Authorities who carried out their first full day of investigation into a Virgin spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another said probing the incident could take a year. At a news conference late Saturday, National Transportation Safety
Friday’s crash of the Virgin Galactic space-plane in California was, of course, a tragedy. One test-pilot was killed and another seriously injured. But there is, at least, a silver lining: There’s no need to worry about another possible issue concerning
George Lucas knows a Force more sinister than the Death Star or Darth Maul: Hollywood studios. The Star Wars creator told CBS News his iconic space western would never be made today due to the corporate nature of the modern film
You’d need a heart of stone not to laugh at climate change cultist Eric Holthaus sobbing (literally) over the latest tract from the Church of Global Warming and deciding to do his bit to encourage a more primitive lifestyle by
Leonardo DiCaprio has been awarded the “Messenger of Peace” title, and on Tuesday morning, at the UN Climate Summit in New York, he demanded that the 193 world leaders in attendance take urgent action against climate change. The environmental activist
This article originally appeared in the Daily Mail With his speech in front of the United Nations today, Leonardo DiCaprio cemented his reputation as one of the world’s highest-profile activists on climate change. ‘You can make history …or be vilified
Leonardo DiCaprio, who spent the summer traveling around the world in his private jet, stopped in New York on Sunday for the “People’s Climate March,” where he demanded that global leaders finally address the climate crisis. The actor and environmental
Putting aside participant Leonardo DiCaprio’s penchant for private jets and several resource devouring mansions of his own to fly to and from, a funny thing happened on the way to today’s big climate march in New York City. Participants used
Svitlana Sangary, a Los Angeles based litigation lawyer who promotes value-driven legal practices, has been suspended from the state bar for superimposing her face onto photographs of celebrities and politicians. The imagery shows Sangary posing with celebrity figures, while trying to
The United Nations will honor Leonardo DiCaprio with the official title of “Messenger of Peace” for his activist approach to addressing the Climate Change crisis. DiCaprio has been delegated as a speaker during the U.N. Climate Summit on Sept. 23,
A man leaped to his death on Monday afternoon from the 12th floor of the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Fred Corral, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office investigation division, confirmed with Breitbart News Network this morning
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has declared war on Western industrial civilisation by funding and narrating a series of short eco documentaries urging us all to leave fossil fuels in the ground, cripple our economies with carbon taxes and embrace bird-frying, bat-chomping
Major movie stars like Tom Hanks, Will Smith and Adam Sandler can no longer guarantee box office success with their names above the title. Now, they have to compete with YouTube stars like Benny and Rafi, and for the next
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had the opportunity to see Michael Bay’s horribly-titled “Pain and Gain” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Both movies are similar in a number of ways: Both were released in 2013;
President Obama’s State Department is holding a conference about the ecological threats facing the world’s oceans, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio will be a featured speaker. Upon the announcement of the actor’s participation in the Our Ocean conference, Secretary of State
The Daily Mail reports that 31-year-old Michael Egan, the man accusing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer of drugging and raping him some 15 years ago, is working with documentary filmmaker Amy Berg on a “bombshell exposé of Hollywood’s sordid underbelly.” Berg
LONDON (AP) — The force of “Gravity” was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it was unflinching drama “12 Years a Slave” that took the top prize. Steve McQueen’s visceral, violent story of a free
Even critics who applauded director Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street admitted the film paid little to no attention to those “bitten” by the titular wolf. That prompted an impassioned op-ed by Christina McDowell, a woman whose life was
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill proved a memorable duo in the 2013 dramedy The Wolf of Wall Street, epitomizing the raging ids of two brokers who learned how to game the system. Now, the actors are set to re-team for
The Broadcast Film Critics Association held their 19th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards in Santa Monica, CA last night. The show was broadcasted live on The CW, but Breitbart News was their to witness the actors reactions first hand. The
