Democrat and “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken is running to unseat Rep. Renee Ellmers in North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district and has also scrubbed his Twitter account of his public desire to punch conservative columnist Ann Coulter in the face.
Gordon Willis Never Won a Competitive Oscar Gordon Willis, a cinematographer who changed the game completely and defined the look of film in the 1970’s, died Sunday night. Willis was such a talent that even without knowing his name and
For all of its flaws, and there are too many to count, at least Ben Affleck’s “Sum of All Fears” (2002) felt like a Jack Ryan movie and even managed to become something of its own with the explosion of
— With the horrific Veterans Administration scandal seeming to widen by the day, CNN’s Jake Tapper grilled White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough over President Obama’s usual posture in matters involving scandal: indifference, no one held accountable, and calculated
As late as Thursday the box office prognosticators were estimating “Godzilla” would land somewhere around $65 for this, it’s debut weekend. Normally I stay away from the business of guesswork, especially as it pertains to what a fickle public will
The ongoing boycott of Dorchester hotels, including Hollywood’s own Beverly Hills Hotel, is meeting some opposition in the form of the Stonewall charity, a LGBT rights advocate. The organization is not only refusing to join the boycott, it has knocked
‘Godzilla’ Opens to Stunning $9.3 Million Thursday Night I said yesterday that the $65 million prediction for “Godzilla” seemed awfully low. It appears I was right. “Godzilla” snatched $9.3 million Thursday night beating even “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” which went
In an editor’s note quietly posted Friday morning, CNN announced that Marie-Louise Gumuchian, a former CNN News editor, who mostly covered international affairs, plagiarized at least 50 published stories. Apparently she was caught after an internal editing process caught an
Director Gareth Edwards claims his summer blockbuster “Godzilla” is some sort of Global Warming cautionary tale. If that was his intent, unless you want to count the expected and clichéd platitudes about “controlling nature,” he failed miserably (thank God). Saying
– Jill Abramson, the just-fired New York Times Executive Editor, made her first post-being axed appearance on her daughter’s Instagram account. In the photo, the newly-unemployed Abramson is seen wearing boxing gloves and stretch pants while standing in front of
With the missing Malaysian airliner story petering out, left-wing CNN has returned to its usual posture of beating up Republicans and obsessing over identity politics (race, sexuality). As was the case before CNN could exploit the tragedy of the missing
Neil Patrick Harris says that CBS president Les Moonves asked him if he would be interested in replacing David Letterman on the “Late Show.” Harris said he turned the offer down fearing he would “get bored” with the repetition of
At a conference Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton revealed that his wife, former-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, took six months to fully recover from her late-2012 blood clot and concussion, not one-month, which is what the State Department told the
‘Godzilla’ Hopes to Scale $65 Million Debut Whuh? $65 million? That seems awfully low. Maybe my own excitement is coloring my judgment. If no one monkeys my wrench or ointments my fly, I’ll be seeing this tonight. Kathryn Bigelow,
The New York Times itself is reporting that its own Executive Editor, Jill Abramson, is being “unexpectedly” replaced by Dean Baquet. The Times says the reasons “aren’t immediately clear.” Jill Abramson, the executive editor of The New York Times, is
On ABC’s “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said that Jay-Z had the “right” to hit his sister-in-law Solange Knowles back when she was hitting and kicking him in a hotel elevator. “I think Solange was ready for him to do
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Sony has snagged the rights to Glenn Greenwald’s Edward Snowden-based book, No Place to Hide for Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the producers behind the long-running James Bond franchise. Apparently, the goal will be to craft
Through Karl Rove’s comments about Hillary Clinton’s head injury and health, the mainstream media have been kind enough to give us a preview of just how fiercely they intend to protect the former Secretary of State, should the left-wing Democrat
71 Point Gap: Critics Hate, Audiences Love ‘Mom’s Night Out’ With one exception, America’s elite critics brutalized the new Christian comedy “Mom’s Night Out.” Overall, only 15% of Rotten Tomato critics gave the film a positive review. A full 86%
