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.
Universal Pictures will release a special edition “Legacy of Faith” DVD of the Angelina Jolie-directed film Unbroken on Tuesday that will be available exclusively at Christian outlets. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the special Christian edition of the DVD includes both
Still paying off student loan debt? So is actor Miles Teller, co-star of the film Insurgent, which premiered over the weekend to the tune of $54 million.
Actress and director Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in order to lower her odds of developing cancer.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) targeted Harry Potter attraction at Warner Bros. Studios in England this week for alleged mistreatment of the exhibit’s owls.
The Queen of Pop revealed that she is jealous of pop superstar Beyoncés relationship with President Obama, saying that if only she were married to Jay Z, she would “score an invitation” to the White House.
Ariana Miyamoto, the first ever biracial woman to be crowned Miss Japan, is fighting off critics who say she “isn’t Japanese enough” to represent her country in the upcoming Miss Universe Pageant, because her father is black. The 20-year-old speaks
As South by Southwest terminates in its usual glut of pudgy arm tattoos, over priced craft beer, and beta male posturing, I must wonder, how do bands get popular these days?
Tennis pro Serena Williams will make history by becoming the first black female athlete to grace the cover of Vogue magazine alone.
Chelsea Clinton and late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel teamed up Monday to announce the “Serve a Year” initiative, a campaign that will use Hollywood entertainment to encourage American youth to spend at least one year after college or high school giving back to their communities through national service programs.
A northern California man was jailed on burglary charges this week after police traced the victim’s active Netflix account to the thief’s home.
Responding to a column on kveller.com by author Alina Adams, in which Adams asserted UCLA was among universities that were antisemitic, actress Mayim Bialik, a three-time Emmy nominee for her role in The Big Bang Theory, defended her alma mater, from which she received a Ph.D in neuroscience, insisting in the Times of Israel that she “had to speak up.”
Comedian Will Ferrell said last week he felt controversy surrounding a racist chant among members of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is cause for schools to consider doing away with the campus organizations altogether.
A flurry of biographical films were announce shortly after Steve Jobs’ death in 2011, with the first to reach theaters starring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple visionary. Alex Gibney, creator of the upcoming Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine, told Variety that he thought Kutcher looked good in the part, but his movie was “silly,” and its flattering take on Jobs “wasn’t interesting to me.”
Taylor Swift beat Internet trolls to the punch this week by purchasing the “TaylorSwift.porn” and “TaylorSwift.adult” domain names before anyone else could snatch them up.
From Kyle Smith at the New York Post: Tina Fey’s new comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was rejected by NBC, which commissioned it. That turned out to be excellent news, because the show wound up on Netflix. Netflix doesn’t have a
A Mexican wrestling star was fatally injured during a match Friday night, but the show continued for a full two minutes before the other wrestlers and the thousands of fans in attendance realized something was wrong.
The water in magician David Copperfield’s rooftop pool vanished – and flooded his penthouse apartment as well as multiple floors of his New York City apartment building on East 57th Street.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is warning Gulf Coast spring breakers not to interact with wild dolphins while hitting the beaches this week. The “Keep Dolphins Wild” public awareness campaign urges visitors to Florida beaches not to feed,
Scandal star Kerry Washington was honored with the Vanguard Award at Saturday night’s GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, and used her acceptance speech to call for the employment of more LGBT people in the entertainment industry.
Sean Penn’s “The Gunman” was no match for the rebel kids of “Insurgent.”
A San Francisco-based performance artist says anyone who purchases a gold Apple smart watch is “rich and evil,” and has now devised a plan for evil-doers to make amends to her.
Pop star artist/producer Pharrell Williams took to the podium of the UN General Assembly Friday to address 1,200 middle-schoolers about the importance of climate change as part of this year’s International Day of Happiness.
Do couples who do chores together stay together? Or is the key to pleasing your partner more superficial? A Hollywood actress and a corporate heavyweight share their opinions.
On the March 20 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, NBC Sportscaster Bob Costas laughed off criticism of his many pro-gun control comments and added to them by asking if people really believe the Founding Fathers wanted “private citizens… to purchase cop-killer, armor-piercing bullets” and an “AK-47”?
British singer Sam Smith, the surprising big winner at the 2015 Grammy Awards, took to Instagram this week to endorse a dieting guide titled, Eat Nourish Glow.
