Newbusters reports that in the wake of tens of thousands of illegal aliens swarming over the American border, the broadcast networks are refusing to use the word “illegal” to describe these illegal aliens. And that’s not because they are using
Box Office: Under-Performing ‘Transformers 4’ Should be Freaking Hollywood Out My reviews of the dreadful “Tammy,” the pro-Catholic “Deliver Us From Evil,” and a much better than expected “Transformers: Age of Extinction” just posted. I’m late with “Transformers” due to
With such awful reviews, it might be that my expectations were low, but I had a great time at “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” For me to check my watch only once during a movie that runs nearly three hours… Let’s
Like Lou Costello, Groucho Marx, and Jack Benny, Melissa McCarthy can’t not be funny, but in “Tammy,” a road comedy she co-wrote with her husband Ben Falcone (who also directs), her comedic promise is slowly smothered by increasingly ugly characters
Director Scott Derrickson, who delivered the truly frightening (and pro-Christian) “Exorcism of Emily Rose” in 2005, goes back to the well with “Deliver Us From Evil,” a blend of demonic possession and police procedural genres that reinvents neither but does
The Washington Post reports that likely 2016 presidential contender Hillary Clinton made somewhere around $1.8 million from eight universities in just nine months. While paying the former Secretary of State anywhere from $200,000 to $300,000 per speech, some of these
In what the Wall Street Journal describes as evaluating the newsroom, the New York Times reports that 20 to 40 staffers lost their jobs: Dow Jones, the Journal’s parent company, declined to answer specific questions on the layoffs, or confirm
In a recent townhall meeting, Bloomberg Businessweek editor-in-chief talked about the company’s new acquisition of political reporters and “Game Change” authors John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, and then bragged that, “One of our biggest advantages in politics is we are
Why Buy Big Bulky Bigscreen TVs Instead of a Projector? The AP reports that lower prices have resulted in a big boost in sales for televisions that exceed 55 inches. Overall sales of televisions are still crashing 10% per year
A terrible polling season just got humiliating for President Obama. On top of collapsing personal and job approval numbers, and a stunning loss in public confidence, a new Quinnipiac poll shows that the American people now see a president who
In a study conducted by researchers at USC, it was discovered that kids who engage in sexting are also more likely to be sexually active. Knock me over with a feather. Sexting, for those of you who don’t know, is the
Paul Mazursky was an actor, an Oscar-nominated producer and screenwriter, and a well-regarded director — a quadruple threat. Born in 1930, his first screen credit dates back 61 years to 1953 in Stanley Kubrick’s “Fear and Desire.” Paul Mazursky died
Like something straight out of a 1970’s Hollywood paranoia thriller, without telling them they were being experimented on, Facebook conducted an emotion-altering experiment on nearly 700,000 of its users. Some of them might have been children. The experiment, which was
While MSNBC and CNN slug it out over last place, for 50 consecutive quarters (150 straight months, 12.5 years) Fox News has handily beat its left-wing cable news competition. Though FNC, like all cable news networks, saw year-to-year losses in
HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ – Please Tell Me It Gets Better Some reviewers who have seen the first three episodes in advance claim that creator Damon Lindelof (“Lost”) and Tom Perotta’s “The Leftovers” gets better and really comes together in the
After the BET Awards Sunday night, violence broke out at a number of clubs. A shooting broke out at a Hollywood nightclub where, according to TMZ, a number of famous rappers were present. Early Monday morning, sometime around 2:30 AM
NBC News enjoyed a big win Monday after a Florida judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman after the news outlet maliciously edited a call Zimmerman made to 911 in order to make it look as though the
A Virginia grand jury indicted Joe Morrissey, a Democrat Delegate, with four felonies Monday, including possession of child pornography, distribution of same, and indecent liberties with a minor. Morrissey is facing 30 years in prison if convicted. The charges apparently
In its Monday ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 that home healthcare workers in Illinois could not be forced to join a public union and pay dues if they don’t wish to join. What should be
The Supreme Court #HobbyLobby ruling proves once again that Scalia Law is a lot like Sharia Law. — John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 30, 2014
In a recent interview with Sky News, mega-selling pop icon Elton John praised Pope Francis and claimed that Christ would support same-sex marriage. “If Jesus Christ was alive today, I cannot see him… saying this could not happen,” the openly
In Gallup’s annual survey of public confidence in a number of American institutions, confidence in the American presidency has dropped from 51% in June of 2009 to just 29% today. That number represents a personal low for Obama and a
Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh reports that “The View” is in so much trouble, “rumors are swirling” that Rosie O’Donnell might be brought back. After a ton of controversy, that included O’Donnell using the program to spread her 9/11 Trutherism with the
While celebrating a special Mass Monday in honor of the first Christian martyrs under Nero in the year 64, Pope Francis told those gathered that there are more persecuted and martyred Christians today than at any time in history. “There
Any hope Hollywood had for a record 2014 box office is pretty much over. Although the year started out with a triumphant run that found the box office up 9% over 2013 at the end of April, a disappointing summer
