I like Crystal as host: he is quick on his feet, is enough of an insider to be “of” the industry, but as a comedian is enough of an outsider to not pull his punches: When he hosts the Oscars for the eighth time, he’ll serve as master of ceremonies, …

The final awards leading up to tonight’s Oscars were the Independent Spirit Awards, for, um, independent movies. They were announced yesterday in a tent on Santa Monica beach – sounds windy and indie: Best Feature Lost in Translation (Focus Features) Producers: Sofia Coppola and Ross Katz Best Director Sofia Coppola …

I told you the NY Times is not digging Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Today they have a Catholic writer, Mary Gordon, voicing her displeasure with the movie: I can look at “The Passion of the Christ” only as a woman who defines herself as Catholic, who also …

Gigli kicks major Razzie ass, and considering J-Lo is in it, that’s a lot of ass to kick: Golden Raspberry Awards voters picked “Gigli” as 2003’s worst picture, Affleck as worst actor, Lopez as worst actress and the two as worst screen couple. “Gigli” filmmaker Martin Brest also took the …

The Academy Awards are tomorrow night – are you “grippped by award fever” as this BBC story suggests? I didn’t think so. However, after taking many years off in my young adulthood, I do find myself interested in the results, to a certain extent, but moreso of the awards shows …

What if P2P was 3-D? Dave Chappelle asks – Ron Jeremy, among others, answers.

I freely admit that’s an ugly, sensationalistic title, but what an interesting coincidence that two reports on child molestation by Catholic priests were released today, just two days after Mel Gibson’s deeply “Catholic” bloodbath of a film about the last 12 hours of Christ’s life was set loose upon the …

“The Tops are golden!” the CD cover blurb screams, and now they are in the anniversary sense as well: 50 years ago Obie Benson, Duke Fakir, Lawrence Payton and iconic soul belter Levi Stubbs sang together for the first time at a weekend party in Detroit’s North End. The foursome …

Symbols count, and in times of great uncertainty and distress, they can count a lot. Iraq has been reinstated by the International Olympic Committee and can now compete under its own flag: Iraq was reinstated by the IOC on Friday, clearing the way for Iraqi athletes to compete under their …

Overall Internet traffic seems to be going up? This is why: Spending on high-speed Internet access services in the United States will reach an estimated $17.0 billion in 2004, up 30.5 percent over 2003, according to TIA’s 2004 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast. By the end of 2007, spending is …