The Swedish thriller Easy Money barely made a ripple at the U.S. box office. It still may be remembered as one of the earliest, juiciest roles for rising star Joel Kinnaman as well as a rare critique of European class
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma knows the federal government is trying mightily to balance its books. The famed musician just doesn’t want that to involve any cuts to existing arts funding. Ma appeared on Capitol Hill today alongside former Guns ‘N Roses
An anti-war on drugs celebrity brigade is begging President Barack Obama to change how the nation deals with drug offenders. Jim Carrey, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins, Chris Rock, Susan Sarandon, Will Smith, Woody Harrelson and many more signed
So much for girl power. Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell tweeted out a positive message regarding former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who the singer once dubbed the “first Spice Girl,” to honor the late leader’s legacy earlier today. Liberal social
Beyonce and Jay-Z are two of President Barack Obama’s biggest celebrity supporters. Beyonce even crooned for the Commander in Chief during his inauguration ceremony in January. Well, she lip-synced her heart out on his behalf. Now, the duo is sparking
Meryl Streep’s politics hardly aligned with those of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Yet Streep shared many positive thoughts about Thatcher’s position in world history while promoting The Iron Lady, her Oscar-winning 2011 biopic of the conservative icon. Now,
Today’s passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brings back memories of how artists attacked the Iron Lady over the years. The pioneering British politician was cheered by the right and, not unexpectedly, booed by liberals the world over.
Comedy Central star Jon Stewart got on the right side of the free speech debate this week as he mocked Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood for trying to silence a fellow political satirist. Stewart could have acted sooner had he listened to
Bravo is pulling the plug on comedian Kathy Griffin’s low-rated talk show. Kathy gave the reality show fan and irrepressible liberal a rare chance for a female comic to shine in the late night arena. The chat show, which debuted
Corporations take it on the chin–again–in the upcoming indie drama The East. The film, which co-stars Brit Marling, Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard, concerns an Anonymous-style group targeting companies that behave rather badly. Marling, who serves as the film’s co-writer
Writer/director Andrew Dominik doesn’t mince words, or politics, in his new thriller Killing Them Softly. The Brad Pitt vehicle, now out on Blu-ray and DVD, casts the actor as a world-weary hit man assigned to kill a pair of low-level
The death of film critic Roger Ebert made the Drudge Report’s top story slot, and you’d be hard pressed to see a person’s Facebook or Twitter page over the last 24 hours that didn’t mark–and mourn–the venerable critic’s passing. It’s
The 1981 film The Evil Dead wore its tiny budget with pride, replacing sturdy sets and quality makeup with gonzo camera work and one very frightened Bruce Campbell. The remake, inevitably, piles on the blood until audiences may demand a
When HBO wanted to make a movie about Sarah Palin the channel consulted McCain/Palin campaign officials who had Paul Bunyan-sized axes to grind against the former governor. After all, the media tried to blame the ticket’s loss in 2008 on
Formerly unknown actor Christopher Abbott had fame right where he wanted it. Abbott co-stars on the HBO series Girls, the media’s favorite new show created by liberal “It” actress Lena Dunham. He plays the off-again, on-again mate for Allison Williams’
Those Cannonball Run movies were hardly classics, but it sure did look like Burt, Dom and the gang were having a blast making them. That same vibe permeates the red band trailer for This Is the End, the upcoming apocalypse
The Purge shows us the kind of real hope and change voters had in mind circa 2008. The upcoming thriller reveals an America where the unemployment rate is a skimpy one percent and crime is down to historic lows. How
The tweak made to the zombie epic World War Z to appease Chinese censors may only be part of a much bigger picture. We learned this week that a sequence in the Brad Pitt movie is being changed so as not
Jim Carrey is suddenly singing, “can’t we all just get along?” The rubbery-limbed comic of Ace Ventura fame has spent weeks demonizing those who don’t support stringent new gun control laws. Now, courtesy of an op-ed posted at The Huffington
