Oz

By Christopher Rosen What's the story: The sexiest man alive (that would be Hugh Jackman) and the stiffest forehead in Hollywood (that would be Nicole Kidman) star in the latest film from Baz Luhrmann. Much has been written about the making of Australia, none of it positive; from the overloaded running time, t...

By Rex Reed Over the course of three hours of Mr. Luhrmann’s photographing every angle of the country he loves, what has happened to the famous Aussie wildlife? One small group of kangaroos are shown hopping along beside a moving vehicle, and not nearly enough extras get eaten by crocodiles. In fact, t...

By Sara Vilkomerson Yesterday we were able to catch an early screening of the highly anticipated Australia. This is the first film from Baz Luhrmann since 2001’s Moulin Rouge! and there’s been an awful lot of chatter among those who like to chatter about such things (Oprah loves it!) over whether or not this fi...

By Patricia Bosworth Of course, he’s much more than a “success.” Part mogul, part visionary, he revolutionized television around the world in the 1980s by creating CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network; in the next decades, his improbable media empire grew to embrace Turner Network Television, Turner C...

By Sara Vilkomerson Regarding the past seven years, the answer seems clear. “I think Bush is in charge because he ultimately says yes or no, but it’s clear that he lost control. I think Cheney had more actual practical power because of the appointments he was able to control. … Cheney played [Bush] very, very well....