Woody Allen gave us the taste for cerebral movies shot in the Big Apple. But these days, satisfaction comes sporadically. Enter East Fifth Bliss kicked off the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival. Starring Peter Fonda, Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu and Chris Messina, the well-written film was warmly received by the sold-out crowd.

It was an event for those who love to eat, and those who don’t eat at all. The Tasty Awards celebrates the best in food and fashion, and a swanky awards show was held at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre to celebrate the luminaries in both these fields. Everyone knows that liquor makes a livelier crowd, hence

Is Kevin Costner the greatest sports actor of all time? Does Helen Mirren trump Susan Sarandon as the hottest older woman in Hollywood? Existential questions abound as Foul Mouths cover the best fight scenes in sports films. Sports enthusiasts Morgan Barclay and Jay Devlin battle helmet-to-helmet in this free Podcast, but on this special episode

I like to consider myself on the cutting edge of fandom. For instance, I lusted for Leonardo DiCaprio before lusting for him was cool. He played a mentally challenged kid in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? and I thought he was hot. My classmates would say, “Ew! He was a retard!” This was back when we

Those Nanny McPhee movie billboards are upsetting me, and not for the obvious reasons. It just pains me to see Emma Thompson in that light. Seeing her with a flat, Chicklet-like bucked tooth, google-eyes meant to humor children and frizzed hair, I marvel that she’s allowed this to happen. Perhaps I have deified her too

What older men in Hollywood do you consider sexy?- Mitch McArdle, Peoria IL Mitch, Your question only reminds me of how geriatrics are considered “distinguished” in Hollywood while women are considered past their prime as soon as they hit puberty. Close enough anyway. But I’ve fallen for that “distinguished” cultural conditioning nonetheless. When I was

When Zooey Deschanel got a leading role in (500) Days of Summer, critics praised that she was finally getting her due. I had nothing against her, aside from a benign jealousy that she was friends with musician Jenny Lewis, for whom I have a slight obsession. Well that and she seems a bit snarky in