| Neighborhood Joint | Upper East Side: In a Toy Shop, a Sanctuary for Nostalgia At Burlington Toys on Madison Avenue, celebrities receive rare gifts and antique collectors rediscover an imaginary world. feeds.nytimes.com |
Peter Jackson threatens to pull 'The Hobbit' from New Zealand "The Hobbit" may be leaving Middle Earth. Executive producer Peter Jackson threatened Sunday to yank the beleaguered production of the two-part prequel to "Lord of the Rings" from his home country of New Zealand after several international actors unions called on members to boycott the films. feeds.nydailynews.com |
'Absurdly disrespectful': Maks blasts Carrie Ann The judges on "Dancing with the Stars" slammed Maks Chmerkovskiy for slapping his partner's rear on Monday night, but he's hitting right back. Before Maks performed a saucy samba with Brandy on the show this week, ABC aired footage of the pro dancer slapping Brandy's behind in rehearsal in order to exaggerate her hip movements. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Torv calls 'Fringe' costar a 'fool' Anna Torv plays special agent Olivia Dunham, whose mission on the show is to investigate cases in the "Fringe" division - where a victim might, for instance, be infested with a mutant alien parasite that devours his internal organs and causes him to explode. "Fringe" has a lot of that. feeds.nydailynews.com |
New on DVD: 'Predators,' 'Giallo,' 'Please Give' If you're hoping to settle in with a big bucket of popcorn this weekend, your best bet is "Predators" (R, $29.98), the fifth chapter in the alien franchise. Adrien Brody and Topher Grace are among the humans who've been recruited for some hunting fun on Planet Predator; the question, of course, is w feeds.nydailynews.com |