http://dir.salon.com/topics/cintra_wilson/?source=rss&aim=cintra_wilson en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/25/oscar_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/25/oscar_wrap/index.html?source=rss The academy shows American-style self-loathing by handing its biggest trophies to foreigners and drowning itself in montages. Save us, George Clooney! By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/09/project_runway/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/09/project_runway/index.html?source=rss "Project Runway" designers march their designs -- feathers! fringe! Oprah-worthy pronouncements -- down the catwalk at Fashion Week. Who will take the prize? By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/04/fashion_week/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/04/fashion_week/index.html?source=rss Love-starved reality TV stars! Food-starved baby-faced models! Clothes that starve the imagination! A first foray into New York Fashion Week. Cintra Wilson and Caitlin Shamberg Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2008/02/04/wilson_fashionweek1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2008/02/04/wilson_fashionweek1/index.html?source=rss Cintra Wilson explores the Bryant Park tents. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2007/07/08/live_earth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2007/07/08/live_earth/index.html?source=rss Gore's Live Earth festival rocked, and may rock our world. So long, Hummers. Hello (again), Flower Power! By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/08/paris_hilton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/08/paris_hilton/index.html?source=rss The public outrage over Paris Hilton's early release from her L.A. prison cell may be justified -- but why are we expending so much energy protesting the antics of a spoiled media whore? By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/02/26/oscars_2007/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/02/26/oscars_2007/index.html?source=rss Ellen was 'Ellish in her tacky leisure suits. But at Sunday night's Oscars, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Al Gore and the rest restored fame's good name. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/02/09/anna_nicole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/02/09/anna_nicole/index.html?source=rss No candle in the wind, Anna Nicole Smith was more like a bonfire in a hailstorm -- and we couldn't pry our eyes away from her. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/05/giuliani/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/05/giuliani/index.html?source=rss 9/11 gave America amnesia about the real Rudy Giuliani. He's an authoritarian narcissist -- and we don't need another one of those in the White House. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/19/3_blondes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/19/3_blondes/index.html?source=rss Jessica Simpson's Malibu Barbie, Xtina Aguilera and her assless chaps, and the unrepentantly slutty Paris Hilton face off with new records. Is this some kind of Republican plot? By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/10/grey_gardens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/10/grey_gardens/index.html?source=rss The cult film "Grey Gardens" followed the descent of mother-daughter socialites into feral living. Can the new musical version re-create the magic? By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/06/oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/06/oscars/index.html?source=rss The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart? By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/02/aniston/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/02/aniston/index.html?source=rss Nancy Balbirer, the actress who kicked off the latest Jennifer Aniston scandal, shares her ex-best friend's secrets -- from pert nipples and plastic surgery to chicken cutlets in the bra. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/12/24/wilson_xmas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/12/24/wilson_xmas/index.html?source=rss For one day each year, my mixed-up family of Jews, Muslims, Christians and New Agers gathers to sing karaoke carols, munch on jello mold and get wasted at church. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/27/briefing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/27/briefing/index.html?source=rss I had front row seats at the media's Great Slave Rebellion over Karl Rove. No wonder our democracy's in trouble. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/05/05/gregoire_colin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/05/05/gregoire_colin/index.html?source=rss The French stud-boy is usually too hot to keep clothed, and too interesting for Hollywood to ever take notice. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/02/28/cintra_oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/02/28/cintra_oscars/index.html?source=rss Welcome to wartime Academy Awards: Cheap, tense and cobbled together from graphics rations donated by the E! Channel. Not even Chris Rock or Beyoncé -- or the travesty that is Antonio Banderas -- can save it. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/02/21/hunter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/02/21/hunter/index.html?source=rss Hunter S. Thompson blasted through the world like a big-finned rocket of defiance and revulsion. He leaves a big burned hole and a safer, duller world. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/10/26/bale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/10/26/bale/index.html?source=rss All bow before the young British actor with more going on than any American actor, ever -- Garland, Brando, Sinatra, you name it. And he's not even a major star (yet). By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/17/cintra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/17/cintra/index.html?source=rss Mean boys. Badass girls. Your worst first-day-of-high-school nightmare, to the millionth power ... and in Marin County, Calif. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/08/31/walsh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/08/31/walsh/index.html?source=rss J.T. Walsh is worth remembering! "Hero" must be taken in context! Readers respond to recent articles by Cintra Wilson and Charles Taylor. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/08/26/j_t_walsh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/08/26/j_t_walsh/index.html?source=rss So you never knew his name. But surely you remember the face of J.T. Walsh, whose angry, cowardly, inwardly wrecked characters scowled their way into our collective memory. By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/07/22/penn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/07/22/penn/index.html?source=rss He transformed before us from a Caravaggio-like dancing teen to a love-handled bad guy. While Chris Penn has never received the attention of his older brother, he's deserved it -- and oh, so much more. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/05/25/mcdonald/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/05/25/mcdonald/index.html?source=rss So many smarmy roles, so little time. Christopher McDonald fans come out of the woodwork to praise their unsung hero's performances in movies like "Quiz Show" and "SLC Punk." By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/05/20/mcdonald/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/05/20/mcdonald/index.html?source=rss You know him as that red-faced rageoholic or the drippingly sarcastic dad. But you probably don't know Christopher McDonald's name, despite the dozens of movies he's stolen from bigger stars.