(AP) ‘Expendables 2’ brawls to No. 1 with $28.8MBy DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESSylvester Stallone and his beefy buddies have muscled their way to the top of the weekend box office. Stallone’s action hero roundup “The Expendables 2” debuted at
As I’ve written in other posts for Breitbart, one of the tactics of stealth jihad is to use the U.S. court system to sue U.S. businesses, religious facilities, civic groups, and intelligence agencies into submission. We’ve seen this when building
The Hollywood Reporter: Robert Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Co., didn’t take the bait on Tuesday when he was given the opportunity to get politically partisan, though he did make an appeal for a lower corporate tax rate….
(AP) LOS ANGELES – Joss Whedon has been hired on again as boss of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and their superhero pals for a sequel to “The Avengers.” The news came Tuesday from Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer
By MANUEL VALDESAssociated PressSEATTLEGyasi Ross grew up decades after the “Lone Ranger” aired on TV, but his friends would still call him “Tonto” when they teased him. The making of a new “Lone Ranger” Disney movie, and the announcement that
Several major film studios announced they would not report ticket sale grosses over the weekend in light of the Aurora, CO shooting spree at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” according to the Associated Press. Sony, Fox, Disney, Universal
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Hank Williams, Jr. is a country singer, record executive and political pundit, and he wears all those hats on his new CD, “Old School, New Rules”. He picks up on politics where he left off last year
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane has a monster hit on his hands with “Ted,” which he both wrote and directed. After only two weekends, the raunchy R-rated comedy will haul in $122 million, which puts it $18 million ahead of where “The Hangover” landed
Discourse is something that is always changing, but not necessarily evolving. I think of television footage I’ve seen of one of my heroes, William F. Buckley, engaging in discussions with people from the other side of the aisle like Saul Alinsky, Huey
(AP) Commerce secretary Bryson taking leave of absenceBy KEN THOMAS and RAQUEL DILLONAssociated PressWASHINGTONCommerce Secretary John Bryson is taking a medical leave of absence to undergo tests after suffering a seizure connected to two traffic accidents in the Los Angeles
According to the Centers for Disease Control, childhood obesity has “more than tripled in the past 30 years.” Today, nearly 20% of kids age 6-11 and 18% of aged 12-19 are obese. Not overweight, obese. According to Web MD, the
In my initial review of Disney’s “John Carter,” I said it suffered from the “‘Dune’ Syndrome,” in that it’s a film that may have a tough time penetrating an audience outside the one built-in, which was quite small for this
If only Hollywood were as outraged by things that truly cause real human misery: loveless sex, all-about-me narcissism, chasing celebrity, Islamic terrorists, and the Harry Potter film franchise. Anyway, isn’t the child obesity problem (if there really is such a thing) really
There is no question “American Idol” is a cash cow for Hollywood’s Top 1% — the producers and the network who are making gajillions off the show, the CDs, and the merchandising. Not to mention “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest and the
(AP) ‘Idol’ moves toward lower payouts for runners-upANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESComing in second on “American Idol” may still be a path to superstardom, but it no longer offers guaranteed paychecks worthy of the next pop idol or rock star.
“The Secret World of Arrietty,” the latest film from Studio Ghibli, comes from the tradition of films like “The Secret of NIMH” and “Ratatouille” in which small creatures survive in a big world, taking what they can from humans without being
By MATT MOOREAssociated PressPHILADELPHIAWedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics’ first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend. The New York-based publisher said Tuesday that Canadian character Jean-Paul Beaubier will marry his beau, Kyle Jinadu,
(AP) LOS ANGELES – “The Avengers” continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival “Battleship” and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney’s superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third-straight weekend and
Media Matters’ boycott of Rush Limbaugh worked so well that today the radio personality was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. … Rush Limbaugh — or rather, a bronze bust of the conservative radio host — will be inducted
(AP) ‘Avengers’ add $103.2M in sprint to $1 billion LOS ANGELES The superhero blockbuster took in $103.2 million to lead for a second-straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $373.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. With $95.4 million more
DHD: Yes, the biggest North American movie is getting still bigger and still setting records. Playing very wide in 4,349 theaters, The Avengers looks like around $28M for Friday and approaches a gargantuan $100M second weekend. This will be far-and-away
(AP) By HILLEL ITALIEAP National WriterNEW YORKMaurice Sendak didn’t think of himself as a children’s author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. Sendak, who died early Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., at age 83, four days after suffering
By TRAVIS LOLLERAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” has died. He was 83. A press release from Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died
It’s a good thing Samuel L. Jackson’s righteous speech from “Pulp Fiction” is too long to fit in a Tweet. Jackson got good and grumpy yesterday after reading The New York Times’ review of “The Avengers.” Critic A.O. Scott gave
1. THE 92-YEAR-OLD, WAR HERO FACE OF MOVIE PIRACY One of the world’s most prolific bootleggers of Hollywood DVDs loves his morning farina. He has spent eight years churning out hundreds of thousands of copies of “The Hangover,” “Gran Torino”
