It’s often been said that television is a kinder medium to women than the movies, in the sense that it offers a wider range of roles to middle-aged actresses, as opposed to the New Young Thing mentality that rules the box office. (Characterization often goes deeper on TV too: Only snobbery would prevent you from admitting that CSI’s Marg Helgenberger is a more interesting, fully realized thriller heroine than Julianne Moore is in Hannibal, for example. Read More...
Back in 1972, Burt Reynolds posed in the pages of Cosmopolitan lying naked on a bear-skin rug. In 2016, he has some second thoughts. Speaking with “What To Watch” at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, Reynolds says he regrets the iconic nude centerfold. “I wish I hadn’t done that. I really do,” he said. Reynolds continued by musing about what prompted him to say yes to the Cosmo spread. Read More...
This article originally appeared on TIME.com. Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House. We saw both the light and wariness in your eyes as you gazed at your new home. We left our jobs in Baltimore and New York early and traveled to Washington to show you around. To show you the Lincoln Bedroom, and the bedrooms that were once ours, to introduce you to all the people — the florists, the grounds-keepers and the butlers — who dedicate themselves to making this historic house a home. Read More...
