We watched every minute of 10 Academy Awards. Here’s what we learned
Cut the editors! But maybe keep the tribute to celluloid tap dancing? The brouhaha over the plan to shave time off the Oscars ceremony by handing out four awards during...
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‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Black Panther’ tunes lead the 2018 movie songs playlist
Here are some of the year’s best movie songs, arranged in a sequence that hangs together nicely as a faux album. These choices have little to do with the recently...
Tim McGraw didn’t imagine himself writing a song for the mountain climbing film ‘Free Solo’ — until he saw it
Tim McGraw wasn’t sure about writing a song for “Free Solo,” the documentary of Alex Honnold’s incredible ropeless assault on a 3,000-foot Yosemite rock face. “‘Free Solo,’ what is that?...
Emmys hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost discuss the big night, their evolving partnership and Tina Fey’s advice
To host this year’s Emmy ceremony, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences tapped “Saturday Night Live” wunderkinder Michael Che and Colin Jost (OK, they’re in their mid-30s but look...
Review: ‘Strange Magic’
There are good things in the animated musical fantasy "Strange Magic": the ultra-detailed, photorealistic animation; the name-that-tune pleasures of a mashup jukebox soundtrack; fine vocal performances from the cast's actor-singers;...
‘The House Bunny’: Anna Faris a ditz to remember
"Being a centerfold is the highest and most prestigious honor there is," über-blond Shelley earnestly declares. "It says, 'I'm naked in the middle of a magazine. Unfold me!' " Such...
‘Baghead’ marks a pleasing progression from ‘Puffy Chair’
It would be best to simply recommend "Baghead" without any description so its surprises could remain intact. Nevertheless .... The characters are struggling actors with relationship complications who decide to...