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Watch PSA:  Silent Celebrities Wait For Action Against Ebola

Watch PSA: Silent Celebrities Wait For Action Against Ebola

U2 front man Bono, in collaboration with the One Campaign, has just released a new public service announcement about the international struggle to fight the Ebola epidemic, which also features Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.  The PSA, which contains nearly

True Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize

True Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners were announced to the world, and for once they got it right. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, hailing from Pakistan and India respectively, were the very deserving winners for 2014.  Malala, who is the

Bill Maher Really is Bigoted…Against Conservatives

The most offensive thing in Bill Maher’s public debate with Ben Affleck wasn’t his characterization of radical Islam, which attempted to stick to facts, it was his assumption that liberals and only liberals should be able to offer facts in

Box Office Blues: Worst Weekend Tix Sales in 13 Years

Box Office Blues: Worst Weekend Tix Sales in 13 Years

Box office observers probably thought things couldn’t get worse than the recently wrapped summer movie season. They were wrong. The weekend’s box office results are in, and the numbers were bad even by the most modest of expectations. The weekend

Robin Williams, Sports Fan, RIP

Robin Williams, Sports Fan, RIP

The tragic death of Robin Williams transcended the worlds of comedy, films, and television. Williams, who lived in northern California, was a rabid San Francisco Giants fan, so much so that he gave an impassioned address to Giants fans before

Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Why Gross-Out Comedies Reign: Rise of Cable TV, Collapse of DVD Sales In an otherwise terrific write-up about the rise of cut-rate, R-rated gross-out comedies, The Wrap fails to point to the risks (which I’ll get to) of relying on

In praise of the Batsuit

In response to Photo: Ben Affleck as Batman: That’s a pretty good photo, nicely timed to generate a bit of social media excitement.  It’s funny how the big blockbuster productions work to keep anticipation simmering for years, especially when they’re

Photo: Ben Affleck as Batman

I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ — ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014 – Everyone knows Ben Affleck has the physique and square jawedness to make the Batman suit work. Question is, does Affleck

The Action Hero Championship Belt

This is a wonderful Friday read from Grantland’s Bill Simmons. You will find plenty to quibble with but a good and knowledgeable writer with an enthusiastic love of his subject is always a joy. My main beef is Simmons’ claim

Girls Will Be Bossy – Whatever Beyonce Says

Girls Will Be Bossy – Whatever Beyonce Says

What do you call a pop diva whose demands (allegedly) include the following when she’s on tour? All crew members have to wear 100% cotton. Alkaline water must be chilled to 21 degrees and served with $900 titanium straws. Bathrooms

Boston Bruins Badboy Enjoys Hollywood Ending

Boston Bruins Badboy Enjoys Hollywood Ending

DerekSanderson was made in Canada. The biopic on his life will be too. Bruinsdevotees of this most improper Bostonian are none too pleased with theannouncement. The filmmakers weren’t keen on Beantown location costs. “Bostonwas too expensive for this independent production,”

Washington Swoons for Ben Affleck

Washington Swoons for Ben Affleck

Washington lined up to genuflect before Ben Affleck, the director of The Town, Argo, and the star of Gigli, while he testified before Congress about the troubles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Washington pols swooned before him, including Sen.