Tiger Woods slipped off the first-page leader board yesterday, in large part because he hit a shot that was too good – and bounced off the flagstick and into the water. Meanwhile, because leader Jason Day missed several close birdie putts, the cut for the tournament was just enough to allow for the inclusion of a player who had been penalized a stroke for slow play: Guan Tianlang (pictured), a 14-year-old from China, and now the youngest player to make the weekend cut in the history of the

2013

Apr

SMASH By David Bianculli

Finally, it’s come to this: dress rehearsal night for Bombshell. And even the exterior shots have an authentic Broadway feel. And with good reason.

2013

Apr

DOCTOR WHO By David Bianculli

How low will Doctor Who sink to find entertaining stories this season? Tonight, it sinks below sea level, as the Doctor becomes a passenger on a nuclear sub. And he’s not the only inhuman visitor on board, either.

2013

Apr

ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli

This series, in only a few weeks, has managed to gather some impressive momentum, both dramatically and in real life. It’s beginning to catch on and get attention from Internet bloggers – and meanwhile, its heroine is using her “borrowed” detective status to learn more about her situation, and her clones, while juggling, and faking, her private life – or lives.

2013

Apr

LOUIS C.K.: OH MY GOD By David Bianculli

I laughed out loud so many times previewing this latest standup special, I lost count – but I remember that Louis C.K.’s set includes the best Grapes of Wrath jokes ever, as well as a look at the food chain that I never really considered before. Divorce, too. Don’t miss it. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

2013

Apr

A COMIC IN FULL PRIME: HBO'S 'LOUIS C.K.: OH MY GOD' By Ed Bark

Louis C.K. shoots from the lip and keeps scoring. The beauty is the seeming ease with which he does this. And the knowledge of how hard it really is...

2013

Apr

JONATHAN WINTERS: 1925-2013 By Bill Brioux

"If Jonathan Winters is ever accused of anything, he's got the perfect alibi," Jack Paar once told his audience. "He was someone else at the time."...

2013

Apr

2013 MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

Round One of the 2013 Masters was a tale of high and low expectations. All eyes were on Tiger Woods, who has played well enough to reclaim his No. 1 world ranking. Yesterday, he played well enough to be tied for 13th place (with several others), shooting a 2-under-par 70. The two co-leaders, though, were only a few strokes lower, sitting at a 6-under-par 66. And one of those two co-leaders is a veteran golfer not used to such strong starts: Sergio Garcia. Today, Round Two.

2013

Apr

ADAPTATION By David Bianculli

Director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman, adapting the book by Susan Orlean into this 2002 movie, turned it into much more than a story about love and flowers. In the hands of these collaborators, it’s now a treatise on the art of collaboration itself – starring Meryl Streep as novelist Susan Orlean, and Nicolas Cage as both screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother, Donald. Intrigued? Confused? Wait until you see the movie.

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