
On Thursday, The California Film Commission Board of Directors accepted California’s new tax credit program. The state of California, desperate to keep fleeing TV and film productions from leaving the state, tripled its annual budget for film/TV credits last summer, and now that the Film Commission has approved, will send the measure to the governor’s Office of Administrative Law for review and final approval.
by William Bigelow13 Feb 2015, 10:24 AM PST0

Kimye’s toddler was spotted front row on day one of New York Fashion Week, sitting with U.S. Vogue editor Anna Wintour, as the crowd waited for Kanye West’s new “Yeezus For Adidas” show to begin.
by Kelli Serio13 Feb 2015, 9:55 AM PST0

It is obvious director Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is going to be different when things open with a flashback involving the necessarily rough interrogation of a barbaric Islamic terrorist. The scene sets the rest of the plot in
by John Nolte13 Feb 2015, 9:40 AM PST0

Actor Emile Hirsch, best known for his roles in films Into the Wild and Lone Survivor, has been charged with felony assault this week for allegedly putting a female Hollywood executive in a “chokehold” during a party at the Sundance Film Festival.
by Kipp Jones13 Feb 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

While critics are lining up to praise Evolve, Turtle Rock’s new multiplayer shooter is taking a pounding from the people who matter most: the gamers who will make or break this new franchise.
by Noah Dulis13 Feb 2015, 1:22 AM PST0

A dog in Iowa is making her rounds on the Internet after inexplicably escaping from her home last week and traveling nearly a mile to visit her owner in the hospital.
by Kipp Jones12 Feb 2015, 6:32 PM PST0

Shares of Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central, slid 1.5% on Wednesday after The Daily Show host Jon Stewart announced he would leave the program later this year.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Feb 2015, 6:23 PM PST0

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment signed the Hillsong church Wednesday to its roster of celebrities and talent, the first time a major Hollywood talent agency has signed a house of worship as a client.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Feb 2015, 3:17 PM PST0

In the midst of a measles outbreak, the public continues to debate over the issue of childhood vaccinations. Actress Mayim Bialik has voiced reluctant expression of her personal position on vaccinations over the years.
by Michelle Moons12 Feb 2015, 2:26 PM PST0

Amanda Knox, the American at the center of an Italian murder trial that gripped the world, got engaged to her musician boyfriend last week.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Feb 2015, 12:39 PM PST0

Relativity Media is partnering up with Fifty Shades of Grey producer Dana Brunetti to create a drama based on former Navy SEALs-turned CIA contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, both who were killed on Sep. 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya.
by Kipp Jones12 Feb 2015, 12:19 PM PST0

Comedienne, radical, and staunch Israel and democracy supporter Roseanne Barr took to Twitter this week in response to a vote by UC Davis to divest from a slew of American companies doing business in Israel.
by Adelle Nazarian12 Feb 2015, 12:18 PM PST0

The R-rated Fifty Shades of Grey is quickly turning into the “go to” Valentine’s Day destination for couples, according to data obtained from online ticketing service, Fandango.
by Kelli Serio12 Feb 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

Posters mocking Ed Begley Jr. and Robert Kennedy Jr. have popped up in Hermosa Beach, California and other nearby neighborhoods ahead of the pair’s appearance at an environmental event Thursday.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Feb 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams may have been suspended without pay for six months for stretching the truth, but at least he’s found a new ally in actor Charlie Sheen.
by Kipp Jones12 Feb 2015, 11:27 AM PST0

American Horror Story actress Jamie Brewer has made history by becoming the first-ever model with Down Syndrome to appear on a catwalk during New York Fashion Week.
by Kipp Jones12 Feb 2015, 11:10 AM PST0

Transgender actress Laverne Cox, best known for her recurring role in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, is slated to co-star in a new transgender-themed CBS legal drama, titled Doubt.
by Kelli Serio12 Feb 2015, 10:08 AM PST0

Perhaps I’m placing too much topical significance on one barely-noticed movie, but the new fantasy film “Seventh Son” is an example of everything that’s wrong with bloated, out-of-control Hollywood. It’s not offensively horrible or anything – if you like swordfights,
by John Hayward12 Feb 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Family members of both John Candy and John Hughes have lodged complaints against ABC, after the network announced it would be rebooting the 1989 comedy Uncle Buck into a sitcom.
by Kipp Jones12 Feb 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com approached Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and asked her about the “N-word” in hip hop. Shabazz agreed that the widespread use of the word was “ridiculous,” but added that white people should be able to use it in hip hop music as well: “If you’re going to use it, then everybody should be able to use it, right?” she said.
by Joel B. Pollak12 Feb 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

Fifty Shades of Grey, the film showing more sex than the 100 most sex-filled films of 2014, has been given a rating by France’s film board that will allow children as young as 12 to see it.
by William Bigelow12 Feb 2015, 6:50 AM PST0

Parents in a Monessen, Pennsylvania are irate at school officials after Fifty Shades of Grey-themed word search puzzles were given to their middle school children. In the latest round of controversy regarding the sexually explicit series, several teenaged students were
by Kipp Jones11 Feb 2015, 9:37 PM PST0

Netflix released the third season of House of Cards early on Wednesday, more than two weeks ahead of its planned premiere.
by Kipp Jones11 Feb 2015, 6:44 PM PST0

United Talent Agency has announced it will be the first Hollywood firm to launch a fine arts division.
As one of the largest talent agencies in the world, UTA’s new division plans to serve as a super gallery for clients, which it hopes will open a new market and revenue stream for the agency.
by Kelli Serio11 Feb 2015, 5:13 PM PST0

84-year old dominatrix Catherine Robbe-Gillet, the “most famous dominatrix in France,” thinks Fifty Shades of Grey is practically G-rated.
by Daniel Nussbaum11 Feb 2015, 2:16 PM PST0