Sunday was a painfully beautiful day for a hung-over walk in Park City. Set in a bed of flawless blue, the sun refracted joyfully off slopes washed white by fresh snowfall and volunteers in neon safety vests, shoveling out paths for fest goers. Thankfully, the quality of the scotch I'd...
Posted January 21, 2012 | 01/21/12 01:52 PM ET
I admit, my completely unplanned Sundance excursion gave me pause: would the catchy notion of letting the universe dictate my snowy path through Park City be just that, a catchy notion? Driving to the airport, I realized I didn't even have a deck of cards to play solitaire with alone...
1 Comments | Posted January 20, 2012 | 01/20/12 11:17 AM ET
It's midnight and I'm doing my laundry with just enough time to pack a battered carry-on and catch an REM cycle before jetting out of Los Angeles on a crack-of-dawn flight to Park City. 12 hours ago --scratch that, 6 hours ago -- I had no idea whether or not...
2 Comments | Posted January 13, 2012 | 01/13/12 01:51 PM ET
While the Academy follows its own bizarre, out-of-touch, crotchety rationale in making its Oscar picks, who knows what space logic the Hollywood Foreign Press Association employs in choosing the Golden Globes? Sure, you could just chalk it all up to bribery, but like that crazy ex-girlfriend who still drives you...
Posted January 10, 2012 | 01/10/12 08:11 AM ET
You know the refrain by now: the Golden Globes are about as relevant as your drunk uncle's political insights at Christmas dinner. Ricky Gervais' triumphant return as host after torching Hollywood royalty with his acetylene tongue last year just confirms it. Even the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is willing to...

Posted January 23, 2012 | 01/23/12 06:57 PM ET