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Lindsay Lohan's New Years Resolution: Stop Getting Torn Down
20 hours ago
2009 was a tumultuous year for Lindsay Lohan. Her father released multiple family private phone recordings about her drug and emotional problems, her foray into fashion design was deemed a disaster by Ungaro himself and her provocative photo shoots were met mostly with laughter. How does Lindsay plan to turn her act around in 2010? "To answer everybody's question...My new years resolution is to stop letting the lucky few that have my heart, try2constantly tear me down," she tweeted in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Then: "2010 is about moving forward, not backwards. Leaving the bad (people, habbits, and negative energy behind) time to make changes-right!?!? :)" The bad may include Michael Lohan, who was just accused of kicking his ex in the vagina and was arrested earlier in the month for violating a restraining order. Lindsay is having a »
- Katy Hall
Dead Folks, 2009: The Missed and the Not Missed
21 hours ago
Hello darlings, and Happy Arbitrarily-Chosen Point in Our Orbit of the Sun. Here's my own brief look at some of the more notable celebrity deaths of 2009. As always, they fall into two categories: The Good Riddance List and The Folks We'll Miss List. Folks marked "Grl" are the ones I am more than glad to see the back of. Names without it may be assumed to be on the Will Be Missed List. The latter list is way too long, and the former list is far too short. Inclusion and exclusion from this article is strictly arbitrary, based solely on my whim. First off, the most important announcement: I am not on this list again this year. Now that you're relieved, let's get on with it. Of course there is always one celebrity death that hits hardest, and looms above all the »
- Tallulah Morehead
The Band of the Decade: The Beatles?!
21 hours ago
What does it say that the biggest musical group of the first decade of this new millennium recorded its last album 40 years ago? That's what sales figures show, that the best-selling album of the decade is the Beatles' 1, a collection of their number one hits. And that, when counting the individual albums in their massive (and very expensive) box sets of remastered recordings released just this past September as individual albums rather than one "unit," the erstwhile lads from Liverpool have sold more CDs than Eminem, the leading solo act of the decade, or any group, for that matter. That's what the figures show, but what do they mean? "A Hard Day's Night" from 1964's A Hard Day's Night. For one thing, it points up the fragmentation and flash-in-the-pan American Idol mindset of the new music scene. For another, it points up »
- William Bradley
Tom Cruise: A Decade In Pda Moments (Photos)
23 hours ago
It's been a busy decade for Tom Cruise. He kicked off the aughts married to Nicole Kidman, whom he divorced in 2001, just shy of their tenth anniversary and while she was three months pregnant (she later miscarried). Tom began dating 'Vanilla Sky' costar Penelope Cruz soon after and the two were together until 2004. In the spring of 2005 he began dating Katie Holmes and a year later she was pregnant with Suri. While Tom's arm candy has rotated several times over course of the decade, one thing has remained consistent: his love for red carpet Pda. This habit crested in 2005, which saw many full-on public make out sessions with Katie. It has cooled down somewhat since the birth of their child. Take a look back at the decade in Tom Pda moments and pick your (least) favorites. »
- Katy Hall
My Favorite Records of the Decade
1 January 2010 3:45 PM, PST
Disclaimer: The list is subject to change the very second that it's posted. Yes, this is what I'm doing on New Years Eve. And I guess it makes sense. Nothing has given me more pleasure this year and this decade than music. It's my therapist, joy, shoulder, understanding and just about everything else that compliments the emotions that run through me. It creates connections with not only friends, loved ones and strangers, but with the world. The following are the twenty records released in the 2000s that meant the most to me. Are they the best? Well, to me, yes. Now go out and buy some (all) of these. 20 Easton Stagger Phillips : One For the Ditch (2008) 19 Son Volt : Okemah and the Melody of Riot (2005) 18 Bruce Springsteen : The Rising (2002) 17 Arcade Fire : Neon Bible (2007) 16 »
- Chris Campbell
The J. Lo Decade
1 January 2010 12:59 PM, PST
