There was more than just Armond White's heckling at last night's New York Critics Circle Awards. The 87-year-old Harry Belafonte, for example, delivered a great speech on his experience with race and cinema throughout his life.
Eat Like the Stars: A Course-by-Course Golden Globes Menu Analysis

The best thing about Golden Globes night is that it provides dinner to a roomful of stars who otherwise could not afford to feed themselves. The celebs sit smushed elbow-to-elbow at round dinner tables and the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton looks like an Olive Garden the ad sales department has rented…
The Whitney Houston Index: What if These People Died the Night Before the Oscars?
Sigmund Freud theorized that humans have a death drive, a latent desire for self-destruction. In a media ecosystem rife with celebity death pictures, celebrity death bets, Celebrity Rehab, I'd say we have a culture-wide "death drive," too. The reaction to Whitney Houston's death two weeks ago, reported the day before…
Why Didn't Britney and Rihanna's Lesbian Kiss Air on TV?
Rihanna did her best impression of Madonna at last night's Billboard Awards, nailing Britney Spears right on the kisser after a performance of olfactophilic pain anthem "S&M."
Your Next Oscar Hosts: James Franco and Anne Hathaway
The Hollywood rumor mill says James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the next Oscars. We can support Hathaway handling hosting duties, but who wants Franco turning the Gay Superbowl into his personal performance art project? Update: It's official.
Tina Fey's Famous Friends Pay Tribute at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Presentation
Last Tuesday, Tina Fey was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Last night PBS aired the entire ceremony for the rest of us. It was filled with Tina's colleagues cracking jokes and sending their warmest congratulations.
No One Knew That in 2004 J. Lo Had Been Replaced With a Wax Replica
[Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, looking rather waxen, at Thursday's Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. Image via Getty.]
Were the ESPY Awards Just a Long, Sports-Related Episode of Saturday Night Live?
Not that we're complaining. Andy Samberg dressed as the psychic octopus, Will Ferrell was a human vuvuzela, Tracy Morgan performed his usual crazy antics, and Seth Meyers delivered his lines as if it was time for Weekend Update. Videos inside!
LIVE: The 2010 Tony Awards
Get your jazz hands ready, theater nerds enthusiasts. It's time to watch Sean Hayes (a.k.a. JUST JACK) twinkle about the stage introducing musical numbers while trying to reclaim his late 90's fame. Tune in at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.
30 Years of Oscar Highlights in 3 Minutes
What better way to prepare yourself for this year's Academy Awards than by looking back at the most memorable moments of Oscars past? Here, an original video compilation of some of the funniest, sweetest and weirdest bits from previous telecasts.
The City's Nicest Cabbies
If you get into a taxi and you notice the name of the driver is Gulam Mustafa, Haron ur Rashid, Fabio Perlta, Tareque Ahmed, Sergio Castillo, Deniz Getting, or Jack Dym, consider yourself lucky. These were the seven NYC cab drivers—out of a total of 20 from around the country—who were honored for their "character and…
The Very Best Building Workers
You can finally exhale: West Side Spirit has handed out its "Building Service Workers of the Year" awards! (We know you've been waiting in suspense since last year.) Our hearty congratulations to James Gibbons, who was named East Side Doorman of the Year for his work at 1120 Park Avenue. And props to Pat Burns of 2…
Recap: 2008 CFDA Awards
Last night the 26th CFDA Awards were held at the New York Public Library, MC'd by Fran Lebowitz and hosted by CFDA chairman Diane Von Furstenberg, who, like many attendees, wore YSL in tribute to the late designer. The big winners? Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa was presented the award for womenswear by Maggie…
2008 MTV Movie Awards Liveblog: Game On!
Well, we're here. We fought our way through hellacious traffic — 45 minutes on the off-ramp alone! — and we battled through the blazes that engulfed the famed clocktower from Back To The Future earlier today. Now Molly McAleer and myself are here are perched on the (surprisingly product placement free) yellow…