Cordell Lochin is a bit of an enigma. The well-connected scenester, subject of an indulgent profile in the Observer last spring, presented himself as a partner in the obnoxiously affected nightspots La Esquina and The Box. Now the other entitled owners are distancing themselves from Lochin and the enigma will soon be wrapped inside a prison cell; Guest of a Guest has news that Lochin’s gotten sent up on a 3-year bid for involvement in a cross-border marijuana smuggling ring. more ›

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If you haven't heard about Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson and Justin Timberlake's Southern Gothic exploitation movie, . more ›

Can you think of a better way to spend part of the potentially crazy-humid next couple of days than with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in sweaty Miami? Michael Mann brings his '80s TV staple into the present with , the newest installment in the ever popular teensploitation genre. more ›

This wouldn't, of course, be the first time that a woman has played a man, or vice versa. The Australian actress and the Duluth musician don't have that much physically in common, but that's no matter. There will also be a lot of other actors playing Dylan. more ›

This week’s new movie releases are all about men behaving badly, and of course the women who put up with their crap. Though if that's not what you're into there's always some good Irish beer or Korean kimchee to tempt your movie palate. more ›

Yesterday, the Daily News revealed that Colin Farrell attended the funeral for police officer Eric Hernandez, the rookie cop who died from gunshot injuries (on-duty cop shot the off-duty and armed Hernandez, who had been roughed up by some men at a Bronx White Castle, in a sad case of mistaken identity). The story stated Hernandez, a star on the NYPD football team, had been among the players asked to appear as an extra in the upcoming cop-corruption movie Farrell is starring in, and that Farrell had gained permission from Hernandez's dad to attend - and bring people to film the funeral for research purposes - even though Hernandez's mom didn't know anything about it. But now it turns out that Hernandez's father had no idea that Farrell and a film crew were going to be there and didn't give permission for them to film it. The football team manager's, Ed Gardner, who had told the News yesterday that there was permission, now admits that he only told the families about the filming after the funeral - and adds that the film will have a tribute to Hernandez at the end and that the film crew would pay for the tombstone and a plaque for the stationhouse. The father, Efrain Hernandez, is taking the high road, saying, "A movie, or complaining about it, seems pretty insignificant compared to everything else," but added that Hernandez said nothing about the movie. Hmm - and it seems tacky not to tell the family until after the funeral, though the camera crews probably blended in with all the other news crews there. more ›

- As if you couldn't hate Madison Square Garden enough for hurting old Penn Station, it might just hurt new Penn Station more ›

Do you remember rock n' roll? Not the synthy 80's stuff that's been inundating our ears lately, but actual guitar grinding rock. Well Dear Leader will make you remember, incase you don't. They are what rose from the ashes after the band Sheila Divine broke up in 2003. Their lyrics and sound are anthemic and loud. So come stomp your feet to them tonight at Pianos. More details after the interview. more ›

These days, reading a Hollywood trade is like seeing a TV Guide grid from the 80s - it's all about making movies from 80s TV shows. Today, Universal announced they are remaking Miami Vice, ideally with Colin Farrell and Jamie Fox as Crockett and Tubbs. Earlier this week, Stephen J. Cannell said he's going to go forward with the long-awaited A-Team movie! And Robert Luketic, best known as the director those canonical films, Legally Blonde and Win A Date With Tad Hamiltion, is going to direct the Dallas movie. There's already the Dukes of Hazzard movie in the works (Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville and Jessica Simpson), and there were rumors of a Dallas one. What's next? Remington Steele? Moonlighting? Murder, She Wrote? Magnum PI? Clearly, the cheesier and campier the show was, the more remake potential it has, so no Hill Street Blues or St. Elsewhere. But The Greatest American Hero - why not? more ›

The Smoker can also be found in Kissing in Manhattan, a collection of Schickler's stories. Here's what looks like Schickler's website for Kissing in Manhattan. And Gothamist is excited about Linklater's sequel to Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, which comes out on July 2. more ›

We human beings are more like the animals than we'd readily admit. Just ask Charles Darwin, whose theory on evolution rocked the Nineteenth century; even a few nuts in the State of New York are still perturbed by the whole ape-linking concept. Recent studies show how animals behave in some fun ways that may not be that different from how people do. more ›

Coolfer has a great list of overused words/phrases/cliches in music reviews, such as "ethereal," "fully realized," and "new yet familiar." As terrible as it is to resorting to those words in any sort of review or article (and we're guilty of it), Gothamist is all for it, as long as people get to make fun fo those conventions. more ›

"), so Wells suggests a word for the promiscous men: Benbo (a Ben-inspired alternative to the short-lived himbo). This reminds Gothamist of the wonderful Japanese bento box, so it's not an option in our book, but we like the idea. We'll just try to use the word slut more equinaminously. more ›

While blathering on about the upcoming Joel Schumacher directed, much-postponed Colin Farrell starrer, The Phone Booth, and how only one day of filming actually took place in NY (Times Square). The Post comes up with other recent films set in New York that were filmed in others. My favorite bizarre stand-in: Melbourne, Australia for Besonhurst, NY, from Kangaroo Jack. more ›

Oscar Commentary
Oscar is celebrating its 75th anniversary, I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary of watching Oscar. more ›