While viewers unfamiliar with “twerking” found Miley Cyrus’s Sunday VMA performance shocking or distasteful, viewers with professional twerking expertise–such as Freddie Ross, aka Big Freedia–found it lackluster. Big Freedia, a New Orleans hip-hop artist known for popularizing the twerk-heavy “bounce”
It’s almost spooky how accurate this goofy Miley Cyrus as national resource Onion spoof from five years ago was. Most experts believed that Miley Cyrus would be drained dry of entertainment value by 2013, was the premise, and author of the
The MTV Video Music Awards headlined Lady GaGa and audiences were ready for some over-the-top, shocking performances from the Lady. What wasn’t expected, was the show stealer Miley Cyrus to overshadow GaGa. The former Disney Princess Cyrus fit “nicely
From Huffington Post: Jim Carrey made a stunning declaration about his upcoming film “Kick-Ass 2” in June, saying that he couldn’t “support” the movie due its violent content. Since then, the comedian has actively avoided doing any promotional work for
Having successfully conquered the world of NASCAR with the hit Cars, Disney has taken to the sky. The latest installment into the Universe of Cars is Planes, an international underdog story. Dusty (voiced by Dane Cook) is a young crop duster
A man who calls himself the Arabic voice of Donald Duck is speaking up about Israel, and his comments aren’t the kind fit for any kiddie show program. I truly wish #Israel is demolished, I hate Zionism, I have so much hate
Now that Lindsay Lohan’s new low-budget ($200,000) piece of erotica, The Canyons, has been released, and Miley Cyrus has posed for Notion Magazine in her underwear, it might be useful to look at how the Disney Channel and fellow corrupter of
Hollywood has changed, and it will never be the same thanks to the arrival of the Internet and the fragmentation of content distribution. Producer Lynda Obst’s new book, Sleepless in Hollywood, chronicles the author’s transition from what she terms the
Everybody needs to get paid. I understand that. We all have bills, and money is a cool thing to have. If I got a call from Warner Bros. Entertainment tomorrow, and they asked me to write them a modern House
Liberal screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has another project to spread his ideological views to the masses. The Newsroom creator’s Chicago 7 project is finally a go with Paul Greengrass in final negotiations to direct. The modestly budgeted $20M-$30M film will start
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterSAN DIEGOMoviegoers were ready for a fright this weekend, sending “The Conjuring” into first place at the box office. The Warner Bros. haunted-house horror–based on a true story–debuted with $41.5 million in North American ticket sales,
The approximately 500 “Justice For Trayvon” protesters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday heard calls from progressive speakers for specific boycott actions they want to use force Florida and other states to eliminate “Stand Your Ground” laws. Even though such self-defense
(AP) Mattel 2Q profit falls, Barbie sales slide againBy MAE ANDERSONAP Business WriterNEW YORKVampy teen Monster High dolls are taking a bite out of squeaky-clean Barbie. Mattel said Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell 24 percent, hurt by a continued
(AP) Screen violence remains a big hit with the public, despite calls for the entertainment industry to tone it down in the aftermath of the mass shootings at Aurora, Colo., Newtown, Conn, and elsewhere in the U.S. during the last
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Police are attributing an unusual motivation to a man arrested and accused of stealing the identities of 50 people. According to the Lincolnshire Police Department, Alexander Pera (pictured above) fraudulently procured gift cards, cash and prepaid
The Lone Ranger is no match for a group of nattering yellow creatures known to film fans as “Minions.” The western reboot, a P.C. affair driven by the creative team behind the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, is losing the
We’ve seen a few fantastic animated films released this year. DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods was original and fun and last month Disney Pixar’s Monsters University, the satisfying prequel to the 2001 film, brought in over $170 million at the box office. Universal Pictures’
By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESSandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy brought “The Heat” against Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx at the box office. The Fox action-comedy starring the funny ladies as mismatched detectives earned $40 million in second place
As is the pattern with former Disney child stars who once represented the force of innocence and then moved to the dark side, Miley Cyrus released a new single on Monday with apparent references to using cocaine, ecstasy and strippers.
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESIt used to be that if a summer flick starred Will Smith, it was a guaranteed moneymaker: First place at the box office, maybe a franchise in the making. But the 44-year-old actor’s latest film
It’s not nearly as bad as its box-office thud and scathing reviews would suggest. “After Earth” is a very straightforward sci-fi tale about a young man earning his father’s respect, a task made more difficult because the boy is traumatized
The 17-year periodical cicadas are supposed to be bad this year, leaving their shells on trees and keeping people awake at night with their singing. So it’s fitting that Epic too arrives in 2013. Epic, a wheeling, action-filled tale based
ESPN is reportedly laying off 400 employees–or roughly 10% of its workforce–on Tuesday. According to a report that originated on TheBigLead.com and the Gawker-owned sports rumor site Deadspin – and picked up by other outlets like Variety and Business Insider
By JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDON J.J. Abrams is master of one universe–and he’s about to try conquering another. The director who rebooted “Star Trek” for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also
The feisty Merida in Pixar’s Brave didn’t look like every other Disney heroine. Her unruly red hair defied easy styling, and her figure hardly fit in the Barbie mold we so often see on screen. Now, Disney is giving Merida
