iCarly chews bubblegum pop

Monday, June 30, 2008

Miranda Cosgrove, best known for her roles in ‘Drake and Josh,’ ‘School of Rock’ and ‘iCarly,’ dishes on her new album. The record also showcases top artists like Avril Lavigne and Natasha Bedingfield. Click here for the full video clip

Musicians Rock Out at Hard Rock Festival

Monday, June 30, 2008

John Mayer, Sheryl Crow and Eric Clapton were among the artists who performed at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London’s Hyde Park. Click here for the full video clip

Bale: Heath Ledger 'impeccable' as Joker

Monday, June 30, 2008

Actors Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart pay tribute to the late Heath Ledger, whose last role was the villainous Joker in “The Dark Knight.” Click here for the full video clip

Beating Logic in 'Hancock'

By Daniel Montgomery

‘Hancock’ can be summed up in three words: error in judgment. There are some movies that are born bad; from the drawing board, the pitch meeting, the first word on the first page of the first draft of the screenplay, they seem never even to have been intended to be good. ‘ Click here for the full article

'The Love Guru' Wallows in Juvenile Humor

By Daniel Montgomery

The good news is that it’s not as bad as it looks, which is kind of like saying food poisoning isn’t as bad a cancer, but never mind. Expecting a grand spectacle of awfulness, I was treated instead to a kind of average terribleness, and there are even one-and-a-half chuckles—I counted—courtesy of erstwhile TV host Stephen Colbert as a drug-addled sports commentator, but he should write a letter of apology to any member of the Colbert Nation who foolishly stumbles into the film to see him in it, because they’ll have to sit through the rest of it. Click here for the full article

'Brick Lane': Indie drama is short on nuance

By Daniel Montgomery

As ‘Brick Lane’ begins, it bears no small resemblance to Mira Nair’s ’The Namesake’, in regard to its story—both films follow the lives of young Bengali women married off to husbands living in the Western world—and in regard to its style. As Nair did, director Sarah Gavron focuses her camera on colors and textures—traditional garments in bright hues, clear water and lily pads, and deep, foreboding skies. Click here for the full article