Sara Bareilles' Waitress Musical Starts Off Rocky But Ends Sweetly
A wavy pie crust outlining a polka-dot stage curtain greeted a full house on a recent Sunday afternoon at Cambridge, Massachusetts’ American Repertory Theatre. The seats were packed with locals and folks like myself who’d come from New York City to see Waitress: A New Musical, starring Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller…
Spy Eye: An Interview With the Costume Designer for The Americans
Like most married couples, Elizabeth and Philip Jennings have their share of ups and downs, passion and apathy, parenting mishaps and frequent misunderstandings and breakups. Unlike most married couples however, The Jennings, the TV family at the center of The Americans, are also undercover Cold War-era Soviet spies…
What It's Like to Film a Sex Scene When You're Pregnant
As part of a Hollywood Reporter's roundtable with some of the best dramatic actresses on television today, Claire Danes, Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Julianna Margulies, Jessica Paré and Sarah Paulson had a little discussion about how weird it is to pretend to have sex with someone when there's another someone growing…
Austen-fanatics, the Trailer for Austenland Is Here
Based off of the popular book of the same name, the trailer for the movie Austenland starring Keri Russell is out. Start clutching your pearls, or whatever women did back in Jane Austen's time that was a way to express excitement and horror at the same time.
"I've Made A Huge Mistake."
[New York, May 17. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]
Defiant Brooklyn Mom: "I'm A Big Believer In Slings"
First The New York Times wondered whether newly hip baby slings were safe. Then, on Wednesday, two brands of baby slings were recalled. But some highly unscientific anecdotal evidence suggests that the baby sling isn't going away so fast.
Keri Has ______ In The Bag
[New York, March 25. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Inside The Lines
[New York, March 20. Image via Pacific Coast News]
Amy Plans A Wedding; Taylor Has An Attitude
- Amy Winehouse is planning to re-marry Blake Fielder-Civil, whom this paper calls her "junkie ex."
Extraordinary Measures Premiere Inspires Extraordinarily Curious Duds
Extraordinary Measures deals with desperate parents and fearless doctors racing against time for a cure for a rare disease. The premiere, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, dealt with crochet, furs, weird dresses and Jessica Simpson-as-Ivana.
Making A List, Checking It Twice
[New York, December 18. Image via INF]
Off The Cuff
[New York, November 8. Image via Flynet]
LC's Screen Dreams; Jon Gosselin's Solo Show?
- Have mercy. Will Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy be turned into a film? That would mean a movie based on a book based on reality show based on someone's life. LC says:
Long-Awaited Wonder Woman Flick Hits Theaters DVD
According to Entertainment Weekly, Wonder Woman has always been the third most-important DC Comics superhero, behind Superman and Batman. And today, the Wonder Woman movie has arrived. Of course, it's an animated, straight to DVD flick.

