Big Hollywood

Stephen Colbert will soon be the first openly partisan comic with a late night show on network television. It’s just one reason why today’s news that the liberal host of The Colbert Report will take over for David Letterman on

Low-Rated Hyper-Partisan Lefty to Replace David Letterman Stephen Colbert is a divisive and rabid left-winger who is already on Late Night and regularly beaten by Adult Swim. Last week he averaged fewer little more than than a half-million demo viewers

The Daily News buried the lead in a big way Thursday with a scoop accusing Woody Allen of refusing to hire black actors hidden under a headline that fails to mention the bombshell. According to a Daily News source, the

After Mickey Rooney hit the big time at MGM, he was “embarrassed” by his father, burlesque comedian Joseph Yule, Sr., according to producer Ewing Miles “Lucky” Brown, an old friend of the Hollywood legend. Brown recently reminisced about his old

Lena Dunham feels a very strong connection to the gay community. So strong, in fact, that when she realized she was attracted to men it came as a “huge disappointment.” Dunham shared her views on her lesbian sister and sexual

BuzzFeed reports that on Wednesday morning television actor Alec Baldwin lashed out at Garrett Jackson, a former aide to Governor Mitt Romney, with a homophobic tweet that read, “You’re on your knees in that photo. What’s up with that Garrett?”

Conservatives aren’t the only ones upset that Kickstarter.com tried to censor critical material pertaining to a TV movie project about convicted baby killer Kermit Gosnell. Liberal pundit Kirsten Powers slammed Kickstarter for its actions in an op-ed posted at USA

John Wayne: The Epic Collection Set for May 20 Release John Wayne fans rejoice. On May 20, Warner Brothers releases a massive collection of 40 John Wayne films on DVD. The collection also includes a book listing his films and

Did you ever watch a lame network sitcom and say, “I could come up with something funnier than that.” NBC wants to hear from you. The Peacock Network’s latest programming strategy involves crowdsourcing ideas for new shows. NBC’s national campaign,

Country music has been very good to Collin Raye, and the chart topper returned the favor many times over with hits like Love, Me and My Kind of Girl. Perhaps that’s why Raye dedicates part of his new autobiography A Voice

Ellen DeGeneres didn’t earn a plug nickel for taking that now famous selfie with the stars sitting in the front rows on Oscar night. That hardly means the Samsung-approved Oscar selfie lacked value. In fact, one media expert attached to

Like Winston Churchill before him, former President George W. Bush has picked up a paintbrush and become an artist of leisure. Churchill said of retirement, “Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being

Jon Stewart likely uttered a big sigh of relief this week–President George W. Bush is back in the headlines. The ex-president’s art work is making the news rounds, which allowed Stewart to haul out his trunk full of Bush slams

(AFP) Italy’s Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino plans to make a debut television series entitled “The Young Pope” about Lenny Belardo–a fictional first-ever Italian American pontiff, an Italian daily reported on Tuesday. The name of the actor who will play the

Going to the movies this summer? Chances are outstanding that you’ll see a film directed by a white male. A new study conducted by TheWrap.com shows a stunning lack of diversity from an industry which collectively speaks with a loud,

TCM Memorial Tribute to The Mighty Mickey Rooney Airs Sunday — — Sunday, April 13, Turner Classic Movies will pay tribute to Mickey Rooney with an all-day marathon of 13 films. Set your DVRs. The only one I have never

The American public continues to sour on President Barack Obama’s signature health care overhaul, one littered with premium hikes, policy cancellations, delays and outright fabrications. Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad fame thinks ObamaCare is the highlight of the president’s legacy.

Andy Garcia wants his work, not some phony Facebook page, to speak on his behalf. The versatile actor/producer has closed down several Facebook pages filled with political quotes incorrectly attributed to him. “People think a lot about me politically, and

For new writers in Hollywood, nothing has been more upsetting than surviving the past six years with a fractured industry. Now, with the writer’s spec market returning, things are finally looking up. Ask any development studio executive in Hollywood, and

Actor Rob Lowe of Brat Pack fame doesn’t want to restrict himself to any one political party. Yet he has no qualms describing the role government should have in our lives. Lowe opened up about his Brat Pack days, the

Howard Stern has made no secret of his affection for Greg Gutfeld. Stern proclaimed Gutfeld’s The Five to be his favorite show earlier this year. Now, the self-proclaimed King of All Media is going a step further with his praise

Yahoo/Microsoft  Enter Streaming TV Biz Everybody knows television as we know it is as dead, and this includes evil bundled cable television. Time for smart players to get in on the ground floor of Streaming while there still is one.

Other than being far and away the best film yet to come out of the ho-hum Marvel Universe, “Captain America: Winter Soldier” is a blatant $175 million “screw you” to Barack Obama’s surveillance state, and especially the President’s dishonesty and

LONDON (AP) — Peaches Geldof, the wild-child daughter of concert organizer Bob Geldof who worked as a model, a television presenter and a fashion writer and who filled the pages of British tabloids with her late-night antics, has died at