So I'm sitting in my kitchen and the phone rings. A quavering voice on the other end of the line hesitates then says,"This is Dorothy. I'd like a cup of soup." I haven't made soup in years. I promptly inform Dorothy that she probably has the wrong number and where was she calling? She says, [...]
I miss Captain Beefheart who died this past Friday at 69. A.K.A. Don Van Vliet, he was to me the quintessential experimental artist whose vision expressed in music and painting-- let everyone else see. He made his high school classmate Frank Zappa (with whom he had a love/hate relationship)seem mainstream. He made the first music [...]
We just concluded our year-end voting meeting of the BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS(BSFC) and THE SOCIAL NETWORK cleaned up: Best Picture Best Director-David Fincher, Best Actor-Jesse Eisenberg, Best Screenplay-Aaron Sorkin Best Music-Trent Reznor Here's the rest of the list: Best Actress-Natalie Portman BLACK SWAN Best Supporting Actor-Christian Bale THE FIGHTER Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Lewis [...]
Last night Jon Hamm and I got to first base. Unfortunately he was wearing a hat at the time and his girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt (looking fierce in higheeled ankle boots), was not far afield--and what a field: Fenway Park, between first base and home plate where a red carpet was rolled out for the premiere [...]
I testified under oath in court today because four years ago a dog bit me. It happened on the very day I decided to start "walking" outdoors for exercise. On that lovely October morning a frisky little Weimaraner charged and took a chunk of my thigh in its jaws. In shock, and vowing never to [...]
Well, it's 11PM and we're in the teeth of the storm! --Or is it the gums? I just flipped on the news and have been informed by damp reporters in shiny rain gear that it is, indeed, raining. The wind reportedly is "howling." Some boats are being "jostled." "Two" people have checked into a shelter [...]
I can contain myself no longer. I've been thinking about him for months. He's virtually the last person I see before I close my eyes every night. I said virtually. He used to be jittery and made me jumpy. I had to look away his first weeks on the air. Then slowly I turned, and [...]
In the upcoming movie Eat Pray Love, Julia Roberts plays Liz Gilbert, a woman who steps out of her comfort zone and risks everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. The film, which is based upon Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir, inspired the filmmakers to [...]
IT'S HARD TO SAY WHICH IS MORE AMAZING... THE ANIMALS OR THE PHOTOGRAPHY!
I'M BACK FROM BUENOS AIRES AND BLOGGING IN A FLURRY!! I missed you all and have only time for some important headlines Today (family emergency!!!) --but didn't want to leave you one more day! ***GREAT TONY AWARDS LAST NIGHT! Sean Hayes, fabulous host, and all those people in the theatre community can all actually walk, [...]
