Twenty-five years ago, maybe longer, my dad decided to convert his massive music collection from vinyl to CD. He’s still working on it but the technological leap from then to now boggles the mind. When he started, a desktop computer
Despite being in nearly 2000 theatres, this weekend’s only widely released newcomer, the faith-based “The Identical,” crashed and burned with a mere $1.86 million take, which is about half of what was projected. Summer 2014’s two big bombs, “Expendables 3”
Unless bundled cable providers find a way to move their racket online, the demographic reality of younger people moving online looms as an existential threat to the most lucrative business in entertainment and the news media. In just four years
What a sad state of affairs that after perusing all the Major Hollywood Trades this morning, it was at Cinema Retro that I finally learned of Andrew V. McLaglen’s demise. The man deserves better. Much better. McLaglen, the legendary director
With the death of Joan Rivers at 81 Thursday, we lost one more icon in a dwindling breed: the comedian who does not seek the good opinion of the powerful media and entertainment elite. Just two months before her death,
The same federal government that wants to centralize and computerize healthcare, including your health records, got itself hacked back in July. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Healthcare.gov site, the central hub of the ObamaCare boondoggle, was broken into
Just days after California governor Jerry Brown agreed to soak the state’s already-overtaxed citizens for $330 million in corporate welfare for Hollywood’s predominantly white and wealthy elite, Warner Bros. announced a series of layoffs at its Burbank studio. Though no
Gallup’s daily tracking poll finds President Obama at 38% on Thursday, tying his all-time low. The last time the president hit 38% was in October of 2011. Until Tuesday, Obama had held an approval rating in the low 40s for
The Obama Administration might not have a clear message or strategy in dealing with ISIS, but when it comes to attacking Fox News, there’s never any mealy-mouthing or doublespeak. The White House is always on message. The latest example is
Poynter asked the Huffington Post’s Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim about the decision to hire Donte Stallworth, a former NFL wide receiver who has used his Twitter account to spread provably false conspiracy theories about the September 11th, 2001, attacks
Up to 70 veteran USA Today journalists, editors, and others were laid off Wednesday, and reports claim that the newly unemployed were “marched out by security” and within 15 minutes had their email accounts shut off. The layoffs came as
Page Six reports that the newly revamped “Meet the Press,” which launches this coming Sunday with Chuck Todd as moderator, has chosen Joe Scarborough to be the “right-leaning voice” in the role of a regular panelist. Other regular panelists will
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that during a round-table event focusing on women in Milwaukee Wednesday, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, accused Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker of giving “women the back of his hand” and “grabbing
In a terrific column at Real Clear Politics, pollster Scott Rasmussen highlights what he calls the “gap between the nation’s political elites and the rest of the nation” when it comes to desiring control over others. At the New York
The family of Steven Sotloff, the latest American journalist beheaded by ISIS, is reportedly “outraged” at the Obama administration for “deliberate leaks” they interpret as “an attempt to absolve the administration of inaction.” This reporting comes Wednesday from no less
According to Gallup’s daily tracking poll of President Obama’s approval rating, the president lost 5 whole points overnight and for the first time since July, his job approval rating is back on the 30’s. Tuesday, Obama stood at 42% approval,
With the midterm elections a mere two months away, a new bipartisan George Washington University Battleground Poll shows noticeable movement towards the GOP. When poll respondents are asked if they will be voting for “the Republican candidate or the Democratic
Weird how things work out among the White House Press Corps and the White House. After eight months, two beheadings, and weeks of being a top story, a reporter finally asked White House spokesman Josh Earnest about President Obama’s January
Adrianne Jeffries, a reporter for The Verge, sent out a tweet to @ISIS Tuesday requesting an interview. “@ISIS Hi, I’m a reporter for @verge. I’d like to interview you. Email me…” Twitchy reports that she deleted the tweet after her
In his outstanding piece about the Left’s hypocrisy on issues of privacy, my colleague Ben Shapiro notes that the likes of Lena Dunham are attacking those questioning the judgment of actresses uploading nude photos of themselves as “blaming the victim.”
Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” invited radical Muslim cleric Anjam Choudary on for a chat. After arrogantly puffing himself up as someone who would generate more light than heat than Sean Hannity (who had a heated discussion with
Just hours after pleading guilty to felony ecstasy possession and being accused of giving ecstasy to a woman he had sex with, “Fuck You” singer and “The Voice” star CeeLo Green took to Twitter to inform the world that his
In his USA Today column, Jonah Goldberg exposes a national disgrace I was completely unaware of, one that is almost too heartbreaking to comprehend: the United State military sometimes reclassifies combat dogs as “equipment” and abandons them to languish in
For a few days in Ferguson, MO, CNN was able to race-bait its way to a few good ratings days, at least in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demo. For those few days, CNN anchors poured gasoline on the Ferguson fire with
The Summer of 2014 is over. Finally. All the talk about how it all is going will finally stop, as thoughts of entertainment writers move to foo foo festivals and dozens of Oscar contenders that no one but other entertainment
