The Rev. Al Sharpton ripped Hollywood after the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, with black actors completely shut out of each of the four top acting categories for a second straight year.
First Lady Michelle Obama attended BET’s annual “BLACK GIRLS ROCK!” awards ceremony in New Jersey Saturday, where she spoke directly to a crowd of young black men and women about the values of education.
The Originalist, a world-premiere play by John Strand at Washington’s Arena Stage, explores the personality and legacy of an atypical theatrical character: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. “He has intrigued me for a long time because he’s kind of a lightning rod,” says Strand in the program notes. “Half the country thinks of him as a monster, and half thinks of him as a hero … How can you resist a character who’s a brilliant jurist, and also a showman at heart?”
Insurgent co-star Shailene Woodley is cementing her reputation as a modern-day hippy. The actress, who recently attended a premiere for the aforementioned film barefoot, has now disclosed she likes to eat insects.
Deadline co-editor-in-chief Mike Fleming Jr. apologized Sunday for his outlet’s publishing of a much-maligned piece that suggested television pilots’ increased casting of minority actors in the 2015 season represented “too much of a good thing.”
Miramax co-founder and Weinstein Company executive Harvey Weinstein is under investigation in New York, after a 22-year-old Italian woman told police he sexually abused her in Manhattan last week.
The California State Assembly transportation committee voted unanimously last week to name a San Francisco tunnel after the late Robin Williams.
The director of a new exposé on Scientology claims that former church members who participated in his documentary have been threatened with violence and blackmail by church officials.
Gavin MacIntosh, co-star of the ABC Family drama The Fosters, criticized the video-sharing site YouTube over the weekend for adding an age restriction warning regarding a scene that shows he and another teen boy sharing a same-sex kiss.
Hollywood star Martin Freeman, famous for starring in The Hobbit, The Office and Love Actually, has appeared in a video endorsing Labour at the general election. The 43-year-old actor does not mention Ed Miliband in the video but does launch an
Twitter wasn’t laughing after Jamie Foxx cracked a joke at the expense of TV star and former Olympian Bruce Jenner. Foxx, the host of Sunday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, made the joke during his opening monologue: “We’ve got some groundbreaking performances here,
South African comedian Timothy Noah has been named to succeed Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Noah is talented and funny, and as a fellow native son of South Africa, I wish him well. Unfortunately, Noah is a mismatch for the show. Stewart would be a tough act to follow in any circumstances, but Noah lacks any obvious fluency in American politics or media, and his specialty in racial and ethnic humor suggest that his repertoire will remain limited.
Just 15 minutes into a Baltimore, MD, show Friday night, comedian Bill Cosby’s routine was interrupted by protesters in the balcony of the Modell Performing Arts Center.
Selfie sticks—long, handheld poles used to capture that perfect photo of oneself—are among the list of items banned at some of this year’s most popular music festivals, including Coachella and Lollapalooza.
The play, written by journalist, producer and documentary filmmaker Phelim McAleer, will be the first to explore the controversial shooting of African-American teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri last summer.
The first trailer for Starz’s upcoming Patrick Stewart-led show Blunt Talk premiered online this weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLBPSSVVOe4 Blunt Talk, created by Bored to Death‘s Jonathan Ames and executive produced by Family Guy heavyweight Seth MacFarlane, centers on Walter Blunt, a British
NEW YORK, March 29 (UPI) — Action movie star and former pro wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appeared in a White House-themed cold open for this weekend’s edition of Saturday Night Live.
Television producer Rob Long sat down with Variety’s PopPolitics radio show this week to offer up a number of theories as to why the entertainment industry–and Hollywood in general–is overwhelmingly liberal, and what the Republican Party can do to make headway among the Tinseltown crowd.
Angeline Jolie took home the orange blimp for “Favorite Villain” at Saturday’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards for her role as a wicked witch in last year’s Maleficent. In her acceptance speech, Jolie told her young audience not to be afraid
Former Disney star Raven-Symone displayed a misunderstanding of basic geography terms during a recent interview with E! News, claiming she was a descendant of people from almost every “continent” in both Africa and Europe.
Ever run into trouble confiding in a potential partner your belief in something that defies conventional explaining, like the supernatural, for instance?
Dale Dye is a veteran of the Vietnam war, accomplished actor, author, and entrepreneur, but most of the filmmaking world knows him as Hollywood’s drill sergeant.
British actor Sacha Baron Cohen has officially been confirmed to play the role of Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic about the rock group Queen.
Fox News host Eric Bolling and Azealia Banks have engaged in a two week spat over the hip hop star’s admission in Playboy Magazine that she “hates America.” Things escalated late Friday night when Banks used her verified Twitter account
From Software’s spiritual successor to the Dark Souls series may seem unfamiliar at first to longtime fans, but the changes in Bloodborne’s combat and pacing make for a more exiting but no less punishing experience.
The faith-based film Do You Believe?, from the makers of 2014’s megahit God’s Not Dead debuted nationwide last week, earning $4 million across 1,320 theaters.
