Here she is, world: Meryl Streep, with her costar Pierce Brosnan, in the first look at the “Mamma Mia!” big-screen version now filming on the island of Skiathos in Greece, after shooting most of the summer at Pinewood outside London.
Streep portrays a disco-loving diva … Read more »
It seems that Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake (pictured here) don’t want to cover up their “Dicks” at the Emmys.
Columnist Marc Malkin of Eonline is reporting that Timberlake and Samberg are in talks to perform their “Saturday Night Live” skit “Dick in a Box” at … Read more »
Ya’all know it’s a slow news day when the most interesting arts-related report in the nation’s newspaper of record has to do with how teenagers (mostly male, mostly urban) wear their jeans. In this New York Times story, we read about how cities around the … Read more »
Here’s a report from the New York Times about the passing of a music-scene legend:
“Hilly Kristal, who founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of New York punk and art-rock in the 1970s and was the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives around the … Read more »
Tropical singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra garnered a leading five Latin Grammy nominations Wednesday while Ricky Martin and Calle 13 received four each.Guerra is up for album, record and song of the year, plus merengue album for “La Llave de Mi Corazon” (The Key to My … Read more »
ABC’s midseason dance-off TV program has a new title — “Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann” — and a newly named host.The producers didn’t have to look far for their emcee: Former boy band member Drew Lachey, who won season two of “Dancing With the … Read more »
“Atonement,” the movie adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel set in 1930s and 1940s England, has just opened the Venice Film Festival. Most of the reviews are rapturous, including this one from Variety. Can the film go all the way to the 2008 Oscar winner’s … Read more »
Is it possible Mark Cuban, Floyd Mayweather Jr,. or Wayne Newton can dance? Viewers will find out on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars,” which has assembled another eclectic field of contestants. Cuban, the billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner, welterweight boxing champ Mayweather, and … Read more »
