The grind of having two Oscar nominations for Best Picture has taken its toll on producer Scott Rudin. Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal stepped in for him tonight in Hollywood at the WGA Award…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” will shut down for four weeks, from April 19th to May 11, for retooling. Performances will resume on May 12th. A new opening night (maybe you neve…
Robert DeNiro is so happy about reuniting with Harvey Keitel in “Little Fockers” but their meeting is brief, and funny. The pair are associated in people’s minds from early…
Paul Simon--who I think dreads reading his name in gossip columns but listen–we have to promote what he’s doing. Paul tells me he’s going to play his holiday song, “G…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” may be the most controversial Broadway show ever. But it’s also a hit. The Julie Taymor-Bono & the Edge musical played at 100 % capacity…
And so they’ve kept coming to Elaine’s all weekend to pay respects. And have dinner. Elaine wouldn’t like it if someone didn’t eat. Saturday night: Charlie Rose came …
The Golden Globe for Best Picture went to “The Social Network.” Now what will the Academy do? Last year, after the Globe went to “Avatar,” the Academy chose “Th…
Robert DeNiro, who doesn’t like to speak in public, had a rough time tonight on the Golden Globes. DeNiro — a little looser than usual– mocked the Hollywood Foreign Press A…
The continued sniping at “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” by the New York Post has turned into a festival of untruths. The Post reported that “Spider Man” creator Juli…
“Spider Man” is on again. The Broadway show will skip just one performance and resume tonight. Both Actors Equity and OSHA have cleared the show. Monday night’s accident wa…
Actor and comedian Martin Short got a lot of laughs last night at the “Umforgettable Evening” EIF dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel–as he accepted the Courage award for …
Billy Joel is a little surprised that Elton John keeps saying he’s in trouble. While Sir Elton no doubt has good intentions, I can tell you that Billy is happily recovering from double…
This is tough: Natalie Mendoza is leaving “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark,” but there are no tears backstage. Mendoza famously suffered a concussion a couple of weeks ago playing …
Yes, “Mad Men” has been renewed for a fifth season–this is not a surprise, folks–and negotiations continue between the show’s creator, Matt Weiner, and AMC. But…
A Barbra Streisand concert? Sort of impossible to get into. If she has one. But Streisand kicks off Grammy weekend when she receives the Person of the Year Award from MusiCares on February 1…
Julie Taymor is not concerned about postponing the opening of “Spider Man: Turn of the Dark” from January 11 to early February 2011. “We’re happy about it,” Tay…
“American Idiot” is closing on Broadway after one year of performances on April 24th. To commemorate the end, Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong is coming back for the last …
What a Super Bowl weekend. Prince did what he always does, and canceled a concert at the last minute, leaving everyone high, wet, mad in the Dallas snow. Maybe he checked the two existing fe…
A Harvey Weinstein documentary timed with the Oscars. Hmm… Good or bad thing? According to filmmaker Barry Avrich, it won’t be bad. Expect no scandals or controversies from ̶…
This will not be like the famous scenes from Blake Edwards‘ masterpiece satire, “SOB.” A studio executive dies on Malibu beach, and no realizes it. Dogs and kids run around…
Exclusive: Julie Taymor is not concerned about postponing the opening of “Spider Man: Turn of the Dark” from January 11 to February 7, 2011. “We’re happy about it,…
“James Bond 23″ will be released in November 2012, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movies. So says Barbara Broccoli, exclusively. She was having lunch wit…
It’s unclear if anyone outside of Sundance will ever see it, but James Franco debuted his “Three’s Company: The Drama” last night at the New Frontiers exhibition play…
Sundance 2011 opened with a lot of interesting moments, if not the best films. Friday’s biggest revelation: that those annoying publicity hounds Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, aka the Ols…
Tony nominations? Yes, indeed, they’ll be coming, especially for John Lee Beatty’s turntable set. This is the second big play in contention for everything, competing with Jon Rob…