Tag: Hollywood Reporter

Bradley Cooper, one of Hollywood’s elite, is set to star as Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle in the upcoming biopic American Sniper.  In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cooper expressed initial concerns about playing the role, suggesting he

Cameron Diaz, star of the upcoming Sony film Annie, spoke to the Hollywood Reporter Sunday afternoon to discuss the movie, when the subject of conversation shifted to social media. The reboot of the classic film, starring Diaz and Jamie Foxx, features elements

Paul Bond of The Hollywood Reporter landed the first interview with Barry One’s attorney Aaron Minc. Minc told Bond that Random House has agreed to add a disclaimer to future printings of Lena Dunham’s memoir Not That Kind of Girl

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is the latest celebrity to comment on the sexual assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby.  Hefner, a lifelong friend to Cosby, made comments in regard to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday.  The

China is flexing its censorship muscles anew. The tightly restricted country already has say over not only the number of movies shown in Chinese theaters but the content of the films in question. Now, Chinese broadcasting officials say their gimlet

The Hollywood Reporter: President Barack Obama will be among Stephen Colbert’s final guests on The Colbert Report. Obama has previously appeared on The Colbert Report twice. In 2008, then-Sen. Obama appeared via satellite in an episode also featuring Democratic competitors

New documents leaked by the hacking group that recently infiltrated Sony’s computer systems are shedding more light on the inner-workings of the company, including profit margins for some of its biggest films. The information is just the latest to be

An analysis by a data-technology firm of over 33,000 documents stolen in last week’s high-profile cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment turned up the Social Security numbers of 47,000 current and former employees of the film studio, including those of

Communist leaders in China are looking to send members of their film industry on organized field trips to the countryside to “study and experience life.” The new move was proposed by the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and

In thelatest turn of events regarding the Sony hacking scandal, Fusion released an op-ed late Monday of ananonymous email containing a spreadsheet of Sony PicturesEntertainment’s 17 top executives and their salaries. The spreadsheet, which hasn’t been confirmed by Sony, depicts

In the new movie, Exodus, director Ridley Scott decided to directly contravene possibly the most basic tenet of Judaism: that God is One and cannot be anthropomorphized. In the famous scene in which Moses stands near the burning bush and hears

It’s another headline-grabbing day for legendary comedian Bill Cosby. After accusations of sexual assault by multiple women, he is now offering ticket refunds for two upcoming shows. The two shows, both Dec. 6 at the suburban New York venue Tarrytown

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney is almost finished with his new film about Scientology for HBO, but the premium cable channel isn’t taking any chances.  According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO has already hired about 160 lawyers to defend the film

This year’s holiday movie line-up features an overabundance of family films, big name dramas, and possibly the first ever R-rated comedy to open up on Christmas Day, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Seth Rogen’s The Interview, which has been highly

Clint Eastwood’s latest film, American Sniper, about the life of famed former Navy SEAL and sniper Chris Kyle, is set for release on Christmas Day, 2014.  The film, which comes on the heels of another modern war epic, Lone Survivor, might have a

The sale of film studio DreamWorks Animation to toymaker Hasbro has been abandoned after an anonymous letter outlining the discussions around the deal and problems with DreamWorks Animation’s business was mailed to several media outlets. It is the second such

Fashion retailer Victoria’s Secret broke the news Monday that Taylor Swift will perform at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which airs next month on CBS. This will mark Swift’s second time headlining the event. This time, fellow musicians Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran,

The minds behind a global marijuana product found its ideal spokesman. The fact that he’s been dead since 1981 didn’t enter their thinking, apparently. Marley Natural hits the market bearing the support and legacy of Bob Marley’s family. The Hollywood

Selma, the new Oprah Winfrey-produced film about a year in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., received “two thunderous standing ovations” at its first screening in New York Monday night, film critic Roger Friedman wrote on his website, Showbiz 411.

Oscar-winning film director Oliver Stone reportedly has his sights set on Shailene Woodley to play the female lead in his untitled drama about National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. Woodley, who rose to international prominence for her portrayal as the

In 2007 documentary filmmaker Amy Berg was nominated for an Oscar for “Deliver Us from Evil,” a documentary examining the notorious child sex abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. Her latest documentary, “An Open Secret,” will look at the sexual

Former President Bill Clinton has announced his next big television appearance in Hollywood, in which he will appear on the Queen Latifah Show this coming Friday. According to the Hollywood Reporter, this marks the first time the Queen has had

Prominent left-wing activist Alec Baldwin is spearheading a fight to preserve the Stony Hill aquifer located outside of his prosperous East Hampton neighborhood.  Baldwin, who recently announced he was leaving public life and placed partial blame on Breitbart, is among a