It's nice that in 2010 we can still get excited about a female singer whose entire body is covered from the neck down. Well, except that the singer is Jennifer Lopez and her body was covered in a sparkly skintight semi-see-through bodysuit that clung to her every famous curve. So 2010 — and so 2000, and so everything in between. Last night on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," J.Lo sang her back-to-back decade closers "Louboutins" and "Waiting For Tonight," but what people are talking about today is the bodysuit, so much so that it's trending on Google as "jennifer lopez new years outfit" and "j lo new years eve outfit." Well, good. Let 'em notice, she's 40 and just had twins and practically invented the stunt outfit. Like today's trending Google topics are an accident. This is J.Lo — »
- Rachel Sklar
Avatar's Best Moment (Hint - It Has Nothing to Do With 3D Special Effects)
31 December 2009 3:02 PM, PST
As expected, as James Cameron's Avatar continues to hammer the box office, blockbuster backlash has settled in almost before the ink on those rave reviews has dried. While blockbuster backlash is a common thing (quick... find anyone who still admits to loving Independence Day or even Return of the King), the speed in which the 'oh, it's just about effects' talk has become mainstreamed is a little surprising. The standard line is now 'oh, the story is bland and the character development is non-existent'. But, as we all know, the mega hits, the ones like Jurassic Park, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight, or Spider-Man, made their money on the strength of everything but the effects. With the arguable exception of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (a $400 million-grossing anomaly that no one particularly liked), you »
- Scott Mendelson
Dario Yazbek Bernal, Gael Garcia Bernal's Younger Brother, In 'Daniel Y Ana' (Photos, Info)
31 December 2009 12:47 PM, PST
Meet Dario Yazbek Bernal, Gael Garcia Bernal's 19-year-old half-brother. The curly-haired cutie makes his big-screen debut in the Mexican thriller 'Daniel y Ana,' which has made the festival rounds this year and will be screening at the 2010 Palm Springs International Festival and The Barbican next month. In the movie, which is based on actual events that happened in Mexico, Dario plays a teenager who is kidnapped along with his older sister. They are forced to do something deeply traumatic together then released to figure out how to reconstruct their lives and relationship. You can watch the trailer here. Photos: Get HuffPost Entertainment On Facebook and Twitter! »
- Katy Hall
Movies We Loved: 2009
31 December 2009 12:07 PM, PST
What to say about film in 2009? It was clearly a transitional and scary year for independents and biggies alike, with an uncertain theatrical future leading to (exciting? underwhelming?) developments in film availability online and on demand and via your computer. Some of the stories that we clung to this year echoed that uncertainty, from Precious to Up in the Air. Other stories, like this summer's Transformers 2, simply blew stuff up. And then there's Avatar... already #21 in IMDb's top 250. The films we wanted to highlight in our Movies We Love piece are not necessarily the "best" or buzziest of the year; those lists, after a while, all start to sound the same. We wanted to focus on the films that touched us, moved us, and maybe changed the way we saw the world for a little while. Movies »
- Tribeca Film
California Literary Review's Top 10 Movies of 2009
31 December 2009 11:32 AM, PST
#1. The Hurt Locker There was no better action film this year than Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker. By far the best Iraq war movie to date, it follows an elite team of soldiers whose sole job is to diffuse Ied's on the streets of Baghdad. There's no easing in to this movie. Your nerves are shot after the opening sequence and you're watching the rest of the movie shell-shocked. Hand-held camera and eye-level p.o.v's make the audience an embedded member of the squad, feeling the stress and tension alongside their fellow soldiers. Each mission is more horrific than the last and it's no wonder some of these soldiers are starting to crack. Every character is disposable, so don't get too attached to anyone - yet that's exactly what Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) does when he befriends a young »
- Zorianna Kit
Nicholas Hoult of A Single Man: About a Boy Who's Become a Man -- With Oscar Prospects!
