Shark Night

Some bad girls produced some very good ratings Tuesday night for Oxygen. The combo of a “Bad Girls Club” reunion and the series premiere of “Bad Girls All Star Battle” gave the 13-year-old cabler its highest-rated night on record in key demos, according to Nielsen. The programs ranked first and second, respectively, among all Tuesday... Read more »

There are lots of stars in Cannes this year but I don’t think any of them are shining brighter at the festival than one who is no longer with us.  Elizabeth Taylor may have died over two years ago at the age of 79 but she lives on, not only on the big and small screens where her many films still play, but also for all the amazing charitable work she did in her lifetime, particularly to try and eradicate AIDS. Her presence is really being felt here in Cannes this year. Tomorrow night amFAR will certainly be remembering her at the 20th anniversary of Cinema Against AIDS, the signature event set during the Cannes Festival she helped start. And  Tuesday night 20th Century Fox World Premiered their meticulous 2K digital restoration (it took nine months to complete) of the 1963 film, Cleopatra, infamous for the torrid off-screen love affair between its stars Taylor and Richard Burton. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary the studio pulled out all the stops with a black tie premiere of the four- hour movie ( that ironically almost bankrupted the studio),  followed by a lavish party sponsored by Bulgari, the jeweler who supplied Taylor with so many of the baubles she was famous for collecting.  In fact as you entered the party on the J.W. Marriott ... Read More »