Articles
Charles Durning
Charles Durning was always the bridesmaid. He played the crooked cop on the trail of leading men Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting, the lonely widower...
Quartet: The Least Exotic Country Retirement Home
Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and Pauline Collins are up to their usual fine standard, but Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut about retirees putting on a show to...
Kennedy Center Honors Letterman, Led Zeppelin, Dustin Hoffman
The late-night host, the legendary rock band, a Hollywood actor, a ballerina and a bluesman took the stage last night
Kung Fu Panda 2: A Jolly Sequel, But Not an Equal
The evil Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman) has just introduced gunpowder to China and plans to aim it at the country's greatest martial artists, a group that...
Qantas: Airline Safety's Golden Child No More?
In one of the best-known scenes in the film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman's autistic character, Raymond, a fearful flier, is refusing to get on a plane to Los...
Don't Vote! These Celebs Don't Care
Voter registration deadlines start Oct. 4, and who better to spread the word than Google and Leonardo DiCaprio and Dustin Hoffman and Ellen DeGeneres and Forest...
Book Excerpt: Steven Pinker: Words Don't Mean What They Mean
In the Movie Tootsie, The character played by Dustin Hoffman is disguised as a woman and is speaking to a beautiful young actress played by Jessica Lange. During...
Books: FACADES
Frederick Barthelme's third book is a textbook example of what has come to be called minimalist fiction. It does not follow that Tracer is better than the best...
The Many Faces of Bill
A few years ago, Bill Murray attended a concert in New York City's Central Park. When the show ended, Murray walked east toward his car. By the time he reached...
People: Aug. 11, 2003
HEY, DON'T I KNOW YOU? FIRST LOOK Look closely at this picture. It shows something you have never seen before: Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman occupying the same...
Photo Essays
Dustin Hoffman: Early Photos of an Actor on the Rise
If they stick around long enough, great actors — or great American actors, anyway — often seem to go through similar, predictable stages in their careers...