31 December 2009 10:52 AM, PST
In 2002, Nicholas Hoult was a pudgy-faced awkward young boy who sort of stalked ne'er-do-well Hugh Grant in the delightful and moving film, About A Boy. America hasn't seen much of him since his auspicious debut forging a significant bond with Grant's character, in the process symbiotically helping each other to lead richer and fulfilled lives. This year he's back, and what a metamorphosis in seven years from the much teased, put-upon kid, who's been transformed into a twenty-year-old 6'4" hunk with a handsome face and striking blue eyes. The latter put to good use as he returns to similar territory, obsessing about an older man. In this case, he's stalking his college professor Colin Firth in the lovely film, A Single Man. It's not as if Nicholas has been idle in between; he was on a popular British »
- Michael Russnow
Touchdown: For New Year's, My Favorite Football Movies
31 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST
As we ponder which bowl games to watch tomorrow, let's salute the game of football: not just the sheer excitement of it, but the values it promotes. Fundamentally, to survive on a football field, it helps to be big, tough and fast, but you'll get nowhere without brains, instinct, and the ability to work with and rely on others -- the very same attributes we need to navigate our own lives. Countless films have explored the inherent drama and heroic quality of organized sports in general, and football in particular. In fact, Hollywood has turned the feel-good sports movie into a tried-and-true formula, cranking out numerous retread features that inevitably include tough but fair coaches leading underdog teams to unexpected victory. But amidst all the strictly average titles lie a few bona-fide winners, movies that resonate with fans and non-fans alike, »
- John Farr
Best Films of the '00s (Zeros/Aughts)
31 December 2009 9:48 AM, PST
What qualifies me to do a retrospective review of the best films of the decade? Well, I'd like to think that I know a lot about film, that I've seen a lot of movies, that I love movies, and that I have good taste. Plus, I'm a blogger, so here you go, like it or not. (Oh, and I was a film critic way back when for The Tufts Daily.) Seriously, it's been an interesting exercise looking back over the decade in film. These lists don't mean much -- and there are way too many of them already -- but wrapping up a year or a decade or whatever with "best of" lists allows one to reflect on what was, and on what was excellent, and to celebrate excellence, and, given that all this is subjective, to stimulate debate within oneself and »
- Michael J.W. Stickings
Ten Records That Made This Cruddy Decade a Little More Bearable
31 December 2009 8:23 AM, PST
Damn, I hated the '00s -- a decade so crappy that nobody ever even figured out what to call it. From the recession and stolen election that kicked it off to the near-economic collapse at its tail end, and all the bullshit in between, the last ten years have been one long bummer after another. To my ears, the music of the decade didn't make things much better. Fleet Foxes and Fiery Furnaces, Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne, Jay-z and the Jonas Brothers, Bright Eyes and The Darkness, emo and screamo, and that goddamn Autotune. Almost all of it made me go "feh," "eh," or "meh," if not all three. But as the old saying goes, there's always good music out there, it's just that sometimes you have to hunt a little harder for the good stuff. »
- Tony Sachs
"Wishing Well": A Playlist for Rush Limbaugh in Hawaii Tonight
31 December 2009 7:43 AM, PST
Dear Rush, I have no mega-dittos for you tonight -- only well wishes and a few songs to help speed what I hope will be your quick recovery. Here's hoping that you can right back to being wrong real soon. Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby Getting Better - The Beatles Get Well Soon - Steve Forbert Feeling Good - Nina Simone The Spirit of Radio - Rush Rush - Big Audio Dynamite Gut Feeling - Devo Don't Think... Feel - Neil Diamond Feeling All Right - Joe Cocker Living and Living Well - George Strait Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon Come on, Huffington Post, let's show Rush the human dignity that he sometimes denies others, and send him all our best -- and some cool tunes to recover by. »
- David Wild
Rubbernecking's Top Ten Pop Culture Moments of 2009
31 December 2009 7:13 AM, PST
