Linda Holmes

Christopher Guest Comes To HBO With A 'Family' Comedy That's Serious

Linda Holmes — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:30:00 +0000

Christopher Guest has made so many people laugh since he started making mock documentaries with This Is Spinal Tap in 1984 that his fans might be surprised to hear his response to Scott Simon's question on Saturday's Weekend Edition about whether he ever thinks about making a serious movie.

Referencing Family Tree, his new show for HBO starring Chris O'Dowd as a man discovering his roots, Guest says that even with comedy, the emotional content can still be critical.

"To me, this is serious," he says. "And I'm not trying to be glib.

Big Hair, Big Shoulders And Big Money: Linda Evans On '80s Excess

Linda Holmes — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:16:00 +0000

You may find a hint to the era in which you were born (as well as your taste in entertainment) in Linda Wertheimer's clarification that on the '80s nighttime soap Dynasty, actress Linda Evans played Krystle Carrington — Krystle with a K, that is.

The Oscars Broadcast, Zooming Way Past Cheeky To Land Squarely On Crass

Linda Holmes — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:38:00 +0000

If you like Argo (which won Best Picture), the movie Chicago (which made a couple of appearances) and jokes about women (which just kept coming), you probably had a substantially better night than the average viewer, who was subjected to Seth MacFarlane's delivery of one of the worst hosting performances in Oscar history.

In fact, David Letterman is writing Seth MacFarlane notes of gratitude right now for taking all the pressure off of "Uma, Oprah, Oprah, Uma," the most famous bomb of 1995, and more recent troubled hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway are feeling a little l

Dear Reader: Yes, There's A Reason People Asked Dear Abby For Advice

Linda Holmes — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:03:42 +0000

Dear Monkey See:

I just heard that Pauline Phillips, who wrote the advice column "Dear Abby," passed away yesterday at 94. From what I've read, she wrote or co-wrote the column for almost 50 years.

"Dear Abby" — and "Dear Ann Landers," written by Phillips' sister, Eppie Lederer — are probably the most famous mainstream American advice columns that ever were.

Oscar Nominees Announced: 'Lincoln' Leads With 12

Linda Holmes — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:11:00 +0000
Transcript
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
And this morning here in Los Angeles the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced. The movie with the most nominations: Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with 12 nods.
(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "LINCOLN")
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: (as Lincoln) Euclid's first common notion is this: Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other. That's a rule of mathematical reasoning. It's true because it works.
(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "LIFE OF PI")
SURAJ SHARMA: (as Pi) My name is Pi Patel. I have been in a shipwreck.