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Veteran film producer Gerald Molen wasn’t surprised his documentary hit “2016: Obama’s America” didn’t make the cut for Oscar consideration this year. That doesn’t mean the Oscar-winner isn’t ready to call out his own industry all the same. “The action

Aaron Sorkin’s horrendous drama Newsroom on HBO will now be hiring Joel Johnstone to play a Mitt Romney staffer, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Sorkin’s Newsroom has already featured news anchor Will McAvoy calling the Tea Party the “American Taliban“:

Sandra Fluke’s 15 minutes of fame aren’t over quite yet. The nation’s foremost expert on free birth control will be part of The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Breakfast to be held Dec. 5. Fluke, who became one of President

The pay channel Starz has its work cut out for it chasing big-name competitors HBO and Showtime. Those channels made themselves indispensable to TV watchers thanks to content like “The Sopranos,” “Weeds” and “Homeland.” So why would Starz cancel the

Hollywood types love to wrinkle their collective brow over the 1940s-era Blacklist. Witness the gaggle of stars (Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Liam Neeson) who participated in the 2007 documentary “Trumbo,” the tale of gifted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who got entangled

Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx used to make people laugh for a living, and he says cracking up conservatives is harder than it should be. Today, the “Django Unchained” star is best known as an actor who can also sing and

Judd Apatow, the producer of some of the biggest comedy hits from the last decade, isn’t laughing about “The Innocence of Muslims.” The crude video inflamed Muslims across the Middle East and was temporarily blamed by the Obama administration for

Conservatism’s best hope for taking back popular culture rests with a man once described as “not Taco Bell material.” Adam Carolla isn’t a Tea Partier, but he’s precisely the kind of voice needed to help the Right stake a claim

In their blatant attempt to pump up President Obama’s crowd sizes, the media has taken to inventing seats at arenas. Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported: With help from pop sensation Katy Perry, President Barack Obama drew 20,000 people Saturday as

The Hollywood Reporter:  President Barack Obama arrived Sunday in Los Angeles and went directly to the Beverly Hills home of DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, where he joined former President Bill Clinton in a private meeting with 12 deep-pocketed Democratic donors…. The Obama campaign said

ATLANTA, Sept. 30 (UPI) — A fight broke out between rappers Rick Ross and Young Jeezy backstage at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta, although police said reports of gunshots are untrue. Rapper Funkmaster Flex tweeted about the incident Saturday

A prominent rabbi says media organizations engaged in a “blood libel” by spreading false reports that said a Jew made the Internet film that allegedly outraged Islamic radicals to storm the U.S. Embassy in Egypt and the U.S. consulate in

The Hollywood Reporter: The Innocence of Muslims, a movie that has enraged radical Islamists who have rioted and committed murders in the Middle East this week, was partially shot on a set that Paramount helped to build for its TV show JAG,

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

The Hollywood Reporter: Another documentary is drawing controversy at the Republican National Convention — the filmmakers of Occupy Unmasked, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, say they’ve received dozens of threats of physical violence in advance of Thursday’s screening of the critical look at

(AP) NEW YORK Universal Pictures is continuing to pursue a sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman” in the wake of Kristen Stewart’s affair with the film’s director. Universal co-chairman Donna Langley said in a statement Wednesday that the studio is

The Hollywood Reporter: Robert Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Co., didn’t take the bait on Tuesday when he was given the opportunity to get politically partisan, though he did make an appeal for a lower corporate tax rate….

Harry Belafonte is better known these days for his progressive believes than his Calypso crooning. But the aging singer’s latest Q&A courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter includes some of his most outrageous claims to date. Would you believe he considers

Apparently they wish they hadn’t done it now, but CNN must have thought it was a hilarious thing to play a song by singer Pink titled Stupid Girl as it introduced a report on Sarah Palin’s support of Chick-Fil-A on

La colère de fans de Madonna à la sortie de l’Olympia Vidéo jeanmarcmorandini sélectionnée dans Replay TV Hollywood Reporter: After performing for only 45 minutes, the pop star incurred the wrath of concertgoers who gathered in front of the Paris

Peter Bogdanovich recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about how he believes movies, not the man named James Holmes who pulled the trigger, are behind the Aurora tragedy. It’s too easy to show murders in movies now. There are too many of

The media has been generally reticent to blame pop culture – like violent movies – for the movie theater massacre that killed 12 people on Friday. Reporters would much rather concoct ways to tie the killings to the Tea Party.

(AP) ‘Dark Knight Rises’ reportedly earns $160 millionLOS ANGELES Citing box office insiders, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and other media outlets reported Sunday that the latest Batman sequel earned $160 to $162 million. That amount

HBO’s much maligned new series “The Newsroom” may have received the all-clear for a second season, but it won’t have many of the writers who helped craft the initial 10 episodes. The Hollywood Reporter: According to HBO, the Aaron Sorkin

The Hollywood Reporter: An anti-Obama documentary featuring an interview with the president’s half brother opened in a single theater in Texas over the weekend and, despite alleged complaints from some consumers who were upset with the film’s content, it grossed

LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) — Five former “Happy Days” stars will get about $65,000 apiece as part of an out-of-court-settlement with CBS and Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter said. Anson Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, Erin Moran and the late

There is absolutely nothing anti-gay in this: I have given much thought to Richard Stoecker’s letter (“Vote for Mormon against beliefs,” June 15). I am also a Christian and differ with the Mormon religion. But I think any Christian should

The Hollywood Reporter: An anti-gay letter urging Christians to vote for Mitt Romney that was printed today in The Springfield News-Leader has been confirmed by the newspaper as having been penned by Jane Pitt, mother of Brad Pitt. The verification

THR: Some of the president’s most ardent entertainment industry supporters tell THR they are concerned that his increasing reliance on stars and celebrity contests could backfire.   Barack Obama’s recent barrage of Hollywood campaign fund-raisers is drawing backlash from an

The hit HBO series “Game of Thrones” features some epic sword battles and gore. And, apparently, the disembodied head of the 43rd President of the United States. (See video below) The web site io9.com reports the first season DVD of

So many celebrities for President Barack Obama to visit … and so little time between now and Election Day. So the Obama campaign wants you to help the Commander-in-Chief decide which lucky star will rub elbows with him, according to

Digital Domain Media Group, creators of a Tupac Shakur hologram that rocked this year’s Coachella festival, said Monday it has raised $10.5 million to help build a roster of virtual stars. In a statement, Digital Domain — listed on the

Hollywood Reporter: The queen of pop is known for crossing lines on and off stage. But she won’t be claiming this slip of the nipple was a wardrobe malfunction: Madonna made it perfectly clear (see for yourself in this NSFW

Any high school graduating class would be lucky to hear a speech by Gerald Molen. He’s the Oscar-winning producer behind “Schindler’s List,” “Minority Report” and “Jurassic Park,” and earlier in his life he served his country as a Marine. He’s