For those weary of the cuddly Robert De Niro, the gentle uplift of his latest film, "Everybody's Fine," probably isn't going to be tonic for the soul. ...more

December 3, 2009

'The Ugly Truth,' 'Up,' 'Spread' and more are out on DVD today. ...more

November 10, 2009

A new era began Monday in the time slot commonly known as "12:30" (more accurately, 12:37 a.m.) as Fallon arrived with a new-era version of "Late Night," flush with his wired-up personality, a classy, comfy set and a super-cool house band, the Roots. ...more

March 3, 2009

Did Robert De Niro just walk into the restaurant? And is that Paris Hilton there drinking champagne with Tiger Woods? And did six Playboy Playmates just saunter to the private lounge? ...more

January 29, 2009

If those A-list celebrities really are in Tampa, it's likely at a Super Bowl party, and it probably was months in the making, with dozens of managers, promoters and staff all toiling in anonymity to create a temporary atmosphere of sheer luxury and celebrity glitz. ...more

January 28, 2009

A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer. ...more

January 9, 2009

From tokers on the run to Neil Sedaka remaking his songs for children, the media shelves seem a bit surreal today. And don't get us started on the wasted opportunity of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in the same movie. ...more

January 6, 2009

Paul Benedict, the actor who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 70. ...more

December 5, 2008

It's not that the crime thriller "Righteous Kill" is spectacularly awful. It's just thoroughly mediocre - a standard police procedural, a long episode of "Law & Order," unremarkable but for the pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. ...more

September 14, 2008

Because I have spent a better part of my life hanging around the hustings as a scribbler, there have been times when I have deluded myself into thinking that, in another life, I would have made a pretty fair-to-middling political consultant. ...more

September 2, 2008