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Richard Gere Criticizes China for Abuse in Tibet

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:21:31 CDT

Richard Gere is taking a swipe at China for what he calls its widespread abuse of Tibetans. Gere, a practicing Buddhist and a longtime supporter of the Dalai Lama and Tibet, is in Seoul to promote a Tibet-themed exhibition of photos taken by him and other photographers. It's impossible to...

13 International Celebrity Tiffs

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:23:00 CDT

Robin Williams’ comment to David Letterman last week that “Australians are basically English rednecks” set off quite a chain reaction—the Australian prime minister is mad at Williams, and the Alabama governor is mad at the Australian PM for implying Alabamians are the real rednecks. The Daily Beast rounds up...

Brooklyn's Finest a Clichéd Mess

Kevin Spak — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:46:00 CST

Brooklyn’s Finest , the latest from Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, is “a billy-club sandwich: three cop dramas piled one on top of the other, separated by layers of dramatic cheese," writes Ty Burr of the Boston Globe . About an hour in, “you hit gristle.” Sound appetizing? Critics agree that it’s...

A Kiss Is Not Just a Kiss: Indian Court

Peter Fearon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:57:42 CST

A married couple accused of obscenity for allegedly kissing in public have been cleared by a judge in Delhi, reports the BBC, where public displays of affection are considered scandalous. The couple was arrested at a railroad station where they claim they were photographing themselves with a cellphone. A conviction...

Top 50-Something Studs

Victoria Floethe — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:39:24 CDT

Older men can be sexier than callow youths, such as Leonardo and Brad—or so the ladies of WowOWow report, in their list of the top 50 sexiest men over 50. The elite: Rocker Bruce Springsteen Author James Patterson TV host Charlie Rose

Rodanthe Heavy on the Syrup

Rob Quinn — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:04:57 CDT

Tearjerker novel Nights in Rodanthe left some critics sobbing and others scowling. Now Unfaithful co-stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane are reunited for the movie version of the Nicholas Sparks romance, with a similar divide. The actors' "natural rapport" makes for a movie "one either utterly succumbs to or stubbornly...

Gere, Winger May Reunite on Broadway

Elizabeth Wolff — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:14:01 CDT

Richard Gere is weighing an offer to play the Spencer Tracy role in a Broadway production of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? —opposite Debra Winger. The famously feuding co-stars of An Officer and a Gentleman haven't worked together since that 1982 smash hit. The production is stalled as producers search...

Booming Brazil Nabs A-List Ad Campaigns

Jason Farago — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:33:00 CDT

If you want proof that the Brazilian economy is on fire, look no further than the TV ads. While Sarah Jessica Parker professes her love for a Sao Paulo mall, Richard Gere promotes hair care products in dubious Portuguese. What's made the influx of American stars possible, writes Bloomberg, is...

China Protests Singe Torch Sponsor Lenovo

Jim O'Neill — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:42:05 CDT

Lenovo execs were hoping for some major branding momentum from winning the Olympic torch design competition—not to mention from plunking down some $100 million as sponsors of the 2008 Beijing Games. What they got was anti-China vitriol that has accompanied the torch around the globe, and a marketing campaign...