In Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s illuminating but not lacerating documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, the comic says, “No man has ever told me I look beautiful. They’ve said, ‘You look great, you look terrific.’ But never beautiful.” Implicit in that bald statement is a sense of longing, the kind of thing you don’t expect from a woman with the everyday vocabulary of a sailor on shore leave.
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REVIEW: No Rest For the Wicked in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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Igor Stravinsky wrote that he left the Paris theater where the 1913 premiere of his revolutionary work, “The Rite of Spring,” was inciting a bourgeoisie riot before it had finished its Prelude; he saw where things were headed. Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky , a heady, austere, wholly unmoving account of their rumored affair, adopts the “Rite”‘s debut as its own prelude, and its bravura execution offers intimations — promising and less so — of what’s to come.
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REVIEW: Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky Caught in More Than a Bad Romance
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In a world more perfect than the one we live in, you’d expect a romantic comedy called Killers to, well, kill — with charm if nothing else. But the best Killers can manage is a little girly slap; it’s so ineffectual and unfocused that after it’s over, you’re not even sure you watched a movie.
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REVIEW: Katherine Heigl Just the Beginning of Killers’ Problems
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Image via Vintage Collection and Technology Review Generating power via the motion of our bodies has captivated researchers for some time now. Scientists are working on developing everything from fabrics that can be sewn into energy-harvesting t-shirts or jackets to devices that can be powered by the pumping of our hearts. The latter is the latest research coming out of Georgia Tech, according to a paper published in Applied Materials . By using new battery technology, devices such as pace-makers… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Powering Medical Devices with Your Organs
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Perhaps the only endeavor more difficult than saving post-Katrina New Orleans was creating a television series that intimately captured the perspective of the disaster-torn city. But that is exactly what Steve Zahn and the ensemble cast of HBO’ s freshman series Treme have done under the guidance of The Wire ‘s David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Zahn portrays a passionate disc jockey and musician whose frustration with the Big Easy’s snail-like rebuilding pace leads to brilliant anti-administration country songs and random displays of passive-aggressive rage. As the series nears the end of its freshman season, Zahn phoned Movieline yesterday from his Kentucky farm to discuss his transition into television, his hope that Treme will cover the BP oil spill and the one biopic he’d love to headline.
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Steve Zahn on Treme and the Joys of ‘Magic Time’ in New Orleans
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Hollywood has a new cute couple ! Last night, at the Lakers/Celtics game in Los Angeles, the May/December union of Dustin Hoffman, 72, and Jason Bateman, 41, was revealed for all the world when a kiss-cam landed on the two actors and they decided to go for it with gusto. What cutesy nickname shall we give this new union? Hoff…man? Bate…man? Dammit. [ Towleroad ]
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Hoffman/Bateman Romance Thwarts Portmanteau Naming Device
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The first look we get at Clive and Elsa, the rock-and-roll gene cutters at the center of Splice , is from the perspective of the biogenetic blob they have just coaxed from its gloppy, synthetic womb. Their faces are eager and expectant, shining beatifically but intently down on their latest creation: Welcome to the world! What can you do for me? Whether there’s a place in that world for these not-found-in-nature experiments is hardly a concern — “Fred,” a partner for the already thriving “Ginger,” was born in a lab and meant to stay there, a species created solely to host unique (human) life-saving proteins. That the new parents radiate total confidence in the wisdom of such activity — even as they are watched in turn by their little monster — is the first indication of what’s in store.
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REVIEW: Splice Blends High and Low In Terrific Horror Trip
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“What do you have to say to the Staten Island community?” a reporter asks accused child murderer Andre Rand about halfway through Cropsey, an absorbing and openly personal look at the function and dysfunction of local legends. “They’re the perpetrators of a fraud,” Rand replies, before ducking into the armored van that will take him back to Rikers Island. They are the first words he speaks in the film — a menacing voicemail is his only follow-up — and they resonate throughout the rest of a documentary that gets a little lost within its own agenda of separating “the facts from the folklore.”
