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Is this what CBS had in mind when the network hired Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman? For now, Colbert is still toiling away on Comedy Central, where his awkwardly conceived conservative character continues to play defense for President Barack

Any political humorist would be itching to interview Hillary Clinton at this point. Not only is the former Secretary of State wrapping up a disastrous book tour, her repeated claims about being financially troubled is prime comic fodder. Just ask

Pixar, an industry leader in computer-animated films like the Toy Story franchise, is known for making movies the whole family can embrace. The animation giant may have a darker side, witness a report at NikkiFinke.com that details allegations of wage-fixing

America isn’t a one-weekend wonder. The new docudrama, from the team behind 2016: Obama’s America, earned an A+ rating from CinemaScore during its debut weekend July 4-6. Today, Box Office Mojo said the film enjoyed a “fantastic” second weekend. Dinesh D’Souza’s America

A Brad Paisley fan says she got booted from the country singer’s Thursday concert in Chula Vista for breastfeeding her baby. Local law enforcement tell a different story, saying they acted in the best interests of the woman’s child. 10News

I’ve spoken to a fair share of actors from outside the U.S. who applaud their country’s governments for footing part of the bill for their films. The British Film Institute, which wrote checks for the Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech

Today’s Emmy nominations included the usual snubs and surprises, but one factor bled through several categories. It’s good to embrace a left-of-center cause. Not only did the climate change docuseries Years of Living Dangerously from Showtime earn a nod, so

Comic actress Rosie O’Donnell, who famously shared her 9/11 Truther arguments on The View, is coming back to that beleaguered ABC franchise. The daytime series recently announced that regulars Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd would be departing. Now, the show

The new Blu-ray title Bad Words carries one of the year’s most subversive pro-family messages. To grasp it, viewers must wade through the blackest comedy moments since Bad Santa snuck down our chimney. Plus, revealing more about the family agenda

President Barack Obama is refusing to visit the turbulent U.S.-Mexican border, where a flood of illegal immigrants continues to overwhelm the region. Instead, Obama will visit the home of Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez this week as part of a trio

Harry Shearer, like most modern humorists, hails from the left side of the ideological aisle. The Spinal Tap rocker isn’t above mocking those on his own team, particularly if their hypocrisy soars so high it’s impossible to miss it. Take

Miley Cyrus couldn’t trot out her usual R-rated antics on her broadcast television special Sunday night. The result? A ratings disaster–2 million viewers with a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 for The Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour, according to ew.com. The

In case we needed any more proof of the disconnect between mainstream movie critics and the public … enter America. The new docudrama from the team behind 2016: Obama’s America, earned some of the surliest reviews in recent memory. Critics

The defunct Occupy Wall Street’s legacy, in part, was bringing the term “one percent” into the lexicon. The term targeted the rich, who apparently weren’t paying their fair share to society. Gene Simmons begs to differ. In fact, the Kiss

The new docudrama America, a robust defense of this country against far-left icons like Noam Chomsky, exploded at the box office on Independence Day. The film, which opened Wednesday, jumped more than 60 percent on July 4. The Dinesh D’Souza

Chris Martin may have inadvertently created a new food consumer group. He’s not a vegan, vegetarian or carnivore exactly. The Coldplay singer, and conscious uncoupler extraordinaire, told a BBC interviewer about his choice of meat products. Suffice to say his

Anthony Cumia, the co-host of the long-running Opie and Anthony Show on SiriusXM, says outrageous things for a living. Something he tweeted off the radio regarding an incident involving a black woman, though, convinced SiriusXM to cut its ties with the

Joan Rivers’ stock in trade is shock. Her latest shock tactics, though, may have crossed a line created when Barack Obama took the oath of office in 2009. This week Rivers called President Obama “gay” and dubbed First Lady Michelle

Hard to believe Tom Hanks’ Forrest Gump first ran across movie screens 20 years ago. It’s true. The epic hit theaters in 1994 and went on to win six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor ( Hanks). Entertainment Tonight

Andrew Breitbart famously said, “more voices, not less.” Reuters blogger Jim Gaines says, essentially, “shut up.” Gaines’ new Reuters column doesn’t just review the new docudrama America from the team behind 2016: Obama’s America. He implores readers not to see

America is like a Fourth of July sparkler held high in the night air. It’s dazzling in its defense of this nation and patriotic to the core. The docudrama, the second feature from the team behind 2016: Obama’s America, finds

Social media users didn’t mind sharing Jeremy Meeks’ mug around the Internet. Why not splash a handsome man’s face across Facebook to distract others from their 9-to-5 lives? The fact that Meeks is a convicted felon in custody for parole

The new docudrama America isn’t afraid to mention the possible impact radical activist Saul Alinsky had on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The film, opening nationwide today, goes beyond that. The politically charged feature compares Alinsky’s tactics, summed up

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama taped a video greeting to help director Spike Lee honor the 25th anniversary of his racially charged drama Do the Right Thing’s release, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The director’s subsequent role in

Audiences will get more than a dystopian future when they line up to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes next month. The second film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise reportedly packs a pro-gun control message,

Johnny Depp reportedly has earned around $350 million for playing the eclectic Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. That, combined with his steady film schedule, means he doesn’t need another gig. Yet Depp decided to add one

Spike Lee says America is addicted to violence, and he knows who to blame for it. The firebrand director, promoting his new Kickstarter.com-funded film Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, told TheWrap.com this week that a combination of factors influenced the

Famed “Everyman” Michael Moore angered a key producer at NBC’s The Tonight Show by trying to impose his will on the legendary show’s schedule. A new book by Tonight Show producer Dick Berg, Behind the Curtain, reveals some of the

The battle between San Francisco and Los Angeles for the right to host a planned museum dedicated to Star Wars creator George Lucas ended in a draw. Neither city won. Instead, Chicago is the future site for The Lucas Museum

For one night, Jon Stewart surveyed the political landscape and found plenty of liberal targets to strafe with his Comedy Central weapon’s cache. The Daily Show host not only savaged the IRS for its “dog ate my emails” shtick Tuesday

Dinesh D’Souza’s America co-starring … Rosie O’Donnell? Visitors to RottenTomatoes.com might have gotten that impression if they saw information posted about the new conservative docudrama this week. It’s one of several snafus plaguing the film’s outreach efforts days before its national

Jay Leno will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in the fall, a selection that one major film site dubbed “offensive.” There are a number of reasons to find Leno’s selection to be offensive, ranging from the deeply

The Anti-Defamation League says veteran actor Gary Oldman’s comments in a new Playboy interview continued the false meme that Jews run the entertainment industry. The group took offense at this part of the Q&A: Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run

Bill Maher may think President Barack Obama is doing a “fantastic” job in the White House despite all evidence to the contrary, but the liberal comic isn’t sold on the president’s religious bona fides. In short, Maher thinks Obama is

Audiences may not have realized it, but the sleeper 2013 hit The Purge targeted the NRA and the Tea Party movement. The storytelling was inelegant, to put it kindly. Critics caught the slams, though, and the film’s director copped to it

Dinesh D’Souza wears plenty of hats–author, pundit, immigrant, movie star. For his newest film America, the proud conservative dons a fast food cap. In this exclusive clip from the documentary, D’Souza runs a hamburger restaurant called Delish Dinesh. No, he