Big Hollywood

Gordon Willis Never Won a Competitive Oscar Gordon Willis, a cinematographer who changed the game completely and defined the look of film in the 1970’s, died Sunday night. Willis was such a talent that even without knowing his name and

A group of Hollywood environmentalists are defending their intentions to create an anti-fracking film funded by oil interests in the Middle East after unwittingly participating in a James O’Keefe’s latest sting. In the video, O’Keefe’s undercover journalist plays a character

Undercover journalist James O’Keefe released his latest video featuring a sting operation to expose Hollywood environmentalists. The video features an undercover journalist from Project Veritas posing as “Muhammad,” a member of a Middle Eastern oil family, offering $9 million in

LOS ANGELES, May 20 (UPI) — Pat Sajak is unhappy with… someone. The 67-year-old Wheel of Fortune host tweeted a strange accusation Monday night that declares global warming activists are “unpatriotic racists.” I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic

Russell Crowe understands the desire to punish the Sultan of Brunei for enacting Sharia Law policies that treat gay citizens in horrific fashion. The Noah star still can’t back the movement to boycott some of the Sultan’s properties, including tony

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is going to let someone else trash the Koch brothers for a change. The Nevada Democrat and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will join far-left filmmaker Robert Greenwald in D.C. today to screen clips from

CANNES, France (AP) — Ryan Gosling debuted as a film director at the Cannes Film Festival with a stylish, theatrical fable that critics quickly slammed. The first screening of Gosling’s “Lost River” played Tuesday for one of the festival’s most

Rapper Macklemore, reeling from accusations his recent choice of stage costume smacked of anti-Semitism, took to his blog Monday to defend his actions. Everyone from comic actor Seth Rogen to the liberal-leaning Daily Beast savaged Macklemore for his stunt. The

Actor Channing Tatum may want to walk back his latest interview, or at least be the designated driver for a spell. Tatum, the star of Magic Mike and the upcoming 22 Jump Street, told an interviewer he considers himself a

Dinesh D’Souza’s plea deal on charges he broke campaign finance laws to help Republican Wendy Long’s 2012 U.S. Senate run reduces potential jail time and will keep his next film project on schedule. That doesn’t diminish the fact that the

Michael Jace played a cop on the critically hailed FX series The Shield. Now, the 51-year-old actor has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife in their LA home. Jace called 911 Monday night and told police he has shot

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a campaign finance law violation, averting a trial that had been expected to begin the same day in Manhattan federal court. D’Souza, known for

The Expendables, those aging but still deadly warriors at the heart of that he-man franchise, get things done with brawn and bullets. The franchise’s cast gathered on a Cannes red carpet over the weekend armed with signs, not AK-47s. Yes,

The worst thing about Macklemore’s antisemitic performance in Seattle last Friday is not that he dressed up as a hook-nosed, black-bearded Jewish caricature (in a non-ironic fashion). Nor is it that he performed his song “Thrift Shop,” driving home the

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who died 20 years ago today at the age of 64, was a heavy smoker. It was a closely guarded secret. Image mattered most. Always image! A hundred years ago this June, her mother-in-law Rose Kennedy became

LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI)–A Godzilla sequel is reportedly in the works at Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. The remake stomped into theaters over the weekend to a $93 million domestic opening and $103 million overseas. Deadline reports a sequel

Popular culture is in love with Edward Snowden. Not only has Sony secure the film rights to the whistleblower’s story, we’ll soon see Snowden on the pages of a comic book. The comic book biography Beyond: Edward Snowden hits book stores May

Miley Cyrus knows she can boost record sales by taking off her clothes and simulating sex acts on stage. The singer revealed something else recently, that the reasons why she attempts such outlandish behavior might be more than career pragmatism.

The CBS reality competition The Amazing Race is known for both human interest stories as well as athletic feats. The show’s latest winners, Mormon participants Dave and Connor O’Leary, epitomized both in ways that will be hard to top in

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton will get a chance to play his saxophone when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honors him with its Founder’s Award. The Monk Institute announced Monday that Clinton will receive the award

Rapper Macklemore basked in industry love when he sang his pro-gay marriage anthem Same Love at the Grammy Awards earlier this year. Now, he’s being questioned by stars and strangers alike after appearing in a stage costume that struck some

(AFP) Iranian actress Leila Hatami on Sunday angered authorities in Tehran by kissing the Cannes film festival’s president on the cheek, an act seen as affront to the “chastity” of the Islamic republic’s women. A photograph carried by Iranian media

DALLAS (AP) — AT&T Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against

WEST MONROE, La., May 18 (UPI) — Duck Dynasty’s Si Robertson released a six-track country EP titled Me and My Smoking Hot Honey on iTunes. The album features a duet with country singer Kix Brooks, formerly of Brooks and Dunn,

CANNES, France, May 18 (UPI) — Actress Salma Hayek got a little political Saturday on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, holding up a sign in support of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls. The schoolgirls were abducted