The Ugly Truth
The reality is that Susan Boyle is unattractive. She's really unattractive. And guess what? The event that catapulted her to stardom in the first place capitalized on the fact that just about anyone who sees her believes this.
As in Anderson's earlier films, the tension between desire and responsibility loom large in this film, with Mr. Fox, a charmingly matted and googly-eyed figurine, questioning his innate nature.
The reality is that Susan Boyle is unattractive. She's really unattractive. And guess what? The event that catapulted her to stardom in the first place capitalized on the fact that just about anyone who sees her believes this.
This week's column features music by Dirty Projectors, Luther Allison, Phosphorescent, Illinois Jacquet, Porter Wagoner, and Ofo & The Black Company.
Seeing Ms. Prejean attempt to manhandle the "media" or Larry King the other night reminded me of a lesson I learned long, long ago.
No knock on the American remake, but I'd get my hands on a DVD of Susanne Bier's movie, set in Denmark, first. It will hurt you to watch it. But I promise you: It's all good. Indeed, it's the best.
False divinity is believed in, hoped for and submitted to and is generally orchestrated by organized religious institutions that perpetuate the mystical, magical and mysterious myths.
Most of what I learned about rewriting and pitching in a room I learned from observing David Lloyd. There's never been anybody like him. He was a cyclone.
Just when you thought sci-fi legend Amanda Tapping couldn't get any cooler ...
While No Doubt did grant Activision a license to use their likenesses in its game, Band Hero, the band is not happy that Gwen Stefani can be made to sing "Honky Tonk Woman" -- in a male voice.

He is the unbearable lightness of being a director, producer, actor, mentor. He is the most effervescent of gentlemen, one who has that gene for making it all look easy.
The Men Who Stare At Goats is a collection of tonally tin-eared, quirky setpieces that strain believability and almost completely ignore the human cost of the Iraq War, during which the movie is set.
Eventually, anyone who wants to make it in the arts is confronted with several "realities" that they must overcome. The first and most important is that no one makes it all by themselves.
For Viggo Mortensen, the star of the new movie, The Road, the worst part of the demanding role was his fingernails. No mater how much he bathed, he couldn't get them clean.