Big Hollywood

— #DieHard was released 26 years ago today. Bruce Willis has starred in all five films in the series. pic.twitter.com/gsXingmphz — AFI (@AmericanFilm) July 15, 2014 — How old is “Die Hard?” So old it was released July 15th  but

You have to take with a big grain of salt any kind of analysis that uses a one-off as evidence that our diverse, fickle, impossible-to-nail-down culture has crossed some kind of Rubicon. The Daily Beast looks at Summer 2014’s terrible

Alec Melger is a 21-year-old gay man who loves “talking about sex … I’m not having it, though.” He’s on a new MTV series called Virgin Territory, but another MTV show may have played a role in his evolving view on sex.

Three teens not old enough to earn a Learner’s Permit, let alone vote in an election, just signed a record deal that could earn them as much as $1.7 million. Guitarist Malcolm Brickhouse, 13, bassist Alec Atkins, 13, and drummer

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had the opportunity to see Michael Bay’s horribly-titled “Pain and Gain” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Both movies are similar in a number of ways: Both were released in 2013;

LOS ANGELES, July 14 (UPI)–Andre “Christ Bearer” Johnson has explained why he cut off his own penis. The Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper, who performs with Meko the Pharaoh as duo Northstar, made headlines in April when he cut off his penis

Any political humorist would be itching to interview Hillary Clinton at this point. Not only is the former Secretary of State wrapping up a disastrous book tour, her repeated claims about being financially troubled is prime comic fodder. Just ask

There’s an old axiom that one should write about what one knows. By that logic, Alpha House, the Amazon Studios production that premiered late last year and returns for a second season in late October, should be about four Democrats

On July 16, comic character Archie Andrews, of Life With Archie, will die after being shot while protecting gay friend Kevin Keller. Keller is “Archie Comics’ first openly gay character.” According to the Associated Press, Keller is “a married military

Fred Thompson’s political career dates back to Watergate. Since, he has been a  U.S. Senator and presidential candidate. He now does triple duty in talk radio, as a columnist and as a respected character actor; a profession he’s enjoyed success

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Archie Andrews will die taking a bullet for his gay best friend. The famous freckle-faced comic book icon is meeting his demise in Wednesday’s installment of “Life with Archie” when he intervenes in an assassination attempt

Despite a stellar $73 million opening weekend for the very well-reviewed “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” the overall weekend was down 26% over last year. This translates to the full year of 2014 slipping further and further behind

America isn’t a one-weekend wonder. The new docudrama, from the team behind 2016: Obama’s America, earned an A+ rating from CinemaScore during its debut weekend July 4-6. Today, Box Office Mojo said the film enjoyed a “fantastic” second weekend. Dinesh D’Souza’s America

You can’t believe everything you read on social media, nor be outraged at the picture memes shared on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Case in point: a 20-plus year old picture of director Steven Spielberg posing with a mechanical triceratops

(AFP) US actor Tracy Morgan was released from a medical rehabilitation center Saturday after suffering multiple injuries last month, and is suing Walmart, whose truck rear-ended his stretch limousine. The crash on a New Jersey highway killed Morgan’s friend and

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say “Harry Potter” actor Dave Legeno has died from heatstroke in California’s Death Valley. He was 50. Legeno played the werewolf Fenrir Greyback in three “Harry Potter” films. The brawny British actor also appeared in

KISS star Gene Simmons says sports reporters hold morally upright athletes like Tim Tebow to a different standard that those who find trouble wherever they go. “It’s interesting to me that media often picks on the good guys and lets

On Friday, businessman Donald Trump slammed ABC’s The View for bringing back “crude” and “obnoxious” Rosie O’Donnell to co-host the program.  “Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb – other than that I like her very much!” Trump tweeted. Trump,

Late Friday, Box Office Mojo was pretty down on the chances “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” had for a $70 million debut. What a difference 12 hours makes. Thanks to lingering goodwill from 2011’s “Rise of the Planet

Drummer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving member of the four founding Ramones, died of cancer Friday at age 62 (some outlets place his age at 65). Born Thomas Erdelyi in 1952, in the band’s early formative years, Tommy also served

LOS ANGELES, July 11 (UPI)–Ridley Scott has another biblical epic in the works. The 76-year-old director plans to make a film about Old Testament hero David. Scott’s production company Scott Free will produce alongside Chernin Entertainment, and Jonathan Stokes has

If he’s not on the golf course during his downtime, President Obama is likely to befound either at a Democratic fundraiser or chatting up some celebrities, orsometimes both. And if hehas to sidestep the illegal-immigration crisis at the border to

LOS ANGELES, July 11 (UPI) — Sharon Stone says she is ready to date. The 56-year-old actress made the announcement Wednesday on Extra. Stone was previously married to Michael Greenburg and Phil Bronstein, and split from beau Martin Mica in

I’ve been in Hollywood for a very long time, and if you’ve been a moviegoer in the last 40 years chances are you’ve probably seen one of the movies I’ve produced like The Godfather or Apocalypse Now. So why was

I’ve spoken to a fair share of actors from outside the U.S. who applaud their country’s governments for footing part of the bill for their films. The British Film Institute, which wrote checks for the Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech