Rip Torn

Berlinale 2009: Mitchell Lichtenstein's Happy Tears

Karin Badt | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment


Karin Badt

Happy Tears -- like the engaging director himself -- vulnerably exposes the inchoate emotions that children experience when facing not only aging parents, but memories of abuse.

The Oscars: Party Like It's 1929 ...

Martin Lewis | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment


Martin Lewis

Perhaps we can celebrate in the same spirit that inhabited that first Oscars at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in May 1929, just 5 months before the whole world slid into the economic abyss.

Rip Torn Drunk Driving Charges With A Christmas Tree

AP | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment


LITCHFIELD, Conn. — Actor Rip Torn has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Connecticut, nearly two years after being fined and losi...

Living With Meaning: The Fear Factor

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.01.2008 | Living


Alex Pattakos

The world is full of good deeds and the opportunity to do good deeds. When we don't do them, it's often out of fear. Fear of losing something: our s...

Rip Torn Mugshot Used In Campaign Ad Against Crime, Councilman Apologizes

AP | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment


CINCINNATI — City Councilman Chris Monzel has publicly apologized to Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn for using his mug shot in a campaign ad on crim...