward to seeing this feat of acting prowess Read More
Olatz Schnabel is upset over reports that her husband, director Julian Schnabel, has been seen out with "Miral" author Rula Jebreal.
