"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" leads the Academy Awards with 13 nominations, including best picture, and acting honors for Brad Pitt and Taraji Phenson, and a directing slot for David Fincher. ...more

January 23, 2009

The tannest man alive isn't so bronze these days. As George Hamilton opens the door of his tony Los Angeles condo, his Super Swarthiness appears on the pale side, with even a hint of freckles on his face. ...more

October 26, 2008

We first met Francesco Lafranconi at the 2007 Tampa Bay Food & Wine Festival. There he was, in white linen pants and a pink pinstriped tailored shirt, sleeves rolled up, relegated to an oak barrel just a stone's throw from the painted naked lady. He was mixing a heavenly concoction of Dom Perignon, rose nectar and fresh blueberries. Sweat poured from his European brow, thanks to the Florida humidity. ...more

July 15, 2008

As a service for those looking forward to the crème of the summer crop of movies, here are the movies previewed by Hernando Today that are opening in the next two weeks. ...more

June 27, 2008

THE EYE In this remake of yet another Japanese horror flick, Jessica Alba plays a violinist who has been blind since a childhood accident. After receiving a corneal transplant, she regains partial sight, but only of the spooky, haunted, slo-mo-and-CGI movie variety (think "Blink," et al.); apparently the previous owner of said corneas saw dead people. ...more

June 5, 2008

John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," has died. He was 70. ...more

May 18, 2008

The American Stage Theatre Company could hardly have picked a better play than "Sleuth" to open in previews on Halloween night. ...more

November 4, 2007