In 1974, in between creating The Godfather and The Godfather, Part 2, Oscar-winning writer-director Francis Ford Coppola made a film that was just as seminal as the Mafia dramas: The Conversation.
It was in many ways a small picture, starring Gene Hackman (in a brilliant performance), and including some people on the brink of stardom, Cindy [...]

If you were to go out and look for the quintessential pin-up California sunshine girl, you couldn’t do better than Pamela Anderson.
With a mane of bouncing blonde hair, a Barbie doll shape and perfectly plucked eyebrows, Anderson still fits the bill at 41.
Yet she wants the world to know she is Madam Ordinary, the type [...]

“Mad Men” is back, and did I ever need it.
Even if you haven’t watched the AMC drama about Madison Avenue ad men in the 1960s, you’ve probably heard about its 16 Emmy nominations. I’m here to tell you: It’s worth all the hype.
“Mad Men” feels like a show for adults. No, it’s not full of [...]

Steve Keller and Mike Stone are back on “The Streets of San Francisco.” CBS is developing an update of the classic 1970s cop series starring Michael Douglas and Karl Malden.
The remake will keep key elements from the original Quinn Martin production: the title, the names of the two main characters and, of course, the backdrop [...]

HBO has opted not to renew racy drama “Tell Me You Love Me” for a second season.
The decision was made almost a year after the sexually explicit series premiered on the pay cable channel.
(Hollywood Reporter)

Former Dawson’s Creek star Katie Holmes will return to the small screen, with a guest role in the comedy series Eli Stone, opposite Jonny Lee Miller.
“I went and I begged her,” said former Dawson’s Creek producer Greg Berlanti, who is co-creator of Eli Stone.
Holmes returned to acting with the film Mad Money earlier this year, [...]

The smoking, drinking and sexism of Mad Men has made Emmy Award history after bagging 16 nominations and securing a shot at the prestigious Outstanding Drama Series gong.
The critically acclaimed show, set in a 1960s advertising agency, and Damages, an American legal drama, are the first basic-cable programmes ever to be nominated for the best [...]

This post comes to you at great risk.
The formidable Gen. Grievous issued a warning to reporters assembled Friday morning for a screening of an episode of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” beheading and blasting away several battle droids before the show. Leaks or spoilers would not be tolerated.
Here’s what we can say. It just might [...]

The truth is still out there — on billboards, in sci-fi chat rooms and, on July 25, in a few thousand movie theaters.
While the audience out there for “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” remains unknowable, Fox hopes the spooky sequel can become the latest example of a successful “reboot”: thawing out a dormant film [...]

You gotta love a Soprano who keeps it in the family.
Multiple sources confirm to me exclusively that the lovely Jamie-Lynn Sigler (aka Meadow Soprano of HBO’s The Sopranos) is coming back to HBO to join up with Entourage for a three-episode arc. Word is, she’ll be playing herself and a potential love interest for one of the boys, and [...]