Tom Hanks has increasingly strayed from his apolitical public persona, but it hasn’t hurt his appeal with the movie going public. Yet. Hanks came in first place as the country’s “best-liked movie star” according to a new poll by Public
Alec Baldwin got into a dust up with a photographer–again–today, but no one is accusing the soon to be MSNBC host of racial slurs or overly pugnacious behavior. A photographer approached the actor with his bride, Hilaria Baldwin, who just
Last month, a wealthy movie and television star took to Twitter to hurl homophobic slurs at a gay reporter, and to urge his million-plus followers to commit acts of violence against the man. Last week, a nobody — a jester,
The irony could not be any more revealing. Yesterday, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell complained about NBC producing a Hillary Clinton miniseries. Both of the NBC News stars claimed they were concerned that this could damage the firewall between
On Thursday evening, Mediaite reported that actor Alec Baldwin will be joining the MSNBC primetime lineup every Friday night at 10 PM ET. His program will replace the Lockup prison documentary series that airs at that time each Friday. MSNBC’s
Leave it to someone who has embarrassed himself publicly a time or three to know when a politician has had enough. For Alec Baldwin, a second round of sexting is enough proof that mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner should take a
Note: To avoid any confusion, let me say up front I’m not calling for anyone to be fired. Like calling for boycotts, anything involving joining, or saving the environment — calling for people to be fired is something I don’t
Some of the same celebrities who successfully pushed a second Obama term on the country are trying to influence New York City voters. Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker and Whoopi Goldberg are among the big names attempting to sway Big
A coalition of over two dozen leading gay and straight activists are calling on Capital One to fire spokesman Alec Baldwin in the wake of homophobic tweets the actor made last week on Twitter. “We urge all Americans to ask
Alec Baldwin, who said one year ago that he was going to swear off Twitter, then backtracked and indulged his fetish for public communication again, insists that after his latest verbal gaffe he’s done with Twitter forever. After the Daily
Just throwing this out there. American culture and politics is mostly about personalities. Love or hate them, lukewarm or otherwise, the names become more important it seems than the issue. Don’t care if it’s Alec Baldwin, Marco Rubio or Jennifer Lopez
It seems obvious that Alec Baldwin gets pass after pass from the liberal Thought Police crowd because he’s one of their own. Hard to argue with that, especially when you compare Baldwin’s vile tirades against lesser acts by, say, director
The Guardian says Hollywood’s silence regarding Alec Baldwin’s latest homophobic rant isn’t just deafening. It’s a sign of an industry that pays lip service to equal rights but doesn’t stand up against bullies like Baldwin. Columnist Patrick Strudwick blasted the
The Associated Press isn’t sure if angrily calling a gay man “Queen” while threatening to “f**k (him) up” is homophobic or not. That’s the only conclusion to reach based on their reporting of Alec Baldwin’s “apology” to gay groups this
A Twitter bug may have prompted a UK Daily Mail reporter to allege Alec Baldwin’s wife tweeted during James Gandolfini’s funeral on Thursday. This provoked an expletive-laden, violent, and anti-gay series of tweets from the actor, who has repeatedly had anger
GLAAD, the organization dedicated to defending the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, acted swiftly after learning of Alec Baldwin’s latest homophobic rant. The group allowed Baldwin to use its web site to apologize and/or attempt damage control,
Musician John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting fame may make his living with a guitar, but he understands how Hollywood works. Ondrasik sent out a simple truth via Twitter today, something far too few people in the entertainment industry will
Alec Baldwin ignored reporters after making headlines for his epic Twitter rant against a British journalist.
