Jon Stewart's Edward Murrow Moment (?), and 7 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Why that "unauthorized" Oprah Winfrey biography was important... Making Hollywood cataclysm fun again... Tall tales and True…
Movieline's Week in Review: There Is Not Enough Egg Nog In the World
A short week at Movieline HQ calls for a short Week in Review, so let's hop right to it and get on with the holidays. We can make it through this together, folks. The…
The 20 Most Anticipated Cultural Dates of 2011 -- STV's Picks
Who's excited for 2011? I said, who's excited for 2011?? Oh. Well, maybe this list of dates, designations, and not just few fearless predictions for the next year in…
Rep: Mr. Spielberg is Not Going to Washington
"Today's story regarding Nancy Pelosi made a reference to Steven Spielberg that requires a response," said Hollywood mega-flack Marvin Levy in a statement. "I can say as…
Javier Bardem on Biutiful, Barcelona, and the Economy of Exploitation (Oscars Included)
I could feed you that tired old line about Javier Bardem delivering the performance of a lifetime etc. etc. in Biutiful, but come on. Why lie? The reality is that Bardem…
Weekend Forecast: Fockers of the World Unite and Take Over
Welcome back to a very special holiday edition of Movieline's Weekend Forecast! Actually there is nothing that special about it besides the fact that it's on Thursday…
Was Shutter Island 'Overlooked'?
Martin Scorsese's gothic psychological thriller Shutter Island grossed $294 million worldwide, remains on the awards-season bubble, and persists at year's end as a…
How Many Signs of the Apocalypse Can You Count in Pauly D's Jersey Shore Spin-Off Press Release?
I lost count somewhere around 12, or it might have been 13. There's a certain punch-drunkness that follows the words "Beat Dat Beat," to say nothing of the dizzying haze…
Oscar Index: When SAG Things Happen to Good Actors
Three months down, one to go as Movieline's redoubtable Oscar Index tracks the cutthroat dynamics, strategies, tea-leaf analyses and total flukes leading up to the 83rd…
Enough, Already, About Natalie Portman's 'Norbit'
Listen, let's just make this quick: No Strings Attached is not Natalie Portman's Norbit. Don't let anybody tell you differently. Of course, they won't tell you per se -…
Rejoice! Grown-Ups Officially Qualifies for Best Picture Campaign
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 248 feature films have qualified for this year's Best Picture Oscar race -- a surprising downturn from…
Black Death, Red Band: Delightful New Trailer Counters Christmas with Plague
This holiday season has gone on long enough! Bring on the bubonic plague, necromancers, ritual sacrifices, eviscerations and all the other rollicking, desaturated…
True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld on Nerves, Stunts and Her Coen Brothers Crash Course
Barely a week past her 14th birthday, Hailee Steinfeld has accomplished a fistful of feats most of her Hollywood contemporaries would kill for. Starting with this week's…
Who Had the Worse Weekend: How Do You Know or the NY Giants?
Man, oh, man, what a weekend for sadists. If watching a bloated cultural institution run aground in front of millions of viewers -- thus squandering its talent and…
Ouija. McG. And 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Sad old man threatened by VOD... Bollywood misses an opportunity in Afghanistan, but not with Wipeout... Demi Lovato is an…