It's been a year full of rubbernecking, the perfect coda to a decade chock full of Wtf Moments. Let's count down the top ten pop culture moments of Oh-Nine, shall we? 1. Swinging wildly between sad and just plain sick on the pop culture pendulum is the spectacle of Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage falling apart for all to see on national television. My sympathies to their brood of eight, all of whom are likely destined for many years of professional counseling once they're old enough to realize that their home lives were exploited so hideously by their own parents. 2. Falcon Heene Aka Balloon Boy spilling the beans about his parents' prank on live television (and his cookies). That poor kid, like his given name isn't bad enough (Falcon? Really?!?), he will forever be known as Balloon Boy. 3. The four legged »
- Holly Cara Price
Gwyneth Shares Her Recipes For New Years Cocktails
31 December 2009 6:47 AM, PST
In case you are still figuring out how to drink yourself into the New Year, Gwyneth Paltrow presents some cocktail recipes via her newsletter, Goop. Gwyneth's sidecar recipe is inspired by the original sidecar at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, made with an 1865 Ritz Reserve cognac exclusive to the hotel. "It's not everyday that you have 800 Euros at your disposal for a cocktail," Gwyneth concedes, "so I've modified the recipe." Here is the plebeian version: The Everyman's Sidecar For One Cocktail: * 2 ounces nice cognac * 1/2 ounce Cointreau * juice of half a lemon * twist of lime Shake the cognac, Cointreau and lemon juice hard in shaker with Lots of ice. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with the twist of lime. If you are »
- Katy Hall
HuffPost Review: A Film With Me in It
30 December 2009 3:33 PM, PST
It's tempting to lump Ian Fitzgibbon's A Film with Me in It in with a comically Grand Guignol-thriller like Shallow Grave. Or the plays (and film) of Martin McDonagh. But it would be wrong. For, while there is violence galore in A Film with Me in It, the lion's share is accidental. No, really -- they were accidents. That's the joke in this blackly humorous Irish film, which stars the film's writer, Mark Doherty, and stand-up comic Dylan Moran. People drop dead at an alarming rate in this movie -- and the deaths are unbelievably accidental, in the sense that so many bizarre accidents in so short a time simply has to look fishy to the authorities. So unemployed actor Mark (Doherty) and his would-be writer-filmmaker friend Pierce (Moran) must invent a set of circumstances that seem more likely than the freak occurrences »
- Marshall Fine
Precious star Sidibe "Pushes" Her Way to 2010
30 December 2009 2:57 PM, PST
Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe was working as a receptionist in an electrolysis office this time last year. This morning, the Golden Globe nominated star of the acclaimed Precious: Based on the Novel Bush by Sapphire was in Time Square helping to power the 2010 New Year's Eve Ball. I'll be damned if the phrase "what a difference a year makes" has ever resonated more. At the Duracell Power Lab, Sidibe became the final celebrity of the year (guyliner extraordinaire Adam Lambert and "SNL" funnyboner Kristen Wiig are among those who took part in '09) to pedal the battery company's Power Rover, which captures human energy via the push of a pedal, and converts it into usable power. The yearlong storing of power will light up the 2010 numerals as the Ball drops tomorrow night. How appropriate since Sidibe's star has been shining »
- Jon Chattman
"Barely a Crime?" - An Answer to a Polanski Apologist
30 December 2009 2:02 PM, PST
"How do you plead?" "Barely Guilty." "Barely Guilty?" "Um, yeah. Because the crime I'm accused of committing in California is barely a crime in some places in Europe, I'd like to plead Barely Guilty here." "So then you're pleading guilty..." "Yes, but barely." That's how the scene in court might play out if Jeff Norman's legal logic reigned. Norman wrote in his latest blog, "The offense for which Polanski's extradition from Switzerland is sought is barely considered a crime in Europe, where the age of consent is as low as 13." Barely considered a crime. If it weren't such a creepy statement it would be laughable. Norman starts out his invective, aimed at all of us who think Polanski should be brought to justice, with a quote from the California Court of Appeals: "Fundamental »
- Michael Seitzman
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