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Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue; out now Teed up for a solo breakthrough, the ex--child actress and Rilo Kiley singer delivers a dud. Lewis' singing is as lean as ever, but her songs--once models of dramatic efficiency--sprawl with misplaced ambition; more adventurous (with themes, tempos, minutes per track) does not necessarily translate into more meaningful. Only the title cut, with Lewis singing gently over a guitar about a performer's life and lies, sticks...
...Parliament. In Garden, we see Teddy ham-handedly break off his affair with Joanna, who goes steadily bonkers in the midst of preparations for the annual summer fete. Shuttling in and out of both plays are Teddy's precocious teenage daughter and her rather dim suitor; an alcoholic French actress on her way to the rehab clinic; a bizarre trio of household servants; another couple whose marriage is on the rocks; a children's maypole dance; and a driving rainstorm...
...door neighbor, is the last to learn of his wife's affair and the first, pathetically, to forgive her. Ayckbourn has made a specialty of portraying people who are too dull-witted, or self-absorbed, or obsessed with social niceties, to comprehend the wreckage around them. The boozing French actress (Zabou Breitman), after a fling with Teddy, lets loose a torrential confession in a language he doesn't understand. "I don't think I've ever talked like this with anyone," he says, touched. Precisely...
Nasty breakups are bad enough. But what if your ex broadcast your dirty laundry to millions? That's what British actress Tricia Walsh-Smith did infamously on April 10, when she posted the first of three YouTube videos in which she slammed her soon-to-be-ex-husband for everything from his questionable character and inadequate sexual skills to his extended family, whom she disliked. Walsh-Smith's videos, which were collectively viewed more than 4 million times, reflect more than just the despair of a jilted woman. They're part of a larger and fast-growing problem: reputation-wrecking...
What do you think of Tina Fey's impression of Sarah Palin? -Katherine Thomson, New York CityOh, my God. It was so perfect. She really is an incredible actress. She came into 30 Rock having done the news segment on Saturday Night Live and some writing, and the more she goes out there on the ice, the better for her, because she can do just about anything...