Billy Bob Thornton

Guy meets 'Girls'

2013-01-22 04:00:00

Last Sunday, "Girls," HBO's much-talked-about comedy, debuted its second season. I should qualify that "much-talked-about" description, since "Girls" is really only a major discussion point among young liberal urbanites around the country. It's in matters...

Joan Jett's Orioles' love letter (and other celeb O's fans)

2012-10-02 10:51:00

We all know singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer Joan Jett loves Rock and Roll; she’s proclaimed that plenty of times since her breakout hit in 1982. She also has proclaimed her love for the Orioles for years. It’s hard to forget when she...

Baltimore's Lester Speight defends the human race in 'Transformers 3'

2011-07-01 03:37:00

When "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" posted a casting call for "Hardcore Eddie," every muscleman-actor on the way up in Hollywood went out for the part. They knew the character would be on-screen during crucial, cataclysmic action, right alongside...

Holiday movie schedule

2005-10-30 00:00:00

Release dates are subject to change. Nov. 23 The Ice Harvest - Harold Ramis stretches a bit with this comic thriller, in which John Cusack's sleazebag lawyer lusts after Connie Nielsen's strip-club owner. Billy Bob Thornton, so good at playing...

'Bloody Sunday' movie wins awards

2002-02-18 05:18:00

It's elementary, Oscar

2002-01-28 00:00:00

Sherlock Holmes never tried his hand at Oscar prognosticating, but indications are he would have had a flair for it. "When you have eliminated the impossible," the great detective said, "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." As it...

Oscar predictions are cast in gold

2002-01-24 00:00:00

The Golden Globes are history - which means it's time to start handicapping the Oscar race in earnest. Judging by Sunday's awards show, A Beautiful Mind should earn itself a passel of Oscar nominations when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

Awards return glitz to Hollywood

2002-01-20 19:40:00

Coming this season

2003-09-04 00:00:00

September Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for the role of a "normal" guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything...

Race to the Oscars

2003-08-28 00:00:00

If everything goes right for Hollywood over the next four months, you'll be running from multiplex to multiplex thinking, "Ah, finally, an overload of great movies!" Such a scenario has yet to play out, ever, yet you may find yourself scrambling just the...

Summer movies release schedule

2005-04-19 00:00:00

Lucas, Spielberg usher in summer with sci-fi wars

2005-04-19 05:20:00

Yikes. Scary Couple or what? Jolie and her momentary husband Billy Bob Thornton at the Golden Globes. The tattoo lasted longer than the marriage.

2013-05-14 04:37:00

When Angelina married her "Hackers" co-star, Jonny Lee Miller (shown here), she wore a shirt with his name painted in her blood on the back. (The vampirical pair called it quits in '99) After marrying her "Pushing Tin" co-star, Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina wore a vial of his blood around her neck.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

More naughty than nice, it's the 2003 caper-comedy "Bad Santa," at 10:02 p.m. on Comedy Central. With Billy Bob Thornton, left, and Bernie Mac.

2012-12-21 17:19:00