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Backstage with Martin Sheen, a Mensch for All Seasons

Posted on March 6, 2010 by admin

Brian Geraghty and Martin Sheen in The Subject Was Roses at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. By Victoria Looseleaf If there’s a nicer, more fabulous movie/TV/theater star than Martin Sheen, I’d like to meet him. Sheen, who returns … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Events of 2000-2009 (And Quite a Decade It Was)

Posted on January 5, 2010 by admin

Cover of the first Spanish-language edition of Nowhere Man, 2003 By Robert Rosen This is my very personal list of the ten events, good and bad, of the past decade that have had the greatest impact upon my life. 1. … Continue reading →

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The Looseleaf Report’s Musings on the Decade, Including the Best, the Worst, and Those Anointed into Our Hall of Shame

Posted on December 27, 2009 by admin

Obama, Election night, November 4, 2008, Havana, Cuba. Photo by Victoria Looseleaf. By Victoria Looseleaf Because this would be an encyclopedia of egregious deeds if I included the horrendousness of 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, the Bush brigade, and all … Continue reading →

Posted in ANDRE AGASSI, BARBARO, Bob Dylan, JOY BEHAR, LABELS: OBAMA’S ELECTION, LEVI JOHNSTON, MERYL STREEP, MICHAEL JACKSON, OCTOMOM, PRECIOUS, Sarah Palin, TEDDY KENNEDY, TIGER WOODS | Comments Off on The Looseleaf Report’s Musings on the Decade, Including the Best, the Worst, and Those Anointed into Our Hall of Shame

A Love Letter to–and from–Amsterdam (With a Shout-Out from Den Haag)

Posted on December 14, 2009 by admin

Houseboats on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam. Photo by Victoria Looseleaf. By Victoria Looseleaf Ah, Amsterdam, thy name is freedom, beauty and culture, with your denizens, the hearty and wonderful Dutch folk, making it all possible. Freedom, of course, includes the many … Continue reading →

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Tori Amos Puts Her Own Spin on the Season

Posted on December 10, 2009 by admin

As part of the music magazine’s SpinHouse Live series, Tori Amos gives an intimate concert at the Spin offices in Lower Manhattan. Photo by Ben Rowland. By Mary Lyn Maiscott Under black chandeliers, Tori Amos, her long hair nearly as … Continue reading →

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Connubial War, Not Much Peace

Posted on December 3, 2009 by admin

Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) enjoys a rare light moment with his wife, Sofya (Helen Mirren). The Last StationWritten and directed by Michael HoffmanStarring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, and Paul Giamatti By Mary Lyn Maiscott Some movies appear to … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools

Posted on November 12, 2009 by admin

“The Count” (Philip Seymour Hoffman) bakes over the UK with rock ’n’ roll on his illegal late-night radio show. Pirate Radio Forget about the multiple intertwining plots: lovable longhaired outlaws vs. repressed government officials; DJ vs. DJ; boy’s search for … Continue reading →

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Jewiest Movie I’ve Ever Seen

Posted on October 2, 2009 by admin

Larry Gopnick (Michael Stuhlbarg), left, tries to act “adult” with Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), his wife-stealing colleague. By Robert Rosen A Serious ManA film by Joel and Ethan CoenStarring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron … Continue reading →

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The Boys Are Slack

Posted on September 22, 2009 by admin

Still comin’ at ya: Drama (Kevin Dillon), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), Vince (Adrian Grenier), Eric (Kevin Connolly), and Ari (Jeremy Piven). Entourage: Season 6 By Mary Lyn Maiscott As I cannot justify to myself paying for both HBO and Showtime and … Continue reading →

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Reconciliation Is Not an Option

Posted on August 18, 2009 by admin

Sixteen-year-old Alistair Little, of the Ulster Volunteer Force, prepares to murder a Catholic. By Robert Rosen Five Minutes of HeavenDirected by Oliver HirschbiegelWritten by Guy HibbertStarring Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Mark Davison, Richard Dormer, Kevin O’Neill, Gerard Jordan, … Continue reading →

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