Jamie Lynn Spears and the Warhol Effect
So how does Warholism work, exactly? Youth know they can have their 15 minutes of fame with the click of a mouse. All it takes is a little creativity, a video camera, and an Internet connection.
So how does Warholism work, exactly? Youth know they can have their 15 minutes of fame with the click of a mouse. All it takes is a little creativity, a video camera, and an Internet connection.
Paige Donner | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment
Mark Gill, former head of Warner Independent, one of the recent casualties of independent film's radically changing landscape, explained: "The world is falling apart in independent cinema."
Don Ringe | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
In John's Court, individual rights will become suborned for the good of conservative society at large and several generations in a row will have to suffer the reality of back-alley abortions.
Variety | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment
Ellen Page is set to play one of English literature's most famous characters, the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre." Alison Owen of...
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.14.2008 | Entertainment
One of the great pleasures of DVD is being able to watch movies (or just scenes) again and again. You don't have to wait for a revival of plunge into ...
Reuters | Posted 03.31.2008 | Entertainment
Two months after the soundtrack to the pregnant-teen comedy "Juno" hit No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, a second volume is being prepared for digital-o...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.20.2008 | Media
Get your Vashti outfits ready! Purim is upon us and since this is a media column, and since the Jews, er, "participate in" the media, it becomes relev...
James Rocchi | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment
Juno may now be enshrined in Hollywood history, but the election's a long way off, a lot more than a gold statue's on the line, and a little well thought-out, principled, rational dislike might still have an effect.
The Observer | Meredith Bryan | Posted 03.05.2008 | Entertainment
Salman Rushie came out to support pal Saffron Burrows at the New York premiere of "The Bank Job" and offered his thoughts on the Oscars to the New Yor...
Mona Ackerman | Posted 02.28.2008 | Living
Q: I am so glad Juno didn't win the Oscar for best picture. I am also relieved that Ellen Page didn't win as best actress for playing the 16-year-...
Julie Klausner | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment
The marketers of Juno knew that the legend of the harlot-turned-scribe was sensational enough to distract from Diablo Cody's ersatz screenplay.
AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK _ Being the most famous stripper-turned-screenwriter in the world isn't always as pleasant as it may sound. Diablo Cody, whose blog-to-riche...
Martin Varsavsky | Posted 02.25.2008 | Entertainment
The issue of unprotected sex, abortion and adoption is a complicated one in every country and I could not accept Juno as a role model for my kids.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics
Given the week he's just had, you have to figure John McCain is looking for a story -- any story -- to come along and take the media spotlight off him. And what better distraction than America's favorite celebrity engorge-athon, the Academy Awards?
Sally Kohn | Posted 02.22.2008 | Entertainment
As the ideology of hyper-individualism runs its dangerous course through our politics and culture, the American public may be drawn to entertainment that depicts the future we're desperate to avoid.
Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 02.22.2008 | Business
This year, the advertisers are better known than the movies. After being threatened by the Hollywood writers strike, the 80th Annual Academy Awards t...
Drew Grant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Entertainment

Nick Nadel | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment
Dear Diablo Cody, I offer you a list of ways in which Juno would've been improved if you had allowed your titular character to get an abortion within the first twenty minutes.
Jack Donaldson | Posted 02.20.2008 | Entertainment
The film's faults are numerous. I think if we all took a deep breath we'd discover why we should have started this backlash a long time ago.
Alex Remington | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment
This is it, guys. Here are my selections for who should win the Oscars for the big 6 catetgories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Bes...
Shelby Knox | Posted 01.29.2008 | Living
While Juno is trading a hospital gown for Oscar couture and Jamie Lynn is dodging photogs, the public is grappling with the new visibility of the teen baby bump.
AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 01.29.2008 | Entertainment
One film has an oblique ending that's left some viewers dissatisfied and others floored by its profundity. The other features a slowly developing plot...
Paige Donner | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment
Now that Juno sports a crown-boasting 4 Oscar noms I see it as a worthwhile endeavor to take a minute and look at this insidious piece of social engineering.
Alex Remington | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR: Ratatouille: This was pretty close to my favorite movie of the year. It's hard to talk about unhyperbolically -- it's simply magical.
Marissa Miley | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
Noticeably absent from the RoeIQtest.com survey are questions about women's health, quality of life, and privacy -- all things that Roe vs. Wade ensured.
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Tina Wells | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment