Category: people

“Frank Langella’s career has not been an upward trajectory of success — and he likes it that way. He’s had memorable roles on stage and screen, and times when he couldn’t find work, or even an agent.”

“But make no mistake; the impact of the ‘Punk Prayer’ on public opinion was not the chance result of a post-adolescent prank. At least two of the three defendants have emerged from a scene of young conceptual artists that have been engaged in political activism for years. They knew exactly where to hit so that it hurt most.”

“[He] was best known for his The Stainless Steel Rat series, starring the free-spirited anti-hero Slippery Jim DiGriz, a quick-witted conman who travels the universe swindling humans, aliens and robots alike. His 1966 work, Make Room! Make Room! – a sci-fi take on the horrors of overpopulation – inspired the 1973 film Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston.”

Nicholas McCarthy, “who was born with no right hand, now finds himself on the brink of a career as an international performer after astounding professionals and wowing audiences with his ability to play so seamlessly.”

“[She] is one of those rare stars who is somehow better in reality than in the popular imagination. No matter how many times one hears about how charismatic, how natural and unembarrassed, or how funny and charming she was, seeing Julia onscreen or hearing her talk about food always surpasses those expectations – she’s so perfectly Julia every time.”

“We have all heard Julia say ‘I just hate health food,’ and that diet food was what one ate while waiting for the steak. But she also said, in the same theoretical if not literal breath ‘You must have discipline to have fun’. That is what it means to learn to eat.”

“About a month after Kristin Chenoweth suffered a head injury during a recurring stint on the set of The Good Wife, the actress released a statement Monday saying that she will no longer continue with the multi-episode role.”

“Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success.”

“Besides hearing Rand distill her philosophy into a few TV-friendly sentences, you’ll also get another glimpse at late-night talk shows as they used to be.”

“If you really look at the world with the long eye of history, now as compared to 200 years ago, the degrees of justice have increased. The age of the great empires is over. Many peoples – including my own country of origin, India – are now determining their own fate instead of having it determined from the outside. But history is one of those rivers that always moves in both directions at the same time.”