Big Hollywood

Voters in California’s 33rd congressional district head will decide Tuesday which of an enormous field of 18 contenders will succeed retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) after 40 years in the House. Poll data is scarce, but all signs point to

The old saying goes that when you’re explaining, you’re losing, but Hornaday — the anti-science Washington Post film critic who blamed white male Hollywood for Elliot Rodger’s deadly and tragic weekend rampage — is now saying that the “quality” of

A young American’s bachelor party got the unexpected gift of sage advice from a last-minute guest: deadpan comic actor Bill Murray. Murray, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina, was dining with friends in the city over the weekend when a

The greater LA community got punk’d. A series of billboards promoting the Society for the Prevention of Celebrity Divorce is nothing of the kind. It’s actually part of a WE tv viral ad campaign pushing a new reality series. The show

(AFP) A young American’s bachelor party got the unexpected gift of sage advice from a last-minute guest: deadpan comic actor Bill Murray. Murray, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina, was dining with friends in the city over the weekend when

Thanks to a longtime public domain status, it is hard to know if you are purchasing a top-notch copy of director Andrew McLaglen’s “McLintock,” the 1963 Western comedy that reunites John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara for the 4th of the

PALM BEACH, Fla., May 27 (UPI)–A ranch once owned by actor Burt Reynolds is being converted into a housing development. The 78-year-old star has a long history of financial difficulties, and declared bankruptcy in 1996. He sold the 150-acre ranch

Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the smash reality show Duck Dynasty, will speak at this week’s Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. Robertson came under media fire last year for expressing his views on sin and homosexuality. The show’s network, A&E,

Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen got to spend a day in Sarah Palin’s shoes over the holiday weekend. The prolific comedy producer and his frequent collaborator were going about their business when The Washington Post’s Ann Hornaday singled them out

Comedian Sarah Silverman is one of the most pro-choice voices in Hollywood, and on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher show she may have revealed why. The shock comic brought up her recent abortion fundraiser in Texas, and in doing

Apatow, Rogen Blast WaPo Film Critic for Blaming Santa Barbara Rampage On Their Movies Lawdalmighty, what was Ann Hornaday thinking with this anti-science tripe that attempts to blame Seth Rogen’s “Neighbors” and Judd Apatow films for the actions of 22

BANGKOK (AP) — Taylor Swift has canceled a sold-out concert in Thailand, which came under military rule last week after a coup d’etat. Concert promoter BEC-Tero announced Tuesday on its website that the concert was canceled “due to recent events

From Showbiz411: Peter Rodger isn’t just the second assistant director on “The Hunger Games.” He is also a photographer. His specialty? Women’s backsides. Arses, as it were. (He’s British.) Sexy? Oh yes. And strange considering Elliot’s frightening declaration to “slaughter”

Transgender activists and LGBT advocacy groups have turned against drag icon RuPaul for his use of words like “shemale” and “tranny” on his program RuPaul’s Drag Race. In an interview with Marc Maron, RuPaul dismissed the criticism as a product of

NEW YORK, May 26 (UPI) — Matthew Cowles’ manager announced via Twitter the television actor and husband of actress Christine Baranski has died. He was 69. The cause of his May 22 death was not disclosed. Cowles is best known

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It’s graduation day for movie star Emma Watson. The British actress best known as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” movies was among 2,000 graduates receiving degrees Sunday from Brown University. She tweeted a photo of

CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes doesn’t in any way resemble the site of roiling class conflict. It’s a French Riviera playground for the 1 percent, a sun-dappled land of velvet ropes. Yet at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which came

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A team of mutants overpowered one massive mutant monster at the box office during the Memorial Day holiday. Fox-Marvel’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” debuted with $91 million beating last weekend’s No. 1 hit, the Warner

Anton Sattler isn’t your typical Hollywood player.  The University of Pittsburgh graduate joined the Marines after college, and it was there where he was taught the discipline needed to make films in a tough environment. He also learned of a

Singer Toni Braxton had an abortion in 2001, a decision she does not diminish in her new memoir Unbreak My Heart. In fact, the 46-year-old singer says she once thought God punished her for her actions by giving her son,

(AFP) Britain’s Timothy Spall on Saturday claimed the best actor prize at Cannes, nearly 20 years after he had to miss the festival because he was diagnosed with cancer. Spall described himself as “like a bewildered 16-year-old” after scooping the

Julianne Moore won the best actress prize at the 67th Cannes Film Festival Saturday for her role as a shallow starlet in Canadian director David Cronenberg’s biting Hollywood satire “Maps to the Stars”. In the film, the 53-year-old redhead plays

LOS ANGELES, May 23 (UPI) — Edgar Wright has left the big screen adaptation of Ant-Man. The 40-year-old Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director released a joint statement with Marvel Studios on Friday. “The studio and director have parted ways

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West wed on Saturday evening in a Renaissance fortress in Florence, the TV network that carries “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” confirmed. The city’s mayor’s office had said a

CANNES, France (AP) — The richly ruminative Chekhovian drama “Winter Sleep” was awarded the Palme d’Or on Saturday, the second Turkish film to take the Cannes Film Festival’s top honor. Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan accepted Cannes’ top honor, handed out