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Not Another Tom Hanks Cold War Movie

Not Another Tom Hanks Cold War Movie

The last time Tom Hanks dipped into the Cold War we got 2007’s Charlie Wilson’s War, a marginal piece of Oscar-bait that tried to claim a boozing, womanizing Democrat Congressman had won the Cold War … and President Ronald Reagan

Hollywood Playbook: Monday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Monday's Top 5 News Items

Is Johnny Depp’s Career Over? No. But three high-profile flops in a row do give columnists the ability to write about the possibility. Depp, whose star is obviously on the wane, is a victim of two things: his overall  choices

Bryan Singer Round Up: DiCaprio, Biden, Denials, and a Doc

Bryan Singer Round Up: DiCaprio, Biden, Denials, and a Doc

The Daily Mail reports that 31-year-old Michael Egan, the man accusing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer of drugging and raping him some 15 years ago, is working with documentary filmmaker Amy Berg on a “bombshell exposé of Hollywood’s sordid underbelly.” Berg

Christ, America Dominate Box Office, Anti-God 'Noah' Sinks

Christ, America Dominate Box Office, Anti-God 'Noah' Sinks

Deadline reports that this Easter weekend at the box office we have two openly Christian films perched in the top ten. Meanwhile, Darren Aronofsky’s anti-God “Noah” sailed over a cliff, failing to even rank. Coming in at number three, director

Poll: CNN's Week-Long Campaign for Wendy Davis Backfires

Poll: CNN's Week-Long Campaign for Wendy Davis Backfires

For over a week in February, led by Wolf Blitzer, CNN devoted countless hours to boost Wendy Davis, the abortion extremist Democrat running to become governor of Texas. Using a guilt-by-association tactic, Blitzer and CNN relentlessly hurled fireballs at Davis’s

Liberal Talking Head Sally Kohn Praises Fox News

Liberal Talking Head Sally Kohn Praises Fox News

Before heading over to CNN, left-wing columnist and talking head Sally Kohn was a regular (and very likable) presence throughout Fox News. In a column for the Christian Science Monitor, Kohn waxes affectionate for her time spent at Fox News,

'Ride Along' Bluray Review: Crushing Disappointment

Because actors sexually-debasing themselves in nihilistic plotlines is not my idea of funny, I tend to stay as far away as possible from the modern-day Hollywood comedy. Every once in a while something like the first “Hangover” will come along

Hollywood: Reaganomics for Me, Obamanomics for Thee

Hollywood: Reaganomics for Me, Obamanomics for Thee

The Los Angeles Times reports that the entertainment industry is again out begging any state that will listen, including of course California, for more Reganomics. Tax cuts! Hollywood wants Big, fat slices of tax cuts! Tax cuts for the for

Hollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items

Latest News In the Bryan Singer Sexual Abuse Lawsuit THR reports that in 2000 director Bryan Singer’s accuser, Michael Egan, filed a suit claiming to have been sexually abused at a 1999 party involving Singer associates. Egan didn’t name Singer

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 News Items

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel in the Works Chris Columbus is attached to return as director and Robin Williams is attached to return as star. The original made a mint but the reason a lot of moneymaking drag-comedies don’t get sequels is

Top 5 Movies to Watch Over Easter Weekend

Top 5 Movies to Watch Over Easter Weekend

Every year during Lent me and the misses haul out our religious-themed films. As much as I would like to say that we watch these films to honor the Holy Season, the opposite is actually the truth. We use the

CNN Uses 'Breaking News' Banner for Anniversary of Titanic Sinking

This isn’t breaking news, CNN http://t.co/DYOZxrOHe7 pic.twitter.com/t05Q5YMbux — HuffPost Media (@HuffPostMedia) April 16, 2014 — What Jeff Zucker is doing to destroy CNN almost seems intentional. Low ratings, missing plane-porn, a sharp turn to the left of MSNBC, and “Breaking

After Three Costly Left-Wing Flops, Sony Risks Another

After Three Costly Left-Wing Flops, Sony Risks Another

Just last month Deadline reported that Sony is prepping $100 million in cuts and layoffs caused mainly by the humiliating failure of two very expensive left-wing films. Despite big stars like Will Smith, Channing Tatum, and Jamie Foxx, “After Earth”

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

Will Ferrell to Star In Yet-Another Left-wing Comedy After spending tens of millions in corporate money on a mean-spirited, joyless and unfunny two-hour political ad that attacks the Koch brothers for, uhm, spending millions in corporate money on political ads,

NYC Mayor De Blasio Pays 8.3% Effective Tax Rate

As predictable as the media silence to follow comes the news that New York City’s new left-wing mayor, who ran on a platform based in large part on raising taxes, paid an effective 8.3% tax rate in 2013 based on