Robin Williams, erstwhile star of Mork & Mindy, is set to return to television in a series created by David E. Kelley, the famed dramedy auteur who’s lately crafted star vehicles for William Shatner and James Spader (Boston Legal) as well as Kathy Bates (the less well-loved Harry’s Law). The series is to star Mr. Read More
With this past weekend’s Grammys, producer Scott Rudin became the latest entertainer to earn the ugly, ineffective title of “EGOT”–having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. (His new Grammy was for The Book of Mormon.) He’s one of only eleven such winners–and the first in a decade. We demand yet more societal Read More
We already know The Rushmore is the new 15 CPW, what with the arrival of Alex Rodriguez (maybe), violinist Pinchas Zuckerman and Robin Williams. Now that Mr. Williams has departed Broadway, where he was starring in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, he leaves behind his $15,000-a-month apartment at Gary Barnett’s glassy palace overlooking the Hudson. And his replacement may not be as famous, but he is even falshier. Read More
Robin Williams will make his Broadway acting debut next month, in the highly anticipated Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Since the star sold his Manhattan home over a decade ago, he will need a new place to stay. Having struck out on Central Park West, Williams has landed on the other Read More
In between bouts of leftovers and naps, Americans found time to head to movie theaters in droves over Thanksgiving, as the top-ten films grossed a record-setting $278 million over the long weekend. Unsurprisingly, The Twilight Saga: New Moon paced the field, amassing a ridiculous $65.9 million over the 5-day frame, $42.5 million of which Read More
Because you really don’t have to see New Moon for the fourth time in less than a week, Hollywood is pulling out all the trimmings this Thanksgiving. By which we mean yet another movie about the apocalypse (The Road) and one that could potentially cause it to happen (Old Dogs). As we do every Friday, Read More
SHRINK
Running time 110 minutes
Written by Thomas Moffett
Directed by Jonas Pate
Starring Kevin Spacey, Mark Webber, Dallas Roberts, Robin Williams, Jack Huston, Saffron Burrows
Not since The Informers, based catatonically on the idiotic Bret Easton Ellis book, has the screen unleashed a Hollywood abortion as dismal and dead-on-arrival as Read More
One of the more salacious post-election stories released about Sarah Palin involves her greeting Mark Salter and Steve Schmidt wearing only a towel. [US Weekly]
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake will appear onstage with Madonna tonight in a performance so awesome that they will surely get back together. [US Read More
MONDAY
There’s something comforting about the predictability of House (Fox, 9 p.m.), which returns tonight. Sometimes it’s nice to have a show where you can set your watch by its familiar plot points, like the show’s every climax where Dr. House has reluctantly ordered some incredibly invasive procedure to cure a patient, only to Read More
Among last night’s American Idol Gives Back performances by Fergie, Snoop Dogg, John Legend and others was Robin Williams, who came onto the stage in character as a Russian Idol named Ivan Yakinov. Mr. Williams, or rather Mr. Yakinov, wore a shirt that he got at an "Elton John garage sale," sang Putin’s favorite song, Read More
