Category Archives: Entertainment

“Up in the Air”: post-awards season meditation

George Clooney’s entire approach to acting is to just be George Clooney.
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“Shutter Island”: trust no one

Like a latter day Torquemada, Scorsese keeps us firmly on the rack.
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Glenn Beck’s attack on Bruce Springsteen: pathetic

To obey is easy; to communicate is hard.
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“Green Zone”: Greengrass & Damon do it again

The most sinister helicopters this side of “Apocalypse Now” scream overhead.
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Howard Stern on Gabourey Sidibe: hard facts

"And Oprah's lying and saying you're going to have a brilliant career.”
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The shame about Corey Haim

Booze, drugs, birds and brawls.
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Arch Enemy’s Angela Gossow: “I’m the boss”

"The music business is full of traps and most bands bleed."
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Michael Bryan: let’s not discount depression

When Barr wrote her infamous blog post, she ignored depression.
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Even Paul Bettany can’t save “Legion”

“Don’t do anything heroic,” she’s told. Don’t worry, she doesn’t.
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Conor McPherson & Ciarán Hinds discuss “The Eclipse”

"I really wanted the audience to be genuinely frightened and terrified by what they were seeing."
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