Tag: Hollywood Reporter

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI)–Four U.S. TV shows with prominent gay story lines during a record-breaking season for openly gay characters will be cut for the next season, officials said. NBC’s “The New Normal” and “Smash” and “Go On” and

Hollywood denizens opened up their considerable check books for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign last fall, and now it’s payback time. A number of prestigious diplomatic posts have opened up recently, and some of the entertainment industry’s more generous donors

NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI)–NBC will renovate a New York studio to house “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” for $5 million instead of building a new one for $25 million. The show is moving from Burbank, Calif., to Manhattan

Ticket-holding farmers had a rough time at Sunday’s screening of Gasland Part II at the Tribeca Film Festival, getting denied a seat for daring to shout tough questions to the film’s director and celebrity supporter, Yoko Ono. At least they didn’t

Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner’s re-entry into the world of politics is coming at an opportune time for the folks behind Hating Breitbart. After all, the late Andrew Breitbart exposed Weiner by chronicling his penchant for sending x-rated pictures of himself

LOS ANGELES, April 13 (UPI) — CBS chief Leslie Moonves took a $7.7 million pay cut in 2012 but was still the top earning Hollywood conglomerate executive, a regulatory filing showed. Moonves pay as CBS Corp. president and chief executive

An eBay user with a passion for the Second Amendment stirred the Web yesterday by auctioning a signed photograph of Jim Carrey to help pay for a gun to protect his family. “Astrobuzz” wasn’t pleased by the comic’s recent anti-gun comments

NatGeo likes being in the Bill O’Reilly business. The cable channel struck ratings gold with Killing Lincoln, the television adaptation of the Fox News host’s popular historical book. Now, the channel has bought the rights to produce the TV version

Seth MacFarlane spent part of Oscar night offending some female viewers with his bawdy dance number We Saw Your Boobs. Now, he’s moving on to Christianity according to The Hollywood Reporter. MacFarlane is in negotiations with Sarah Silverman for a

GLAAD is honoring Brett Ratner for going through the group’s very public apology tour after his gay slur cost him his Oscar producing gig in late 2011. The director has been tapped to receive the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against

The box office receipts for The Passion of the Christ stunned Hollywood back in 2004, and even casual observers expected the industry to start cranking out spiritual films with alacrity. Not quite. The nine years since director Mel Gibson’s blockbuster has seen

Far-left filmmaker Michael Moore led a triumvirate of celebrity Hugo Chavez apologists in mourning the socialist leader’s passing yesterday. “You won’t hear much nice about him in the US media in the next few days. So, I thought I’d say

Despite some $430 million in tax breaks for Hollywood in last year’s “fiscal cliff” deal, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced that he is cutting 350 people by the end of the year. After the disappointing box office for

Hollywood Democrats aren’t happy that one half of Congress remains out of their control. So a gaggle of big name celebrity donors, including Barbra Streisand, convened at the home of liberal activist/producer Norman Lear to plot a comeback strategy and

The Batmobile, the futuristic car used in the “Batman” television show, has been sold at auction for $4.62 million, US media reported Monday. The crime-fighting vehicle was built by George Barris, who bought a 1955 Lincoln Futura at a junk

Lena Dunham, star and creator of Girls, won two Golden Globes Sunday night including the prize for Best Comedy Series. Some think her work is wonderful; just ask Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter, who enthusiastically declared: Girls remains one of

ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) — International Rome Film Festival organizers said they will present “Django Unchained” director Quentin Tarantino with a lifetime achievement award. Italian film composer Ennio Morricone will present Tarantino with the honor at a gala screening of

Director Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” captures some of the inhumanity associated with slavery back in the 1800s. The institution separated families, tortured workers and committed other unspeakable acts on black Americans simply because of their skin color. The director says

One of Hollywood’s most prominent conservatives is in talks to play a Soviet agent charged with keeping tabs on the man who helped crush the USSR, President Ronald Reagan. Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight is negotiating to play a pivotal role in “Reagan,”