At DNC Vanity Fair Party, Chevy Chase Gets McCain’s VP Choice Wrong; Ashley Judd and Jamie Foxx Boogie Down

DENVER—"There’s my girl!" Chevy Chase bellowed as Madeline Albright walked into the backroom of the Vanity Fair-Google party on Thursday, August 28. The towering comedian, who was clad in a blazer, T-shirt and jeans, bent down to embrace his old friend. They discussed plans to get together—Mr. Chase promising an e-mail from "his people"—mugged for Read More

Oscar Dream

Jamie Foxx won best actor for his masterly portrayal of the rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles in Ray. A joyous Mr. Foxx, 37, tearfully recalled how his grandmother-”my first acting teacher”-told him how to carry himself, to “act like you got some sense” and beat him when he did not.

“Now she talks to Read More

Holy Collateral ! Tom Cruise Acts

Battered by diabolical summer con jobs like Jonathan Demme’s

bloated, preposterous and infuriating remake of John Frankenheimer’s

masterpiece The Manchurian Candidate ,

and in a heightened state of my own personal orange alert, I’m taking a few

weeks off. Before I go, here are a few thoughts to leave behind.

As violent thrillers go, Read More