On July 27th and 28th, the New York Times published the following headline: “The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be dissolving far more rapidly than anyone expected.” In the story that followed the headline, readers were
Marvel creator Stan Lee helps kick off the 41st annual Comic-Con in San Diego which this year is expecting visits from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
A few years ago one of the most culturally significant cities in the United States ended up under water and millions of Americans rushed to her aid. A lot of conservatives and liberals joined church and civic groups and headed
Editor’s Note: After the publication of this piece we made an internal discovery that this interview was not a one-on-one interview between our writer and Quentin Tarantino, and that some of the questions attributed to “Big Hollywood” were asked by
I have been watching a lot of 40s movies lately. Being radically anti-celebrity, I was taken aback by how easily mesmerized I was by the movie stars of that period. After all, why wouldn’t any man (straight or gay) imitate
Director Rob Zombie’s biggest mistake in 2007’s remake of “Halloween” was in his desire to “explain” Michael Myers. Most of the narrative was spent building an unimaginative trailer trash mythology, which in turn drained off what made Myers so uniquely
Remember the children’s magazine, Highlights? Its motto is “fun with a purpose.” The motto for Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick, “Inglourious Basterds,” should be “violent with a purpose.” It’s 1944 in Nazi-occupied France. Joseph Goebbels’ (Sylvester Groth) latest film triumph starring
I should say right off the bat that I can’t just blame Brad Pitt. The plague of closed-mindedness permeates every corner of Hollywood… Brad Pitt just happens to be the one who’s most recently crystallized it so perfectly. Much like
Take a ruthless Nazi leader who can order the deaths of a Jewish family with the same dispassion with which he requests a glass of milk. Mix his story with that of a Jewish woman who flees the slaughter of
So for the second time in about as many weeks, I’m hearing from Brad Pitt on religion. First, there was the absurd, “Eighty percent agnostic, twenty percent atheist” comment, and now he jokes that he’s running on the “no religion”
Brad Pitt gained much notoriety for his environmentally friendly housing project in New Orlean’s Katrina-ravaged Lower 9th Ward. Recently, a budding grassroots movement has gained momentum to elect Pitt Mayor of the city. Earlier today, Mr. Pitt sat down with
Brad Pitt was recently asked by German magazine Bild if he believed in God. Pitt smiled and answered: “No, no, no!” Then, asked if his soul was spiritual, he once again said: “No, no, no!” Adding: “I’m probably “20 percent
Cannes fan Quentin Tarantino is going for a repeat win at the festival with the hotly awaited, strangely spelled “Inglourious Basterds”, starring Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger.
Who will wreak greater havok on the enemies of America, Sylvester Stallone or Quentin Tarantino? Each has written and is directing an action-laden ensemble piece about a group of misfits battling a foreign dictator. In Stallone’s case, he has an
With 1.3 billion people and the world’s second-largest economy, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) stands an insecure colossus: hyper-sensitive, moody, and quick to deploy diplomatic, economic or military muscle to silence critics of all stripes. Of all the forms
Also on part two of Friday’s show: What if Nancy Pelosi made movies with Brad Pitt?
Actor Brad Pitt spoke with the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Washington D.C. on Thursday to discuss the 45-year-old actor’s charity efforts in New Orleans.
DailyMail: Inglourious Basterds sees Pitt play Lt Aldo Raine, commander of a unit whose mission is to kill and dismember Germans during the Second World War. The film – inspired by 1978 Italian war movie The Inglorious Bastards – follows
Sydney Morning Herald: The six-month-old babies of star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had their first public encounter with the paparrazi at Tokyo’s Narita International Airporton Tuesday.
Benjamin Button??? You gotta be kidding me. I spent three days watching Benjamin Button one evening and if that’s not the emptiest, most meaningless piece of high gloss semi-entertainment produced last year than I don’t know my American Idol. I
There are few things more unappealing than the orgy of self-adulation one witnesses during a celebrity awards show. Yes, the Oscar nominations are here, and America simply can’t afford to stand idly by anymore. Not after the Academy of Motion
True to their nature, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, issued their decidedly stuffy list of nominees today, and Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount) led the way with 11 nominations apiece.
AP: Hollywood had a happy holiday with a huge Christmas weekend as movies from Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and Adam Sandler all opened strongly. Aniston and Wilson’s ‘Marley & Me’ debuted at No. 1.
Nearly two and a half hours pass before The Curious Case of Benjamin Button hits you with any real warmth or poignancy and that’s an awfully long row to hoe in order to finally feel the way the lush trailer
AP: Brad Pitt was by Angelina Jolie’s side at the New York premiere of her latest film ‘Changeling’ in which she plays a mother whose son has been kidnapped.
The Venice Film Festival kicks off with the arrival of George Clooney and Brad Pitt by water taxi on Wednesday. They star in the Coen Brothers’ latest comedy, ‘Burn After Reading.’
People Magazine battle with OK! Magazine for the rights to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s baby photos, but Ok! reportedly bowed out of the deal at $14 million.
It’s a new boy and a girl for the Brangelina clan. The doctor who delivered Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s twins Saturday night tells The AP, the mom, babies and Pitt are ‘doing marvelously well.’
‘American Idol’ — and just about everyone else in Hollywood — was in a very giving mood Sunday night in Los Angeles. ‘Idol Gives Back’ airs Wednesday on FOX and features a star-studded lineup from Brad Pitt to Bono. (April
George Clooney and Brad Pitt reenact the infamous Larry Craig bathroom scene in a video for Julia Roberts.