Surprisingly Good
I’m sorry that I didn’t clue you into the premiere, on Dec. 2, of the new “scripted” Bravo series, “A Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce.” But, I caught the pilot and can tell you that it’s mucho good. (New episodes air Tuesdays at 10PM. Many same-week encores…
Shore and Santa
I’ve never been a fan of PAULY SHORE, 46. But the fact that Showtime picked-up a documentary about him (“Pauly Shore Stands Alone”) intrigues me. Maybe the serious side of Shore will be more interesting than his comedy. The publicity release for the documentary, which …
Mike Nichols and Being Jewish
Director MIKE NICHOLS, the Berlin-born son of German Jewish refugees, died on November 19, age 83. You can easily find print and on-line biographies of Nichols. What is harder to find is material about his relationship to his Jewish background after his early d…
Hunger, Eating and More
“Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I,” opens on Friday, Nov. 21. To make more money, the studio decided to take the last “Hunger Games” novel and turn it into two movies. Jennifer Lawrence stars again as the heroine, Katniss, with ELIZABETH BANKS, 40, returning …
At the Movies/Movie News
“Rosewater” is the first film directed and written by JON STEWART, 51. It is based on a memoir by Iranian-Canadian Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari about his 107-day imprisonment in solitary confinement by the Iranian regime. A few days before Iran’s 2009 pre…
