Simon

59
Metascore
2004
1 Hr 42 Mins
Comedy, Drama

Enterprising liberal Jew Simon Cohen is the lawless lord of an Amsterdam neighborhood, running a 'coffee' shop' (legal soft drugs sale). As soon as they bump into each-other, Simon fascinates gay, up to then conventionalist Jewish dentistry student Camiel Vrolijk and draws him into his libertine world, even all the way to Thailand for B-movie making. Having seduced Simon's strong and independent girl, embarrassed Simon leaves quietly. Ten years later, the dentist, now settled with a gay partner, lawyer Bram, meets the new cancer-terminal but affluent Simon again.

59
Metascore
2004
1 Hr 42 Mins
Comedy, Drama

What happened to your ...

Question: What happened to your minute-by-minute diary of the upfronts? Answer: You're thinking of the Press Tour Diaries. That's in July. But had I blogged Fox's upfront on Thursday, it probably would've looked something like this: 4:00 pm: Could this East Side venue be more out of the way?4:15 pm: Or crowded?4:20 pm: Or hot? 4:35 pm: Someone kill me.4:40 pm: Brad Garrett calls Paula Abdul crazy and Ryan Seacrest gay. 4:50 pm: Make it stop. 5:05 pm: I want to die. Now.5:15 pm: Am I in hell?5:17 pm: Sports executives make terrible comedians. 5:25 pm: Maybe the roof will collapse and we can all go home.5:26 pm: Wow, Spike Feresten is not funny.5:45 pm: Look! The ad executive behind me is putting a plastic bag over his head! 5:50 pm: Oooh, a

Wed, May 24, 2006

Hometown Crowds Cheer Idol Faves

The new issue of TV Guide, now on newsstands, offers on-the-scene looks at how American Idol contenders are celebrated each week back in their hometowns. Here is how Kellie Pickler, right up until her April 26 send-off, infused her stomping grounds with unprecedented excitement. Albemarle, N.C. (pop. 16,000), is a city in the rolling hills of North Carolina's Piedmont, about 45 miles east of Charlotte. Textile was its lifeblood until most of the mills shut down in the '80s and '90s. The local economy now relies on light manufacturing, some agriculture and the service industries. Its quaint downtown is undergoing a slow revival, but nothing has injected it with energy like the "Pickler Party" scene on Tuesday nights. Restaurants pack in customers with broadcasts of

Tue, May 2, 2006

One Strained Melody Cuts Idol's Kellie

After finding herself "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" by her previous song choice, Kellie Pickler sealed her fate on Fox's American Idol (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET) last week by delivering what Simon called a "never-ending" take on "Unchained Melody." But while the North Carolinian admits that voters made the Righteous choice in sending her home — "Obviously, the past two weeks have not been my best, by far" — what's been wrong in all of this, she maintains, is any suggestion that her Southern-fried

Tue, May 2, 2006