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Joe Francis, the founder of “Girls Gone Wild,” incurred a $500,000 arrest warrant for missing his scheduled court appearance on Friday.  The GGW videos gained popularity in the 1990s by showing college age women in bikinis willingly exposing their breasts

The Netflix series House of Cards put the streaming giant in the content big leagues, right alongside HBO, AMC and FX. Orange Is the New Black showed Netflix was no fluke in the original programming arena. Yet both the political

About 190 high-profile Hollywood players, including studio heads and actors, have reportedly signed a pro-Israel petition criticizing Hamas’ barbarism. The statement began circulating about two weeks ago and includes signatures from Sylvester Stallone, Ivan Reitman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Seth Rogen and

Former KISS guitar slinger Ace Frehley loves to taunt his ex-band mate Gene Simmons. What Frehley won’t do, though, is blend politics with his chosen profession. Frehley spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about a number of topics while promoting his

On Aug. 5, Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh blasted celebrities like Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz for labeling Israel’s self-defense measures against Hamas as “genocide.” He wasn’t done. Kavanaugh penned a scathing op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter today, shaming his

Robin Williams, the comic firebrand who gained fame as a goofy TV alien but matured into an Oscar-winning actor in films like Good Will Hunting, Awakenings and Good Morning, Vietnam, has died at the age 63. Entertainment Weekly confirmed the

The minds behind the Adult Swim comedy Black Jesus may have been quietly hoping for some controversy surrounding their new project. The show features Jesus Christ as a foul-mouthed figure with a predilection for pot. The Hollywood Reporter says the

Some celebrities, including Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, have come down harshly on Israel for fighting back against a rain of rockets launched by Hamas in recent weeks. The cast and crew of Dig, a new series from USA Network,

If paying taxes is patriotic (as the hard-left would have us believe), Oscar-winning director/actor Robert Redford is taking his anti-American desire not to pay more in taxes than he believes he owes to court. The state of New York is

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, The Mighty Jon Voight said that Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, the married actors who signed a letter accusing Israel of genocide last week, should not suffer any kind of career blowback, “Don’t try to

Other than actors Jon Voight, Nick Searcy, James Woods, and Adam Baldwin (who wholeheartedly support Israel), the only voices we’ve heard from Hollywood about Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza have come from anti-Israel actors like Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz,

Other than actors Jon Voight, Nick Searcy, James Woods, and Adam Baldwin (who wholeheartedly support Israel), the only voices we’ve heard from Hollywood about Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza have come from anti-Israel actors like Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz,

As good as Chadwick Boseman is in the new James Brown biopic “Get On Up” — and he’s very good —  The Hollywood Reporter correctly notes that Hollywood has no black stars warming up in the bullpen to replace Will

Who you gonna call? Melissa McCarthy? Hollywood’s attempt to reboot the Ghostbusters franchise enters a new phase, one that may open the door for a decidedly different group of heroes. Or should we say heroines?  The Hollywood Reporter says the

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Michael Egan, who filed sex abuse lawsuits against X-Men director Bryan Singer and three others last April, had been evading being served a copy of a lawsuit against him for malicious prosecution, and was

Jon Voight won’t sit still while fellow Oscar winners slam the state of Israel. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz recently called Israel’s current military actions against Hamas “genocide” in a signed statement, even if the married couple backpedaled days later.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “American Idol” contestant Michael Johns, who appeared in season 7 of the hit Fox singing competition and was voted off in an eighth-round stunner, has died. He was 35. The network and his family released statements

Jackie Mason finds nothing funny about celebrities tearing into Israel. The legendary comic blasted stars like Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Penelope Cruz for their views on the current Israeli/Hamas fighting, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The comments, set to air

James Cameron’s Avatar set new standards for both box office appeal and the power of 3D filmmaking. The epic also allowed the eco-friendly auteur to embed his environmental activism into the narrative. Will China’s answer to Avatar do the same?

Could America, the conservative docudrama defending this nation against its prominent, far-left critics, be a new teaching tool? One politicians hopes so, and he’s putting his idea on paper for his fellow lawmakers to ponder, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Hollywood Reporter is surprise Sony bumped “The Amazing Spider-Man 3” a full two years, from 2016 to 2018, but they have to be in the minority. By charging ahead with the threequel of a dying franchise, Sony risked losing

Over the years I’ve seen Hollywood openly  come out en masse to support Roman Polanski, a man who drugged, raped, and sodomized a 13 year-old girl before fleeing from justice. When it comes to openly supporting Israel, however, The Hollywood

The team behind America, the new film defending the country against those who blast it as imperialistic and cruel, is at war with Google over the search engine’s treatment of the film. Now, a Republican is bringing the matter to

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Summer 2014 is shaping up to be the worst in 8 years thanks to the worst year-over-year decline in three decades. With only 6 weeks of summer remaining and middling titles like “Hercules,” “Teenage Mutant

Sick of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, two young pop stars who make headlines for much more than their music? A minor league team feels your pain. The Charleston RiverDogs gathered a heaping helping of music and merch from the

Chuck Lorre’s veteran sitcom Two and a Half Men isn’t a button-pushing comedy in the All in the Family mold–even if Lorre himself often makes news with his Vanity Card pronouncements. That may change during its final season on CBS,

CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus tells the Hollywood Reporter in a lengthy interview that the network will leave it up to their on-air talent whether to say “Redskins” or not on the air. Several major sports journalists, including Peter King

The spiritual connection between authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, one that inspired some of the most profound storytelling of the 20th century, is the inspiration for an upcoming film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. London- and Brisbane-based Attractive Films’

One of the three Saturday Night Live cast members who lost their jobs this week took the news with, well, humor. Brooks Wheelan sent out the following Tweet after learning he wouldn’t be returning to the show for a second

BEVERLY HILLS, CA–It’s an irony that at the moment when the NFL has become television’s ratings powerhouse the increasing feminization of American culture demonizes the notion of men willingly enduring physical pain and risking injury to achieve in sports.  Speaking

The Hollywood Reporter reports that American company Lionsgate has joined forces with Alibaba, a Chinese “e-commerce colossus” to stream a number of titles in China, including Divergent and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and TV shows such as Mad Men, Weeds

Fred Thompson’s political career dates back to Watergate. Since, he has been a  U.S. Senator and presidential candidate. He now does triple duty in talk radio, as a columnist and as a respected character actor; a profession he’s enjoyed success

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Oscar-winner Robert Redford has agreed to portray disgraced newsman Dan Rather in an adaptation of the 2005 memoir “Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power.”  The book was written by Mary

President Barack Obama is refusing to visit the turbulent U.S.-Mexican border, where a flood of illegal immigrants continues to overwhelm the region. Instead, Obama will visit the home of Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez this week as part of a trio

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin did not rule out hosting a political talk show and even suggested that mainstream shows like The View could use someone like her who is willing to “go rogue.” Palin made her remarks in an

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said President Barack Obama is a hypocrite for ginning up the “war on women” rhetoric and urged conservative politicians to not retreat when Democrats push that narrative. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Palin