Movie Blog: Feb. Retro Showings Movie Buffs Will Love

| February 18, 2012

Valentine’s Day isn’t so far away now, and if you’re fortunate enough to be in a relationship with a movie buff, there are plenty of great options over the next few weeks to build up to the event. And some of them are even new. First off, the Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul has some [...]

Drinking (and making) Scotch on Robert Burns Day

| February 15, 2012

Celebrate the birthday of Scotlands favorite son Wednesday, also known as Burns Day, after the 18th century Romantic poet Robert Burns. Known for his lilting lyricism, storied love affairs and fondness for haggis, Burns also enjoyed a good glass of Scotch. To pay tribute, downtown whiskey bar Seven Grand is offering a special concoction that [...]

‘Smash’ is a ‘Very Human Look at Broadway’

| February 13, 2012

ET visited the set of the upcoming musical series Smash for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the premiere of the anticipated new show. Smash is about the making of a Broadway musical, star Anjelica Huston explained. Its a very human look at Broadway. We have singing. We have dancing. We have drama. We have love [...]

Marathi Review: ‘Shala’ is universal in appeal

| February 12, 2012

Cast: Dilip Prabhavalkar, Nandu Madhav, Anshuman Joshi, Ketaki Mategaonkar Director: Sujay Dahake The name can be misleading. Shala is not about kids going to school nor is it a childrens film, even remotely. All that it has in common with Stanley ka Dabba begins and ends at the animated sequence that plays with the opening [...]

Museum of Broken Relationships comes to Sleaford

| February 5, 2012

An international touring exhibition which features keepsakes from failed love affairs has come to Lincolnshire. The Museum of Broken Relationships has opened at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford. Among the exhibits, which were donated anonymously, were a Taser stun gun, teapots and a toy caterpillar. Artists Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic [...]

Love Affairs Taught Me To Love Myself

| February 3, 2012

I remember the first time I uttered the words I love you to a boy. I surprised him with a visit to his college for the night, which in retrospect is something you should never do to a 21-year-old fraternity guy. He handled my little surprise visit with grace, never letting on to me until [...]

Penny Jordan: Churned out love stories in her socks

| January 31, 2012

Penny Jordan worked as a secretary in a bank before she fired off a manuscript to Mills Boon and became one of the worlds biggest-selling romance authors, selling more than 90 million copies of nearly 190 titles. In books such as The Dutiful Wife, The Reluctant Surrender and The Sicilian Bosss Wife, Penny Jordan (whose [...]

Love, the law, and Lana Del Rey

| January 31, 2012

Her major label debut, Born To Die, refines the formula set out on that early material. A sweeping epic of doomed love affairs and bruised glamour, it could be the lost soundtrack to a film noir. Del Reys vocals have a cinematic quality, too. One minute, shes a breathy femme fatale; the next, a languorous, [...]

Hardman: A Love Affair From the 1970s Renewed

| January 29, 2012

Now its become one of those May-December relationships, but it wasnt always that way. #13; Before, I was the young one and they were the old ones. #13; Were back and were in love again. I guess thats how winning a Stanley Cup changes a relationship. It will never be the same. #13; Granted, weve [...]

Gerard Butler Brandi Glanville Feud Dominates RHOBH Reunion Countdown

| January 28, 2012

BEVERLY HILLS (LALATE) A Gerard Butler Brandi Glanville feud is dominating the countdown to the RHOBH season two reunion. A Gerard Butler Brandi Glanville storyline didnt appear in season two, but it could for next season after the two have ignited in a love spat this week. Glanville told Andy Cohen that Butler was one [...]