Jodie Foster is a lesbian (duh)

For this first time ever, Jodie Foster publicly acknowledged her lesbian life partner of several years, Cydney Bernard. During her speech, Foster also referred to herself as a "gentleman." As recently as a few...

Waste Management, Long Island Style

You can't fight city hall, but you can dump your garbage there: A Long Island man who is unsatisfied with his garbage collection (or lack thereof) decided to take matters into his own hands. Angry that his...

PRINCE! In London!

There aren't too many musicians that I loved when I was a little girl who still drive me crazy...Prince is one. And as I get older, he gets more scarce, which just makes him that much more appealing (you know,...

28 Weeks Later parodies the Iraq war effort...in London...with zombies

I really liked the first movie in this series, 28 Days Later. It took the zombie genre and boiled it down to its essentials, making it beautiful and stylish and about love and family and how we look after one...

Roaches, get your roaches here! 25 cents a piece!

How many roaches have you squashed in your life? I know I've manhandled a few of those scurrying little suckers in my time, but maybe I should have just caught them instead. Because now, I could make a pretty...

'Grindhouse' hacked in half for overseas release

Patience is a virtue, but if you're a US film audience, virtue seems to be in short supply. Audiences who are short on the kind of patience required to sit through a three hour movie are the reason why--according...

Cannes lineup announced

I just saw Grindhouse, and although I enjoyed it, I can't imagine Tarantino's half as a nearly two hour standalone piece. That's a lot of ladies talking in cars... "Other highlights in competition include Joel and...

Virginia Tech student was at Columbine

Regina Rohde is a Virginia Tech student. She wasn't near the shootings on Monday, but she's making headlines anyway. That's because she was at Columbine High School eight years ago (to the day) when Dylan...

Why 'Sci-Fi' doesn't fly

The following is an excerpt from Jason Silverman's excellent piece about the label "Science-Fiction" and why the big wigs behind TV, film and books don't want the label applied to their work. His point is...

Remake Sgt. Peppers? BBC thinks so!

It's not as bad as it sounds--the "remake" is actually a "tribute" (very important distinction) that BBC radio is planning on broadcasting over the airwaves on the anniversary, as well as releasing the recordings...