The “new queen of comedy” barely draws a crowd on her signature HBO series Girls. Lena Dunham earned the dubious title all the same from Vogue magazine, which put the actress on the cover of its latest issue. Dunham’s feminist
A fictionalized tale spun from the ’70s Abscam sting and two astronauts lost in space dominated the morning’s Academy Award nominations. Notably absent–the President Reagan-bashing Lee Daniels’ The Butler or its mega-star Oprah Winfrey. Both American Hustle and Gravity snared
The return of A&E’s Duck Dynasty all but guarantees big ratings for the network. The show is a cultural sensation complete with best-selling books and musical side projects. That was before show patriarch Phil Robertson’s comments to GQ ignited a cultural
Today’s announcement of the 2013 Razzie Awards nominations, the honor no film studio craves, reflects a “who’s who” of familiar targets. Once again Adam Sandler is in the Razzies’ cross-hairs, this time for the popular film sequel Grown Ups 2.
The annual Oscars telecast has been angering conservative viewers for years. Blame the show’s willingness to mock GOP-friendly targets, awards handed out to hard-left documentaries and the general liberal tilt of the film industry in general. It didn’t help that
Jimmy Kimmel is as guilty as most late night comics when it comes to giving President Barack Obama a free pass for five-plus years. Not any more. Kimmel crushed the disastrous ObamaCare rollout, the logic behind its funding and 20-somethings
Hollywood heavy hitters like Lady Gaga and Amy Poehler couldn’t wait to promote the official ObamaCare web site, part of the president’s signature legislative achievement. Then, without warning from a supine press, Healthcare.gov launched Oct. 1, 2013 to extreme mockery–the
Funny or Die began shilling for President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation before, like many Americans, the site discovered just how troubled ObamaCare’s official web portal truly was. The comedy outlet claimed healthcare.gov was a breeze to use even
The A&E reality show Duck Dynasty doesn’t merely traffic in southern-fried cliches. It lets the economically strong clan reveal themselves to be much more than the sum of their scraggly beards. CMT’s upcoming reality show Party Down South may end
Hollywood tolerated John Milius until he did the unacceptable. He made a pro-U.S., pro-gun action movie attacking the USSR during the height of the Cold War. That crossed a line for the writer/director responsible for some of the most memorable
The Hollywood community prides itself on speaking up for equal rights and diversity. The industry’s reality is far different from its rhetoric. Not only does Hollywood suffer from a severe lack of diversity, the number of women behind the camera
Jim Carrey jumped atop his high horse earlier this year as the theatrical debut of his action sequel Kick-Ass 2 drew near. The comedian, a sudden Second Amendment foe, decided at nearly the last minute his new film was part
The year’s worst film squandered two terrific actresses and embraced our darkest fears about the moral decay championed on screen. Its biggest sin? Not being so awful it could join classic clunkers like The Room and Troll 2. It came
Kevin Smith ruffled more than a few faithful feathers with his 1999 comedy Dogma. The film featured a female God, bloodthirsty angels and violence aplenty. That project was a warm-up act, apparently, for what Smith is planning next. The indie
Actors Nick Searcy and Stacey Dash are rushing to the Romney family’s defense after an MSNBC panel mocked the clan’s black grandchild as little more than a prop. Searcy, who plays Art Mullen on the celebrated cop drama Justified, let
Miley Cyrus may be having second thoughts about her public sexual shenanigans in 2013. The singer, once known as the squeaky-clean Hannah Montana on The Disney Channel’s show of the same name, shed that image–and most of her clothes–this year
Don’t expect any wacky Islam-based skits when Monty Python reunites in the new year. The British troupe is known for poking fun at all manner of subjects, including religion in films like Monty Python’s Life of Brian. But Monty Python
Hollywood’s attempts at Oscar-worthy filmmaking occasionally stumble over good intentions and overheated messages. This year, the film industry buckled down to focus on smart storytelling, patriotism and the delicacies of romance in a way that made 2013 a banner year
Phil Robertson can go back to work thanks, in part, to New Media outlets which rallied to the reality star’s side. A&E announced it will resume filming Duck Dynasty, along with family patriarch Phil Robertson, in the spring. The show
Hollywood power players like Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Sean Penn routinely tout a progressive path for the U.S. When it comes time to shoot a movie, said stars often end up following a studio’s conservative path to where state
