Who: Colin Firth interviewed by Janet Maslin What: TimesTalks’ “A Conversation with Colin Firth” Where: The Times Center When: January 20, 2010 Thumbs: Up When you ask Colin Firth to speak about what went into his latest performance, he won’t give you the typical actor-speak. Rather, he’ll tell you more widely how his character fits [...]

Politico is taking heat from all over the blogosphere for a story they posted Wednesday that conflated support for convicted rapist Roman Polanski with political donations to President Obama. The splashy headline read “Roman Polanski Backers Gave $34k to Barack Obama, DNC.”

“When I see Les Moonves’ name in print, I’ll often read the first word as the French ‘les’ and then wonder “what the hell is a ‘moonve’”?” — Slate movie critic Dana Stevens on Twitter, causing me to almost spit up my morning Diet Coke. I feel the same way about Hervé Weinstein.

While our country is engulfed in two wars, struggling to climb back after falling off of an economic cliff last year and trying to find a way to provide health care for nearly fifty million uninsured Americans, I am glad to see that some of Hollywood’s elite, (including Mr. Weinstein, Ms. Winger and Woody Allen, among others) have found a truly important cause worth fighting for: defending Roman Polanski.