"Crowned"Wednesday 9pm, The CW How do you make a reality competition about wannabe pageant girls even campier? By making it a competition featuring the girls and their mothers, of course. This sounds like a train wreck—a glorious, tiara- and tantrum-filled train wreck. Note that the girls and their mothers are not competing against each other. […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column.
Angus Bull Antiques "Tribal Images" by Betty Arehart, 6-8pm. Art Upstairs "Small Wonders for the Holidays," an all members show, 6-9pm. Black Cat Skate Shop Skateboard-related photography by local artists, 6-8pm. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative "Wood—Crossing the Boundaries: Form vs. Function" by various artists, 6-8pm. Café Cubano "New Landscapes of the Blue Ridge," photography by […]
Fifty-seven years old and a fit, striking presence, Tim O'Kane appears much younger than his age despite his grey hair, pulled back into a short ponytail that hangs taut above the collar of a blue rugby shirt.
"Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show"Tuesday 10pm, CBS I’ve been pondering who exactly this program is aimed at. Since it’s supposed to sell overpriced bras and panties, you’d presume that it’s women. But since the unmentionables are worn by unspeakably hot women (Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Marisa Miller and The Klum among them) parading about in high […]
American Gangster (R, 157 minutes) Based on an article by Marc Jacobson (who also inspired 2001’s The Believer), this crime saga dramatizes the life of Manhattan drug kingpin Frank Lucas. Denzel Washington stars as the slick thug who builds an empire during the ’70s while battling a determined police detective (played by Russell Crowe). Ridley […]
On Saturday night some of Charlottesville's best rock, pop and hip-hop acts took over Satellite Ballroom for an evening of nonstop musical goodness.
American Gangster (R, 157 minutes) Based on an article by Marc Jacobson (who also inspired 2001’s The Believer), this crime saga dramatizes the life of Manhattan drug kingpin Frank Lucas. Denzel Washington stars as the slick thug who builds an empire during the ’70s while battling a determined police detective (played by Russell Crowe). Ridley […]
Mark Edwards and Mary Michaud, the team behind OptiPop design studio and the glaze-coated Belmont documentary…