H.R. Giger, the man behind the game-changing production design for Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece “Alien,” died of an accidental fall at age 74. Giger won an Academy Award for his work on “Alien,” and would return for “Alien 3.” Giger’s
Never mind the study showing that these special and very expensive tax carve-outs for Hollywood have done absolutely nothing to save jobs or stop productions from running away to other states, Los Angeles Mayor Gil Garcetti and nine other California
Alec Baldwin was arrested Tuesday for pedaling the wrong way down Fifth Avenue on his bike. As expected, the TV actor took to Twitter to vent and rage against New York City, the police, and the media. – New York
I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ — ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014 – Everyone knows Ben Affleck has the physique and square jawedness to make the Batman suit work. Question is, does Affleck
CNN anchor Bill Weir, who Fox chief Roger Ailes once described as “weird” and “mediocre,” (after Weir attacked Fox News) has hit a milestone at the left-wing cable outlet; the second lowest ratings in nearly 15 years. In total viewers
‘Colbert Report’: Leftist Comic to Replace Leftist Comic Leaving to Replace Leftist Comic The cultural and political conformity at Comedy Central and CBS lives on now that the rotation is complete. Left-wing Stephen Colbert is leaving Comedy Central to replace
Something called The United Nations for LGBT Equality produced a Bollywood music video promoting gay rights. If the tune sounds familiar, I think it’s a version of “Polly Wolly Doodle.” If this doesn’t change you heart about being forced by
HBO’s Bill Maher isn’t right all that often, but on this one he nails just what the Donald Sterling scandal means once you get past your disgust over the horrible things he said about blacks. What about privacy? What about
Retiring Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) will begin hosting a 3-hour talk show for Cumulus Radio starting in January and already everyone involved is doing everything in their power to ensure failure. Using phrases like “smart debate,” “productive conservative,” Rogers and
Luke Skywalker to Narrate ‘Go Far: The Christopher Rush Story’ My brother, Zack Arnold, wrote, directed, and produced a documentary about his friend Christopher Rush, a young man who died of muscular dystrophy in 2007 at age 30. It is
In an interview with Yahoo News surrounding the 40th anniversary of his comedic masterpiece “Blazing Saddles,” co-writer/director Mel Brooks blasted present-day political correctness and says he was “lucky” to have made the film in the days when he still could:
Ezra Klein’s latest online news venture, Vox.com, advertises itself as the place to go if you want the news explained to you. What we are already discovering, though, is that Vox is just a nicer-looking version of Media Matters: a
Looking at the box office top ten this weekend, you might get the sense Hollywood doesn’t hate Christians. Well, we all know they do. Still, though, there are two openly Christian films marketed as such commanding top spots at this
In the real world, where decency and accountability mean something, you will find yourself fired for a lot less than physically assaulting a co-worker. In the dual-Bizarro world of Hollywood and unions, no one is fired over a rash of
No one enjoys pointing and laughing at CNN more than I do*. But you have to be fair about it, and Dylan Byers, a media reporter at the left-wing Politico, is taking a cheap shot at CNN that isn’t backed
With their business models crashing along with their self-respect and integrity, it comes as no surprise that a new study finds that American journalists are a bunch of “miserable, liberal, over-educated, under-paid, middle-aged men.” The study shows that the attitudes
Buried at the bottom of NPR’s story about new NPR chief Jarl Mohn is the unsurprising news that Mohn is a major Democrat donor who, since 1990, has “contributed $217,000, most of it going to Democratic candidates and political committees.”
Netflix Raises Streaming Price $1 For New Subscribers New Netflix Streaming subscribers will pay $8.99 a month instead of $7.99. Existing subscribers will have their $7.99 price protected for another 2 years. Because of my work, it’s vital I
A lot of people freaked out over my “Blazing Saddles” review because I dared to point to the cold naked fact that someday the Left will ban the film. If past is prologue, that is a perfectly safe assumption. If
In Rome, during a speech to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other UN agency heads, Pope Francis called for a “legitimate redistribution of economic benefits” using government and the private sector. The AP reports that Francis asked the United
While Hollywood is always willing to stand up for human rights against small countries like Brunei that don’t represent much market share, when China isn’t busy forcing women to have abortions, massacring demonstrators, or censoring Hollywood films, Hollywood seizes the