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REVIEW: A Bogeyman Gets His Close-Up in Cropsey
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Happy Memorial Day weekend and welcome to The Hollywood Gossip. In our Week in Review, we look back on the last seven days in celebrity gossip and Hollywood news. Some of the top stories from May 22-28 include … Jesse James opened up about his cheating on Sandra Bullock, which he blamed on past child abuse from his father. He also said he wanted to get caught. Tiger Woods rumor mill: He’s not allowed to date because Elin Woods is watching his every move; He’s dating an Elin-look alike; Elin wants $750 million. Kendra Wilkinson rakes in huge sums of cash from pre-order sales of her sex tape with Justin Frye, yet continues to feign heartbreak and dismay over it. Lindsay Lohan returned to the U.S., appeared in court, is free on bail, was told to wear a SCRAM bracelet , and proceeded to go bar-hopping. Good times. Bruce Beresford-Redman wil be charged with murder . The family of his wife is aghast that he was allowed to leave Mexico and wants custody of his kids. Jesse James is baring is soul … but are you buying what he’s selling? The Lost finale was … it was something else, that’s for sure. All those Bachelorette spoilers are coming true … shocking. Nicole Scherzinger won the title on Dancing with the Stars . American Idol crowned its newest champion: Lee DeWyze . Not everyone was pleased by this outcome (see below) … HUGE Idol Fan One of the funniest, most depressing videos ever. If there’s one thing we know, it’s not to effing touch Justin Bieber . If there’s another thing, it’s that Heidi Montag has no friends . Say what you will about her (oh, and we will) Miley gives back . Bret Michaels is feeling better, and won Celebrity Apprentice ! Charlie Sheen is prepared to plead guilty in his assault case. Tila Tequila Twitters, blogs, pops Ambien, might go to rehab . R.I.P. Simon Monjack (1969-2010) and Brittany Murphy (1977-2009). Couple news: Crystal Bowersox lost her boyfriend as well as American Idol ; Demi Lovato was dumped by Joe Jonas ( via his dad ). C’mon Joe. Get a spine. Wedding bells: David Krumholtz got married; James Marsters is engaged to Patricia Rahman; Prince William and Kate Middleton are planning an epic gala. Baby news: Alicia Keys is pregnant and engaged ! To Swizz Beatz! The world was also introduced to Bethenny Frankel’s daughter , Bryn Casey Hoppy. Aww. R.I.P.: Simon Monjack died months after his wife, Brittany Murphy; Gary Coleman died Friday after a brain hemorrhage, Paul Gray of Slipknot has left us. NOTE : Don’t forget to follow THG on Twitter and Facebook for all the latest news, celebrity gossip, rumors, commentary and humor as it happens, 24/7/365!
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THG Week in Review: May 22-28, 2010
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Handsome to look at and driven by a passionate — if not exactly precise — political sensibility, Agora is this spring’s highest-brow sandal epic, by an Egyptian cubit. Considering its competition is the lumpy Clash of the Titans and this week’s video game-inspired Prince of Persia , it’s an endorsement earned by a pretty wide margin of default. Director Alejandro Amenábar has chosen the story of Hypatia, a fourth century Greek mathematician, as the subject of his seventh film, and sets it in a marvelous recreation of ancient Alexandria. A dust-and-geometry biopic with blaring modern resonances is a risky move even for Amenábar, who has been drawn to challenges of genre (as with the understated horror picture The Others ) and topical material (his lyrical meditation on the right to die, The Sea Inside, ) over the course of his still-young career. Unfortunately the one expectation that can be attached to the director — a gift for elegant, involving stories and consistent, inventive filmmaking — is obscured by Agora ‘s tendency toward the blandly overwrought.
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REVIEW: Agora Strains to Keep Up With Its Own Staggering Vision
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