Big Hollywood

With FCC fines almost non-existent, several low-rated television shows are pushing the boundaries with talk of “fisting” and anal sex, as well as penis pictures, to boost ratings.  Primetime television is apparently upping the ante as far as explicit and

On Tuesday, Clay Aiken, runner-up in the second season of American Idol, was defeated by incumbent Republican Renee Ellmers in the race to represent North Carolina’s second congressional district.  Ellmers, first elected in 2010, took home 56 percent of the

Sirius/XM star and Marine Corps veteran James P. Connolly is gearing up for his 5th Annual Veterans Day Benefit Show, “Cocktails & Camouflage,” at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California.  The event, on Thursday, Nov. 6, will feature stand-up from

Hollywood is suffering nearly as much as the Democratic Party tonight. Not only did the industry’s Texan favorite Wendy Davis get clobbered in her run for governor, Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes went down quietly in her attempt to oust

It is election day in America, as many voters across the country head to the polls to decide which party will control the U.S. Senate.  The midterms are often looked upon as a referendum on the party of the sitting

According to an author on celebrity and media culture, the popular AMC crime drama Breaking Bad is making people curious about crystal meth. Breaking Bad illustrates the life of Walter White, a terminally ill high school chemistry teacher who produces and

Angelina Jolie just gave the press reason to badger her with political questions for the foreseeable future. The Oscar winner told Vanity Fair magazine she is “open” to running for office some day. It’s the kind of answer that could

Jon Lovett, Hollywood screenwriter and former speechwriter for President Obama, has teamed up with Showtime for a new political drama titled Anthem revolving around the nation’s flawed political system. The contemporary series paints a picture of a country spiraling out of

Brandy Clark may not be the typical country artist, but she’s currently one of the most talked about as she’s known for singing about pot-smoking housewives. Clark, 37, has previously written tracks for Miranda Lambert and The Band Perry. She

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify stopped streaming Taylor Swift’s music at her request Monday, setting up a business struggle between the leading purveyor of a new music distribution system and the industry’s most popular artist. The music streaming service sounded

HOUSTON, Texas — The work of painter Carroll Dunham, father of the “feminist” actress Lena Dunham, may shed light on his daughter’s upbringing. Predominately featured on the painter’s website are countless paintings of women exposing themselves in front of cartoon-like backgrounds.  Below are screenshots of Carroll

A year before controversy surrounding her memoirs surfaced, HBO star Lena Dunham posted on Instagram a photo of her sister Grace, then five years old, made up with red lipstick, fake breasts, and bearing the caption, “#tbt that time I

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rap music figure Marion “Suge” Knight will post bail and return to California to face a robbery charge following treatment at a Las Vegas hospital for a blood clot in his chest discovered after he fell

Chris Rock is a very talented, very funny comedian who has done some edgy work in the past. Making jokes about the new Freedom Tower, the Boston Marathon bombing, and opposition to gun control is not edgy. We know this

Although Lena Dunham danced half-naked in an MTV “Rock the Vote” PSA last month, the Washington Post reports that Dunham does not practice what she preaches. Although the PSA is meant to encourage and shame young people into voting in

NEW YORK (AP) — In a scary close finish, the Jake Gyllenhaal crime thriller “Nightcrawler” and the board-game adaptation “Ouija” tied for first at the box office with $10.9 million each over the Halloween weekend. That was according to estimates

From Cathy Young, writing at SpliceToday: If you’re like many people, you’ve been doing your best to know as little as possible about GamerGate, the hashtag movement that is either—depending on who you ask—a consumer revolt against corruption in videogame

Friday’s crash of the Virgin Galactic space-plane in California was, of course, a tragedy. One test-pilot was killed and another seriously injured.  But there is, at least, a silver lining: There’s no need to worry about another possible issue concerning

Because no one has ever been allowed to continue to topline feature films put into wide release after so many flops through so many years, Nicole Kidman must hold the record for consecutive box office catastrophes starring an A-lister.  This

During a dull, one-sided interview, where Jorge Ramos didn’t toss softballs so much as gently hand them to Spike Lee, the director called post-racial America “bullshit,” claimed that he regularly experiences racism (Ramos naturally didn’t ask for examples), and said

The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation against former Navy SEAL Team 6 member Matt Bissonnette over his book No Easy Day and “paid speeches he have given at corporate events.” The Wrap reports that Bissonnette did not

Taylor Swift told David Letterman that Lena Dunham is an empowering woman. It seems that America’s sweetheart, country pop star Taylor Swift, is the latest casualty in the crusade of Lena Dunham and her feminist propaganda. “She’s so empowering,” the

In a final effort to keep the U.S. Senate in Democratic hands, candidates have reportedly looked west for donations and support from Hollywood’s A-listers.  According to the Hill, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, and Jerry Seinfeld are just a few of

Figuring out what you want to be when you grow up sometimes requires that you first grow up. That’s true for the best of us and even for unblinking sociopaths like thirty-something Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), who would have to

Chelsea Handler is not very happy with Instagram right now. On Thursday, the 39-year-old comedienne reportedly posted a topless image of herself alongside Vladimir Putin, both straddling horses, to the social media site. It was deleted immediately. After administrators notified the television