The upcoming movie year will feature much more of the same–superheroes, Katniss Everdeen and a new chapter in the Paranormal Activity franchise. The next 12 months also promise something new by modern Hollywood standards. Expect several big-budget, star-studded films featuring
Martin Scorsese never stops his new, three-hour film The Wolf of Wall Street to sermonize against the evils of capitalism. The Oscar-winning director is too good a storyteller to stumble into that ideological bear trap. Instead, he lets the life
Many movie fans count Die Hard, the iconic 1988 action film, as their favorite Christmas movie. After all, the embattled John McClane saves the day during the holiday season, and between the gunplay and fisticuffs we see seasonal trappings draped across
The sequel to the beloved 2004 comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy seemed like the winter’s surest smash not involving wood elves and dragons. So why did Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues underwhelm at the box office this past
The hit 2013 film Gravity sure looks like an authentic depiction of space travel to the lay person. It’s not, of course. The film massages reality to heighten the tension felt when two astronauts experience severe technical issues during a
Marquee movie stars and directors are busy this time of year campaigning on behalf of their latest project. The road to Oscar is paved with public appearances and soft media interviews. Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese were doing just
Most comedians have given President Barack Obama a comedy pass for five-plus years. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele go far beyond that. The stars of the hit Comedy Central show Key & Peele actively defend Obama from criticism, using their
Netflix’s first political documentary appears to avoid partisan battle lines with its official trailer. That alone could set it apart from HBO and Showtime, two pay cable giants whose content leans reliably to the left. Mitt, a new documentary following
The Sundance Channel, an off shoot of liberal actor Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival, is making a new drama centered around a powerful NRA president. The production, to be called Cold Dead Hands after a famous speech given by Second
Jay Leno’s reign as Tonight Show host ends in February regardless of his current ratings dominance. That doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the sole late night comic willing to poke fun at President Barack Obama with regularity. Leno
News of Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s comments on sin, sexuality and the gay lifestyle hit the press mere hours ago, and already GLAAD is in full combat mode. GLAAD plastered their objection to Robertson’s faith-based opinions on the front
Jon Stewart finds the notion of a possible “knockout game” trend absolutely hilarious. Stewart brought up the brutal attacks on The Daily Show Monday night, chortling along as he described a series of physical assaults on innocent victims. The liberal
The new Anchorman sequel isn’t just another chance for Will Ferrell to don a bushy mustache, reteam with director Adam McKay and revisit the first film’s anachronistic howlers. Oh, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues allows all of the above. The
Actress Jennifer Lawrence seems too good to be true. She’s a gifted actress, an uncommon beauty and a celebrity who exudes an Everyperson radiance during interviews despite a crush of fame. The American Hustle star’s take on speech in the
Actress Stacey Dash has no regrets for supporting Mitt Romney in the 2012 Presidential race. “I feel like I did the right thing,” she told Adam Carolla on the comedian’s podcast over the weekend. Not everyone agreed. Many savaged the
Justin Bieber generates copious headlines these days, most of which cast the singer in an unflattering light. Perhaps the ugliest came last week when he dismissed a curvaceous female fan as a “beached whale” right to her face. So along
The 2013 Oscar race is heating up, and as of now the Best Picture contest could be a two-picture race to be settled by progressive politics. We’ve already seen a flurry of critics groups weigh in on the year’s best
Director James Cameron spread his liberal beliefs through the massively popular Avatar. Now, the director is set to score a sweet deal to shoot the film’s three sequels in New Zealand thanks to brand new rules that will net his
Saturday Night Live couldn’t resist revisiting the phony sign language interpreter from this week’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela on last night’s program. The sketch comedy show, which only recently began to turn its comedic arsenal against President Barack Obama,
Netflix showed it meant business with its first original series House of Cards. The show, featuring a starry cast including two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, earned the streaming giant instant respect as well as a flurry of industry honors. This
