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Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

‘Colbert Report’: Leftist Comic to Replace Leftist Comic Leaving to Replace Leftist Comic The cultural and political conformity at Comedy Central and CBS lives on now that the rotation is complete. Left-wing Stephen Colbert is leaving Comedy Central to replace

Fistfighting Teamsters Receive Sternly-Worded Memo

Fistfighting Teamsters Receive Sternly-Worded Memo

In the real world, where decency and accountability mean something, you will find yourself fired for a lot less than physically assaulting a co-worker. In the dual-Bizarro world of Hollywood and unions, no one is fired over a rash of

Hollywood Yuks It Up with Obama at Holocaust Gala

Hollywood Yuks It Up with Obama at Holocaust Gala

Part of President Barack Obama’s current LA fundraising tour found him accepting an award Wednesday from a Holocaust organization founded by Steven Spielberg. The event stuck plenty of appropriately somber notes, but the gala kicked off with a jokes a-plenty

Liberal Law Prof Compares Obama to Nixon

Liberal Law Prof Compares Obama to Nixon

It came as no surprise that conservative and libertarian lawyers sharply criticized the president in Washington Wednesday at the Federalist Society‘s annual Executive Branch Review Conference. Yet even liberal constitutional lawyers were split over President Barack Obama, and would-be defenders offered

Obama to Make 14th Fundraising Trip to L.A. Tonight

Obama to Make 14th Fundraising Trip to L.A. Tonight

President Barack Obama is back in California to snarl traffic and collect even more Hollywood money. The president will kick off a series of Golden State fundraisers tonight, the 14th such trip since he took office in 2009, according to

Gerry Adams Released, Charges Unlikely

Gerry Adams Released, Charges Unlikely

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has been released following 4 days of detention at the hands of the Police Service of Northern Ireland following his arrest in connection with the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. Adams’s colleagues and supporters were

Box Office: 'Spider-Man' Rules, 'Heaven' Holds On

Box Office: 'Spider-Man' Rules, 'Heaven' Holds On

Having already cleaned up overseas, there was no question “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” would clean up here in North America on its debut weekend. As Deadline reports, though, the ridiculously expensive sequel ($225 million) that cost nearly as much to

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

People Are Mad I Said Chelsea Handler Looks ‘Used Up’ A few commenters slammed me in yesterday’s Top 5 for my observation that E!’s Chelsea Handler looks a “little used up.” I was actually trying to be nice. She really

Syria Still in Possession of Chemical Weapons

Syria Still in Possession of Chemical Weapons

On April 27, envoy Sigrid Kaag said Syria is still in possession of “7.5 percent of its 1,300-ton stockpile” of chemical weapons. Kaag is serving as envoy for “the multinational mission to get rid of the weapons.” The mission is

'Chicagoland': Ratings Collapse for CNN's Pro-Rahm Emanuel Doc

'Chicagoland': Ratings Collapse for CNN's Pro-Rahm Emanuel Doc

Deadline reports that CNN’s “Chicagoland” got killed in the ratings. Despite an appearance from First Lady Michelle Obama, the finale of the eight part series collapsed to a new low for CNN’s pro-Rahm Emanuel documentary. “Chicagoland” managed to grab only

Obamacare's Backend Still Missing, Deadline Uncertain

Obamacare's Backend Still Missing, Deadline Uncertain

Healthcare.gov was supposed to do more than just sign people up for insurance. It was also supposed to manage subsidy payments to insurers on the back-end of the site. But with the first enrollment period closed, that part of the

CA Obamacare Director: Improving Health Care Literacy Top Task

CA Obamacare Director: Improving Health Care Literacy Top Task

Covered California Director Peter Lee said on Thursday that improving health care literacy remains the state’s top task. Lee, a vocal cheerleader for his state’s Obamacare exchange, claims 3.3 million Californians have enrolled and that the program is “relatively succeeding.” 

Box Office: 'Other Woman' Tops, 'Heaven' Holds

Box Office: 'Other Woman' Tops, 'Heaven' Holds

Deadline reports that “The Other Woman,” a PG-13 revenge-against-men comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton’s body topped the box office with a $25.4 million debut. Knocked out of the top spot after three weeks was “Captain America:

The Curious Timing Of The Pending Michael Grimm Indictment

In what some are sure to view as a politically motivated prosecution, Obama’s Justice Department waited until just after a critical race deadline to announce the impending indictment of Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) The timing of the expected Grimm indictment also

Fox Preps Drama Covering Jesus' Early Years

Fox Preps Drama Covering Jesus' Early Years

More faith-based projects are coming to screens large and small. We’ve already seen God’s Not Dead, Noah, Son of God and Heaven Is for Real in theaters this year, and now Fox is prepping a television series focusing on the

Californians Moving Away from Both Major Political Parties

Californians Moving Away from Both Major Political Parties

Newly released voter registration data for California shows that the percentage of the population registering as either Republican or Democrat has dropped since the last gubernatorial election in 2010. The data published Tuesday by Secretary of State Debra Bowen shows a