Nigger. It's a word that's become more taboo than the rankest obscenity. It's one of the few words that still can draw audible gasps from a crowd. Oddly, it's the more libertarian circles who  

Around the turn of the century, a European bookseller hit upon the idea of ordering only the first volume of Tolstoy's War and Peace. Shrewdly anticipating attention deficit disorder before it h  

Hollywood is not always what it seems. The media, which thrives on excess as much as the entertainment industry itself, capitalizes on two basic scenarios. First, there's a celebrity's triumph  

Note from the pundits: Macho is still out. There have been wispy rumors that old strongmen are coming back. But as far as we're concerned for right now -- and in American cinema especially -- the  

"He's laughing his ass off." That's the response Devon Sawa, star of the horror comedy Idle Hands, gave when asked if Satan might feel slighted when he finds out human filmmakers are personif  

One thousand years ago, preachers throughout Europe clamored, predicting the end of the world. The first millennium following the birth of Christ seemed like a nice round number for the prophesied  

Many people regard the Oscars a bit like Washington, D.C. Just another corrupt institution. Mildly amusing, but not to be taken seriously. If the Oscars are boring, they only have themselves to bl  

"I hate these because the only place to sign is on my boobs," says Sarah Michelle Gellar, laughing as she puts her pen to a poster for the benefit of a grinning fan. Newly bronzed from a recen  

I've never been entirely comfortable discussing war movies, especially in terms of "accuracy" and "justice." The reason is simple: I've never been anywhere near a battlefield. Warfare is a h