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FILM "Oh, I love Jeff Bridges!" is the usual response when his name comes up every few years for Best Actor consideration, usually via some underdog movie no one saw, and the realization occurs that he's never won an Oscar.

Tom Waits is careful not to call himself an actor. He is an acclaimed musician, a weary romantic and the singer of epic, theatrical rantings.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 66 % Tomatometer How does the Tomatometer work Reviews Counted: 68 Fresh: 45 Rotten: 23 Average Rating: 5.9/10 Consensus: Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine ...

Over at Mother Jones, Michael Mechanic chats with Terry Gilliam, whose new film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has just hit US cinemas.

Assuming there are thousands of other blogs discussing Avatar today, the movie and the money and the whole zeitgeist of it all, I feel pretty comfortable offering you a bit of counter-programming. I just saw a little movie - teensy in the shadow of James Cameron's juggernaut - which, if there is any justice left in the world, ought to earn at least ...

Jeff Bridges is a national treasure. The sheer variety of roles he's played -- computer nerd , alien , shock jock , gunslinger , businessman -- has proven him to be an invaluable asset for any movie, one that keeps getting better with age.

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus got a special, sneak-peek gala screening in Toronto Friday night, as lucky filmgoers were asked to open their eyes, open their minds -- and then stuff themselves silly on swanky hors d'oevres at the afterparty.

As has-been country singer Bad Blake , Jeff Bridges looks like something scraped off the bowling alleys he's been reduced to playing.

The director Terry Gilliam at the afterparty for the premiere of "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." In this week's party roundup/big-girl shoes update: sex, food and surrealism.

I could not possibly make this up. Paste Magazine is reporting that singer-songwriter Tom Waits is possibly up for the lead in Peter Jackson's and Guillermo del Toro's recreation of The Hobbit.

Main American actor in full Jeffrey Leon Bridges born Dec. 4, 1949, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. American actor known for his good looks, laid-back personality, and versatility.

Tom Waits in a pensive mood. AP Photo Take it or leave it, this is the deal you get when you interview Tom Waits.

The first rule of stand-up comedy is that everything, even the most personal misfortune, can become material and inevitably does.

With the release of the movie Pirate Radio happening this week, and all of the crazy trailer footage of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Nighy and Nick Frost as loose cannon radio personalities in the swingin' 60s, we got to thinking about our favorite fictitious DJs in movie history, and decided to make a little list of them all.

Richard LaGravenese has enjoyed an exemplary fast track screenwriting career in Hollywood.

THE BRIGHT lights of Hollywood could beckon for two special furry friends who are to feature in a new movie.

Dignified ... Christopher Plummer in the title role of Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

There have been several attempts on the part of studio executives to make Gilliam's hyperactive imagination a little more palatable to a mainstream audience over the years, while at the same time reining in his profligate excesses with time and budget that often spiral out of control - often it must be admitted through acts of God that are not ...

THE journey from conception to screen of Terry Gilliam's fantastical films is often perilous.

Robin Williams will be taking his newest solo show, Weapons of Self Destruction, to New York City's Town Hall this fall.