http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists RSS Feed for P-com Ent. Columnists en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:04:04 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091123_Tattle__Already_bullish_on_barely_started_Cruise_Diaz_flick.html TYPICALLY, most of the bull on a film set comes from the producers and the publicists. But yesterday in Cadiz, Spain, seven bulls cast for the film "Knight & Day," starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, broke free and slightly injured two people. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091123_Dan_Gross__Philly_s_Jose_Garces_wins_Iron_Chef_cookoff.html JOSE GARCES is "The Next Iron Chef!" The Philadelphia restaurateur high-fived his way through his Distrito (40th & Chestnut) to thunderous applause last night moments after being crowned the winner of the Food Network series. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091123_Ellen_Gray___Chuck__gets_a_reprieve___a_return_date.html SO MUCH television, so little time: * There was joy last week in "Chuck"-land - and particularly in its capital of Twitterville - as NBC announced that the spy spoof starring Zachary Levi would be returning Jan. 10. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091123_Scrubbing_In__Drug_working_wonders_on_cancer_and_clouded_vision.html In my hand I held a syringe with a fine needle. It contained 0.5 milliliters of clear liquid, to be injected into the eye of my patient, a Chinese woman in her 70s who could barely count my fingers when I held them inches from her face. She had suffered a "vein occlusion" to her retina - a kind of stroke that blocks blood flow in the eye. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091123_Sideshow__Plenty_of_box-office_bite.html Has there ever been an artistic theme as rich, as exciting, as delicious as hormonally endowed fanged teens? Clearly not. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091123_Ask_Amy__Divorced_pair_confuse_kids.html Dear Amy: I recently got divorced. My wife told me that she had fallen out of love, and I agreed to leave. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091122_Inqlings__Bonaduce__A_head_for_the_game.html Danny Bonaduce, pro soccer player? "No, but I'm better than I was," says the WYSP morning man, who is training for a tryout in about two weeks with the Philadelphia Union, the Major League Soccer team. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091121_Our_critics__selections_1.html Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Can the story of an abused, illiterate, obese teenager impregnated by her father be uplifting and heart-stirring? Yup. Philly filmmaker Lee Daniels brings humor and pathos to a horrific tale, and gets amazing performances from Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, and daunting newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. R http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091121_Our_critics__selections.html 2012 Nobody makes doomsday movies with happy endings like Roland Emmerich. And this one, starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor, is the biggest, loudest example of Emmerich's philosophy that it's OK if eight billion people die so long as eight movie stars - and the dog - live. PG-13 http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/columnists/20091121_Sideshow__Tour-bus_driver_dies__Miley_sad.html The driver of a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus was killed when it overturned yesterday morning outside Richmond, Va.