DHD dismisses this, but I don’t think they understand how tired many of us are of paying outrageous cable bills for television we don’t watch: Aereo[,] [t]he company, backed in part by Barry Diller, just announced that it will go live
30 OVERLOOKED FILMS FROM THE 2000S Some good choices, especially “The Assassination of Jesse James,” which I think is the best film of the aughts. Another gem is “American Psycho,” which, I swear, is the autobiography of a guy I
SOMETHING TO ADMIRE ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTON Houston was a true superstar. She had the pipes, looks, presence and poise — she had it all. And if you look at her evolution as an actress from “The Bodyguard” to “The Preacher’s
Things must be getting pretty desperate over at Oprah Winfrey’s fledgling OWN Network for the former talk show titan to tweet this out to her nine-million followers: —– OWN’s ratings have improved some over last year when it launched, but the network still
MORE CRYBABYING FROM GEORGE LUCAS: CLAIMS HAN NEVER SHOT FIRST Who you gunna believe? George Lucas or your lying eyes? Well, it’s not a religious event. I hate to tell people that. It’s a movie, just a movie. The controversy
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Austerity negotiators in Greece fail to meet another deadline Greece’s jobless rate rises to a fresh record high China faces mass protests by Tibetans Argentine outrage when Falklands newspaper calls president Cristina Kirchner a
‘BLADE RUNNER’ MAKERS AT ALCON SAY HARRISON FORD NOT IN TALKS TO STAR But the scuttlebutt sure got the project a lot of attention. Well done, Hollywood. Well done. AXL ROSE TURNS 50 TODAY Which means I’m like a hundred
Imagine the police ignoring evidence of a crime because the right person didn’t call 911. Welcome to the the latest episode of Wisconsin Recall Election Follies. Wisconsin’s Elections ‘Watchdogs’ The latest: [Madison, Wisc…] Citizens not affiliated with either the recall organizations or
A few weeks ago Big Hollywood posted “‘Watchmen’ Creator Joins Occupy Comics,” noting how Deadline.com reported on Alan Moore joined other comic creators in planning a series of comic books in support of the Occupy Wall Street insurgency. In response
This past weekend Occupy Wall Street protesters engaged in violent protest that led to the arrest of some 300 protesters, just as Adbusters now calls for protestors to descend upon Chicago this summer in the tradition of the 1968 riots.
The year 2000 was my first living full-time in Los Angeles, having arrived from Atlanta on December 30, 1999, Y2K hysteria be damned. I got a job working as a projectionist at a theatre while also working as a reader
In a move applauded in the Arab world, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has walked away from Jordanian-sponsored peace talks with Israel ahead of a deadline today to submit proposals on borders and security. The deadline had been established by
STEVEN SPIELBERG MIGHT PART RED SEA FOR WARNER BROS. Which Spielberg will show up to direct this one? If it’s the “Munich” Spielberg, the moral illiterate who sees an equivalency between Islamists who target the innocent and Israelis who target
Everything’s not coming up Rosie for the former Queen of Nice. Rosie O’Donnell’s new OWN talk show is still struggling to find its audience. So the minds at Oprah Winfrey’s nascent network decided to start the new year with a
Christians recoiled at the notion of a new ABC drama dubbed “Good Christian Bitches.” More of the same Christian bashing content from Hollywood, people of faith feared after hearing the proposed show. The offensive show title was merely the icing
Ben Stiller doesn’t have to work the boob tube circuit. The star of those “Focker” films as well as the “Night at the Museum” franchise is a pretty safe bet in box office circles. So why did he just sign
ZURICH (AP) – The war of words between Europe and private investors heated up Tuesday as talks to reduce Greece’s massive debt burden hit an impasse. While the finance ministers of the countries that use the euro as their currency
Labor union membership continues to be blind to the fact that the support of its “leadership” to President Obama and his political allies is coming at the cost of the members. Big Labor bosses and their political allies are happy
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Sunday that he will release his 2010 tax returns and 2011 estimates on Tuesday, acknowledging it was a mistake for his campaign not to have done so earlier. Stung by a
A certified new vote count from Iowa shows Republican Rick Santorum — and not his rival Mitt Romney — won the state’s crucial caucuses, but results from eight precincts are missing, a local newspaper reported Thursday. A final total shows
All of President Barack Obama’s desperate outreach to Hollywood may end up going for naught. Obama, who in recent days has sent out a wish list of celebrity surrogates he hopes will push his re-election campaign and assigned a special
(Reuters) – Solyndra LLC failed to attract any bids on Tuesday from buyers who could have restarted production, brought back some laid off staff and kept the bankrupt solar panel maker operating, according to a company adviser. Solyndra, which owes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Supporters of an unprecedented effort to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office said they will turn in more than enough signatures Tuesday to force the Republican into a recall election barely a year into his
DVD RELEASE DELAYS LEAVE RETAILERS UNFAZED This is why Hollywood hates the free market: Netflix appeared to shrug off the latest announcement from Warner Bros. Home Video that it will double the delay — to 56 days — between the
DHD: Economist and writer and humorist and actor Ben Stein has filed suit against Kyoscera Corp and advertising agency Seiter & Miller alleging that an agreement for him to appear in TV commercials was illegally breached because of his personal
