by Dyana Carmella
This Thursday Hollywood moves to Utah for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. I’ll be venturing to Park City into the cold temperatures and hitting the streets with some of today’s greatest actors, filmmakers and industry leaders. The unique claymation animation film titled “Max and Mary” will kick off the festival. This film is […]

By James Thompson
This is my first trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and I have to say I’m impressed. It’s not the amount of people that trekked to Vegas for the show (estimated at more than 130,000) or the enormous size (more than 2,200 companies) that gets me energized, but, the […]

By Iain Blair
I was chatting with Ted Danson the other day and comparing weather notes. He lives in Ojai now and was raving about the beauty of the hills there, topped with snow. I told him that’s nothing. We’ve just had three feet here in Harvard, Massachusetts, and locals are STILL recovering from the terrible […]

By Iain Blair
It’s always revealing when filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood retain the loyalty of key crew and creatives over the years. Was just talking with famed production designer Derek Hill who’s had similar experiences with Oliver Stone and Sean Penn. He served as production designer on Sean Penn’s acclaimed feature INTO THE WILD which […]

By Iain Blair
I’ve always been a HUGE Eartha Kitt fan, and was actually listening to a compilation Xmas CD with her famous VERY sexy version of “Santa Baby” when I heard the sad news that the sultry singer, dancer and  actress had died on Xmas Day, age 81, at home in Connecticut. I’m back here […]

By Iain Blair
Went to meet the much-in-demand Keanu Reeves and talk about his upcoming films – “I play a chef in one and I’m working on a kung fu project” – as well as his latest film, “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” in which he plays the alien Klaatu. He told me he’s been […]

By Iain Blair
While I was in Perth with my band, I ran into a lot of people who either knew Heath Ledger or knew friends of his, and everyone was proud of what he’d accomplished in Hollywood. So they must all be thrilled that Ledger, who gives a truly frightening performance as The Joker in […]

By Iain Blair
Chatting with friends at the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc., the people who host The Golden Globes, the party/awards show that makes the Oscars look very sedate, and everyone’s relieved out about the timing of a possible actors strike. Last year, the writers strike killed the show – they had to make do with […]