As I reflected upon the importance of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on the occasion of its 50th edition, which opens with Oren Moverman’s “Time Out of Mind,” starring Richard Gere, I toyed…
The Rolling Stones are selling out arenas. Mick Jagger has a new show on HBO. A new two-CD set of "Sticky Fingers" is out. And Stones' bass-playing maestro Bill Wyman has a new solo album called…
U.S. film fans probably know actress Marthe Keller from such '70s hits as "Marathon Man" and "Black Sunday," or perhaps Claude Lelouch's "And Now My Love." True aficionados are likely to recall her…
Before emerging as complex ex-cop Mike Ehrmantraut on "Breaking Bad," which led to his powerful turn in the same role on this year's "Better Call Saul," Jonathan Banks was best known for his…
Few filmmakers have impacted American cinema as indelibly as Roger Corman, the self-proclaimed "King of the B's" and the man who famously made low-budget, long-shelf-life moneymakers, ranging from…
Bill Paxton's acting resume includes a host of fearless characters, including his multi-Golden Globe-nominated turn as a polygamous Mormon patriarch in HBO's "Big Love," astronaut Fred Haise in…
From his production work on Harrison's "Cloud Nine" in '87 to his production duties on Tom Petty's '06 solo album, "Highway Companion," Lynne spent almost 20 years as producer as well as an essential…
"Everyone loves a comeback" is one of the most enduring maxims in showbiz, and if there's ever been an attorney who embodies both that saying and the industry, it's Variety's Billion Dollar…
It's been almost 50 years since Tommy James and the Shondells rocketed to fame with "Hanky Panky," the first of a string of million-sellers that includes "Crimson and Clover," "Crystal Blue…
With an acting resume that starts with such gem parts as "Stud" in the 1970 farce "Myra Breckinridge" and proceeds to his Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning work on the '80s TV series "Magnum, P.I.," Tom…
Imagine if Kodak founder George Eastman hadn't just invented film, but had gone on to run MGM in its heyday. Or World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee become the CEO of Facebook. It's almost too…
