Tom Cruise Meets His Match; Emily Blunt Kicks Ass in Edge of Tomorrow (See!)
Tom Cruise’s new movie “Edge Of Tomorrow” is one of the best things he’s ever done on film, But Emily Blunt steals the picture....
Keith Girard
John Lennon’s Doodles, Cartoons, Poems Heading for Auction in NYC
John Lennon best known as a world-class musician with The Beatles. was also a world-class doodler and writer. Now some of his non-musical works, including nonsense poems, doodles and comic drawings, are heading for auction in New York City. Lennon produced the material during the 1960s at the height of the band’s fame, when “Beatlemania” was sweeping the world. Publisher Tom Maschler saw Lennon’s drawings and writings in 1962 and convinced him to write and illustrate a book....
Kate Bosworth Cheers on Kevin Spacey at Moving Image Museum
Kate Bosworth led a parade of admirers who attended the Museum of the Moving Image 28th Annual Salute, honoring Kevin Spacey last night in New York City. Spacey was lauded for his film work. Also spotted in the crowd were “Sex and the City’s” Kim Cattrall, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth. Presenters at the event included Samuel L. Jackson (The Negotiator), Beau Willimon (House of Cards), Denis Leary (The Ref, Recount), Dana Brunetti (Beyond the Sea), Penn Badgley (Margin Call) and Chazz Palminteri (The Usual Suspects) and Kate....
Katy Perry, Celebrities Burnish LA’s Contemporary Art Museum Gala
Katy Perry and Glee’s Dianna Agron were among celebrities who attended the Museum of Contemporary Art’s 35th Anniversary Gala in Los Angeles, burnishing the troubled museum’s reputation and bottom line. The event, sponsored by fashion brand Louis Vuitton, also honored Philippe Vergne, the museum’s new director. Owen Wilson, singer Pharrell, television host Ryan Seacrest, burlesque star Dita Von Teese and actress Jane Fonda were also spotted in the crowd that came out Saturday (Mar. 30)...
George Clooney’s Monuments Men in Real Life Featured at The Met
James J. Rorimer, one of art experts portrayed in George Clooney’s film “The Monuments Men,” will be featured in a new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, highlighting his historic role saving priceless artworks during World War II. Rorimer became director of the Museum after the war. The film, starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and John Goodman, is about museum directors, curators and art historians who go to war in search of plundered Nazi loot. ...
Hilaria, Alec Baldwin Honored at Beach Magazine Cover Party
Cristina Cuomo, Editor-in-Chief, Beach magazine, (left) with Hilaria and Alec Baldwin. (Photo by Andrew Werner)Hilaria Baldwin, wife of "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin was the guest of honor a special cocktail soiree in New York City to celebrate Hila...
M.A. Cassata Rules the Roost as Queen of Celebrity Tribute Books
Mary Anne Cassata is the queen of celebrity tribute books. She’s written about almost every major artist of the past 25 years, but of them all, Cher is the most fascinating to the celebrity writer. The iconic singer’s life and varied career has become her magnum opus....
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard Come Out for Elysium Heaven Gala
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard turned Art of Elysium’s 7th Annual Heavan Gala into their personal coming out party in Los Angeles last night (Dec. 11) and rubbed shoulders with a slew of celebrities. Nina Dobrev, Kate Bosworth, Anna Kendrick and Kelly Osbourne were spotted in the crowd....
C.F. Martin, Father of ‘American’ Guitar, Featured at Met Museum
C. F. Martin, an 18th Century German immigrant has as much to do with rock and roll as Chuck Berry and The Beatles. He invented the guitar as it’s known today and his works, tracing the instrument’s development over more than 200 years, make up a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ...
Amiri Baraka, Poet, Playwright Radical Black Activist, Dies at 79
Amiri Baraka, an influential black writer and artist, who veered into radicalism and became a chief proponent of black separatism during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, died yesterday (Jan 9.) after a long illness. He was 79. Amiri Baraka, an influential black writer and artist, who veered into radicalism and became a chief proponent of black separatism during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, died yesterday (Jan 9.) after a long illness. He was 79. Baraka came of age during the rise of the Beat Generation in the 1950s, a time when widely accepted values about life came into question, leading up to the counter-culture revolution....
Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock Sizzle at Palm Springs Film Fest (photos!)
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock seasoned the Palm Springs Film Festival with just the right amount of glamour and self-deprecating humor to keep most feet on the ground at one of the first shows of the Hollywood Awards season. The festival drew mostly Hollywood veterans for the black-tie event that almost as laid back as a high school reunion....
Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt Time Warp in New ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Trailer (Watch!)
Tom Cruise can’t seem to escape doing science fiction movies so why not do a sci-fi film where he simply can’t escape?...
George Clooney Hooks Up Matt Damon for Lucrative Nespresso Ad (See!)
Matt Damon has jumped on the gravy train ridden by many actors to a quick payday in commercials overseas....
Hildebrand Gurlitt, Notorious Nazi Art Thief, Surfaces in Art Probe
Hildebrand Gurlitt hailed from a family that was well known in artistic circles in pre-World War II Germany. His father was an architect and art historian, one brother was a musicologist and a nephew was an art dealer. But a deep, dark secret set him apart. During World War II, Gurlitt, a specialist in modern art, was hired by Joseph Goebbels, the feared Nazi propaganda minister, to loot priceless artworks from homes and museums across Nazi-occupied Europe....
Riley Keough, Michelle Williams Light Up Whitney Gala (photos!)
Riley Keough, granddaughter of the late King of Rock Elvis Presley, and actress Michelle Williams were among celebrities who polished their artsy cred at the Whitney Museum of American Art Gala & Studio Party in New York City last night (Oct. 23). Riley, who had a rough go in the tabloids recently, was the picture of hipster chic in her Louis Vuitton black mini-dress, with a white jacket from the designer’s spring 2013 collection....
Keith Girard
Keith Girard has four decades of experience as an award-winning reporter, editor-in-chief, and senior media executive. Keith’s career began in Washington, D.C., where he was a reporter for The Washington Post and a contributing editor for Regardie's and Washingtonian magazines. He also worked as a writer/producer in CNN's Washington Bureau and has written one book on the U.S. Marines in the Gulf War.