Oliver Stone

Travolta on Travolta

2012-11-03 21:35:39

'Saturday Night Fever' (1977) Travolta earned his first Oscar nomination — and proved he was more than Vinnie Barbarino on TV's "Welcome Back, Kotter" — as the Brooklyn teenager who becomes a big man on the disco dance floor. "It was a...

The Stone truth: Left-wingers are boring

2012-12-10 04:00:00

When, at long last, will people understand that the left is boring? The question came to mind as I was dipping in and out of Oliver Stone's miasmic 700-plus-page tome. I'll never read the whole thing, and not because it's a left-wing screed full of...

Charles St. water main break could cause continued traffic snarls

2012-11-08 08:34:00

Commuters north of downtown will see major traffic disruptions Thursday, as Baltimore deals with another problem with its aging water infrastructure — this time the failure of a 90-year-old main that closed the intersection of North Charles Street...

'River' subsides, Charles Street businesses re-open

2012-11-08 17:50:00

After a day in which they temporarily became waterfront businesses, shops and cafes on North Charles Street began reopening Thursday, when the river created by a massive water main break at 20th Street receded. While several blocks remained closed to...

Oliver Stone stopping in Baltimore to screen new documentary

2012-11-06 10:06:00

Filmmaker Oliver Stone will be in Baltimore Thursday, screening his new documentary and fielding questions about it. "Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States," a series that re-examines American foreign policy, is now airing on Showtime....

Travolta, Waters to appear on stage together in Baltimore

2012-10-09 08:20:00

Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta will sit down for a public conversation with John Waters at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art. The man who created Edna Turnblad and the actor who brought the zaftig housewife of "Hairspray" to full-...

'Conan' in 3-D might be a mite too much might

2011-08-23 10:21:00

"Conan the Barbarian" is a juvenile fantasy, but it has so much sword-swinging violence that the movie merits its "R" rating. Although the muscular title character survives intact, he often finds himself stepping over the severed limbs of warriors who did...

For Maryland football, everything feels new in 2011

2011-09-01 16:53:00

Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien stood on the sidelines at M&T Bank Stadium on a warm summer day, casually watching a seven-on-seven touch football tournament while flipping a ball up and down with his large right hand. So much had happened since the...

Bar review: Baltimore Taphouse is a low-key beer mecca

2011-06-30 05:01:00

Baltimore Taphouse in Canton looks just fine when you walk in. It's a long, narrow hall, with plenty of beer on tap and a pool table at the back. But the first sign that you might be in better hands than you thought is found above the cash register....

Getting a little sci-fi action for Father's Day

2011-06-13 12:00:00

Poor California has suffered its share of unnatural disasters at the movies — everything from giant ants and radiated octopuses to body-snatching space pods and English-mangling Terminators. So it's good to see someone finally sending in the Marines...

Phelps, Cavic headed for showdown in 100M butterfly

2009-08-01 00:00:00

Suits, lies and videotape. Reintroducing the battle between Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic in the men's 100-meter butterfly at the world championships: the sequel. The suits: Cavic, wearing the high-tech bodysuit, the polyurethane Arena X-Glide,...

Drawing light from concrete and smoke

2006-09-10 00:00:00

Now every time I try to sleep I'm haunted by the sound Of firemen pounding up the stairs While we were running down. ... - from "The Bravest" by Tom Paxton Tom Paxton wrote "The Bravest" on Sept. 24, 2001 - a mere 13 days after the Twin Towers fell....

How many people can say director Oliver Stone wrote them a recommendation letter for their college application? Claire Danes can. She turns 32 today. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)

2013-02-25 18:48:00

Filmmaker Oliver Stone

2012-11-05 12:12:00

Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone's latest series of documentaries, "Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States," premiered Nov. 12 on Showtime. Stone was photographed at the Showtime offices in Westwood. The series is an alternative history of the U.S.

2012-10-29 00:00:00