The Rev. Al Sharpton ripped Hollywood after the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, with black actors completely shut out of each of the four top acting categories for a second straight year.
Actress Demi Moore is asking for privacy after a 21-year-old man was found dead in the bottom of her Beverly Hills swimming pool over the weekend.
It is not surprising that hackers broke into the UCLA’s health system to try to gain access to some of the 4.5 million patients’ records, given the sheer scale of personal health data that has been compromised. But what is shocking is that those records were never protected with a basic encryption, and lost laptops were not required to be reported. Although UCLA said there was no evidence at this time that any patient files were taken, the investigation is ongoing.
It’s not enough to be at the conservative conferences (and I say that as the former director of CPAC). I’m not talking about setting up shop at a Comic-Con with a bunch of [Candidate Name] 2016 buttons and GOP tchotchkes. I’m talking about letting them know we’re willing to engage.
Selma director Ava DuVernay offered some guidance for those trying to break into the Hollywood entertainment industry while speaking in New York this week: “Follow the white guys. Truly. They’ve got this thing wired.”
Some residents of View Park’s predominantly African-American community fear an effort to designate the neighborhood, known by many as the “Black Beverly Hills,” as part of the National Register of Historic Places is really a masked gentrification ploy to push them out in favor of a more affluent, white population.
A decade-old deposition given by Bill Cosby reveals that the comedian was confident in his ability to seduce women and admitted to paying “hush money” to at least one woman in exchange for her not going public with sexual abuse allegations.
A measure mandating condom use on all adult film sets in California will appear on the 2016 ballot after organizers gathered the required number of signatures last week.
The bizarre Bruce-to-Caitlyn Jenner saga that started as a distraction in the aftermath of Jenner’s involvement in a fatal car crash (see photo and story from TMZ here) only resulted in Jenner’s controversial ESPY Award because of a deal made behind the scenes among two companies owned by Disney, according to RadarOnLine.com.
Gawker Media is coming under some well-deserved fire this week for an appalling failure of judgment and basic ethical standards. Despite the site’s professed commitment to social justice, it cruelly outed a private citizen, becoming party to a gay extortion racket in the process, for no reason other than its own vile amusement.
In June, a small group of nuns embroiled in a real estate dispute with the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles vowed to fight the sale of their Los Feliz former convent to pop star Katy Parry. Friday, the ladies took the case to the courts.
Creators of the Star Wars franchise want the world to know they did not give comedian Amy Schumer permission to feature its characters in her GQ magazine spread.
An assistant director who has worked on several high-profile Hollywood blockbusters was arrested earlier this year and charged with filming two women who were changing in an on-set dressing room.
Alternative rock band 3 Doors Down was playing a packed show in Broomfield, CO, this week, when frontman Brad Arnold abruptly stopped the show after he witnessed a man allegedly hit a woman.
Pitbull had some words of warning for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday night: “Watch out for El Chapo!”
Hip-hop fans are petitioning the state of Georgia to add OutKast rappers Big Boi and André 3000 to the Stone Mountain monument of Confederate leaders.
Pop star Ariana Grande opened her cross-country Honeymoon tour Thursday night in Tampa, Florida, and took a moment during her performance to bolster her apology over an incident at a California doughnut shop earlier this month.
From my count, “Ant-Man” is now the 12th entry in the ongoing Marvel Universe franchise that began with 2008’s “Iron Man,” and after the pounding CGI-fury that was “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the story of the biggest little hero in
Men’s underwear, alcohol, Mexican wrestling and hip-hop don’t mix. Just ask Marc Sprung, the owner of the New York City gym Church Street Boxing.
When Jon Stewart announced his retirement earlier this year, he was praised by Obama’s senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer as a person who changed news for a new generation. “Jon Stewart conducted some of the toughest and most insightful interviews of the president,” Pfeiffer said.
World of Warcraft has announced a new player vs. player (PvP) mode that will allow gamers to battle as a member of the opposing Horde or Alliance factions in Ashran or Battlegrounds.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has decided to shorten its name to Jr. Jr.—not that Dale Earnhardt Jr., the driver, had anything to do with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the band, altering its moniker.
Like every overrated Judd Apatow comedy, “Trainwreck” is overlong, uneven, indulgent, loaded with countless unnecessary scenes, and filled with sleazy sexual situations so uncomfortable you just want them to end. There are also a few hearty laughs mixed with real
While Sony and Microsoft debuted their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles in China within the past year, only 9 million out of China’s 515 million gamers use a console. Due to content censorship, prices, and pirating, Sony and Microsoft are expected to sell less than 550,000 consoles, combined, this year, with online PC and mobile games expected to haul in $16.8 and 4 billion, respectively.
After his critically acclaimed drama Empire was snubbed by the Emmys, producer/director Lee Daniels went off on the Television Academy Thursday.
Atlanta rapper Young Thug was arrested Wednesday on felony charges of making terroristic threats after he allegedly threatened to shoot a local mall security guard in the face.
