Marcia Gay Harden

American actress Marcia Gay Harden will christen a ship tomorrow. Harden, 50, was named the godmother of Carnival Cruise Lines’ new cruise ship, the Carnival Dream. The invitation-only ceremony in New York on Thursday will be streamed on the company’s website from 4pm EST. Harden is a compelling actress who has appeared in the classic Mystic River with Sean Penn and in Pollock, about the US artist Jackson Pollock. Senior Cruise Director John Heald of Carnival will preside over the event on the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream, which was unveiled in Europe. The vessel will run voyages from New York before it docks in Port ... Read Full Story

Last night NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts turned up the star power for their annual fundraiser gala. Veteran director Spike Lee presented honoree HBO’s Sheila Nevins with an award for her contribution to documentary film. Alec Baldwin joked about the Yankees with his friends Ron Howard and Brian Grazer who were honored for their business partnership which has lasted more than 25 years. The Gala drew an impressive crowd of alumni who contributed to making scholarships available for Tisch students. Oscar winning actress & NYU alumnus Marcia Gay Harden was lovely in a purple Carmen Marc Valvo dress. Samuel Jackson tried his best ... Read Full Story

CHICAGO – It’s just a twist of fate, of course. I know the CGI wizards at The Weinstein Co. can’t command the weather in the real word, too. But – wow – what providence. The mist in Chicago on Nov. 20, 2007. Photo by Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com Perhaps the mistiest day of the year in Chicago came this Monday, which is exactly one day after I screened “The Mist”. I snapped the unaltered, almost zero-visibility photo below directly out of my condo window from 25 stories above street level. To make matters even more eerie, apparently the same mist blanketed Los Angeles on Monday. ... Read Full Story

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Marcia Gay Harden with eco-friendly bag DALLAS, Mar 19, 2009 / FW/ — Way back in 1962, the groundbreaking book ‘ Silent Spring ’ by Rachel Carson launched the environmental movement. And though the book mostly discussed the ill effects of the use of DDT, laundry detergents was also identified as a water pollutant. Forty-seven years had passed since then. DDT use was banned in 1972 and the formula for laundry detergents had been improved so that it will be environmentally friendly. Purex® Natural Elements™ laundry detergent is the first major laundry detergent recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Design for the Environment” program ... Read Full Story