Ides of March

Review: 'The Parisian Woman' entertaining, yet stuck between genres

2013-04-22 15:00:00

Francophiles be warned: Beau Willimon’s new play, “The Parisian Woman,” at the South Coast Repertory is not actually about a Parisian woman. Its title is a vestige of its complicated provenance. A few years ago Willimon was...

The Sunday Conversation: Dana Delany's power play

2013-04-13 08:00:00

Dana Delany plays a calculating politician's wife in Beau Willimon's "The Parisian Woman," set in contemporary Washington, "inspired" by Henri Becque's "La Parisienne" of 1885. The world premiere production, co-starring Steven Weber, begins previews...

Dana Delany to star in Beau Willimon's 'The Parisian Woman' at SCR

2013-03-08 13:46:00

The world premiere of Beau Willimon's "The Parisian Woman" at South Coast Repertory will star TV veteran Dana Delany as one half of a powerful Washington couple. Actor Steven Culp will also appear in the new political drama. "The Parisian Woman" will...

'Argo' producers show confidence in Affleck, even if Oscar didn't

2013-01-24 06:00:00

Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov had no idea who was going to direct "Argo." "Maybe I was going to, maybe Grant would, maybe somebody else," Clooney said. "We didn't know." But when Ben Affleck called Clooney and Heslov's Detroit hotel in early...

Philip Seymour Hoffman will be in Toronto but not in 'The Master'

2012-07-24 12:00:00

Philip Seymour Hoffman will be on the big screen during the Toronto International Film Festival, but it won't be in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated film,"The Master," that's said to be a thinly veiled look at Scientology....

Motion picture academy invites 176 new members

2012-06-29 13:28:00

This post has been updated, as indicated below. The� Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 176 new members into the organization on Friday, including Octavia Spencer, Terrence Malick, Matthew McConaughey, Kristen Wiig, Kerry Washington,...

‘August: Osage County’ pic gets shiny new name: George Clooney

2012-06-18 16:39:40

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Mr. Popper’s Penguins' on HBO

2012-06-01 21:37:31

The scent of a man

2011-11-27 00:00:00

What should a man smell like? This is not an inquiry to be undertaken lightly — particularly at this time of the year when the gantlet of parties, events and mixers that stretches from Thanksgiving into the new year is destined to put the fragrance...

Merry Prankster

2012-02-02 16:41:12

'The Artist' dominates BAFTA nominations

2012-01-17 04:35:55

Alexander Payne: Machinery of filmmaking mars 'intimacy of a shoot'

2012-01-18 16:37:45

Ides of March Trending on: National Twitter, Baltimore Twitter Why: The Ides of March (Latin: Idus Martii or Idus Martiae) is a day on the Roman calendar that corresponds to March 15. It was marked by several religious observances, and became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Gov. Mike Morris (George Clooney) shows his young-buck spokesman (Ryan Gosling) the all-scheming side of politics while running his presidential campaign. The hardball milieu can transform even the most ideological supporter into a hardened cynic quicker than the next campaign scandal unfolds.

2012-03-06 15:39:23

? It was rumored the actor was working on a film in Asia, and Willimon said he wouldn't find that surprising, describing Gosling as a guy that "never stops." "That's what I think is fantastic about him. His work ethic and his determination and his love for making movies.

2012-02-26 16:46:01