It's lunch hour at a chic brasserie in Beverly Hills—the kind of place where Botoxed women in spandex share salads and businessmen hover over laptops and steak frites. Michael Sheen and I are discussing female orgasms and dildos. Of course, the topic might seem inappropriate under ordinary circumstances, but given ... More

We're used to tabloid headlines making their way onto TV but less frequently does Hollywood scandal enter the proscenium stage—especially in an opera. That's exactly what's happening when Anna Nicole, an operatic account of the life and times of model, actress and cautionary tale Anna Nicole Smith, has its More

This week’s red carpet premiere of the hit HBO series Boardwalk Empire was a family reunion of sorts. Members of the cast and crew including Steve Buscemi and creator Terence Winter gathered at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday night for the fourth season premiere and were joined by fellow actors ... More

Cocktails tonight? Brunch tomorrow? Perhaps you'll need a conversation starter or two. To paraphrase W.C. Fields, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with a blind item. Below, our top talking points for the August 23rd weekend:   Did you hear about… ...The superstar CEO who's become a burgeoning TV star? More

John Gallagher Jr. knows a thing or two about drama. The actor, currently starring in HBO’s The Newsroom, has had his share of emotionally charged roles both onscreen and in the theater. For his latest film, Short Term 12, from writer and director Destin Daniel Cretton, Gallagher had to dig deep ... More

Forgive Mark Strong if he's experiencing a bit of déjà vu. With the premiere of his new AMC series, Low Winter Sun, premiering August 11, the actor—you probably recognize him from countless bad-guy roles—is reprising a role he last played in 2006. Well, sort of. In the new Low Winter ... More

Brian Dennehy might be best known for his work on TV and film, but the actor's no stranger to the stage. Indeed Dennehy's done plenty of time on Broadway as well as walking the planks in Chicago and other theater towns. This summer, the actor's putting his theatrical side on ... More

A first date can be a frightening thing. For actress Krysta Rodriguez, her new Broadway show First Date, now in previews, started similarly. “This project came across my desk, which I had honestly never heard of,” the actress, who played Ana Vargas in the second, final season of ... More

There's nothing particularly "Hollywood" about Newsroom star Thomas Sadoski, save for the slick Ray Ban aviators he removes once we're inside Victor's Delicatessen in the Hollywood Hills, his favorite low-key spot for grabbing a cup of matzo ball soup or what he calls a "New York quality" Pastrami sandwich. His ... More

Paul Liebrandt's Corton is easily one of Manhattan's toniest restaurants. The Tribeca eatery earned two Michelin stars for its $155-per-person tasting menu and is consistently spoken of as one of the hottest tickets in town. It is, needless to say, a very fancy place. So tongues have been ... More