What a difference a year makes for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, the 4th annual edition of which was held June 19 at the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. It was the first time in its…
The 1996 Coen brothers film “Fargo” made about $60 million at the box office — its production budget was $7 million — and won two Academy Awards, for best original screenplay and best actress for its star, Frances McDormand. Over…
Mikhail Baryshnikov, in his prime, could fly. He could defy gravity and soar, twisting and turning in mid-air in spectacular ways. He was Mary Martin as Peter Pan, exhibiting all her exuberance and exhilaration about being able to fly, but…
Exceptional. That was the theme of the Women in Film 2014 Crystal + Lucy Awards on June 11, held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza’s California Ballroom. Hosted by actress Tracee Ellis Ross, the gala event raised funds for WIF’s…
Two days of panels, pitch sessions, parties and a poolside awards show marked the sixth annual Realscreen West 2014 conference, which set up shop at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel June 4 and 5. Nearly 1,100 attendees — a…
Jane Fonda has been called many things. The daughter of Hollywood royalty. A complete sexpot. A trailblazer, an activist, an award-winning actress and, gulp, a traitor. The breadth and depth of Fonda’s career was vividly outlined as the American Film…
Television, in its finer moments, seeks to entertain, inform and educate. But when programs also serve to inspire, they reach an entirely new level of audience engagement. Those are exactly the kinds of shows that the Television Academy — recently…
Remember the old Dean Martin celebrity roasts that ran for 10 years on NBC starting 40 years ago, where Martin skewered the top names of the day like Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, Phyllis Diller, Jack Klugman and even…
Attending upfronts is a bit like partaking in an all-you-can-eat buffet: something you do once a year — in which some of the offerings are pretty tasty, some inedible, several of which that are incredibly delicious and leave you hungering…
Back in 1961, in his fiftieth year, my dad decided to take up golf. My brother and I were rather surprised. Our dad liked watching baseball and football, but we don’t recall him participating in any sport other than our…