Tony Kushner on Marriage Equality, Sendak and Lincoln
May 10, 2012 Award-winning playwright and gay rights activist Tony Kushner speaks with "Democracy Now!" about Obama’s decision to support same-sex marriage, the life of children’s author Maurice Sendak, and his regard for Abraham Lincoln, about whom he wrote a screenplay for an upcoming film directed by Steven Spielberg.
The Best (and the Rest) of 2011
Jan 7, 2012 Sorry about this—a 10-best list dragging along in the wake of all the others, which began appearing around Halloween And it isn’t even a nice round 10 in number I could come up with only six movies this year I have my excuses [Pictured above, Werner Herzog, director of "Into the Abyss"]Sorry about this—a 10-best list dragging along in the wake of all the others, which began appearing around Halloween [Above, Werner Herzog, director of "Into the Abyss"].
A ‘War Horse’ and His Boy
Dec 24, 2011 Boy gets horse Boy loses horse Boy (after many adventures, especially by the horse) is reunited with the animal In terms of narrative, that’s all there is to “War Horse” -- except to say that Steven Spielberg’s film is a lovely and touching movie, representing, among other things, a vast improvement on the extraordinarily successful novel and stage play .
Two Books Take On Tintin, Boy Reporter
Feb 5, 2010 Steven Spielberg's big-screen adaptation of "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" is in the postproduction stage -- yet another sign that the appeal of Belgian cartoonist Hergé's Tintin is as timeless as his globe-trotting perma-adolescent wunderkind. However, as Pierre Assouline points out in his new book "Hergé: The Man Who Created Tintin," Tintin led a far more colorful life than his creator (born Georges Remi) did.
DreamWorks Moving on MLK Project
Jan 20, 2010 DreamWorks Studios is moving forward with its planned Martin Luther King Jr. feature film after the project suffered a setback last year because of a dispute between members of the late civil rights leader's family. On Tuesday, the studio announced that it had hired screenwriter Ron Harwood, who penned the Oscar-winning script for "The Pianist," to write the screenplay for the MLK movie.
Obama Goes to Hollywood (Again)
May 28, 2009 Fresh off a fundraising stop in Las Vegas, where he made an appearance at Caesars Palace, President Barack Obama swung through Hollywood Wednesday evening to pitch woo to a star-studded crowd for the first time since taking office -- but, as The Wrap's Dominic Patten points out, it was a bit of a tough crowd this time around.
MLK to Get the Spielberg Treatment
May 20, 2009 It's the first time that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s estate has officially approved a movie project about the late civil rights leader, and the MLK biopic will be helmed by none other than mega-director Steven Spielberg, who has acquired the "life rights" to Dr. King's story, according to Variety.
Obamas Hire Merrill Lynch Decorator
Mar 31, 2009 Although they're allotted $100,000 to redecorate, Barack and Michelle Obama will spend their own money updating the White House. The first family has turned to Michael S. Smith for the task. The designer has worked for Steven Spielberg, Rupert Murdoch and former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, whose decorating habits have come to epitomize corporate greed.
Spielberg Negotiates Rare Peace Agreement Between Feuding Directors
Sep 23, 2008 It's good to know that there are still people, in this time of great strife, who believe in the power of diplomatic negotiation over brute force even if the people in this particular case happen to be two Hollywood directors apparently possessed of egos the size of Sarah Palin's home state .
Obama Goes to Hollywood, Take Two
Sep 18, 2008 Barack Obama's fundraising extravaganza in Hollywood Tuesday night raised a whopping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party -- the single highest figure ever raised by a candidate in one go, as MSNBC anchor Alex Witt points out in this clip.
