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The folks behind “The Campaign” are pulling their hair out over wealthy Americans cutting checks to influence votes. They apparently have no problem, however, pouring millions into a 90-minute comedy meant to demonize conservative benefactors and the Citizens United case.

Readers of author Terry McMillan’s Twitter feed can be excused for feeling a sense of whiplash. The woman who gave us “Waiting to Exhale” often Tweets soft and fuzzy bromides like, ”do whatever it takes to be a better person,”

At least late night’s latest talk show host arrives on the scene without pretending he’ll hit both political sides equally. “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” debuting at 11 p.m. EST tonight of FX, should feel right at home with

Actress Julie Delpy owns a car. She lives in L.A., so there’s not many options for car-less residents. But she sure doesn’t like cars or the pollution they spew out. Delpy, promoting her new film “2 Days in New York,”

President Barack Obama has been everywhere the last three-plus years, from court side at NCAA games to the set of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” The screenwriter behind the upcoming film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden says Obama

Cher isn’t too keen on white people, apparently. The one-named wonder can’t stop using the term “white” in a derogatory fashion on Twitter. It’s like a tic, only no one in the racial grieving industry seems to consider it racist

The Llloyd Dobler Effect – John Cusack’s Rob Gordon, the music store owner at the heart of this 2000 comedy, is an older, grumpier version of “Say Anything’s” Lloyd Dobler. Rob wears his heart on his sleeve, his puffy sweater

The upcoming documentary “Occupy Unmasked” is getting the kind of promotional push too rarely received by right-of-center films. The movie, directed by Steve Bannon and featuring the late Andrew Breitbart, tells the story of the chaotic, destructive Occupy Wall Street

The first 45 or so minutes of “Full Metal Jacket” encapsulate everything that made director Stanley Kubrick his generation’s most provocative auteur. The transformation of a doughy private dubbed Gomer Pyle from “Buck Privates” reject to a soulless killing machine

President Barack Obama took a well deserved break from his class warfare rhetoric Monday night. He was too busy counting checks written by some of Hollywood’s richest celebrities. President Obama got the Hollywood treatment in Connecticut on Monday as movie mogul

The new Will Ferrell-Zach Galifianakis comedy “The Campaign” isn’t out to smite the Right or the Left. It has bigger targets in mind – the Citizens United case in general and the Koch brothers in particular. The film’s attack on

“Beatles Stories” is a feature-length mash note to the Fab Four. Director Seth Swirsky (a Big Hollywood contributor) isn’t looking to deconstruct John, Paul, George or Ringo. He’s a fan, plain and simple, and he’s gathered interviews of fellow fans

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin told the press in the run up to the debut of “The Newsroom” that he wasn’t known for his partisan content. It’s the kind of line that could cause milk to shoot from one’s nose. Sorkin is the

Americans will finally get to learn the truth behind the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. “The story you think you know … this is how it happened,” says the teaser trailer for the new film “Zero Dark Thirty.” So

Clark Kent. Tony Stark. Captain James T. Kirk. Jay Gatsby? The 2013 summer movie slate will feature the standard popcorn bait, from the third installment of “Iron Man” to a “Superman” reboot and a new “Star Trek” adventure. Now, “The

The Fox show “Glee” is about more than a high school singing group. It’s a series promoting tolerance and acceptance. “Glee” standout Jane Lynch isn’t willing to tolerate or accept the marital position taken by the head of the fast

There’s no reason the documentary “Marley” shouldn’t be the definitive portrait of the late reggae superstar. The film assembles virtually everyone integral to Marley’s life, from his widow and children to the musicians who spent years traveling along with the

Vacationers routinely flock to Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, Conn. to soak up the sun and chase job stresses away. Not this week. At the height of the summer vacation and beach season, the 238-acre beach on Long Island

Director Scott Glosserman admits he was a little raw when he shot “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.” “I didn’t know, technically, what was going on,” Glosserman tells Big Hollywood with a laugh. That 2006 micro-indie became a

Directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton put themselves in the shoes of their characters in the new romance “Ruby Sparks.” The fact that the film follows a writer whose imaginary muse springs to life didn’t change their approach. Reality matters

Dinesh D’Souza and President Barack Obama have plenty in common. Both are of mixed ethnic heritage. Each was born in 1961 and later got married during the same year. And D’Souza and Obama grew up around people with vibrant anti-colonial

Colin Farrell is becoming the go-to guy for unnecessary remakes. Farrell, cool on the heels of the forgettable “Fright Night,” steps in for Ah-nold in the new “Total Recall.” The original “Recall” is far from a classic. The production values

Broken Lizard regular Kevin Heffernan says his fellow comedy mates honestly tried to make a kinder comedy this time around than the hard-R antics found in “Super Troopers” and “Club Dread.” Their better instincts just wouldn’t allow it. Heffernan tells

Actress/director Sarah Polley detailed how senility shattered a long-married couple in her directorial debut, the 2006 film “Away From Her.” Now, Polley is moving in a more audacious direction, examining what happens when a perfectly happy married woman meets a

Twitter is a celebrity’s best friend when it’s time to clean up a mess. It’s even better if the mess is self made. Take Kevin Spacey. The gifted actor put his entire foot in his mouth yesterday on NBC’s “Today”

Come November, director Michael Moore and actress Susan Sarandon will pull the lever for President Barack Obama – again. No surprises there. What is interesting is their enthusiasm gap between then … and now. Call it Hope and Change meets

The Hollywood Left has something in common with the mainstream media. Both clearly fear President Barack Obama will lose come November, and they’re willing to do or say just about anything to prevent it. For the press, that means shoving

Comedian Will Ferrell channels his inner John Edwards in the new political comedy “The Campaign.” The hair is … perfect, and while the film also includes a Tea Party-type candidate the “Saturday Night Live” will tell any press member who

It would have been awful if 007 had been defeated not by Jaws or Oddjob but by creditors. The bankruptcy woes surrounding MGM have kept James Bond on ice, neither shaken nor stirred, since 2008’s lackluster “Quantum of Solace.” Now,

Reinvention can be essential for music stars. Just ask Madonna, who seems to embrace a new persona every few years … or less. Now, it’s Snoop Dogg’s turn. Or, rather, Snoop Lion. The hip hop star is changing his tune

Cher couldn’t hold back time, and she certainly refuses to hold her tongue on Twitter. The Oscar-winner continues to pound away at her ideological opponents on the social media platform, and here’s guessing Mitt Romney isn’t losing any sleep over

“The Obama Effect” isn’t exactly raking in the cash at the box office. The new film, which follows a middle-aged man (Charles S. Dutton) who drops everything to support Sen. Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, has made a measly $110,000

Don’t tell the folks in Hollywood, but the Occupy Wall Street movement has seen better days. The Left’s answer to the Tea Party is now known more for its violence than political power. And that was before one of the

Most liberal film critics and journalists have taken a unique approach to the conservative themes coursing through “The Dark Knight Rises.” They’ve covered their ears and recited a nonsensical phrase over and again to drown out the facts. (Warning: Mild

Actress Ellen Barkin likes to pose as a thoughtful, sophisticated political pundit on Twitter, but her hate-filled rants keep getting in the way. Barkin’s latest trash talk involves late Internet guru Andrew Breitbart. Here’s what Barkin had to say about