A fictionalized tale spun from the ’70s Abscam sting and two astronauts lost in space dominated the morning’s Academy Award nominations. Notably absent–the President Reagan-bashing Lee Daniels’ The Butler or its mega-star Oprah Winfrey. Both American Hustle and Gravity snared
(AP) ‘Gravity’, ’12 Years a Slave’ lead UK film awardsBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONThe space thriller “Gravity,” the unflinching slavery saga “12 Years a Slave” and the crime caper “American Hustle” gained awards-season momentum Wednesday with stacks of nominations for the
Hollywood’s attempts at Oscar-worthy filmmaking occasionally stumble over good intentions and overheated messages. This year, the film industry buckled down to focus on smart storytelling, patriotism and the delicacies of romance in a way that made 2013 a banner year
Martin Scorsese never stops his new, three-hour film The Wolf of Wall Street to sermonize against the evils of capitalism. The Oscar-winning director is too good a storyteller to stumble into that ideological bear trap. Instead, he lets the life
Even a legendary director like Martin Scorsese is used to receiving some sour reviews. The Goodfellas auteur likely wasn’t expecting one up close and personal after the screening of his newest film, The Wolf of Wall Street. The comic drama,
Marquee movie stars and directors are busy this time of year campaigning on behalf of their latest project. The road to Oscar is paved with public appearances and soft media interviews. Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese were doing just
By JAKE COYLEAP Film WriterThe searing historical epic “12 Years a Slave” and the con-artist caper “American Hustle” lead the 71st annual Golden Globes with seven nominations each. The nominations announced Thursday morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association suggested
Actress Cate Blanchett is sore that fellow actors like Leonardo DiCaprio get hammered for their climate change hypocrisy. DiCaprio, one of the most vocal stars on the climate change bandwagon, is mocked for flying private jets and leading an extravagant
Actor/activist Leonardo DiCaprio just cut a very large check via his foundation on behalf of lions in Nepal. His Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has awarded $3 million in grants to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to work with the Nepal government on
(AP) NEW YORK–The release of Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” has been pushed to Dec. 25. Paramount Pictures made the widely expected announcement Tuesday. Scorsese’s Wall Street epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio had previously been scheduled for release Nov.
You complete me Alan Turing and the answer is no. A few weeks ago, filming started on the The Imitation Game, a movie about logician and mathematician Alan Turing who cracked Germany’s enigma code during World War II. Benedict Cumberbatch
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 (UPI)–Martin Scorsese’s eagerly awaited drama “The Wolf of Wall Street” won’t be ready for its scheduled Nov. 15 release, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey and Jonah Hill, the film could be
In yet another sign of how much influence the Chinese have on Hollywood, a lavish party was thrown in China for some of Hollywood’s A-list stars and studio big wigs. In attendance were such stars as Leonardo DiCaprio, John Travolta,
The Obama Administration announced on Tuesday it plans to auction off its remaining $168 million loan to Fisker Automotive–the “near-dead” and “once-glamorous maker of plug-in hybrid cars”–reports USA Today. Originally, Fisker scored $528 million in taxpayer-backed loan dollars but did
Splash News: Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kristen Bell are just a few of the celebrities who took to Twitter to celebrate a historic Supreme Court decision.
BURBANK, Calif., May 24 (UPI) — Baz Luhrmann’s big-screen adaptation of the classic novel, “The Great Gatsby,” has crossed the $100 million mark at the North American box office. Warner Bros. announced the milestone Friday — two weeks after the
By JAKE COYLEAP EntertainmentCANNES, FranceThe Cannes Film Festival got under way with a blockbuster day of Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby.” The French Riviera extravaganza began on a rainy Wednesday, where the prestigious festival was to open
Alarmed by “human-caused” warming, 75 Winter Olympic and X-Game athletes sent President Barack Obama a letter last week “asking” for executive action. Specifically, they requested the president to: 1) “Issue standards under the Clean Air Act that cut carbon pollution from
When HBO wanted to make a movie about Sarah Palin the channel consulted McCain/Palin campaign officials who had Paul Bunyan-sized axes to grind against the former governor. After all, the media tried to blame the ticket’s loss in 2008 on
(AP) NEW YORK–Martin Scorsese is developing a TV series based on his 2002 film “Gangs of New York.” The director is partnering with Miramax, which released the Oscar-nominated film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis. The planned show doesn’t yet
