The Los Angeles Times reports that on March 17th, the relatively new Perry Rubinstein Gallery in Hollywood filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, leaving a slew of upset creditors and unresolved lawsuits in its wake. According to papers filed in California
With Wall Street concerned that Disney’s sports network goliath, ESPN, may be negatively impacted from increasing operating costs and competition from Fox Sports 1, Disney CEO Bob Igor unleashed a barrage of upbeat statements about it during Thursday’s investor meeting
In its second weekend, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is in a fight for the top spot with new release “Rio 2.” Both sequels are circling $40 million-plus weekends. No surprise there. But proving you can only fool people for
Box Office: “Noah” Slowing Fast Though its budget was much larger than “Noah’s”, Russell Crowe’s “Robin Hood” is considered a flop after grossing only $105 million in North America. Currently “Noah” is pacing a little ahead of where “Robin Hood” was
It seems as if the embattled and discredited blog Saintpetersblog, or SaintPravdablog, as it’s known, has some more credibility to contend with. SaintPravdablog was recently accused as being a pay-to-pay blog, as well as embarrassing itself by reporting that former
A religious sister from the highly respected Nashville Dominicans has come under attack from liberal Catholic parents and students who objected to her lecture on same-sex attraction and divorce at a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Charlotte, North
It is likely that Geoff McGrath wants to test the Boy Scout rule that openly gay adults are not allowed as voluntary leaders in the Scouts. After all, why would he agree to appear on an NBC News program about
Ben Sherwood, the current president of ABC News who sits on the advisory board of the George Soros-backed Center for Public Integrity, will take over as president of Disney/ABC television in February of 2015. Sherwood will replace Anne Sweeney, who
The industry is stunned by the disappointing opening weekend for “Muppets Most Wanted,” but this is the price any franchise is destined to pay after tainting itself with divisive, partisan political positions. Under the guidance of creator Jim Henson
The Walt Disney Company is one of the most profitable media conglomerates in the world, but last year the Mouse House slipped to third place in earnings. The top earning media corporation in 2013 was Liberty Media, best known for
On Sunday, the city of New York marked St. Patrick’s Day with its historic parade – but this year, Mayor Bill De Blasio was missing. The reason: parade organizers have banned political messages, including pro-homosexuality messages. The same situation unfolded
(AFP) Animated children’s film “Mr Peabody & Sherman” took top spot at the North American box office this weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. The critically acclaimed Fox movie, based on characters from the 1960s television cartoon “Rocky and Bullwinkle” follows
1. Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Is Not Homosexual Propaganda As I mentioned in this column yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Beast have both used an obscure pastor and blog post to trash conservatives in general, and religious Christians specifically, as gay-panicked
As I mentioned in my daily column yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Beast have both used an obscure pastor and blog post to trash conservatives in general, and religious Christians specifically, as gay-panicked over Disney’s animated hit “Frozen,” which
Idina Menzel appeared on Monday’s “The Tonight Show” on NBC to perform “Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen,” which had won a Oscar on Sunday…
(AFP) Liam Neeson soared to the top of the North American box office with his plane thriller “Non-Stop,” raking in $30 million on Oscars weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. Neeson pipped another new entry, “Son of God,” into second, according
(AFP) Sci-fi flop “After Earth” starring Will Smith and son Jaden earned three Golden Raspberries on Saturday at the annual Razzie worst-of film awards, Hollywood’s hall of shame. A day before the Oscars, spoof comedy compilation “Movie 43” won worst
‘Groundhog Day’ Should’ve Won Harold Ramis a Screenplay Oscar When you are knocking around Hollywood hoping to become a screenwriter, you always ask the studios what they are looking for, and more than one development executive told me, “Something like
Gustavo Dudamel, the charismatic and popular young conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, is being targeted by protests in his native Venezuela and in the United States for his silence about the abuses of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Dudamel
It has been a long year for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and it’s only February. After a week of snow panic followed by daunting reports of rock salt shortages in his state, Christie fled New Jersey with his family
(AFP) “The Lego Movie” notched a second straight week atop the North American box office, earning nearly $49 million this weekend, industry estimates showed on Sunday. Box office dominance is proving to be child’s play for the Warner Brothers movie,
Parents are storming the New York City Department of Education’s Facebook page and using any public medium to let Mayor Bill de Blasio know they are not happy with his decision to keep schools open during a snowstorm so powerful
After House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced Tuesday that the vote on an increase of the debt ceiling would have no strings attached he exited by signing “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” from the Disney 1946 movie “Song of the South”…
Last week, Ride Along did reach three consecutive weekends at the top. Easily one of the hardest feats to accomplish in entertainment. Most impressive. This weekend features some box office highs and lows. Sensei’s weekend predictions and revenue results are
Disney is close to dropping a lawsuit against DISH Network relating to the “ad-skipping” technology of their hopper DVR service according to reports. Fox Network also had a similar lawsuit against DISH for their “ad-skipping” technology. “Fox and Disney have
