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Stars spend countless hours sitting in the chairs of some of the most sought-after makeup artists, skincare specialists and hair stylists in the world. And that means they also learn everything there is to know about beauty straight from top experts. So who can blame them for wanting to take what they’ve learned about quality, technique, color and formulas and apply them to their own product lines? So many stars have started their own beauty businesses, it could practically be its own section of Sephora. But are they worth the (Kylie Lip Kit-level) hype? We wanted to find out.

HBO acquired all television rights for the U.S. and Canada to James Toback‘s feature documentary Seduced And Abandoned. Produced by Michael Mailer, Alec Baldwin and Toback and exec-produced by Morris Levy, Alan Helene, Larry Herbert and Neal Schneider, the pic will premiere as a Special Screening in the Official Selection this month at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. Guided by Baldwin and Toback, Seduced And Abandoned is a cinematic exploration of several interconnected subjects: The Cannes Film Festival and cinema art, money, glamour and death. Shot during the 65th Anniversary Festival in 2012, it features original portraits of Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Jessica Chastain, Berenice Bejo, Diane Kruger and James Caan. Seduced And Abandoned is produced by Michael Mailer Films. The deal was negotiated with HBO by Jeff Berg at Resolution on behalf of the filmmakers. International sales are being handled by Hanway.

The most important thing that happened on Wednesday? Conan O’Brien joined Twitter. Sixteen words later, he has 155k followers.

The reports are saying that Ian McShane will be the bad guy in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Like always, I assume he’ll be playing Ian McShane, going by the name of Blackbeard.

I really don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing because I’ve never seen Zoolander. But despite lackluster financials on the first one (which had the bad timing of releasing right after the September 11th terror attacks), there’s going to be a sequel. How they expect Ben Stiller to play a male model at his age, I have no idea.

The Manifest Equality Gallery will open in Los Angeles March 3rd to March 7th, showcasing hundreds of artists in an exhibition focused on equal right for all.

Apr 28, 2009 James Toback has been a controversial figure in Hollywood for years, dividing audiences and critics over films like Fingers, Exposed, Two Girls and a Guy, and Black and White. There's no divisiveness in opinion over the quality of his latest film, a riveting self-portrait of a fascinating man called Tyson. In no one's words but Mike Tyson’s own, Toback allows one of the greatest boxers who ever lived an amazing self-examination captured on celluloid. The response has been nearly universal in its acclaim. Mixing archival footage and a few ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...

Chicago – If you’re merely a casual movie goer, you may not know the name James Toback, but you probably know his work. If you do know the name, you probably have an opinion. The writer/director of films like “Fingers,” “Exposed,” “Bugsy,” “Two Girls and a Guy,” and “Black and White” has divided audiences and critics for years, but they all seem to be unanimous about his latest film, a startling, riveting, and brilliant examination of a fascinating man, “Tyson”.

In fact, the near-universal acclaim regarding what is essentially an hour-and-a-half self-portrait of the former boxer (the film uses no one’s words but Mike Tyson’s own) has surprised Toback.

“I’ve always had mixed response,” Toback told me on a rainy afternoon at the Peninsula Hotel. “I’ve always had people who really got [my movies] and were excited. And I’ve always had some vicious detractors. And then...