Jodie Foster

John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, seeks more time at mom's house

2013-02-25 14:20:00

John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded President Reagan, should be allowed to spend more time with family in Virginia instead of in a psychiatric hospital, his lawyer argued Monday. The argument by attorney Barry Levine came on the first of what...

Oscars 2013: Red carpet swings from old Hollywood to sleek modernity

2013-02-25 05:00:00

It was like an Oscar flashback with all the Giorgio Armani gowns, Harry Winston bling and Veronica Lake waves on the red carpet Sunday. Then there was a Sharon Stone Gap turtleneck moment, when Helen Hunt revealed that her navy blue gown was from none...

Oscars 2013: Celebration of music starts with 'We Saw Your Boobs'

2013-02-24 18:54:00

"Tonight, for the first time, the Oscars have a theme," Seth MacFarlane said at the start of this year's Academy Awards, adding that Sunday night's show would be celebrating the marriage of film and music. Moments later, the host was cavorting around...

Oscars 2013 red carpet: Shades of pale

2013-02-24 17:22:00

This is like an Oscars flashback with all the Armani, Harry Winston and Veronica Lake waves on the red carpet Sunday. Then, there was a Sharon Stone-Gap turtleneck moment, when Helen Hunt revealed she’s wearing a navy blue dress from cheap chic...

Steve Schapiro's photos in 'Then and Now' offer a mix of emotions

2013-02-24 06:00:00

When photographer Steve Schapiro first arrived on the Lower East Side set of "The Godfather" in 1971, there were rumors floating around that Marlon Brando was not well. Moving closer to the action, he noticed an old man in an overcoat and hat talking to...

How Oscars' fashion show changed through the decades

2013-02-24 00:00:00

The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about...

Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped

2013-02-15 08:00:00

I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...

Chan-wook Park has a lot riding on blood-filled 'Stoker'

2013-02-09 08:00:00

In a high-tech bungalow on a back corner of the 20th Century Fox lot, the South Korean auteur Chan-wook Park is chiseling his opus as the clock ticks toward 9 p.m. Park, the toast of Asian cinema and hero to hordes of genre-film enthusiasts, is...

Daum: Jodie Foster comes out -- as human

2013-01-17 00:00:00

It's the news the nation's been trying to digest all week (at least before Lance Armstrong made everyone lose their lunch): Jodie Foster, one of the industry's most cool and collected figures, is capable of being a rambling mess. You've heard about it...

New Jersey teen comes out during awards ceremony -- to cheers

2013-01-24 12:30:00

There are a lot of ways to come out to people as something other than totally straight, but most of them fall under two categories: Person by person, where the ritual of admission is repeated as much as it needs to be, or all at once. The latter --...

'Argo,' 'Skyfall' among nominees for Costume Designers Guild Awards

2013-01-17 10:43:00

Golden Globe winners "Argo" and "Les Miserables" are among the feature film nominees for the 15th annual Costume Designers Guild Award announced Thursday morning. Nominated for excellence in contemporary film are Stephani Lewis for "Beasts of the...

'SNL' takes shots at Lance Armstrong

2013-01-20 07:57:00

“Saturday Night Live” stuck it to disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong like so many injections of performance-enhancing drugs. First, the cold opener featured Jason Sudeikis as Armstrong as a guest of Piers Morgan (played by Taran Killam),...

Jodie Foster's winding, emotional acceptance speech upon receiving the Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award was one of the show's standout moments.

2013-01-18 00:00:00

On Jan. 13, 2013, two-time Oscar winning actress Jodie Foster's first public comments about her sexuality came in her Cecil B.

2013-01-14 19:48:22

Jodie Foster Speech Moves, Mystifies

2013-01-14 13:34:00