Daily Archives: October 8, 2017

Book Review: Eddie Izzard’s a lot duller and more conventional than you’d think, “Believe Me”

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Roger Moore

The best line in Eddie Izzard’s stultifying new autobiography, “Believe Me,” comes in the forward. And the British transgender comic attributes it to one of his idols, the Scots comic Billy Connolly. Billy’s rule for a life in showbiz, or … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Lady Gaga suffers for her art in “Gaga: Five foot Two”

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Roger Moore

I’ll bet Lady Gaga’s fans never realized just how much their iconic tiny dynamo has in common with the late Jerry Lewis. Lewis injured himself, just as his fame was cresting in the mid-1960s, by pulling a slide-across-the-piano pratfall on … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Blade Runner” swoons to $31, “Mountain Between Us” is $10 million molehill

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Roger Moore

Looks kind of like Ryan Gosling walking through an empty movie theater, doesn’t it? Some people are using the “B” word to describe “Blade Runner 2049” and its “Maybe it’ll clear $50,” “Whoops it’ll be lucky to reach $40” and … Continue reading →

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