The producer and a cast member of CBS’s “Rush Hour” reboot were put on the defensive Tuesday, after their show was accused of perpetuating racial stereotypes during the network’s Television Critics Association’s winter press tour in Los Angeles.
In fact, whether we’re talking about movie ticket sales or television ratings, family-friendly content consistently outperforms more “adult” content. But even in the face of such stark and revealing ratings data, we continue to see fewer and fewer family-friendly viewing options being offered by the networks year after year.
Former stripper and advocate against what neo-feminists call “rape culture” Amber Rose announced her support for Hillary Clinton this week during a radio interview where she said of the Democratic presidential front-runner, “It’s just her moment.”
If our lack of attention and ambivalence forbids us from obsessing over one horrific crime for at least 48 hours, how can we actually convince a country to fight an existential threat responsible for that horrific crime?
Actor Will Smith said during a Sunday interview that Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s “crazy” national security comments may force him to launch his own presidential campaign.
Leading Hollywood liberal and legendary television creator Norman Lear announced Saturday that his progressive causes organization People for the American Way would launch an initiative aimed at combatting “hate speech and anti-Muslim rhetoric” propagated by Donald Trump and other Republican presidential contenders.
Thousands of people have contributed more than $300,000 in support of a Syrian refugee known as “The Scientist,” after the popular Humans of New York (HONY) blog highlighted the man’s story and actor Edward Norton began an online fundraising campaign for him.
For two decades, the sound of Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas is You,” blaring through retail stores as shoppers milled about picking up last-minute gifts, was as ubiquitous a Christmas tradition as egg nog by the fireplace—but a new song has now emerged as the king of Christmas retail.
A South Korean girl band made waves this week when its management team said band members were detained and denied entry at Los Angeles International Airport because authorities believed they were prostitutes — but a federal official has since denied the claims, saying the group did not possess the proper visas to enter the United States.
“Zero Dark Thirty” and “Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow will co-executive produce a jihadi recruitment drama series for HBO, TheWrap reports.
Singer-actress Mandy Moore is seeking pet support from her estranged husband, musician Ryan Adams.
A diaper-clad Miley Cyrus released the music video for her new song “BB Talk” on Friday, and it is safe to say things get weird.
Speaking at an event for women in Los Angeles this week, Barbra Streisand complained that society is so misogynistic, even female laboratory mice are being discriminated against.
Presented in no particular order are, in my humble opinion, Frank Sinatra’s 11 greatest songs. Although I love the Capitol-era, especially the concept albums, nothing topped pushing-50, post-Ava Gardner, Reprise-era Sinatra. My tribute to “Summer Wind” is here. Once
My introduction to Frank Sinatra came by way of “New York, New York” (1979) and “My Way” (1969). Needless to say, I was not a fan. Even as a pre-teen, the over-produced bombast came across as someone, dare I say
No third-party candidate has ever won the presidency, but some have been disruptive enough to cause considerable consternation for the other parties.
Leftwing filmmaker Michael Moore is asking his followers to report Donald Trump for using “hate speech” on Facebook, in hopes of getting the GOP frontrunner banned from the social media site.
Frank Sinatra would have turned 100 years old on Saturday. In an interview with Breitbart News, actor and singer Robert Davi, a close friend and associate of Sinatra in his later years, discusses the legendary crooner’s legacy.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton will appear in the upcoming season of the Comedy Central series Broad City.
Feminist cultural critic Camille Paglia has some advice for Taylor Swift’s #GirlSquad and the young Hollywood feminists: drop the male-bashing “gender factionalism that thrives on grievance” and instead focus on “mentoring, exchanging advice” and the “results-oriented teamwork” that men have used to help each other advance.
Director Ron Howard certainly knows where to place a camera. Naturally, most of the Big Scenes involving the killer whale are cartoonish CGI, but you cannot argue with the beauty of the composition. The problem is the story. Believe it
This review is unforgivably late because I’m a bit of an agoraphobic. Showing the kind of maturity and self-confidence we don’t see too often in Hollywood, or anyplace else these days, even after his 2006 triumph “Rocky Balboa,” Sylvester Stallone
Porn star James Deen, accused of rape or sexual assault by nearly a dozen women, has backup in the form of renowned author and columnist Bret Easton Ellis, who likened the damning allegations against porn’s “boy next door” to a “ridiculous witch hunt.”
In an end-of-year interview with People magazine, President Obama revealed that his favorite song of 2015 was Kendrick Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost,” from the album “To Pimp a Butterfly.”
Shia LaBeouf is back with his latest piece of performance art. He’s set up a call center at the Fact Gallery in Liverpool, where he will take phone calls from the public in a piece of performance art he calls “#TOUCHMYSOUL.”
Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl broke his silence about leaving his base in Afghanistan to NPR’s popular “Serial” podcast. In it, he claims he deserted his unit “to highlight poor leadership” and rapidly realized he was “in over his head.”
