http://dir.salon.com/topics/annette_bening/?source=rss&aim=annette_bening en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/10/20/scissors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/10/20/scissors/index.html?source=rss Alec Baldwin just might break your heart in this sympathetic adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' bestselling memoir. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/10/22/being_julia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/10/22/being_julia/index.html?source=rss Annette Bening plays a great actress in Istvan Szabo's resolute charmer -- and proves she is one, too. By Amy Reiter Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/04/12/npwed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/04/12/npwed/index.html?source=rss Gina Gershon wants to pull your chain. Plus: Billy Bob Thornton's strange compulsions; Chicago alderman's way is not Hugh Hefner's; and Monica Lewinsky and Jenny Craig, still an item? By Amy Reiter Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/27/oscarsqts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/27/oscarsqts/index.html?source=rss Being at the Academy Awards has a strange effect on the attendees. Some are moved to eloquence, some to idiocy, while others become just plain insufferable. By Cintra Wilson Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/03/27/cintra_oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/03/27/cintra_oscars/index.html?source=rss Untethered hooters! Suave cocksmiths! But even Billy Crystal and Hilary Swank couldn't save a crushingly boring show. By Virginia Vitzthum Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/03/21/hollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/03/21/hollywood/index.html?source=rss In his latest dissection of the gender gap, the director of the great "Carnal Knowledge" trades earnest sexual consideration for a cheap, vibrating sight gag. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/03/20/beatty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/03/20/beatty/index.html?source=rss The ambitious and radical star -- actor, producer, director -- crafted a remarkable and uncompromising slate of mainstream movies. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/03/03/planet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/03/03/planet/index.html?source=rss It's a sad day for cinema when a vibrating penis upstages a perfectly good actress. By Amy Reiter Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/02/22/nptues/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/02/22/nptues/index.html?source=rss The "American Beauty" star should share her on-screen sex tips with "The Sopranos'" Alicia Witt. By Amy Reiter Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/02/17/npthurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/02/17/npthurs/index.html?source=rss Extra! Extra! Put the seat down! Senate reporters forced to use coed loo; "American Pie" man Don McLean gets goopy over Madonna. Plus: The descent of man continues -- Carlos Santana announces his own clothing line. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/02/16/oscar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/02/16/oscar/index.html?source=rss Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed. By Amy Reiter Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/01/05/np0105/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/01/05/np0105/index.html?source=rss Ms. Ray of Light preaches to the lithe one; the rigors of stardom: Annette Bening threatens to do herself in if she has to act again; lessons on lesbian kissing from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Plus: Scary Spice resorts to the Ph-word! By Michael Sragow Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/12/09/jordan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/12/09/jordan/index.html?source=rss "End of the Affair" director Neil Jordan talks about sex, Catholicism and why "God is the greatest imaginary being of all time." By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/09/15/beauty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/09/15/beauty/index.html?source=rss Kevin Spacey keeps a biting suburban satire from eating itself alive. By Jake Tapper Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/02/dinner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/02/dinner/index.html?source=rss The Minnesota adman who helped Jesse Ventura become governor advises Warren Beatty on how he might claim the White House. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/15/reviewa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/15/reviewa/index.html?source=rss With echoes of 'The Silence of the Lambs,' 'Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Psycho,' Neil Jordan's 'In Dreams' is less than the sum of its parts.