Imagine if in “It’s A Wonderful Life“, Mr. Potter had actually prevailed and George Bailey, a ruined man, had to relocate. That couldn’t happen in a Frank Capra movie, of course, but sadly it can and did happen in real life, at Carnegie Hall, and without that much fuss or fall-out. Photographer Josef Astor’s new documentary “Lost Bohemia”, which opens … More Details

Sometimes I feel the very word “romance” is becoming quaint, like “soap flakes”. Romance used to sound exciting; it was both the build-up and the pay-off to another out-of-date expression: “making love”. Now it’s all about “getting with” or “hooking up”. In this year’s much-hyped comedy “No Strings Attached”, we have man-boy Ashton Kutcher and current “It” girl Natalie Portman … More Details

It’s been nearly two years since the kerfuffle when Faye Dunaway made the admittedly unfortunate, off-hand remark on hearing that Hilary Duff (who calls herself an actress) was playing Clyde’s moll Bonnie Parker, a role Faye after all originated. Her reaction: “Couldn’t they at least cast a real actress?” Rather than rise above it, Hilary, a performer who has every … More Details

Welcome to those post-Labor Day blues, when the days dwindle down and chilly evening breezes return. Often at this time, we enjoy a heady dose of Indian summer, but even these sweet moments are tinged with melancholy, serving as sweet yet fleeting reminders of what we’re about to lose. Almost instinctively, we re-immerse ourselves in our professional lives, the activities … More Details