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One might think Olivia Wilde would be nervous defending HealthCare.gov, the famously glitch-ridden ObamaCare portal. After all, Wilde cut a video back in October describing how easy it was to navigate around the new web destination. Meanwhile, HealthCare.gov launched with

Both The Company You Keep and The East, films which portrayed eco-terrorists in a favorable light, tanked at the box office. So is it any wonder the trailer for the new film Night Moves downplays the eco-nature of its protagonists?

The latest stop on Alec Baldwin’s “I’m retreating from public life” tour took him to Adam Carolla’s popular podcast. On The Adam Carolla Show’s March 26 edition, Baldwin called in seemingly unannounced to chat up the host, “Bald” Bryan and

Noah proved mighty at the box office over the weekend, drawing roughly $44 million in domestic ticket sales and $95 million overseas. The suits at Paramount Pictures are clearly relieved to hear those figures. Yet consider how those numbers could have

Hollywood may not be a religious by nature, but the town’s power players listen to the voice of international ticket sales. Those voices spoke loud and clear over the weekend with Paramount’s Noah, the Biblical tale which split audiences but

Hollywood routinely treats environmental matters with doom and gloom proclamations, consider alarmist movies The Day After Tomorrow and An Inconvenient Truth. This weekend, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone of the Spider-Man franchise yukked it up while trumpeting the glory of

Even Saturday Night Live can’t ignore the one-two punch of failing health care reform and a president so desperate to hawk it he’ll degrade the office to do so. The politically aware show has gone mostly soft on President Barack

Liberal comedian Stephen Colbert is getting a heaping helping of PC brickbats this week. He doesn’t deserve it, and yet he’s a fair target all the same. Let me explain. The host of The Colbert Report tried to mock Dan

Did Arnold Schwarzenegger’s RINO-esque turn as California Governor derail his movie star appeal for good? Schwarzenneger became one of the most improbable A-list stars in the 1980s. The muscle-bound actor routinely got bullied by his dialogue, and his dramatic chops

The Obama administration thinks Hollywood can do much more to promote its signature health care reform. Stars from Lady Gaga to Scandal’s Kerry Washington have been promoting ObamaCare via social media. The humor site Funny or Die has produced a

For those eager to be outraged by director Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, the film does not disappoint. You’ll see flashes of environmentalism in a story traditionally meant to move the faithful, not proselytize for the modern green movement. Expect a few PETA-approved

Veteran political editor Adam Bellow loves seeing how many conservative authors are going the self-publishing route, relying on talent and moxie to make an end run around progressive publishers. Below, son of famed author Saul Bellow, worries those pugnacious writers

The faith-based concerns surrounding Noah neglect to mention a key element of the classic tale–the hundreds of animals who hitch a ride on the signature ark. Turns out director Darren Aronofsky decided to use CGI wizardry rather than bring actual

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and rocker Chris Martin seemed like they had it all–fabulous careers, beautiful children and all the trappings of an A-list life. Turns out the couple has been fighting to save their marriage for the past year. This

Kevin Spacey has two Oscars to his credit, but these days he’s best known for playing devious politician Francis Underwood in Netflix’s House of Cards. Soon, he’ll be trading in that character’s southern drawl for a crusty British accent to

Remember Adam Scott’s work in the 2008 comedy Step Brothers with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly? No? He’s the guy from Parks and Recreation? Still nothing? He did that really good drama The Violent Kind a few years back that

Is America ready for its second consecutive Celebrity in Chief? Hollywood helped elect President Barack Obama twice, using its cash, collective marketing muscle and pop culture clout. Now, even as Obama’s popularity craters, he remains beloved by the industry. Comedy

God’s Not Dead didn’t have a massive marketing budget, a liberal A-list star above the title or even the same number of screens most mainstream movies receive. The film is still on pace to snare the fourth spot in the

The Material Girl is now the Hirsute Girl. Pop chameleon Madonna sits and watches while her younger peers, like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, do all they can to shock the public with their antics. Today, Madonna fired back by

The Lionsgate film Divergent, the latest young adult yarn with a decidedly dystopian outlook, earned $4.9 million in late showings Thursday night. A good haul, no doubt, but not enough to stop the studio’s stocks from sliding today. Even before

Many critics wrote off Jeff Dunham after he introduced his Achmed the Terrorist puppet into his gallery of goofy co-stars. Why, the character is a stereotypical Islamic terrorist, as if such a creation were strictly a figment of the ventriloquist’s

No two laughs are the same when it comes to late night crowds. Live audiences can give hosts a courtesy laugh, a mild guffaw or even a smattering of applause if they recognize the gag is clever but not laugh-out-loud

Ellen DeGeneres deemed the unpopular ObamaCare legislation a “success” in a sneak peek at the latest edition of her show airing today, telling guest President Barack Obama the nation is grateful for its passing. Is it any wonder the president

The culture war that rocked Duck Dynasty late last year pitted the reality show’s patriarch against media outlets which willfully misinterpreted his comments about the gay lifestyle. For son Willie Robertson, the ensuing debate had one happy, happy happy side effect. The country

President Barack Obama has had years to promote his signature health care reform. Now, with a near daily barrage of bad news tied to ObamaCare, from skyrocketing premiums to bald-face lies about its true nature, the president is reduced to

Far-left director Oliver Stone is weighing in on Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and guess which side he’s taking? Stone noted the spiking popularity of Russia’s Vladimir Putin on his Facebook page before pointing the blame for the current geopolitical crisis

Greg Gutfeld can see through the oh, so cool veneer of today’s celebrities, progressives and statists.And he’s had more than enough.  Not Cool, the New York Times Bestselling writer’s latest tome, calls out the merchants of cool for being anything

Shailene Woodley has yet to find true love. And even if the star of the anticipated young adult movie Divergent does find her soul mate she isn’t sure monogamy is in the cards. Blame our genes, she tells Marie Claire.

The marketing gurus at Legendary took a page out of Rahm Emanuel’s playbook. The former Obama administration official once declared, “you never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” Legendary took advantage of today’s 4.4 earthquake in the

A picture of Pope Francis alongside the creative stars of Noah, director Darren Aronofsky and Russell Crowe, would have gone a long way toward combating the fear that the film takes too many liberties with the source material. It wasn’t

Miley Cyrus’ defenders will argue that the singer’s onslaught of outrageous behavior is fine because she is now an adult. No more Hannah Montana, apparently. And a former teen star has every right to grow up and entertain as she

In the Shock Olympics, getting a new tattoo isn’t worth a gold, silver or bronze medal. You don’t even get a Participation Ribbon for the effort. So Miley Cyrus decided to up the stakes by getting ink inside her mouth.

Lady Gaga has enough money to keep making music her way for the rest of her life. Last year alone she hauled in $80 million. Yet during her keynote address at SXSW earlier today she vowed that if she isn’t

Imagine paying big bucks to see your favorite rock band and watching them avoid their classic hits in concert. Even worse–line up to get an autograph from a celebrity and see him squirm when you ask about his most famous

President Barack Obama is running out of celebrities to tout his troubled health care overhaul. So he’s calling in the mothers of famous folk to shill for ObamaCare. The new video, #YourMomCares, recruits the mothers of Jonah Hill, Adam Levine,

Jared Leto earned kudos, and deservedly so, for speaking on behalf of people in Venezuela and the Ukraine during his Best Supporting Actor speech earlier this month. The Dallas Buyers Club star could have left it at that. Instead, he