Broadcast News

There have been plenty of great newspaper movies; television news hasn't been as well-represented. Except, of course, in the case of "Broadcast News." James L. Brooks' film, about rival local TV reporters and their ultra-driven producer is a classic look at the craziness that goes on behind the camera, so that what goes on in front of it doesn't ...

Perhaps you should model your Halloween costume after Albert Brooks in Broadcast News , as tonight's DJ set by French technicians Justice is going to drench you in sweat.

The "Endgame" story was a revelation to the actors who bring it alive in Sunday's "Masterpiece Contemporary" production, which airs at 9 p.m. on WYES-Channel 12.

New York native Kristi Zea stumbled into the world of moviemaking in the late 1970s.

Noted for his bouncy film scores that are a throwback to the heyday of the Tin Pan Alley composers, Marc Shaiman first gained prominence as the musical director for Bette Midler and her back-up singers, The Harlettes,.... Noted for his bouncy film scores that are a throwback to the heyday of the Tin Pan Alley composers, Marc Shaiman first gained ...

The only American film to have its world premiere at MoMA's New Directors/New Films festival in April, Bob Byington's Harmony and Me takes the low-budget techniques associated with the much-maligned "mumblecore" cycle and puts them to the service of a raucous, highly musical comedy about the agony of introducing a broken heart into everyday life.

An animated movie about saving the ecosystem? We haven't seen that before. . . Actually we have, but "Happy Feet" puts a new spin on the ecology message: It adds a huge measure of angst to animation.

The Homecoming ... Holly Hunter's character in Broadcast News was inspired to illustrate an item with a painting of that title but I'm sure the painting shown in the film was outdoors and involved steps to a verandah ... anyhow we love Norman.

If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . . Q: Holly Hunter in ''Saving Grace'' and Timothy Hutton in ''Leverage'' are said to be Academy Award winners.

The Homecoming ... Holly Hunter's character in Broadcast News was inspired to illustrate an item with a painting of that title but I'm sure the painting shown in the film was outdoors and involved steps to a verandah ... anyhow we love Norman.

DAYS before, William Hurt had been on the high-rolling set of Hollywood's latest take on Robin Hood, playing a powerful English earl in a $130 million epic of swordplay, archery and horsemanship, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.

Feisty, reckless and rootless women increasingly dominate pop culture. Jane Austen and the doyens of decorum would be aghast, shocked, shamed and horrified by the female protagonists who have taken TV, novels, film and music by storm.

Happy Friday Harvest, a weekly round-up of the best pictures, posters, and videos that have become available for viewing/download on Rotten Tomatoes.

Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen are two very Funny People. Details: Funny People Written and directed by Judd Apatow.

After devoting his first two films as director, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up , to getting laid and having kids, respectively, Judd Apatow brings the circle of life to a close with Funny People , which stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a popular, Sandler-esque movie star diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal form of leukemia.

Even when romantic comedies are lousy you can count on them, especially the ones labeled chick flicks, to be innocuous.

Ten bucks says they fall in love, but with hilarious consequences. Twenty years ago-almost to the day-American moviegoers were introduced to Sally Albright in Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron's When Harry Met Sally.

This week's "Movies" topic on The Chris Vernon Show was "Two Guys and a Girl" - films featuring a trio protagonists fitting that gender make-up - based on current box-office champ Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince .

Grace Hanadarko is a party girl compared to her sister Rhetta on TNT's Saving Grace.

Remember the scene in the movie "Broadcast News" when Albert Brooks plays a nervous newscaster with a sweating problem? It's played for laughs in the movie, but in real life, not cool.