It’s been nearly two decades since Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth first appeared with its searing portrait of college-age entitlement and ennui. The drama, which helped launch the career of Mark Ruffalo as well as Lonergan, is now back in a crackling Broadway revival by director Anna D. Shapiro that runs through Jan. 4 following a successful run this summer at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. In their Broadway debuts, Kieran Culkin and Michael Cera establish an appropriately uneasy rapport as two Manhattan trustifarian stoners, the progeny of a famous painter and a lingerie tycoon who seem to want very little to do with their college-dropout sons. Read More...
12. Michael Voltaggio (Season 6) Justin Stephens/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank At the center of Top Chef's best season was the sibling rivalry between the immensely talented Voltaggio brothers. Bryan was the stereotypical older sibling—straitlaced, patient, maybe a little boring. Michael was the cockier, sexier, backward-hat-wearing risk-taker. Virtuous Bryan would sometimes step out of the way to let his little bro shine, but hotheaded Michael wasn't afraid to be cutthroat even if it meant taking Bryan down, which he managed to do in the finale. Read More...
Last Thursday, Vampire Diaries bowed to The CW's highest debut ratings ever. So Kayla Ewell, who plays Vicki on the show, has a request: Stop talking about those supposed mug shots that made the rounds on the Internet last week and start talking about those ratings. "Having this be the first story that's released is so frustrating," Ewell says. "[The situation] is so exaggerated and [has been] made into something it's not. Read More...
