John Nolte

—“EVERY NETWORK AIMING TO HAVE ‘MAD MEN’ CLONE THIS FALL”— The only thing I can add to Ed Driscoll’s coverage is a question: Why? Why would every network look to clone “Mad Men” — a television show that only draws

—– Not much new here to report but make sure to hang in until the end when Rep. Peter King reveals that members of the intelligence community and the CIA, who agreed to participate with the making of Kathryn Bigelow’s

–WEREN’T WE JUST TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL RAPAPORT?– Big Hollywood’s own Carl Kozlowski co-hosts a weekly (Thursdays 6-8pm PST) podcast called “GrandTheft Audio.” Tonight their special guest is actor Michael Rapaport. Tune in here. And Sunday you can see the show

The filmmakers’ statement is below but, unfortunately (and incredibly), it doesn’t address the film’s release date, which is set for October 12th, 2012 –just a few weeks prior to the November 6th presidential election. This is THE elephant in the

—REMAKE “BEWITCHED?” AGAIN?–– Even in the 1960s, the concept for “Bewitched” was impossibly lame. No one, and I mean no one, tuned in to watch the concept. They tuned in to watch Elizabeth Montgomery and Agnes Moorehead — who cannot

The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook —– When Jon Stewart’s good — he’s good. And he closes the segment in perfectly fair territory, by criticizing Rep. Michele Bachmann with

—“DESPERATE TIMES FOR TV NETWORKS”– Jace Lacob has an excellent article at the Daily Beast about the demise of scripted television, especially the serialized drama. Most telling is when he reminds us that up to 30 million people once watched

—SILLY HEADLINE: “AUCTION OF BRUCE LEE ITEMS EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS”— Of course it “exceeds expectations.” We’re talking about The Mighty Bruce Lee. If I had the money I’d buy everything in the world associated with Bruce Lee and put it all

ADDED: Wonder what the Federal Election Commission thinks about this? This is a terrible thing Sony’s doing, using the bravery of these men to help Obama – politicizing their heroism. The decent thing to do is to move the release

Funny how this cynical new ABC series (produced and starring the rich, no doubt) assumes average Americans are more interested in taking revenge on the rich instead of becoming rich themselves. It’s also also interesting that the show is set

NOTE: Y’all. That’s North Carolinian for “all of you.” —BRETT RATNER TO PRODUCE OSCAR TELECAST— This is a SUPERB idea. Truly. Other than the fact that we don’t like most of the people who show up to present and receive

One of the most dishonest theories anti-American Hollywood asks Americans to swallow is that the reason there are so few pro-American films produced is due to profits not politics. That is the biggest, fattest, provable lie to come out of

–NEW FEATURE DEBUTS TOMORROW– Hunter Duesing, who does an excellent job covering the latest in DVD and Blu-ray releases, has seen the future and its name is STREAMING. And so he will now do double duty with a weekly column

“RUNAWAY SLAVE” NEEDS YOUR HELP— How’s that for a headline! The folks behind “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” have started a new project with C.L. Bryant, a one-time NAACP leader who saw the light and moved to the right. The

In this time of crippling deficits, what could be more obscene than the government funding art unable to sustain itself in the free market? What am I saying; even in times of a budget surplus this is obscene. The National

—– Someone needs to take away Matt Damon’s “word of the day” handbook before he hurts himself. And what is this nonsense about teachers getting a “shitty salary.” GOOD teachers should be (and are) paid very well, especially when you

It makes sense that showrunners of scripted television would loath reality television, but there are a number of terrific reality shows out there that, in my opinion, are saving civilization from scripted television. You watch shows like “Deadliest Catch,” “Dirty

Looks as though someone got the DNC memo: —– Man oh man, Jon Stewart has the left-wing spin and talking points down cold, doesn’t he? No one with even a smidgen of intellectual honesty uses the term “revenues increases,” and

—AND THE WINNER OF THE $100K POWER LINE PRIZE IS…— Putting their money where their mouth is, our friends at Power Line came up with the terrific idea of tapping into the creative world to explain the dangers of President

—WOODY ALLEN FINALLY LETS DOWN HIS GUARD FOR PBS— Heaven help me, I love Woody Allen. And not just his “older, funnier” stuff. I hung in there straight through to 2003’s “Anything Else.” It wasn’t until “Melinda and Melinda” that

—REDBOX REVENUES SOAR— Not that I personally rent from Redbox all that often, but that doesn’t mean I don’t admire a brilliantly simple concept so well executed it’s a wonder no one came up with it before. I remember VHS

Some of you might remember Indiewire’s Anthony Kaufman’s outrageously obscene and patronizing reaction when a *gasp* black conservative (Sonnie Johnson) appeared onscreen in support of Sarah Palin in “The Undefeated.” It was a revealing look at the dark side of