That chill wind Hollywood liberal Tim Robbins warned about is indeed blowing and every stand-up comic and performance artist should be worried. However, it isn’t coming from some frustrated, prudish Christian right winger. It’s coming from the open-minded, diversity embracing,
by Jeffrey Jena13 Jun 2011, 12:52 PM PST0
Well it’s that time of year when all of the rich leftists in Hollywood get out their $40,000 dollar gowns, put on their millions in jewelry, climb into their limos, and head up to the Kodak Theater to pat themselves
by Jeffrey Jena25 Feb 2011, 4:51 AM PST0
I have been a subscriber to AOL since I first bought a laptop computer way back in the dark ages of 1991. That’s right my friends I am the last person in the country who is still paying for AOL!
by Jeffrey Jena12 Feb 2011, 11:40 AM PST0
[Ed. Note: For a refresher course, you can watch every Super Bowl ad right here.] Before I get started on my review of this year’s Super Bowl commercials I want to come to the aid of a lady in distress.
by Jeffrey Jena8 Feb 2011, 6:50 AM PST0
Thank God civility is returning to literature! Thanks to some faceless editor at New South Books and alleged Twain scholar Dr. Alan Gribben, a new sanitized versions of “Huckleberry Finn” will be published. The word so offensive that it can’t
by Jeffrey Jena13 Jan 2011, 1:05 PM PST0
There is a long history of cultural exchange between British and American television. Sometimes the American results are better than the British versions, like Sanford and Son. Some are wildly successful without making major changes, like American Idol. Some are
by Jeffrey Jena5 Jan 2011, 12:19 PM PST0
[Ed. Note: Video is NSFW] Following my recent article on the dust up over the use of the word “gay” in a joke in the movie “The Dilemma” I engaged in an email discussion with our fearless leader, Big Hollywood
by Jeffrey Jena29 Nov 2010, 4:52 AM PST0
Director Ron Howard’s “The Dilemma” isn’t going to be released until January but is already generating big press. In case you haven’t heard, in an early trailer for the film one of the stars, Vince Vaughn, who plays an auto
by Jeffrey Jena16 Nov 2010, 6:47 AM PST0
Love or hate his politics Jon Stewart is a funny guy. Unlike his comedy compadre Colbert, who has grown tiring with his one joke caricature of conservatives, Stewart does occasionally give a blast to the left as well as the
by Jeffrey Jena25 Oct 2010, 9:06 AM PST0
Now that Steven Colbert’s congressional “testimony” has had its fifteen minutes, I think it’s time for someone to say his whole shtick has run its course. I don’t want to discuss if it was appropriate for a comedian to be
by Jeffrey Jena5 Oct 2010, 1:15 PM PST0
Is there no end to the many talents of Lady Gaga, already recognized as the greatest Madonna impersonator of this century? Of course we all know her as a singer, musician, fashionista and female impersonator, but recently she has revealed
by Jeffrey Jena17 Sep 2010, 2:52 PM PST0
Every generation of teen aged and prepubescent boys have their iconic women. For some it was Bo Derek, Farrah Fawcett, or Cheryl Tiegs. Young preteen boys today may swoon for Miranda Cosgrove on “iCarly” or the vocal stylings and videos
by Jeffrey Jena6 Sep 2010, 2:32 PM PST0
WASHINGTON – Ten of thousands of people tuned in to hear a broadcast organized by the handlers of President Obama, a liberal politician and former community organizer. The self aggrandizing speech took place from a site where Abraham Lincoln once
by Jeffrey Jena5 Sep 2010, 8:03 AM PST0
I was surfing the internet yesterday and came across an article about the current state of political comedy by Paul Waldman. The article “The Joke is on Us” was posted on the far-left website “The American Prospect.” The subtitle of
by Jeffrey Jena25 Aug 2010, 9:43 AM PST0
Like any other red-blooded, rock ribbed, slightly overweight and out of shape movie loving American man, I am waiting to see “The Expendables.” I am waiting for the body count of the summer to begin with all of my favorite
by Jeffrey Jena17 Aug 2010, 12:08 PM PST0
Armed with her Master’s Degree from Harvard, which she earned in less than a year, Ashley Judd is back in public and showing off her smarts. She was recently in Kentucky to protest against a type of coal mining. Everybody,
by Jeffrey Jena10 Aug 2010, 6:48 AM PST0
I may be a little off from other conservative voices on the question of an alleged radical Muslim cleric building a mosque near Ground Zero but I say; let ’em! I don’t know the exact number of feet away from
by Jeffrey Jena5 Aug 2010, 2:49 AM PST0
As we approach the nine year anniversary of our involvement in Afghanistan it may be time to reassess our commitment to nation building there. Immediately after 9/11 I believe almost all Americans were in agreement that we needed to be
by Jeffrey Jena22 Jul 2010, 5:09 AM PST0
Art is a tricky subject. Everyone’s a critic and some react a little more strongly than others. Just ask Molly Norris. Art critics in the Muslim world have put her on a hit list for some of her work. Ms.
by Jeffrey Jena15 Jul 2010, 9:48 AM PST0
The first Fourth of July after we moved back from California my son and I road our bikes to Main Street bikes to watch the parade. We had decorated our bikes with some red, white and blue streamers in the
by Jeffrey Jena4 Jul 2010, 6:28 AM PST0
As a conservative I can’t afford to limit myself to entertainment choices that I agree with politically. I read Ms. Silverman’s book hoping to get some insight into why so many people seem to think she is the modern Lenny
by Jeffrey Jena28 Jun 2010, 8:44 AM PST0
Every time Alec Baldwin opens his rather large pie hole I feel like Strother Martin in the movie “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.” There is a scene where Butch and the Kid are riding down a mountain with Martin
by Jeffrey Jena16 Jun 2010, 5:03 AM PST0
I was reading Pam Meister’s excellent piece here on Big Hollywood about Hollywood’s lack of attention to the continuing ecological disaster in the Gulf. In it she echoed my sentiments from a month ago when I wrote about the lack
by Jeffrey Jena11 Jun 2010, 6:44 AM PST0
Have any of you been dumped on Facebook for being racist, homophobic, gun toting morons lately? Have some of your tolerant, diversity-seeking “progressive” friends tossed you under the bus for having the temerity to express a conservative opinion based on
by Jeffrey Jena24 May 2010, 5:03 AM PST0
A few years ago one of the most culturally significant cities in the United States ended up under water and millions of Americans rushed to her aid. A lot of conservatives and liberals joined church and civic groups and headed
by Jeffrey Jena10 May 2010, 11:09 AM PST0