Tilda Swinton news stories on Newser

Tilda on Childbirth: 'Murderous' and 'Violent'

Mark Russell — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:46:05 CDT

Childbirth as depicted in the movies may be "all really lovely," complete with flowers everywhere and "magically" made-up moms—but for actress Tilda Swinton, it's "a truly, truly murderous business." Never shy about being unconventional , Swinton says: "It’s violent. And if one doesn’t embrace that, if one can’t embrace it—...

12 Famous Open Relationships

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:29:24 CST

Charlie Sheen may be the craziest celebrity ever to have a relationship with multiple women simultaneously , but he's certainly not the only celebrity to do so. The Daily Beast rounds up a dozen: Hugh Hefner : The Playboy founder's relationship record? Seven women at once. (He also, of course, dated identical...

Burn Leads Box Office Boom

Laurel Jorgensen — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:57:38 CDT

The Coen brothers' Burn After Reading led an unexpectedly strong box office weekend by nabbing top spot with $19.4 million, Variety reports. With overall sales up 35% over this frame last year, Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys took second with $18 million, followed by Righteous Kill ($16.5...

Coens Burn , But Not Brightly

Kevin Spak — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:11:32 CDT

Burn After Reading is your standard Coen Brothers comedy: It’s black, clever, and zany, and David Ansen writes in Newsweek that he “enjoyed just about every heartlessly jolly minute of it.” The film is nominally a spy/thriller spoof, its sidewinder plot involving airhead gym employees trying to sell supposed secrets...

Ivanka Tops Best-Dressed List

Drew Nelles — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:20:01 CDT

Vanity Fair ’s International Best-Dressed List holds few surprises. True, it includes David Beckham while omitting his wife, Victoria, but overall the roster is rich with royals and light on poor people. The top 10: Heiress and exec Ivanka Trump Would-be American first lady Michelle Obama French first lady and...

Narnia Still Casts a Spell

Rob Quinn — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:39 CDT

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian returns to the fantasyland 1,300 years after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe , and all is not well in the kingdom. The "darker, more conventional, and more crisply made" follow-up features "more clashing swords than all the Robin Hood movies put together,...

Non-Mainstream Seduced Oscar

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:35:00 CST

For a Hollywood award, Oscar wasn't too fond of Tinseltown last night. The Academy Awards were dominated by a crew of crack European actors—and a pair of maverick brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, operating far from the Hollywood mainstream. It was a record year for the number of Oscars...

No Country Wins Best Picture

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:54:52 CST

Hollywood crowned the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men with four Oscars tonight, including best picture, best direction, and best adapted screenplay, the Los Angeles Times reports. Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his role as the film's ice-cold assassin. Daniel Day-Lewis scored best actor prize for There...