LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) Longing plays a key role in Tran Anh Hung’s new film “Norwegian Wood,” and it’s an emotion with which fans of the Vietnamese-born director have some familiarity.
The filmmaker behind such beautifully crafted and emotionally powerful films as “The Scent of Green Papaya,” “Vertical Ray of the Sun” and “Cyclo” has made [...]
If Pompeii hadn’t been excavated, if the towns and villages on the Western Front hadn’t been rebuilt after World War I, and if the site of the World Trade Center had been left as it was after 9/11, they might partially resemble the ruins Anselm Kiefer constructed in the South of France. Moving from Germany [...]
NEW YORK Oscar de la Renta takes longer to create that small, fits-in-your-hand bottle of perfume than one of his elaborate embellished ballgowns. It’s just the nature of the business.
The process is similar, starting with an inspiration that comes from the gut, quality materials and fine workmanship, but de la Renta says he’ll continue [...]
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) With Twitter becoming indispensable for news and politics, the Washington Post has climbed aboard the speeding train, launching a new metric for tracking presidential candidates — @MentionMachine.
@MentionMachine monitors Twitter and other media outlets for the number of times a candidate is mentioned, thus tracking his or her position in the national [...]
But perhaps Ortiz-Magro, 24, amounted up their visit best: “[Vinny's family lives above] a ranch. Four guidos in the woods? Uh, I don’t know almost namely!”
PHOTOS: Meet the Jersey Shore parents!
Watch more of the gang’s wacky antics in Sicily in the preview clip on and tune in to the full incident of Jersey Shore Thursday [...]