January is typically the anemic month, when galleries go into hibernation or coast along with the remnants of December shows. But there are exceptions.

Still recovering from cancer surgery, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan meets with members of the creative community, affirming its importance to the city.

Like a midseason coaching hire for a losing ballclub, director Bennett Miller inherited an uphill battle when he was brought in as the director of a shaky project called “Moneyball,” but he had two key players on his side — and both of them were named Brad Pitt. With its half-dozen Golden Globe and Screen […]

Mark Wahlberg doesn’t keep an office. The 40-year old actor, who is one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars and is becoming one of its most ambitious producers, prefers to hold court at the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel, a million miles away from his troubled beginnings in Dorchester, Mass. Whether it’s breakfast with […]

The movie business is predicated on predictability. It’s a pattern most everyone in Hollywood understands and accepts — but apparently not George Clooney.