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Since receiving his first official film scoring credit in 1961 with "The Fascist," Ennio Morricone has written the music for over 300 movies. To honor the maestro on his 90th birthday on Nov. 10, let's court the fury of Morriconistas the world over and single out his 25 greatest and most significant works.
November entertainment planner: 'Widows,' 'Wind' and wizards, 'Creed' and 'Cards' return
November is arguably the most crammed month for entertainment every year. It’s when the studios begin rolling out their mega-budgeted holiday tent poles, the mini-majors ramp up their awards campaigns, the music industry floods the zone with new LPs from top artists and the networks go all out with splashy programming for the fall sweeps.
Sports & Politics Intersect: USAG officials tumble as Nassar victims fight to hold those in power accountable
USA Gymnastics has long been in need of an administrative housecleaning. As of this week, it appears one is about to be forced on it.
Sports & Politics Intersect: WWE's Crown Jewel loses its sparkle
World Wrestling Entertainment’s 10-year deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is getting worse all the time.
The Greatest Showman: The best roles of Hugh Jackman's career so far
Hugh Jackman can do it all: He can sing, dance and shoot metal claws out of his knuckles. The strapping son of a Sydney, Australia accountant, Jackman developed a passion for acting as a young man and treated it as a hobby until it was clear he was destined for stardom.
The most heartbreaking movies about addiction
If drama's purpose is, as Shakespeare wrote in "Hamlet," to "hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature," the sad, destructive presence of addiction in all of our lives must be reflected on from time to time.
The enduring, influential goofball glory of Gilda Radner
There might not have been much of an edge to Gilda Radner’s comedy, but, dear god, was there ever a charge. During her five blindingly brilliant seasons at “Saturday Night Live,” she was 20,000 megawatts of pure comedic energy.
How have these Emmy wins held up over the years?
As with any awards show, the Emmys are full of pleasant surprises, horrible indignities and downright head-scratchers. And yet what might seem right or wrong or inexplicable at the time could very well look entirely different when reconsidered years later.
The videos that should have won MTV's 'Video of The Year'
Ever since MTV began dishing out Video Music Awards in 1984, the most cherished prize has been Video of the Year. As is the case with most awards shows, they've gotten it wrong far more often than they've gotten it right.
The 25 most adapted authors of all time
In 1899, motion picture pioneer George Méliès produced a film based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Cinderella." It was the first literary adaptation in the medium's history, beginning a tradition that has provided Hollywood with some of its most memorable and successful films.
Popular artists who worked with the King of Pop Art, Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol's life was a work of art, and the party scene at his famed Manhattan "Factory" was as much a masterpiece as any of his iconic pop art prints.
Who's leading the Oscar race at the halfway point of 2018?
The 2018 awards season derby began in January at the Sundance Film Festival, where critics and awards journalists got their first look at some of the year’s most promising independent films.
20 stunts only Tom Cruise can pull off
Tom Cruise has been one of the world's most popular movie stars since 1983's "Risky Business." A combination of cocky charm, god-given good looks and unflagging intensity regardless of the role, he demands your attention.
How filmmaker Paul Verhoeven brought excess of '80s Hollywood to climax
Hollywood was on a wild sex and violence kick in the 1980s, treating audiences to the mutilating spectacle of slasher films, the titillating viciousness of erotic thrillers and the sadistic jingoism of one-man-army fantasies.
The 20 silliest disaster flicks of all time
Why do we love watching the utter obliteration of vehicles, buildings, cities, continents, and whole planets? Why do we keep returning to these movies when they tend to insult our intelligence with their implausible setups and unbelievably stupid plot twists?
Seismic shifts: Directorial debuts that rocked Hollywood
In an industry where artists rely on investments from financiers to realize their singular visions, it is vitally important that filmmakers make a sparkling first impression with their debut movies.
LeBron James relocates to Los Angeles to hunt the Warriors
When LeBron James returned in 2014 to the Cleveland Cavaliers team he’d spurned four years prior via the ESPN-televised “The Decision” (a title cruelly
20 comic book movies that probably should have stayed on the page
It'd be easy to single out "Howard the Duck" and "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace," so let's instead take a deeper dive into the dumpster of comic-book inspired rubbish.
The last 26 summer movie seasons, ranked
Though summer only officially began a week ago, we're almost to the midway point of Hollywood's summer movie season. The tradition began in 1975 when "Jaws" shattered nearly every existing box office record on the book, and was honed throughout the 1980s.
'Westworld' season 2 recap: Despite bloat these 'violent delights' are hard to quit
“Ford buried so much bad code in you, how would you ever really know what was you and what was something he programmed you to do?” For two seasons, “Westworld”
How Cyndi Lauper made pro wrestling what it is today
Recording industry legend Cyndi Lauper, who turns 65 on June 22, has racked up a dazzling array of accomplishments throughout her 30-plus year career. She’s got stacks of platinum records, a trophy room’s worth of artistic awards spanning multiple mediums (just an Oscar shy of an EGOT) and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Chris Pratt receives the MTV Generation Award. Now what?
In 2013, Chris Pratt was a known Hollywood quantity. Having scored his first small-screen success 11 years earlier as the baby-faced jock Bright Abbott
'Billions' remains champ of well-bred pulp
When “Billions” premiered in January 2016, it was a show to be taken very seriously. Co-created by the A-list screenwriting duo of Brian Koppelman and
The arc we were not expecting in George Clooney's career
“Even before ‘ER,’ Warner Bros. had [George Clooney] under contract because we felt it was only a question of time before he popped and became a major television star.
The 25 greatest George Clooney roles, ranked
On June 7, 2018, the American Film Institute will honor George Clooney with its 46th annual Lifetime Achievement Award for his sterling 36-year career in film.
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