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This weekend’s “SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden” broadcast on the National Geographic channel, producer Harvey Weinstein’s Hail Mary pass to remind voters of President Barack Obama’s one unabashed triumph, doesn’t tell the whole story. The America

The New York Times reveals today–in a classic buried lede–that Harvey Weinstein’s film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, set to air on the National Geographic Channel two days before the election, originally included a scene showing Gov. Mitt Romney

Two days before the election, on Sunday November 4, the National Geographic Channel (Nat Geo) will broadcast amulti-million dollar, two hour pro-Obama campaign advertisement. For legal purposes and to avoid any messy entanglements with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Nat

Actress Jennifer Garner says her new film, “Butter,” wasn’t intended to send up the Tea Party, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann or former Gov. Sarah Palin. Tell that to the film critics who torched the film for its mean spirited take on

Members of the Church of Scientology are feverishly letting Harvey Weinstein’s studio know they strongly object to Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie “The Master,” which loosely is about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. According to The Hollywood Reporter, concerned

One of Hollywood’s dirty little secrets is that industry types understand conservative and Christian bashing story lines can be a tough sell at the box office. It’s why actors will often pretend their politically charged movies are fair and balanced

In a nutshell: Obama rolls into town for a pricey $35,800 fundraiser at the home of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein; the town of Westport, CT incurs $14,812 in police and fire overtime costs; and now neither Obama nor the DNC

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

Harvey Weinstein knows a thing or two about film violence. His name is attached to some of the biggest offenders in screen history, from the “Kill Bill” series to the recent “Halloween” remake and “Piranha.” Now, Weinstein is calling for

Surrogates rarely go off-message when a leader is strong. Lately, though, even the most prominent supporters of President Obama’s, such as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, have leveled criticisms against Obama or Obama’s campaign strategy. Booker criticized Obama’s attacks on private

Hollywood is mostly run by progressives (like Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Harvey Weinstein), employs progressive actors (like Sean Penn, George Clooney and Tim Robbins) and produces progressive projects (like “Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Rendition” and “The Lorax”). Roseanne Barr insists her

Hollywood mega-producer Harvey Weinstein subbed for the mega-low-rated Piers Morgan on CNN last night, and in the process Weinstein crushed one of President Barack Obama’s biggest weapons against Mitt Romney. Was this simply a case of amateurish timing, or is

Harvey Weinstein may have a second October Surprise up his sleeve to help the flailing Obama administration earn a second term. Weinstein’s “Butter” feature, a not so thinly veiled attack on the Tea Party, is set to bow before November’s

There isn’t a documentary filmmaker alive who wouldn’t kill for all the free publicity handed to the recent film “Bully.” The documentary, a cause celebre for the same anti-bullying movement employing uber-bully Dan Savage, received buckets of news stories about

One-percenter Michael Moore Tweeted his approval of the Occupy/May Day tactics which included bomb plots, assault, and vandalism. The day also included Occupiers copying European “black bloc” tactics while screaming “pigs” and “murderers” at our police officers.  All of this

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein is a well known supporter of President Barack Obama – both with his mouth and his wallet. Now, Weinstein is hoping one of his new films will do its part to invigorate Obama’s re-election campaign in

If you’re wondering why America’s so-called satirists still haven’t found the fact that Obama ate a dog funny… In fact, if you’re wondering why no one in Hollywood will satirize Obama in any way whatsoever, this should help to explain a

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

Who didn’t see this coming? From The L.A. Times: When the Motion Picture Assn. of America voted to uphold the R rating for the documentary “Bully” several weeks ago, the film’s distributor, Harvey Weinstein, kicked up a dust storm of

Nothing disappoints more than when someone on our side starts to talk like this: [Ted] Olson, who served as President George W. Bush‘s solicitor general, said, “It’s important that everyone in America see Bully to talk about it, but in particular,

Filmmaker Troy Duffy created a true cult classic with “The Boondock Saints.” The 1999 film inspired a more than dedicated following, spawned a sequel and has lived on for more than a decade. The film is interesting in that it

Harvey Weinstein knows how to cajole Oscar voters come awards season. His resume is chockablock with Oscar-winning films, and while he has a nose for talented fare he’s also gifted in persuading the right people to vote his way. Now,