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The strange case of Alfred Hitchcock

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:00:00 +0000

“Hitchcock” is less a bad film than a middling, minor one, but it fails the standard I once heard applied to books about Proust: They have to be good enough that you wouldn’t be better off reading Proust instead. The contrast, in this case, is ridiculous. On one side, you’ve got a tepid inside-Hollywood comedy, featuring a pretty good Helen Mirren performance, Anthony Hopkins lumbering around in a fat suit, some late-‘50s Los Angeles atmosphere and a few intriguing tidbits of movie history. On the other side, you’ve got “Rebecca” and “Strangers on a Train” and “North by Northwest” and “Vertigo” and countless other pictures we could name, without even getting to “Psycho,” the groundbreaking horror film that serves as background to the domestic plot of “Hitchcock.” It’s not close.

What the Dems were saying at the DNC: Day 3

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.:

Fifty-two years ago, President Kennedy accepted our party's nomination saying, "We are not here to curse the darkness; we are here to light a candle." This is the fundamental difference between the party of President Obama and the party of Romney-Ryan. President Obama has lit candle after candle, bringing our country out from the darkness of recession, only to see Republicans douse the flames and amuse themselves cursing the darkness. The Romney-Ryan Republicans, however, have walked away from bi-partisan efforts to find responsible approaches to moving this country forward, bringing only more darkness.

Actress Kerry Washington:

We the people. I love that phrase so much. Throughout our country's history, we've expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. That's what it means to move forward. And that's what this election is all about.

Actress Scarlett Johansson:

When I was a little girl, my mother—a registered Democrat—would take me into the polling booth, and tell me which buttons to press and when to pull the lever. Is that even legal? I remember the excitement I felt in that secret box, and feeling like my mom's vote wasn't just about the candidate, it was about our family—and all the families just like ours.

Scarlett Johansson has no regrets over nude pics

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Scarlett Johansson is not ashamed. In a new Vanity Fair cover story, the 26-year-old bombshell professes no regrets about those nude cellphone photos that were splashed all over the Web in September. "They were sent to my husband," she says, referring to her ex, Ryan Reynolds. "There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not like I was shooting a porno. Although there’s nothing wrong with that either."

Last spring, news emerged that authorities were investigating a hacker who lifted nude images of Johansson, along with other celebrities like Mila Kunis, from their phones. But it wasn't until September that the image of a woman resembling the "Avengers" star, cleverly employing two mirrors to flaunt a butt that goes on for days, hit the Web. The photo inspired such a tidal wave of copycat poses that the phrase "ScarlettJohanssoning" promptly entered the lexicon. "I know my best angles," she says now.

Johansson's accused hacker, Christopher Chaney, has since pleaded not guilty of breaking into the emails and cellphones of more than 50 people – including a 13-year-old. Chaney has been indicted on multiple counts of computer hacking, aggravated identify theft and illegal wiretapping. He faces up to 121 years in prison.