I've known my friend Barry since college -- he's a great person, a talented writer and musician, and currently works at a successful news magazine TV program in Long Island. He also happens to live with his parents.

I've never defined him by his housing situation, but I know he's...

Should an Oscar nominee's behavior on the awards circuit affect her chances of taking home a statuette? Whether or not you think so, conventional wisdom holds that it does.

So when an actress declines to play the "Oscar game," as Best Actress nominee Rooney Mara mostly has this season, people...

About 30 minutes into "Wanderlust" -- director David Wain's new film starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a married couple who chuck New York City life to live in an "intentional community" -- you might get a nagging feeling in your gut. You've seen this...

Oscar "for your consideration" campaigns are nothing new, but Disney's take on marketing its Oscar-nominated film, "The Help," might make you pause. With offers to cover town hall-style meetings about the film's power to create social change, language describing the film as a "social awakening," and comparisons to classic films,...

Our own Mike Ryan may be "so over" Uggie from "The Artist," but plenty of others are waiting with baited breath for the adorable Jack Russell terrier to perform with host Billy Crystal at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.

The treat of the evening's mysterious man-and-canine...

If you're an Internet user, the chances are good you were transfixed by the GIF-ification of the Golden Globes. (That Tina Fey/Amy Poehler interaction hit the web faster than you could say "photobomb!") Of course, the chances are good you're always transfixed by the GIF-ification of...

A long time ago (2004, before I became a writer), in an upstate New York town far, far away (Athens), yours truly had the pleasure of being an extra on a Steven Spielberg film ("War of the Worlds") for one night. It was the scene where a flood of refugees...

"Bridesmaids" is up for some big awards at Golden Globes ceremony tonight: Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) for Kristen Wiig. The comedy is a bona fide critical darling and commercial success -- most likely because the...

Michael Fassbender has gotten some deserved awards-season buzz for his towering role in "Shame" -- a film where he famously bared all. If you've seen the movie, you know Fassbender wasn't the only one to strip down for its gritty sex scenes -- perhaps the most memorable act involves his...