February, 2008
Lagerfeld has Olsen moment
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
PARIS %26mdash; German designer Karl Lagerfeld is having an Olsen moment.Think twin actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen who sat front row at his Chanel ready-to-wear show in Paris on Friday and provided the template for the models who stalked the runway.Their hair worn loose and stylishly disheveled, these circled a spectacular gold merry-go-round featuring oversized [...]
Movie review Penelope
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
“Penelope” is a generally charming romantic fantasy that’s a lot more twee than “whee.”This modern-day fairy tale, about a young woman “cursed” to go through life with a piggish snout for a nose, is filled with warm messages about the beauty within, self-worth and society’s ever-evolving standards of appearance. It’s just seriously thin on laugh-out-loud [...]
Brazil hospital releases Naomi Campbell
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
SAO PAULO, Brazil %26mdash; Naomi Campbell was released Friday from the hospital where she underwent abdominal surgery. The 37-year-old British supermodel, a frequent visitor to Brazil, was admitted for an emergency operation Monday.”She recovered very well from her surgery,” said Mirtes Bogea, a spokeswoman for the Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo. “Doctors signed her [...]
NYC actor sentenced in underage sex case
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
NEW YORK %26mdash; A Broadway actor who played the beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation for sexual encounters with a 15-year-old drama student.James Barbour pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal to two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a [...]
Enrique Iglesias to quit before age 50
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
MEXICO CITY %26mdash; Enrique Iglesias plans to leave the spotlight before he turns 50 - unlike his famous father, Julio, who is still crooning romantic ballads after four decades.”I’m not sure I want to be up on a stage when I’m 64 or 65,” the 32-year-old pop star told The Associated Press. “In my father’s [...]
Winehouse cleared of witness tampering
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
LONDON %26mdash; Police are no longer investigating Amy Winehouse on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving her husband, her spokesman said Friday. The 24-year-old singer is no longer required to return to a police station for further questioning, her spokesman, Chris Goodman, said in a statement.”Amy is pleased to be discounted [...]
Asiagos separates itself from Americanstyle spaghetti house pretenders
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
Those of us with a slightly unhinged devotion to Italian food can usually recall the moment we pledged our allegiance to that country’s ethereal cuisine. Mine came on the beach at Positano, Italy, with the astonishing taste of fresh sardines marinated in lemon juice. A drizzle of local olive oil, and I’d seen the light. [...]
Go do it Film documents the quest of Ugandan refugees
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
In the Oscar-nominated documentary “War Dance,” Ugandan students displaced by civil war find hope in their country’s traditional music and dance. The film, which won the top documentary directing award at Sundance, focuses on one group of refugees trying to win Uganda’s National Music Championship from among a pool of 20,000 schools. The inspiring tale [...]
Will Ferrell plays ABA owner/player Jackie Moon in new spoof
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
As peanut butter is to jelly and ham is to Swiss, Will Ferrell is to the 21st-century sports comedy: You wouldn’t necessarily want one without the other. Having already tackled soccer (the dubious “Kicking %26 Screaming”), NASCAR racing (”Talladega Nights”) and Olympic figure skating (”Blades of Glory”), Ferrell now moves on to basketball in “Semi-Pro,” [...]
Movie review In Bruges
29 February 2008, 20:08 No comments
If you could hoist a film on your shoulders and parade it through the theater for adulation and hoorays, the new British crime comedy “In Bruges” would be the one.Writer/director Martin McDonagh, an acclaimed English playwright of Irish descent, gives his characters a comedic voice so distinctive it forms its own profane dialect. His film [...]
