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Democrats rallied ’round Vice President Al Gore in 2000 even if Captain Global Warming was as dull as a power point presentation. Now, looks like comedians are prepping the Dull Card to play against potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney. —–

Today: Gervais, who has hosted the Globes for the past two years and will do so again on Sunday night, continued his chat from last week with TODAY’s Matt Lauer on Wednesday, refusing to apologize for being offensive from time

If Matt Damon is disillusioned with The One, Harry Belafonte is downright dismayed with President Barack Obama’s first term. The Calypso crooner didn’t hold back during a recent radio chat on “Smiley & West,” co-hosted by Tavis Smiley and Cornel

Late-night host Conan O’Brien takes aim at President Obama’s plans to “streamline” the military through reduced defense spending while the rest of the Congressional budget inflates. From Team Coco: —– Which begs the question: if they’re telecommuting anyway, how long

Oscar winner George Clooney doesn’t think it makes sense for actors to campaign for their favorite politician. Then why does everyone with access to a TV or web platform know of his undying affection for President Barack Obama? Clooney, currently

Can six people actually be considered a protest? TheWrap.com generously applied the protest label to a tiny group of Occupy Wall Street protesters railing against the right to cuss on the small screen. The Supreme Court began hearing arguments today

It’s pretty clear the upcoming action film “Act of Valor” won’t be your typical Hollywood feature. For starters, the characters in the film are portrayed by active duty Navy SEALs. That means the film won’t portray the men and women

President Barack Obama had a Halloween to remember back in 2009, the same time the fledgling Tea Party movement was alerting the nation to Beltway waste and fraud. The new book “The Obamas” by New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor

Last night’s “Saturday Night Live” kicked off the show mocking the Republican of the moment – Rick Santorum. Cast member Andy Samberg, sporting the now-signature Santorum sweater vest, shares how he plans to overtake former Gov. Mitt Romney and win

Congressman Peter King told Fox News it’s clear there is “probable cause” for investigating whether the Obama administration leaked classified military information to the makers of an upcoming Sony film about the raid that took out Osama bin Laden. King’s

Conservatives cried foul last year when the folks behind the upcoming film about the death of Osama bin Laden mulled a release date just before the 2012 elections. The film captures the raid that took down the world’s most infamous

It wasn’t long ago that Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O’Donnell represented two of the most beloved personalities on TV. O’Donnell was the reigning Queen of Nice for her sweet as pie talk show, and Winfrey’s power was so vast she

Actor Mark Ruffalo really wants to alienate right-of-center movie goers from this Summer’s potential blockbuster, “The Avengers.” Ruffalo, the far-left actor and activist, is now injecting political messages into the super-superhero film. The film, about a gaggle of comic book

Kid Rock says he doesn’t mind if a politician on the left or the right wants to crank up his tunes on the campaign trail. The shaggy crooner is the exception to the rule. FoxNews.com reports that most singers balk

And you thought only movie studios were out of fresh ideas … The upcoming TV season – and beyond – will feature plenty of shows that sound awfully familiar. Expect reboots of old TV favorites like “The Munsters,” “The Flintstones,”

Irish actor Liam Neeson is taking movie promotion to a new level, and he’s doing it with one eye on a worthy cause. Neeson, the 50-something action hero behind “Taken” and the upcoming thriller “The Grey,” will be appearing on

The Queen of Nice is now the Queen of Low Ratings. Rosie O’Donnell’s OWN talk show is hardly helping Oprah Winfrey’s new network overcome its ratings woes. “The Rosie Show” quickly dropped 49 percent after its debut in October, and

You’d think after “Rendition,” “In the Valley of Elah,” “Redacted,” “Stop Loss” and “Lions for Lambs,” film studios would be leery of projects depicting U.S. troops in an unflattering light – or much worse. Not so! The calendar might say

—– Daily News: Tony-winning actress Ellen Barkin rang in the new year in her typical brash style — uncorking a profanity-laced Twitter tirade against the NYPD and Mayor Bloomberg after watching the predawn arrests of suspected Occupy Wall Street scofflaws

Actor Don Cheadle is having second thoughts about using the word “gangsta” in reference to President Barack Obama. But Cheadle, the star of the new Showtime series “House of Lies,” apparently is sticking with his support for Obama, results be

Need a good celebrity quote? Why not ring up British star Daniel Craig. The star of “Cowboys & Aliens” and two James Bond films is chatting up a storm these days. First, he slammed the Kardashians in vulgar terms. Then,

The upcoming biopic “The Iron Lady” depicts former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a doddering old woman looking back on her life. That’s hardly the kind of image her admirers imagined when the notion of a biopic first hit the

AP: A solid summer lineup helped studios catch up to 2010, but ticket sales flattened again in the fall and have remained sluggish right into what was expected to be a terrific holiday season. The result: projected domestic revenues for

The Hollywood Reporter has given 2011 up to the Grinch, despite a strong opening for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, closing a stretch of weak box office performances for big budget productions. [youtube nzXKWKaxt3c] From the article: Hopes are dimming that

NSFW: —– Brought to you by the same folks who eviscerated “Avatar,” the “Star Wars” prequels and more. The second video expertly deconstructs the film’s overbearing politics and moral equivalencies, and hammers Lucas for his political hypocrisies. “When the filmmakers

Randy Barnett at The Volokh Conspiracy: Besides recommending the book to anyone who shares my interests in Maverick, Rockford, or Garner, however, I want to comment on an observation with which he concludes his memoir: I’ve been asked again and

CNN: Archie is going from comic to culture warrior again, as the Archie Comics universe fields praise and scorn over a gay wedding. After a pair of straight weddings — both strangely involving Archie, though in his dreams — drew

—– Vulture: Scott teases the spaceships and caves filled with ominously gridded egg placement that you might expect from a movie that “shares DNA” with the Alien series, but there’s also waterfalls, dust storms, and a very intriguing plot hint:

This was written by longtime Big Hollywood commenter, Maatkare, who took me up on my offer to review this for us. Those of you already familiar with Maatkare’s smart, insightful comments will see that those qualities translated to this review,

This month’s release of “CD for the Troops V” puts the number of albums provided to service members, veterans, and military families at one million. “John Ondrasik’s love for our military families and devotion to the welfare of our men

Actor Matt Damon got swept up in Obama-mania like 97 percent of the film industry. Many of Damon’s peers have since bent over backwards – and then some – to explain away the president’s less than stellar tenure in the

—– Almost a year to the day from its December 14, 2012 release date, “The Hobbit” trailer arrives to whet appetites and make the wait all the more agonizing for fans. Have at it in the comments!

A good sports reporter will tell you a team may look invincible on paper, but when the game begins anything can happen. Whoopi Goldberg feels the same way about North Korea’s government. Goldberg shared her latest profound political thoughts on

Former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin won’t be on the presidential ticket come 2012, but the self-described Hockey Mom still understands the power of pop culture in politics. Palin scored a reality show hit earlier this year with “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.”