At face value, Jay Leno seemed rather gracious during his 60 Minutes interview, acknowledging that his time had come as host of The Tonight Show. He had kind words about his successor.  "I really like Jimmy Fallon," Leno said. "I think he's terrific."  Leno quickly went on to explain the sort of thing that Fallon […]

Perhaps I should start this off by saying that I don't believe there's any right or wrong way to mourn the passing of a loved one, most especially a parent. There is no set of rules to follow, and if there were, none of them would likely feel right as you try to process what's […]

I am surely the last person that should be writing about men's fashion or any sort of trends. I dress like a schlub, wearing essentially the same ensemble I have since college. When it's cold, it's hoodies and sweatshirts. When it's warm, t-shirts and shorts. I admit it: I don't often dress like an adult. […]

It probably shouldn't be a big deal that Saturday Night Live just hired a black female performer to its cast. Yet here we are. Sasheer Zamata will be the first such member of the cast since Maya Rudolph left the show in 2007. She'll make her debut next when SNL returns from its winter hiatus […]

The annual lead-up to the Academy Awards (this year on March 2) is more about campaigning for a film then the actual film itself. Categories are mostly limited, politicking is prevalent (and a little overt this year) and snubs are obvious and subjective at the same time. There will always be snubs: This year’s list […]

The 2014 Academy Award nominations were announced on Thursday morning. With 10 nominations, including Best Picture and a Best Director nod for Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity looks like the favorite going into the awards ceremony on March 2. But American Hustle, which also earned 10 nominations, has proven to be very popular among awards voters and […]

This is an unoriginal opinion but Tina Fey and Amy Poehler should consider hosting more things. The duo started with “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live, aced their second consecutive year as hosts of the Golden Globes and could replace LL Cool J in two weeks as Grammy hosts if given the correct Kangol headwear. […]

Tina Fey captured the spirit of the Golden Globes perfectly with her last line as the telecast was signing off Sunday night. “This was the beautiful mess we hoped it would be.” A beautiful mess is exactly what we want from the Golden Globes. The Oscars are uptight, buttoned down and formal — or at least […]

Correctly predicting how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will vote on the Golden Globes is not easy. Actually, it might be impossible. The HFPA are the 85 non-American journalists who vote on whims, attempt to stay ahead of the Hollywood curve as far as nominating for “hipness,” and have no tangible idea of what […]

As we begin the new year — and our first full year of The AP Party — I thought it might be worth taking a look at the pop culture happenings that should make 2014 fun. This early into January, it's difficult to know everything that we'll be getting in movies, TV, books and music during the year to […]

I generally don't like Christmas music. That's what I've always maintained. I can tolerate it for one week, maybe two before Christmas, when the holiday spirit flickers briefly within me. Mostly, I blame my late grandfather for this because he subjected us to Christmas albums from The Statler Brothers and The Oak Ridge Boys during […]

With the recent announcements that movie properties like The Terminator, Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn are being adapted into television series, it appears that a trend is developing. The old saying that there aren’t any new ideas may apply here. But it really doesn’t. The new idea is taking something that was successful […]

With Man of Steel being released on Blu-ray last week, I wanted to take the opportunity to revisit some of the criticisms and debates that developed while the movie was in theaters. If you haven’t already seen director Zack Snyder’s updated take on Superman, maybe you got a chance to watch it on video over […]

Did you rent one last video from Blockbuster during the past weekend? Saturday, Nov. 9 was the final day customers could pick up a movie from the rental chain, which announced last week that it was closing all of its remaining stores (reported to be 300 locations). In a development that you couldn't make up, […]

As I watched Thor: The Dark World, I kept thinking about what I didn't want to see in the next Thor movie. And there likely will be another Thor movie from Marvel Studios. Not just because it was promised at the end of the credits that "Thor will return." We'll see Chris Hemsworth's lovely blonde […]