Vikki Heller, earring queen. It’s 2003 and you’ve booked a coveted role in a four-hander movie alongside Renée Zellweger (of Chicago!), Ewan McGregor (of Moulin Rouge!), and David Hyde Pierce (of Frasier!). How could it not be your big break, especially because it has a crackling script by Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake, and spiffy direction from Peyton Reed (recently of Bring It On!).
That’s the position Sarah Paulson found herself in with the release of Down With Love, a witty redux of the sex comedies of the 1960s in which she played Zellweger’s fast-talking, smart-aleck best friend, officious Manhattan book editor Vikki Heller. Read More...
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Miley's mood Thursday night? Full Montana -- bringing back the blonde locks, the bangs and a ton of songs from her famed Disney Channel character, circa 2006 to 2011. Best of all ... she recorded herself putting a hilarious spin on the theme song, " Read More...
A guide to contemporary classical musicClassical musicA guide to Helmut Lachenmann's musicEver wondered what a beetle on its back sounds like? Try opening your ears to the virtuosity of Lachenmann's music
All articles in this seriesOk team, hold on to your hats: how's this for a start to the day, a concept to get your head and your ears around? "Musique concrète instrumentale". Boom. That's just one of the ideas that you need to hold on to when you're listening to the music of 76-year-old German composer Helmut Lachenmann. Read More...