Kate Winslet finally won her Oscar, delighting the bulk of fans who have been rooting for her since she dreamt of Hollywood in '94 -- 'they're desperately keen to sign me up!' -- or nearly drowned in '97. She never let go. So, who is next? Or rather... who is most overdue? Contrary to popular belief...

So many unanswered questions: How will Octo-Mom buy the mansion she's picked out? What kind of jokes did Clint Eastwood tell about "Jose?" Where in Warren Beatty's house will Lindsay Lohan live? Cllint Eastwood thinks people need to laugh at race jokes, just like in old times, before people lost the...

Ecco gli ascolti, basati sui dati forniti quotidianamente da Auditel, dei programmi di prima serata di ieri 23 febbraio 2009 , e a seguire una guida completa a cosa potremo vedere questa sera sui principali canali TV italiani in chiaro e a pagamento. Per maggiori informazioni sulla programmazione te...

Ecco gli ascolti, basati sui dati forniti quotidianamente da Auditel, dei programmi di prima serata di ieri 16 febbraio 2009 , e a seguire una guida completa a cosa potremo vedere questa sera sui principali canali TV italiani in chiaro e a pagamento. Per maggiori informazioni sulla programmazione te...

Thompson on Hollywood will Milk surprise in Best Picture? Armond White with his annual sh**-starting "Better-Than" list Coming Soon Amanda Seyfried vs. The Bening in an Oscar Wilde comedy? I'm so there. Dear Jesus Whitney wishes she were more like Diane Keaton... Just Jared yet more Nine set photos....

Couple things. First off, I’m pleased to announce that The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009 is now available (details from David Gassko, our editor). I contributed the chapter on the Padres. Buy the book. It rocks. And it’ll give you something to read while you’re waiting for my ...

INTERVIEWER Could you say something of this process? When do you work? Do you keep to a strict schedule? HEMINGWAY When I am working on a book or story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and war...

There's been a lot of buzz on the Net* about the Nature commentary on cognitive enhancement I blogged about yesterday, in which I noted that you need only think about coffee to realize what a slippery slope the cog enhancement issue presents. If you want to experience first-hand just how slippery, t...

My own powers of memory and focus, for instance, probably fall within the normal range ; yet they're not as good as those possessed by some of my peers who can therefore perhaps outwork me. Taking some modafinil can close some of that gap -- and, more to the point, help me work at my own best capaci...

"He arrives after we have already eaten, but his own dinner waits while he unpeels the soggy city clothes in which he has been making the rounds of his debit all day, and changes into his swimsuit.  I carry his towel for him as he clops down the street to the beach in his unlaced shoes.&nb...