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What happens when film critics don’t see eye to eye on a particular movie? Fists don’t fly, but a heaping helping of words get thrown back and forth. Such was the case when Big Hollywood’s own Christian Toto and Dave

Sometimes even conservatives must bow to the persuasive powers of today’s Tweeting celebrities. Take Adam Levine, front man for Maroon 5 and judge on “The Voice.” He’s an ardent liberal, one who seems perturbed at the very existence of Fox

Jon Stewart isn’t laughing at President Barack Obama’s recent appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Sure, you could chalk up Stewart’s disdain to professional jealousy. Hey, why didn’t President Late Night drop by the Comedy Central studio to do

“Sex and the City” wasn’t just HBO’s most iconic comedy. The series left an indelible mark on our culture as well as the pay channel’s coffers. That’s why Washington Times contributor Emily Esfahani Smith says HBO’s new series “Girls” is good

MOVIEGOERS SURVEYED SAY 3D PICS ARE BETTER   NETFLIX ADDED 3 MILLION ONLINE SUBSCRIBERS IN QUARTER …LOST 1.08 MILLION BY-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS   RAVE FOR MEL GIBSON’S DIRECT-TO-PPV ‘THE GRINGO’  …NOW THIS IS WHAT I CALL AN ACTION MOVIE! MEL GIBSON

The fallout from rocker Ted Nugent’s anti-Obama remarks didn’t end when he met face to face with the Secret Service earlier this week. Nugent was slated to serve as the headliner of a Fort Knox concert on June 23, but

Deadline.com: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Harvey Weinstein, and Eva Longoria have helped raise some very big bucks for Barack Obama in 2012. The President’s re-election campaign voluntarily released a list today of its big bundler donors for the first quarter of the

Ashley Judd has a pretty thin skin when it comes to her physical appearance. But she apparently has no qualms comparing a politician’s campaign to the act of terminating a pregnancy. Judd’s new Funny or Die video, co-starring actresses Michelle Trachtenberg,

The Motor City Madman does not pose a threat to the Commander in Chief. Ted Nugent’s recent verbal assault against the Obama administration at an NRA convention caught the attention of the Secret Service. But The Hill reports that Secret

Here are the two winning entries in Big Hollywood’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” Haiku Contest. Each movie poet will receive a Blu-ray copy of the classic film starring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter. Keep visiting Big Hollywood this

Matt Damon is still on President Barack Obama’s Hope and Change Express. He simply took a detour last week to give props to a leader who took action on an issue dear to the actor’s heart – George W. Bush.

“Back to the Future” producer Bob Gale has had enough of all this fairness talk from President Barack Obama. Gale, a contributor to Big Hollywood, shared his frustrations – with tongue firmly in cheek – over at PJ Media: Lately,

George Clooney must realize the toll President Barack Obama’s economy is having on the little people. So, Clooney’s latest fundraising effort to help Obama’s re-election campaign is asking supporters for a measly $3. That’s the minimum amount it will take

Actor Jonathan Frid, best known for playing the vampire Barnabas Collins in the late ’60s gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows,” has died. He was 87. Frid shot a cameo for the upcoming film version of his classic TV show, set

You can’t keep a good man down for long. Gary Sinise, the superlative actor turned rocker for a cause had to cancel several concerts recently after suffering injuries in a car accident March 30. Now, the “CSI: NY” actor is

Earlier this month, the U.S. Embassy in Singapore held a screening of HBO’s hyper-partisan, poorly sourced “Game Change” feature as a way to show how the American electoral process works. SarahPAC, former Gov. Sarah Palin’s political action committee, decided to

Dick Clark, the man dubbed the world’s oldest teenager for his youthful appearance and eagerness to embrace the latest music trends, has died, according to TMZ.com. The veteran broadcaster was 82. The site reports he was undergoing an outpatient procedure

