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Want Shakespeare-Style Lebowski? You're in Luck

get me REWRITE

Jan 9, 2010 12:43 PM CST

Want Shakespeare-Style Lebowski? You're in Luck

Retelling of Coen brothers cult classic has 'Knave,' not Dude

(Newser) - If “the Dude abides” isn’t Shakespearean enough for you, a young filmmaker has just the thing: Two Gentleman of Lebowski, a script that retells The Big Lebowski in a Bard-like fashion. So, instead of Walter saying the John Turturro character Jesus “served 6 months in Chino for...

New Lebowski Tome
Worthy of the Dude

book review

Dec 30, 2009 1:17 PM CST

New Lebowski Tome Worthy of the Dude

It's a little late, but the essays by college scholars come through

(Newser) - The Coen Brothers’ 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski has a growing body of critical literature to support it, though like the Dude, it moves at an abiding pace. Out now is The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies, a collection of papers from the Lebowski Fest in Louisville—in...

Jeff Bridges Makes
Crazy Heart Sing

Movie Review

Dec 18, 2009 9:48 AM CST

Jeff Bridges Makes Crazy Heart Sing

Career-topping performance should catch Oscar's attention

(Newser) - Jeff Bridges is already earning Oscar buzz for his turn as a hard-luck country singer in Crazy Heart. And the critics think it’s all deserved:

Bad Blake’s a “juicy, career-crowning role, and Bridges plays the hell out of it,” writes Peter Travers of Rolling Stone . The

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Goats Fun But Unfocused

MOVIE REVIEW

Nov 6, 2009 8:11 AM CST

Goats Fun But Unfocused

Clooney turns in top performance in military farce

(Newser) - The Men Who Stare at Goats, a farce loosely based on a non-fiction book about the US military's '80s effort to form a psychic unit, is wildly uneven but often hilarious, say critics.

The "over-the-top, absurdist satire" will be "inevitably likened to Dr. Strangelove," Owen Gleiberman writes

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Dude: Why Lebowski Is Still Big

GLOSSIES

Aug 26, 2008 6:13 PM CDT

Dude: Why Lebowski Is Still Big

Cult classic 'symbolic of a whole way of life'

(Newser) - A decade after its disappointing box-office release, The Big Lebowski endures as a cult classic, inspiring academic papers, annual festivals, and hot new comics like Seth Rogen. To find out why, Rolling Stone tracked down the cast and a few hardcore fans who say Lebowski is more a movement than...

Timberlake
To Take Field in Baseball Flick

Feb 21, 2008 8:21 PM CST

Timberlake To Take Field in Baseball Flick

Pop star will play minor leaguer trying to connect with family

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake will take a swing at minor league ballplaying in the upcoming flick The Open Road, the AP reports. Adding to his Hollywood resume, Timberlake will play Carlton Garrett, a made-up member of the Houston Astros’ farm team, the Corpus Christi Hooks. Timberlake, aiming for authenticity, has attempted—so...

Graydon Carter on Making a Scene—and
a Magazine

Dec 11, 2007 4:54 PM CST

Graydon Carter on Making a Scene—and a Magazine

'Life is all about seating and lighting'

(Newser) - Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter runs the glossiest magazine, hosts the most A-list parties, and runs one of New York's most exclusive restaurants, all on the same principle, he tells the Guardian's Janine Gibson: "Life is all about seating and lighting." The key, he says, is not who...

Best Celebrity Websites

Jun 30, 2007 10:29 AM CDT

Best Celebrity Websites

Stars who deliver on the net, from the editors at PC Magazine

(Newser) - The editors at PC magazine gave high marks to sites they found imaginative (Jeff Bridges), surprising (Pat Sajack), or loaded with great content (Beck). And they dismissed money-hungry sites with a lot of gated content. Here, their faves:

Jeff Bridges (www.jeffbridges.com)
Tyra Banks (www.tyrabanks.com)
Ken Jennings

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