Big Hollywood

Venezuela’s Chavista government has always prided itself on having friends in Hollywood, most notably Sean Penn and Oliver Stone. That tide has begun to turn. After condemning Nicolás Maduro during the Oscars, actor Kevin Spacey wrote a post on his

Filmmakers Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney say they are making a TV movie about convicted baby killer and late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell because the media hasn’t done its job covering his horrific crimes. To illustrate their point, McAleer conducted his

Saturday night Mickey Rooney was very much on my mind. Sunday he died of natural causes at his home in Hollywood. Saturday night I was watching “The Set-Up” (1949), one of the great all-time boxing films. What knocked me out

Appearing on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, Orson Bean, the actor who is also Andrew Breitbart’s father-in-law, said that America’s culture could be a lot healthier if Hollywood were more capitalistic.  Bean, who guest-hosted the The Tonight Show over a

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A superstar in his

(AFP) Mickey Rooney, whose long Hollywood career began as a child star in the 1930s, has died at the age of 93, US media reports. Rooney had been ill for some time, US entertainment media reported. The celebrity website TMZ,

PITTSBURGH (AP) — John Pinette, the chubby stand-up comedian who portrayed a hapless carjacking victim in the final episode of “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 50. Pinette died of natural causes Saturday at a hotel in Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County

You may never have seen Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson hosting the Late Late Show on CBS. His brand of comedy is filled with in-jokes and the sort of quirkiness some say could disqualify him as a replacement for David Letterman.

(AP) There’s no question George Strait is the sure bet in the entertainer category of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, right? Not so fast, says Blake Shelton. Sure, the beloved star is on something of a

(AFP) Captain America: The Winter Soldier” conquered the North American box office in its debut weekend, becoming the top-earning movie so far this year, industry estimates showed on Sunday. The superhero saga from Disney’s Marvel Studios, starring Chris Evans and

The culture war isn’t something you can win. You can only fight. Even if there were specific victory conditions, they’d be fleeting, at best. The entertainment media, managed, staffed, and funded by the American left, has a stranglehold on the images we’re

NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern is just one of the names industry spectators are floating around as a possible replacement for David Letterman. At least for now though, the longtime radio personality says of the idea, “My plate is

Jay-Z makes a statement whenever he sits courtside, particularly when his wife Beyonce is by his side. On Tuesday, the rapper’s choice of bling may have spoken for him. Jay-Z sported a large circular pendant, a golden symbol of Five

A grandmother from Scotland is furious with actor James Franco after she caught him attempting to seduce her 17-year-old granddaughter over social media. Franco, 35, ran into the girl in New York after a Broadway show as seen in a

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin clobbered former President Bill Clinton in the ratings on Wednesday night.  Palin’s appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show helped the show lead Wednesday’s late-night ratings with a 3.0/7, which was followed by Bill Murray’s appearance on CBS’ Late Show with a 2.5/6.

During the online-only “Overtime” portion of Friday night’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the HBO host brought up the controversy surrounding Brendan Eich [pictured], the Mozilla CEO forced to resign over a 2008 contribution to California’s Proposition 8, the successful

NEW YORK (AP) — The 1970s rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” is being resurrected for a North American arena rock tour this summer, led by a former boy band member, an R&B siren and a punk icon. The musical written

CBS already may have chosen its successor to David Letterman, the veteran late night host who announced Thursday he’ll relinquish his comic throne next year. Stephen Colbert is not only on the tip of CBS executives’ tongues, but the Comedy Central liberal

President Barack Obama’s name isn’t mentioned during the new superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The president, and particularly his so-called errorist “kill list,” was still very much on the mind of co-director Joe Russo and his creative team.

Hollywood’s Running Out of High Concepts? — — This is the kind of “high-concept” that every wannabe screenwriter has come up with and then was never able to execute or was wise enough to cast aside as too stupid. With

Kevin and Sam Sorbo are throwing their support behind a documentary exposing what they call the “crime of the century,” one they say both Hollywood and the mainstream media gave too little attention. Kevin Sorbo, currently starring in the surprise

At 67 years of age, and long past his stale date, the Not-King of Late Night’s David Letterman announced Thursday that  he will retire sometime next year. Letterman told his audience last night he had always held the belief that,

On Fox News’ Hannity Thursday night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin expressed no sadness when asked her thoughts on David Letterman’s approaching retirement.  “It’s cool,” Palin said tersely. “Out with the old, in with the new.” In 2009, Letterman joked

If there is a theme that has run through Jon Stewart’s career it has been one of restricting and attacking the speech of others in an effort to silence them. This clip from Thursday in the wake of the Supreme

Gregg Hughes was perfectly happy with his existing health care plan. That plan is now a thing of the past thanks to ObamaCare, and Hughes has a pretty big microphone to blast the people responsible for the change. Hughes is