We’re living in an age of sequestration, a time when we all need to tighten our belts. For President Barack Obama, it’s still business as usual. That means while ordinary Americans can no longer take a stroll through the White
Robert Redford has a very soft spot for ’60s-era terrorists, the kind that staged violent attacks on American soil to protest the country’s involvement in Vietnam. The writer/director’s latest film, The Company You Keep, finds the aging star playing a
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was one of the first public voices to complain about the MTV reality series Buckwild, a show the Democrat said demeaned his state. Manchin put aside his reservations regarding the show to mourn the
Adam Carolla jokes he doesn’t have a dog in the same-sex marriage fight. The erstwhile Man Show host isn’t against gay marriage, he’s just tired of the cultural debate over the matter. He figures gay marriage, co-opting a line from
It looks like the director of Stand By Me, This Is Spinal Tap and A Few Good Men is waiting for the ending of his next project. Rob Reiner says he’ll be making a feature film about the battle over
Another Hollywood production is undergoing a nip and a tuck to please the growing Chinese movie market. Will any actor stand up and defend his or her right to creative expression in this new age of cinematic appeasement? We’re not
Jay Leno is only 62 years old, and the Tonight Show mainstay is being pushed out of his gig for a younger alternative. ABC may have the same thing in mind with The View co-host Barbara Walters. But the 83-year-old
Put director Ted Demme’s Beautiful Girls, an ode to high school pals who live like they’re in the 13th grade, smack dab in the time-delayed classic category. The 1996 film, now available for the first time on Blu-ray, didn’t make a
Comedian Artie Lange used to love sharing stories of his time on the set of the film Dirty Work with co-star Don Rickles. The legendary insult comic tore into both Lange and director Bob Saget, and even Rickles’ improv jokes
The latest news out of the Marvel film universe makes near perfect sense. Marvel Studios will release a different version of the upcoming Iron Man 3 to China, one with new scenes featuring Chinese actress Fan Bingbing plus bonus footage
Tina Fey has the mainstream press eating out of her manicured hand no matter what project she tackles. Fey’s Sarah Palin imitation, which news outlets used to paint the Alaska Governor as unfit for the Vice Presidency, earned her an
The 2013 Colorado Rockies season marks the return of slugging shortstop Troy Tulowitzki from a serious groin injury, superstar outfield Carlos Gonzales and what likely will be the final season for team icon Todd Helton. This year’s Mile High model
It’s hardly a good sign that midway through The Host movie goers may start clamoring for Bella and Edward. Even those who found the Twilight franchise one long, clunky mess applauded the sweet love story at its center. The love triangle
The NewYork Yankees may find out the perils of their new,penny pinching ways long before the dog days of summer. The organization known for its monetary excess didn’t so much asdip a toe in the big free agency waters this past winter.
It’s not hard to guess where the NBC dramedy The New Normal stands on the issue of gays in the Boy Scouts. The show, created by Ryan Murphy, is rooted in the notion that the show’s gay couple is now
Graham Parker flashes some pretty thick skin by playing a version of himself who helps Paul Rudd’s character go broke in This Is 40. The Graham Parker featured in the Judd Apatow comedy, a grizzled rocker who can’t sell a
Adam Carolla shares stories about growing up on food stamps on his popular podcast. So when he talks about the damaging impact government handouts can have on a struggling family it’s not just empty rhetoric. He lived it. And now
The last time CNN paired Anderson Cooper with Kathy Griffin to welcome in the new year the reality show staple pretended to fellate the silver-haired anchor. America cringed. New CNN head honcho Jeff Zucker apparently felt a burst of inspiration.
Hollywood actors routinely talk about tolerance, the need to be diverse and the desire for equal opportunity for all. It’s a shame their industry practices very little of those notions. Older actresses face career termination for daring to show wrinkles
Jim Carrey wouldn’t be able to disseminate his Cold Dead Hand song, a tune mocking the late Charlton Heston and Second Amendment supporters, without the power of New Media. The very same New Media allows Greg Gutfeld to fire back
Filmmaker Tyler Perry routinely bans critics from screening his new films, a move that hasn’t hurt the box office of his directorial efforts. That doesn’t mean he isn’t interested in feedback. For his latest project, Tyler Perry’s Temptation, the filmmaker