Alec Baldwin deleted his Twitter account Thursday for the second time after he had an epic meltdown in response to a reporter who accused his wife of tweeting during James Gandolfini’s funeral. The actor, who has had a history of
Several A-listers are banding together to beg President Barack Obama to keep his word about seeking a world of nuclear weapons. Apparently, they’ve been cycling through the Superman movies to ready themselves for Man of Steel and stumbled upon Superman IV: The Quest
Count liberal actor Alec Baldwin as a critic of the government’s aggressive snooping campaign. Baldwin, the combustible star of 30 Rock, thinks Americans’ wish to rather be “safe than sorry” regarding potential terror attacks is misguided. I do think that
Alec Baldwin won’t let go of his Twitter battle with FrackNation director Phelim McAleer, but now the 30 Rock actor is trying to besmirch the late Andrew Breitbart along the way. Over the weekend, Baldwin threw a baseless charge as well
Alec Baldwin turned his Twitter rage at the director of FrackNation over the weekend. Baldwin, who alternately rages against his perceived enemies on social media and quits the service only to later return, is now targeting filmmaker Phelim McAleer and
On Thursday evening, Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to credit Breitbart News with breaking the scandal of the IRS targeting of conservatives. Or something. Here’s the tweet: Ben Shapiro is Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News and author of the New York
Alec Baldwin wins the stuffed Teddy bear prize for the most imaginative defense of the IRS scandal engulfing the Obama administration. Or, to use Baldwin’s Twitter turn of phrase, “scandal.” The combustible 30 Rock actor, who enjoys quitting and then
The Broadway show Orphans got all the publicity–both welcome and unwelcome–any production could demand. Not only does the show star Alec Baldwin, but co-star Shia LaBeouf left mid-production in a huff. The latter feud earned the show even more press
Alec Baldwin thinks the newspaper which helped launch his teen daughter’s modeling career longs to “kill” people of a certain stripe. Baldwin, baring his soul in what he promises is his last media interview, reminded the public just how ugly
Is Carson Daly about to get Fallon’d by Alec Baldwin? The New York Times reports NBC is in preliminary discussions with the 30 Rock actor to host his own late night program. The move would be the latest late night
We conservatives are so used to network television being hostile territory that we flip through the channels with the trepidation of the characters on The Walking Dead strolling through a forest, except with fewer tiresome Andrea-related sub-plots. But recently, the
Alec Baldwin “Here’s The Thing” podcast on WNYC interviewed NBC News anchor Brian Williams Williams: “No one needs another blowhard yelling at them. No one gives a rat’s patootie about my opinion. So that’s nice that I don’t have to
Comedian Bill Maher and Alec Baldwin appear to have nothing in common on the surface. Maher is the hard-left pundit behind HBO’s long-running Real Time with Bill Maher, while the 30 Rock star transitioned from handsome leading man to comical
(AP) Shia LaBeouf pulls out of Broadway debutBy MARK KENNEDYAP Drama WriterNEW YORKShia LaBeouf is pulling the plug on his Broadway debut. The star of the “Transformers” franchise had been slated to appear opposite Alec Baldwin in “Orphans” but producers
The mainstream media is essentially yawning over Alec Baldwin’s racially charged tirade against a black newspaper photographer. After all, Baldwin is one of Hollywood’s most outspoken liberals, and therefore he gets far more protection than your average celebrity. One intrepid
Isn’t it great to be Alec Baldwin? When you’re Alec Baldwin you can do or say pretty much anything and there are no repercussions. You can even call a member of the media a “coon” and a “crackhead” and still
Adam Carolla says he’s been through the “Hollywood washing machine,” and he’s glad not to deal with any more spin cycles. “I’m tired of leaving it up to the judges. You can get a lot of bad hometown calls,” the
A gaggle of stars weighed in on Friday’s Conn. school shooting, eager to share their thoughts on the tragedy with the nation. Their overriding theme? More gun control, no questions asked. Alec Baldwin: A ban on semi-automatic assault weapons is
This morning, media critic Howard Kurtz launched a defense of left-wing actor Alec Baldwin coupled with a truly bizarre attack against New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser. Kurtz, though, doesn’t make a lick of sense or approach anything close to a point. All
ALEC BALDWIN: And then I read where now, what is it, several states want to secede from the United States… DAVID LETTERMAN, HOST: Leave the union. BALDWIN: …because of the results of the election. And it’s so strange because I
