Blog Posts by Mike Krumboltz

Leonardo DiCaprio, right, doing his best Jack Nicholson impression (Photo: Everett Collection/YouTube)

Leonardo DiCaprio is many things: a talented actor, a passionate environmentalist, and an all-around smooth customer. He's also a pretty good Jack Nicholson impressionist.

At least he can do the creepy Nicholson eyebrow look (in the video below, at 2:20-in). On a Japanese talk show where he was promoting "Django Unchained," DiCaprio indulged the host and studio audience with his previously unknown gift for channeling his "The Departed" co-star.

While on the talk show, DiCaprio also discussed the hand gash he got while filming the Oscar-winning Quentin Tarantino film as well as his taste in women, saying sense of humor and cleverness are at the top of his list when it comes to selecting dates.

Co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler began the Golden Globes with a bang-bang monologue that poked fun of actors, directors, and, of course, themselves. Was it the best award show opening ever? You be the judge.

Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis spoofed Clint Eastwood's Republican National Convention speech at the BAFTA/LA's Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday night.

Day-Lewis, who was accepting the Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Film from Steven Spielberg, was addressing the audience when somebody placed an empty chair next to him on the stage, E! Online reported.

Photo: Everett Collection

When George Lucas announced that he was selling his company to Disney, it was (to paraphrase ol' Obi-Wan) as if millions of nerds suddenly cried out in terror. But now that the dust is off and we've all had time to absorb the bombshell news, disciples of the Force are probably wondering what's next. Yes, there will be movies. But what will they be about?

We did a roundup of some of the more interesting reporting and rumors floating around. As we all now know, there will be at least three new films: episodes VII, VIII, and IX. But what those films will cover is open to a lot of speculation.

Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin in 'Iron Man 3' (Photo: Marvel Studios)
Entertainment Weekly shared the first image of Sir Ben Kingsley dressed as the villainous Mandarin in "Iron Man 3." Kingsley, known for playing (really) good guys like Gandhi, is going evil in a major way for next summer's blockbuster.

Like most comic book baddies, The Mandarin has a rather convoluted history. According to Marvel's official site, he was born in China around 1920 and raised by his aunt following the death of his parents. But unlike Peter Parker, The Mandarin took the bad-guy route. After being ousted from power following the Chinese Communist revolution, he went about seeking invincibility by other means. He found it in an ancient spaceship equipped with ten mystical rings. Not surprisingly, he didn't use the rings for good.

'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (Photo: Everett Collection/Universal Pictures)

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees recently passed away at the age of 62 after a long fight with cancer.

Back in the late '70s, the Bee Gees could do no wrong. "Saturday Night Fever" (the movie and the soundtrack) was beyond huge. But then, faster than you can say leisure suit, disco became the antithesis of cool. The brothers Gibb went from hip to joke.

Hastening their decline was the incredibly bizarre 1978 train wreck of a movie "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The film starred Robin, Barry, and Maurice Gibb as well as rocker Peter Frampton in a rock opera (or something) loosely based on the iconic Beatles album (judged to be the most important rock album ever by Rolling Stone).

The flick featured the Bee Gees and Frampton performing Beatles tunes and battling it out with Aerosmith and Alice Cooper. George Burns provided narration, and a singing Steve Martin made his feature-film debut.

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And what a debut it was. "Sgt. Pepper" made no sense.

Photo by Universal Pictures/Relativity Media/Lionsgate/Summit Entertain

Heading to the movies this weekend? Before you use gas, pay for parking, and buy a $40 tub of popcorn, take a look at what the critics think of this week's new releases. After all, judging movies is what these men and women are paid to do.

Wanderlust

Jennifer Aniston isn't known for starring in wonderful films. Is "Wanderlust" an exception to the unfortunate rule? Well, kind of. Reviews are mixed on the fish out of water comedy co-starring Paul Rudd and Aniston's real life boyfriend, Justin Theroux.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gives the flick some props. "'Wanderlust' makes escapism an irresistible proposition," he writes. The New York Post's Lou Lumenick calls the film "a raunchy, often hilarious satire," but notes that it "lacks any real bite." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "Occasionally the gags feel effortful or flat, but for the most part they're funny, with a surprising percentage in the laugh-out-loud category."

But not everybody is slapping their

Reese Witherspoon has a new look. The Academy Award-winning actress, 35, was recently spotted at a Paris airport sporting some serious bangs.

The new hairstyle is a noted contrast to the tousled look Reese rocked at the Golden Globes a week and a half ago. The bangs aren't in Rooney Mara territory, but they do mark the latest in Reese's long and distinguished hair history.