Brett Ratner: The Movie
Matthew DeBord covers the auto industry and writes the Shifting Gears blog for Slate’s The Big Money. He has appeared on MSNBC and HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports to discuss the car business and the future of transportation. In addition to writing about cars, he has also written frequently about Hollywood and the entertainment industry, books, and various other subjects for the Los Angeles Times. He writes about sports for the Huffington Post and has published two books on wine.
Forget the midlife crisis. Director Brett Ratner's putting out a retrospective DVD. He talks about shooting Madonna, interviewing Michael Jackson, and the time Mickey Rourke camped out in his garage.
The Week in Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, the Arrested Development movie is finally in development, the mean girls of Heathers plot a comeback, and Julia Child cooks up a bestseller. View our gallery.
Julie & Julia-Nora Ephron's wildly popular film about cookbook author Julia Child and blogger Julie Powell makes you want to run out and buy all of...
Slumdog is Top Dog
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Slumdog Millionaire may have swept the Oscars, Kate Winslet finally won, and Sean Penn outwrestled Mickey Rourke for Best Actor, but who were truly the big winners at the Academy Awards? We give out a few Bronze Beasts. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Taraji P. Henson in Roberto Cavalli, Natalie Portman in Rodarte, Anne Hathaway in Armani Prive
Don't Give It to Mickey!
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Or Sean Penn. Frost/Nixon's Frank Langella deserves the Best Actor award, and the future of acting may be at stake.
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