Going to meet writer Susan Orlean at the Avalon Hotel, I don’t know if I was subconsciously expecting to find Meryl Streep donning a straw hat and clutching a potted orchid. Read more...

The last time most Americans saw Nick Nolte was last September, when the mug shot from his arrest for drunk driving was splashed across the media. Read more...

Movies involving drug trade usually receive warm welcome at the box office. People are interested in the elusive business of drug cartels, evidenced by the success of films like “Traffic” and “Scarface.” Director F. Read more...

Blind dates. They’re risky, nerve-wracking and incredibly common in a society of singles anxious to hook up with Mr. or Ms. Right. But who’s to blame when a blind date goes terribly, horribly wrong? Read more...

White Stripes “Elephant” V2 Records Innovative. Groundbreaking. Virtuosic. Exciting. Emotional. Heartbreaking. Breathtaking. Booty-shaking. The White Stripes are one of the most important bands making music right now. Read more...

It was, of course, too late; I was already hooked. But even as I settled in to watch, resigned to my latest addiction, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps reality television has finally gone too far. Read more...

A week from Friday, MTV Films is releasing its new film, “Better Luck Tomorrow,” which features overachieving American high schoolers who idle in their idyllic suburbia until they develop violent lives of crime. Read more...