After scaring millions of visitors and children for 21 years, Universal Orlando is closing its much-beloved JAWS ride come January 2, the Baltimore Su...
David Finkle | Posted 12.28.2011 | Books
The only fan letter I ever wrote to a public figure -- other than to child star Bobby Driscoll when I was a child -- went to the then New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael.
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 09.18.2011 | New York
When performer Jenn Wehrung got tired of serving people hamburgers and fries, she put down her tray and auditioned to be a nanny. She got the part and played it perfectly for three years.
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By now you've likely run out of your weekend invitations to fancy places with beaches, so it's time to take this muggy, sluggish jungle by the horns. ...
Pamela Ezell | Posted 08.13.2011 | Entertainment
Steven Spielberg sat down at the Director's Guild Saturday to talk about his career as a part of the DGA's celebration of its 75th anniversary saluting "game-changers" who have advanced the art and craft of directing.
David Helvarg | Posted 07.31.2011 | Green
What do a high school student from LA, a scientist who studies the DNA of whales, the president of a Central American Nation, a former Coast Guard Commandant and a Washington Post reporter have in common?
Jay Douglas | Posted 07.18.2011 | Books
The writing process is remarkably similar to filmmaking: both writers and filmmakers need to plan their work, commit their project to film or paper and edit and polish their work until it measures up as both enlightenment and entertainment.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
You've got to be bonkers to swim in shark-infested waters, but it's widely happening -- no, not in the movies, but in real life -- on the financial front.
George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
What happens when a profession becomes obsolete? Or when no one wishes to carry on a tradition? A tiny community of skin divers in the Korean Strait constitutes the last generation that will earn its living underwater.
Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
To hear Gael GarcÃa Bernal and Diego Luna talk about their lifelong friendship is unusual and exquisitely beautiful. They are tender and honest about their love for each other.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Late last month we showed that the tired saying, "the book is so much better than the movie," doesn't always hold true. "Sideways," "The Princess Brid...
The Huffington Post | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
The book is so much better than the movie. We've all said it, we've all heard it. And we all think it's always true, that the book is better than the ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
NASSAU, Bahamas — A boater who disappeared off Jaws Beach – on an island where one of the "Jaws" movies was filmed – is likely the p...
NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Staten Island's Snug Harbor Cultural Center tonight begins its free outdoor Movies Under the Stars series with a screening of "Mamma Mia!" All...
Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
"The health effects are the most frightening because everybody is sick and the doctors here don't know how to treat us. We are having a hard time finding doctors."
Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
A slew of great white shark sightings over the past few weeks on Cape Cod has scared swimmers in the height of summer vacation time, according to Reut...
William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jaws brought a new scale of thrill to movies. If blockbusters today were more like Jaws and less like, say, the Transformers pictures, the culture would be less ADD and shallow than it is.
Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Dear Alexi, You've played plenty of hoops over the years, so you of all people should know when it's time to pull yourself out of the ball game.
Steve Leveen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
David Brown, who produced some of the most notable movies to come out of Hollywood, told me that the most important job of a producer is to pick the director, to whom he surrenders utterly. After that, it's to provide lunch.
Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
It's usually wise not to let media reports distort your perception of reality, but I'm getting nervous about this apparent uptick in aviation security events.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Horror films work best when you realize that you cannot trust the filmmakers. But writer/director Oren Peli crafts a low-tech chiller that almost plays too fair with the audience.
Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Melissa Lafsky is a friend of mine, but she's always seemed strange to me for one reason: She loves horror movies. Loves them. Thrillers, slashers, cr...
Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
When you have no plans to go to the beach, there is every reason to ignore your expanding hips and waistline.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
In today's report: the rising cost of fighting wildfires, and is Jaws back?
Posted 12.02.2011 | Travel