This the women's version of a list posted earlier this week, 5 Men Who Look Better With Age. As noted in that one, we aimed to choose women who had not just aged well, but who have managed to look better than their younger selves. Here they are, from youngest to oldest. Aimee Mann is almost not ...

Among the Oscar winners and nominees who died between Feb. 1, 2008, and Jan. 31, 2009, and were honored in the fast-paced "In Memoriam" segment of Sunday night's Oscars were: Claude Berri: live action short winner, "Le Poulet" (1962); producing nominee, "Tess" (1979) Mi...

Recently I successfully baked what I consider a wonderful Jewish rye bread from an equally  wonderful source of references and information for bakers. That loaf made me think of my Uncle Lester who died a couple years ago. We would talk a lot on the phone. He would always ask what I was baking or w...

The Oscars are like dividend statements from Bernie Madoff. You know they’re coming, you expect the worst, but you open the envelopes anyway, with your fingers crossed, hoping this year will be better. It never is, but despite rock-bottom ratings, and dwindling interest in too many nominees nobody...

Monday: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid As part of their "31 Days of Oscar," Turner Classic Movies is pulling out all of your dusty old favorites this month. So here's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, one of those movies where everything clicks into place like a tumbler in a lock. Wi...

When an ill-advised remake of a film is just around the corner, it's always nice to go back to the original and revel in what makes it so damn good. Plus, it's Monday, and you need a little NSFW bloodletting. So, here is the on-ice debut of the Hanson Bros in Slap Shot. It's pretty self-explanatory,...

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We say it all the time -- "That's a film that should never be remade!" 95% of the time, its true. The latest to go through the remake treatment is the hockey classic Slap Shot -- and it's apparently been buzzed and bitched about since last summer, when Peter Steinfeld took the writing job. But now V...

The most spiritually compelling moment of the Screen Actors Guild Awards came when the Guild paid tribute to those who'd lost their lives since the last gathering. Susan Sarandon shared a very nice tribute to the actors who've passed, and......

continued from part one 9:03 One thing I should mention about Sally Field. I love that she referred to her fellow nominees (i.e. the losers) as "the cable girls." Heh. Whoever chose the clips for the TV Drama Actress category (which also included the great Holly Hunter looking ravishing as always) d...