Tim Robbins
Morning Memo: Ashley Dupre isn't 'That Girl'; Britney Spears Would Prefer 'Jail'; Socialiterank Returns (Sort Of)
Ashley Dupre, whose much hyped Diane Sawyer interview airs Friday, told People magazine: "Everyone knows me as 'that girl,' but I'm not just 'that girl'...I have a lot of depth, a lot of layers." [People]
The Board of Elections, the head of which Tim Robbins called a "corrupt scumbag" after an Election Day snafu, has issued a statement inviting the actor to produce a public service announcement about voter participation. [TMZ]
A "very, very thin" and "stressed out" looking Gwenyth Paltrow traveled Miami last week as a guest of hotelier Jeff Soffer, instead of joining husband Chris Martin on tour. (Maybe she's just sick of Coldplay like everyone else?) [P6]
Morning Memo: Britney Spears' Son is Okay; Tim Robbins Still Angry About Election Day; Juliette Lewis Doesn't Know Chuck Bass
Britney Spears' younger son, Jayden James, is "fine" after an allergic reaction required that he be hospitialized. [People]
British actress Kelly Reilly is not actually involved with Guy Ritchie, as was reported in the wake of his breakup with Madonna. In fact, she is engaged to someone else. [US Weekly]
Someone named Juan Pablo Escobar, who claims to be the son of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, was making his way around the Queens International Film Festival and "chatting with a handful of producers about a TV show and a clothing line he wants to create." [P6] read more »
Morning Memo: Barack Obama's Star-Studded Victory Party; Tim Robbins's Voting Debacle; The National Enquirer Plays (Very) Dirty
Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Will.I.Am, and Star Jones were among the celebrities who attended Barack Obama's victory rally in Chicago's Grant Park last night. Ms. Winfrey called the win "the greatest experience of [her] lifetime." [US Weekly]
An indignant Tim Robbins spent five hours attempting to vote yesterday after a registration mix-up that eventually required the attention of two police officers and the Board of Elections. [R&M] read more »
The red and black dress Michelle Obama wore at last night's acceptance speech was from Narciso Rodriguez's Spring 2009 ready-to-wear collection. [Mrs. O via Racked]Peek At Comedy Central Special: Susan Sarandon in Sneaks!
Susan Sarandon and her family attended tonight's Indecision 2008, co-anchored by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Milling around near the kitchen in the early part of the night--where CNN played on a and popcorn, Doritos and 100 calorie packs of of Chips Ahoy were available for snacking--Ms. Sarandon wondered outloud if anything had happened, as states began to be called for the candidates.
She was wearing New Balance sneakers, and a black and white striped shirt. Her partner, Tim Robbins, wore jeans and a gray coat. Ms. Sarandon munched on Kettle Corn and chatted up other backstage visitors.
A golden retriever trotted through, following some staffer. read more »
Single Person's Movie: The Player
It's 2 AM and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully-lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you've already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we're just like you: single.
Need a movie to keep you company until you literally can't keep your eyes open? Join us tonight when we pass out to The Player [starting @ 11 p.m. on IFC]
Why we'll try to stay up and watch it: Every single time we see The Player, we are reminded at how amazingly good it is. read more »
The War at Home
The Lucky Ones
133 minutes
Written by Neil Burger and Dirk Wittenborn
Directed by Neil Burger
Starring Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Peña
Movies about the war in Iraq are box office poison. Perhaps wisely, writer-director Neil Burger’s new film, The Lucky Ones, is not about this unpopular war, but about the people who are fighting it. The action does not take place on the frontlines, but on the American home front, which turns out to be every bit as treacherous. The emotional scars and incendiary fallout are equally painful; it’s just a different kind of shrapnel.
The “lucky ones” are supposed to be the soldiers who come home in one piece. read more »
We Get Plucky With Tim Robbins at Lucky Premiere
Tim Robbins seemed a little worn out at the dinner following last night’s screening of his new film, The Lucky Ones.
“I don’t really feel like talking,” the actor said when we got alongside him early in the evening. “I just kind of want to relax with my friends and family.”
Being neither, the Daily Transom took our seat at the table adjacent to Robbins’s, where he sat with Mort Zuckerman and Bob Balaban and people we assumed were his family (Susan Sarandon was not present, unfortunately), looking relaxed.
Later, we spoke with an equally weary-looking Michael Pena, who acts alongside Mr. read more »
Morning Memo: Denver To Be So Hot
Attendees expected to attend the Democratic Convention in Denver include Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, N.E.R.D., Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ed Norton Jr. [WashingtonPost]
Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are fighting to keep St. Vincent's hospital from expanding onto West 12th Street, three blocks from their home. [P6]
Brooke Shields says she got very emotionally involved with the Project Runway contestants when she filmed her upcoming guest judge spot. [The Cut]
The 10 finalists for this year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund were announced late yesterday and included: Richard Chai, Alexander Wang, Irene Neuwirth, and Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock of Vena Cava. read more »
Robbins' Hood
NOISE
Running Time 90 minutes
Written and directed by Henry Beam read more »
Source at Fund-Raiser: Edwards Calls McCain 'Crazy' and Says Hillary Thinks There's More on Rezko
Before John Edwards let David Letterman mess up his hair on the Late Show last night, the former Senator was at a private fund-raiser in midtown Manhattan, also attended by Kevin Bacon, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Alex Forger—one of the co-executors of the Jackie Onassis estate.
A reader who attended the event—held in the Fifth Avenue home of Edwards contributor Joseph Bondi—emailed me last night with this report of Edwards' remarks: read more »
What Makes Political Theater Effective-Or Not
What Makes Political Theater Effective—Or Not
Hillary, Tim Robbins' Butt
"Hillary Clinton can kiss my butt. That ridiculous, ridiculous statement she made about the war . . . First of all, for supporting it in the first place, an second of all this sort of equivocate now . . . I mean, it's that terrible strategy the Democratic Party has had that has wound up in lost elections, lost Senate control, lost Congressional control. You gotta have a backbone." read more »
Ouch.The Time-Warp, Again
Blues Traveler
Robbins' Well-Cast Agitprop: A $30 Million View of the 30's
The Nazi Next Door … McCorkle's Blue Skies