Gwyneth Paltrow is in terrific shape, something that’s plainly visible from any of her recent film performances. But when it came time to trek from a video release soiree to dinner last week, the Oscar winner decided to give her

Punk rocker Johnny Ramone passed away nearly eight years ago, but the literary world is only now getting his story in print. “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone” details the life and music of the late guitarist as presented by

The Huffington Post: ABC’s reality dating game show series, which includes “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” is expected to face a class-action lawsuit this week for racial discrimination due to its failure to feature minority contestants on the show …

Call it a case of “Cat Scratch Fever” run amok. Fiercely conservative rocker Ted Nugent rhetorically blasted President Obama this week, calling his administration “vile,” “evil” and “anti-American.” And he was just getting warmed up. Now, the Democratic National Committee wants

To Sarah Silverman, outrage is the essence of life. The shock comic loves to upset the cultural apple cart, and her innocent face is the perfect vehicle to share her naughty shtick. But that’s not how things work in risk-averse

It’s really, really hard to be a red-blooded male and dislike “Modern Family’s” curvaceous cutup Sofia Vergara. So, when the makers of “The Three Stooges: The Movie,” cast her as the film’s heavy, they had some work to do. Voila!

Adam Sternbergh in the New York Times: Then again, the films themselves did plenty to hasten their own irrelevance, as their winks turned into ridiculous tics. Just one turbocharged decade later, we had Schwarzenegger in “Eraser,” saying, “You’re luggage,” to

What do you get for the couple who has everything … literally? Celebs may be pondering that question today after news that A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged … at long last. The famous couple, dubbed Brangelina by

Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, but Justin Bieber is the reigning Titan of Twitter. According to analytic.topsey.com, the dynamic young singer is the most popular subject on Twitter. Not this week. The sudden feud between Ann Romney, wife

It’s been more than 13 years since director Whit Stillman’s last film, 1998’s “The Last Days of Disco.” The maestro of upper middle class malaise is back this month with “Damsels in Distress,” starring rising star Greta Gerwig.  in a

The folks at FunnyOrDie.com are at it again, mocking those in the culture wars who don’t play by their Hollywood handbook. The site’s new clip, CCOKC, lets ’80s TV stars mock Kirk Cameron for his recent statements on homosexuality. CCOKC

President Barack Obama doesn’t need another celebrity making more excuses for a first term filled with divisive mud-slinging and a woeful economic recovery. But Bill Cosby is stepping up to the plate all the same. Cosby, the beloved family-friendly comic,

Audio tapes of an out of control Mel Gibson all but derailed the actor’s professional career two years ago. Could history repeat itself in 2012? TheWrap.com, which broke the story of Gibson’s new feud with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas of “Basic

Members of The Catholic League aren’t laughing at the high jinks of Moe, Larry and Curly in the new “Three Stooges” feature. The film, opening tomorrow, features a number of Catholic-related gags the League found offensive, according to The Hollywood

First Lady Michelle Obama was on very friendly ground last night, the set of the faux conservative Comedy Central series “The Colbert Report.” Obama, on hand to promote her efforts to salute military families, naturally threw in an endorsement for

Elmo doesn’t spend all of his spare time on “Sesame Street.” The iconic red muppet and some of his pals are currently on the road as part of The Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families tour. The eight-month trek across

Those crudely animated tykes from “South Park” once again packed more truth into a single line of dialogue than most shows can muster from an entire episode. Last night, the show tackled Harvey Weinstein’s “Bully” brigade, the effort to reduce

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus gamely made a fool of herself with her awkward dance moves on a classic episode of “Seinfeld.” Now, she’s throwing herself into a new role, that of an unprepared Vice President in the upcoming HBO comedy “Veep.”

George Lucas routinely ignores fans who beg him not to tweak his beloved “Star Wars” films any more than he already has. But Lucas couldn’t ignore the growing chorus of naysayers about his proposed movie studio in Marin County. Lucas’s