Here are two of what I call deep cuts — movies that are not quite classics, not quite famous, but still pretty wonderful in that way that takes you away. Sometimes that’s what we need. Especially during stressful times: an escape, a movie or two that transports us to a fantasyland where we can forget about real life for a few hours. Here are two that should hit the spot…
The WGA escalated its fight against the AMPTP in the ongoing strike by calling on the government to regulate for monopolistic practices.
Actor Rockmond Dunbar is suing Disney and 20th Century Fox over his ouster from “9-1-1,” alleging that the studios have discriminated against him due to his race and religion.
The FOX animated series “The Simpsons” has ramped up its effort to push partisan politics, this time in the show’s 31st Treehouse of Horror Halloween special, which shows viewers 50 reasons why voters should not re-elect President Donald Trump.
In a statement Tuesday 20th Century Fox announced that it was “gratified” that “Empire” star Jussie Smollett had all 16 felony counts related to making a false police report dropped.
At this point, Smollett has no choice but to continue to claim he’s innocent. The kind of heartfelt confession that might salvage his career could also put him in a jail cell.
Twentieth Century Fox Television studios issued a statement reacting to the felony charge against Empire actor Jussie Smollett in connection to staging his own hate crime, saying they are “evaluating the situation and we are considering our options.”
Behind the scenes, the disruption to production must be brutal, including for his co-stars, who must be furious he has tainted what had been a career-defining show.
CHICAGO (AP) — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said.
The “judge is expected to formally read the charge against Smollett, set his bond and then he will be released. Smollett will return to court at a later date to enter his plea,” reports ABC 7.
Empire actor Jussie Smollett has hired high-powered attorney Mark Geragos amid reports he orchestrated a racist and homophobic attack on himself last month in Chicago. Fox 32 Chicago reporter Rafer Weigel, citing sources at the Chicago Police Department, tweeted Wednesday that an indictment of Smollett may come in “a matter of hours. Not days”.
Fox studios issued a second statement in support of Empire actor Jussie Smollett Wednesday, reaffirming that his show’s character will remain a series regular amid reports he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself last month.
20th Century Fox’s Alita: Battle Angel led the box office for the weekend, making its expected earnings even as the overall results found it to be the slowest Presidents Day weekend for Hollywood in fifteen years.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said Twenty-First Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky is “not in the public interest” and could block the acquisition.
Veteran actor Tom Hanks said he sees similarities between President Donald Trump’s treatment of the press and that of Richard Nixon, and said he wouldn’t attend a White House screening of his new freedom of the press drama The Post if invited.
The just-announced mega-merger of Disney and most of Fox is only about one thing: the cold, hard fact that streaming television is not only the future of entertainment; it is the only future of entertainment.
The riveting first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s latest drama, The Post, has arrived from 20th Century FOX and sees stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lead the 1971 fight against the U.S. government to publish the infamous Pentagon Papers.
Walt Disney recently held talks to acquire 21st Century Fox’s movie and television studio, cable-television networks, and international distribution operations.
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has warned of “private monopolies” in British media becoming like “state monopolies” such as the BBC, as Rupert Murdoch vies to take control of Sky News.
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it would be assessing the proposed Sky takeover by Rupert Murdoch, as the acquisition could leave too much of Britain’s media in the hands of too few people.
Sky has received a takeover approach from 21st Century Fox, it said Friday, as Rupert Murdoch makes a second tilt at the European pay-TV broadcaster to create a global media giant.
The sharks are circling Fox News, much to the delight of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, David Brock, George Soros, and most Democrats. If they get their bite on Fox, it will be the American people who will be bitten — that is, we will be the losers, because we will lose the one TV-news voice that gives the right a fair shake.
20th Century Fox has released the second trailer for the alien invasion thriller Independence Day: Resurgence.
With the success of Uber — and the prevalence of people using the ride-sharing company to get around — it was only natural that Hollywood would get in on the action.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. joined Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM with host Stephen K. Bannon on Thursday morning and responded to the recent news that a Super PAC backing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Carly Fiorina’s campaign both offered million dollar donations to veterans if Trump will debate them.
Kevin Spacey is teaming up with Megyn Kelly on a new political drama television series.
Usually, when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shows up to protest a movie, the filmmakers and animal trainers politely smile and nod, aware that there’s nothing they can say or do to satisfy the animal rights crusaders.
