Hollywood

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the kinds of films that can be funded and made.

President-elect Donald Trump is causing fear, trembling, and loathing in equal measure across Hollywood as the pampered entertainment elites come to grips with his impending return to the White House.

Hollywood actor Wendell Pierce— known for his roles in The Wire, Suits, and Amazon’s Jack Ryan — is entirely underwhelmed at President-elect Donald Trump nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as the new Secretary of Defense.

‘Wicked’ star Sheryl Lee Ralph is an unrestrained fan of Democrats in general and Kamala Harris in particular so she has appealed for calm and sympathy in equal measure as President-elect Donald Trump begins to prepare for a return to the White House.

Gavin Newsom (D) unveiled a new tax credit program for film and TV this weekend in the hopes of bringing production back to Hollywood. 

A new Democratic National Committee (DNC) ad campaign targeting black voters to get behind Vice President Kamala Harris has been launched with a slew of Hollywood elites, including Kerry Washington, LeToya Luckett-Coles, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, chosen to provide pre-recorded radio spots.

Young people have grown increasingly disenchanted with seeing sex scenes in movies and television, a new study shows. 

Hollywood star Zachary Levi revealed that there were “plenty of people” in Hollywood who had expressed fear of announcing their support for former President Donald Trump.

You have a call waiting. Please pick up. It could be Jessica Alba waiting for you. Or Patton Oswalt. Or Emmy Rossum. Or one of any number of other stars who have signed up to personally call voters on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris as her team tries a new way of connecting with potential Democratic voters.

Actor Zachary Levi (Shazaam, Chuck) has called on “closet conservatives” to raise their voices in Hollywood after he publicly endorsed former President Donald Trump.

Mitzi Gaynor, an actress known for South Pacific and her film roles alongside Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra, has died. She was 93.

The men in a political video saying they support Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris are apparently entertainment industry workers.

An experienced actor and aerial cinematographer went from being at “the heart of Hollywood’s golden age of streaming” to worrying about affording “a value meal at McDonald’s,” the BBC reported in a piece on how the industry’s writer’s strike impacted everyone else.

“Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet revealed that living outside of the Los Angeles area has highlighted the “douchebaggery” of Hollywood.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce headed for the limelight in Hollywood during the recent offseason and focused on an acting gig in L.A. ahead of one of his worst starts in his NFL career.

Actor, singer, and filmmaker Robert Davi has slammed the growing number of Hollywood celebrities who are lecturing Americans to vote for Kamala Harris, saying they have a “huge disconnect” with ordinary citizens.

Paramount Advertising has been hit with layoffs following Paramount Global’s 15 percent cuts in its U.S. workforce. 

Amazon’s one-billion-dollar investment in the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power streaming series does not appear to be paying off.

Actress Halle Berry says she has been “eternally miffed” that no black woman has won the Best Actress award at the Oscars since her 2002 win.

Hollywood Star Ana de Armas says her “off the grid” home in Vermont is her attempt to create her own “safe space” after she ditched Los Angeles.

Elton John praised former President Donald Trump’s “little rocket man” nickname for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as being “brilliant.”

Beetlejuice star Winona Ryder revealed that her parents refused to let her live in Los Angeles while she was a young aspiring actress, because they were “very wary of Hollywood.” “I had to keep up my grades,” Ryder told AnOther magazine. “I couldn’t

Pay TV lost 1.6 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2024, and “there doesn’t seem to be any reason for those losses to stop.”

The summer box office season ended up being down 11 percent over 2023’s summer, and let’s not forget that 2023’s summer box office wasn’t hot.

Francis Ford Coppola was so concerned about his upcoming Megalopolis being labeled woke that he made sure to hire “canceled” actors.

Comedian and Hollywood actor Russell Brand said Monday that coincidences are “created by prayer” as a kind of “sacred synergy.”

Renowned actor Dennis Quaid exudes the spirit, humanity, and warmth of the great President Ronald Reagan in the upcoming biopic.

Atlanta rap phenom Lil Jon has built a Grammy-winning career with lyrics showcasing his adoration of women in songs like “Bend Ova,” “Nasty Girl,” and “One Night Stand.” So it’s no surprise that he was on hand Tuesday night to fire up the crowd at the Democratic National Convention.

Hollywood whored out its soul of artistic integrity only to be tricked and discarded.

Third-generation entertainment publicist and actor Maxie Solters, who followed a trail blazed by her father and grandfather into the family business, died Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 37.  No cause of death was shared.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police arrested four people on Thursday in the fatal shooting of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor.

The founder of Famous Amos cookies died this week at home in Honolulu, Hawaii, his family announced Wednesday.

Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died. She was 94.

“Law and Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson on the show, assisted a prosecutor in Detroit, Michigan in solving thousands of unsolved sexual assault crimes.

George Clooney has lashed out at Quentin Tarantino for alleged past comments that disputed his status as a bona fide Hollywood movie star.

The estates of several Hollywood icons are cashing in on artificial intelligence voice cloning deals to recreate voices of deceased celebs.