New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott penned his review of the new rendition of Gulliver's Travels in the voice of Jonathan Swift, the satirist who wrote the original work. "Now, my good Sir, I hope I do not err in venturing a Comparison. Perhaps you are familiar...

You got to have friends/To make that day last long

Mark Klingman isn't a household name. But the terrific singer/songwriter/keyboardist/producer known as Moogy has, in addition to enjoying a stellar solo career, crossed musical paths with such diverse musical giants as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Todd...

I don't go to the ballet and have only seen one a long time ago. Interestingly, it was Swan Lake performed, as in the film Black Swan, at Lincoln Center in New York City.

It is an art form that doesn't interest...

A Conversation with Thalía

Mike Ragogna: Hi, Thalía. Thanks so much for taking time out for this interview.

Thalía: How are you Mike.

MR: Thalía, much like Elvis, you're a huge international superstar. Recently, you participated in the Viva Elvis recordings...

Shining Star- Betty White

A "Golden Girl" is becoming a pin-up girl. After an incredibly lucrative 2010 - which included a hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live", a role on the TV Land Show "Hot in Cleveland", and a much buzzed-about Snickers...

"Night Catches Us" explores the outer edges of both the Black Panther Party and the Black Power Movement as it waned in 1976. By choosing to portray an era of ebbing of energy for that movement, director-writer Tanya Hamilton sidesteps the politics and passion that gave the movement...

Because there's nothing that says Christmas quite like advertising and excess.

The advent of awards season, and of late Christmas shopping, brings... Mad Men! Yes, I know the show won't be back for its fifth season for months to come. (And it will be back, even though creator Matthew Weiner...

In a beautifully crafted movie poised for awards and holiday box office, Blue Valentine puts a wacky mirror on that fragile thing: marriage.

Moving back and forth in easy yet thrilling fluidly from the present problems to past passions, Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) try to repair...

If there is one absolute constant during the holiday season, it's unbridled commercialism. And of course, we've become so happily anesthetized to it, we hardly take notice.

But for those of us who are also hopelessly devoted to the ideal of independent musicians who find success without abdicating creative control...

After she won her Oscar in 1998 for Shakespeare in Love, Gwyneth Paltrow slowed down her career and focused on her personal life. Her father, Bruce Paltrow, passed away, she married Coldplay singer Chris Martin and the couple had two children.

Barring a few minor roles here and there,...

Everyone experiences loss and grief but few films show it in such a naked and matter-of-fact manner as does Rabbit Hole. The Aussie actress Nicole Kidman was so passionate about David Lindsay-Abaire's original Pulitzer Prize-winning play that she signed on as one of its producers as well as its star...

A Conversation with Laurie Anderson

Mike Ragogna: Laurie, thanks for taking the time for this interview. So, the song "Flow" from your album Homeland has just been nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Congratulations.

Laurie Anderson: Thank you, it's great to...

Three decades after his tragic death in New York City at age forty, John Lennon retains quite a grip on our cultural imagination. He has been the subject of countless biographies, magazine articles, and documentaries. In November, a BBC Masterpiece Theater special explored his final days with the Beatles; and...

Goals include increases in minimums, pension and health, home video residuals and new media reuse, and revamps of pitching process. Details: The Hollywood Reporter.

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Watch for my new book "Hollywood on Strike!," due out next month. Subscribe to my blog (jhandel.com) for more about entertainment law...

Here I was, all set to write a tongue-in-cheek article called "The Top 10 Celebrity Self-Sabotagers of 2010".

Replete with the usual suspects like Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan - along with newcomers Jesse James, Ben Roethlisberger, Christine O'Donnell , and 2010's #1 self-sabotager Lebron James -...

Amid Pink Floyd's brooding, soaring sound, the noise generated by the band's internal conflicts and the clamor around the group's legendary live shows, beat Roger Waters' political heart.

It grew louder and more articulate in the group's later albums "The Wall" and "The Final Cut" and again in Waters' solo...