This morning, James Franco took to Instagram to link to a positive review in Variety of the version of "Of Mice and Men" he is currently starring in on Broadway along with Chris O'Dowd. In a since deleted comment, he also called the New York Times' Ben Brantley a "little bitch."
Ben Brantley, grand doyenne of New York Times theater criticism, reviewed the new Nathan Lane/Bebe Neuwirth Addams Family musical today and boyyy did he hate it. It's one of the most scathing theater reviews we've read in a long while.
Brad's brother thinks something's rotten in the state of Brangelina, but other rumors conflict. Jersey Shore drives a hard bargain and risks getting shut out. Gary Coleman gets arrested. ScarJo on stage gets a rave review. Monday gossip starts now.
Hillary Clinton turns 62 today. Julian Schnabel is turning 58. Dylan McDermott is 48. Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder is turning 32. Keith Urban is 42. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is turning 36. Rita Wilson is 53. Novelist Marisha Pessl is 32. Times theater critic Ben Brantley turns 55. Singer Natalie Merchant is…
When Jeremy Piven abruptly left the Broadway production of Speed-the-Plow, citing mercury poisoning, he pissed off everyone working on the show. Now the New York Times is offering them some condolences: Plow's better Piven-less.
New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel loves to twist the knife into a failing production, and this morning he can't help himself. The staged failure in question is an irrelevant, overpriced disaster that struggles along slowly where its competition surges on. This horrorshow is the dramatic plight of the…
Fashion star Zac Posen celebrates his 28th birthday today. Actor Kevin Kline is 61. Law & Order's B.D. Wong is 48. R&B singer Monica is turning 28. Shenae Grimes of 90210 is 19. Your favorite bisexual MTV personality, Tila Tequila, is 27. And Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich celebrates his 42nd birthday today.…
Brantley is the chief theater critic for the Times.
Theater critic Ben Brantley is unwell: "I came down with food poisoning yesterday afternoon. I'll spare you the cause and consequences." All we need now is for Dwight Garner to run a photo of himself in a Speedo and we're declaring victory on behalf of blogland. [NYT]
A culture writer on Frank Rich's new position as Associate Editor for the NYT's Arts & Leisure section: I wouldn t want to be Ben Brantley or anybody else in Frank s line of fire...Bigfoot is his middle name.
Nouveau Rich [NY Magazine]
