Celebrities React to Irish Same-Sex Marriage Vote
Ireland made history Saturday May 23, by becoming the first country in the world to adopt same-sex marriage through a national election.
Tag: Hollywood
Jessica Lange Says Hollywood Is Dominated from a ‘Male Point of View’
As Hollywood’s leading ladies and other prominent film and TV figures continue to sound off against the industry’s alleged misogynistic hiring practices, actress Jessica Lange feels entertainment’s gender issues go much deeper.
Feminism Crashes and Burns in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
As a character notes in the new film Mad Max: Fury Road, everything hurts out in the Wasteland. That which does not kill you makes you stronger… and then something even stronger kills you. In that spirit, I’m going to lay my razor-edged cards on the table and say it straight: this is a very good sci-fi action film that was brutally murdered at the box office by its own glowing reviews.
Clinton Cashes in: $800K from Hollywood Elite for 15 Minutes
Hillary Clinton’s first California fundraising tour since announcing for president raked in $800,00 for a mere 15-minute speech in Pacific Palisades today. It was part of a $3 million single-day haul for the Democratic Party frontrunner, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Hollywood
Hillary Clinton Cash: Hollywood Donors Poised to Pour It On Next Week in L.A Fundraisers
Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential aspirant Hillary Rodham Clinton lined up multiple fundraisers for May 7 in Los Angeles.
Hollywood Reacts to Bruce Jenner Interview
Bruce Jenner’s highly anticipated interview with Diane Sawyer aired Friday night, and the former Olympic athlete ended months of speculation by confirming he is transitioning to female.
Filmmaker: White House Correspondents Dinner Increasingly ‘Out of Touch’
A new film by former Politico journalist Patrick Gavin is challenging the culture surrounding what has become DC’s most self-absorbed annual event, the White House Correspondents Association dinner. His assessment: things started to go south around the same time Hollywood began using the event as an excuse for a four-day party.
Kremlin Denies Report Putin Suggested Steven Seagal for US Envoy Post
A Buzzfeed report claims Russian President Vladimir Putin once recommended action movie star Steven Seagal as an official intermediary between himself and President Obama, following years of public friendship between Seagal and the Russian head of state.
Hollywood Car Accident Lands Prius on Top of Other Car
Saturday afternoon a photo of a bizarre car accident resulted in a Toyota Prius ending up on top of another vehicle—piggy back style—creating quite a bit of stir on social media.
Producer: Hollywood is Liberal Because Stars Don’t See How Much They Pay in Taxes
Television producer Rob Long sat down with Variety’s PopPolitics radio show this week to offer up a number of theories as to why the entertainment industry–and Hollywood in general–is overwhelmingly liberal, and what the Republican Party can do to make headway among the Tinseltown crowd.
The Mexican ‘Brad Pitt’ Bails on Hollywood to Glorify God
In 2003, 28-year-old Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui, touted as the “Brad Pitt of Mexico,” was on his way to Hollywood superstardom, before doing an about-face to focus on his faith.
Kendrick Lamar Plays Surprise Show on Top of Moving Semi-Truck in Hollywood
Rap superstar Kendrick Lamar played a surprise concert Tuesday night atop a moving semi-truck in Hollywood.
Kelli Serio: Hollywood Is Full of Hypocrisy
Big Hollywood’s Kelli Serio criticized Hollywood’s hypocrisy on Friday’s “Stossel” on the Fox Business Network. “Take a look at Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin, right? Both of these men routinely make comments, disparaging comments towards minorities, yet they’re given a
Why Silicon Valley Isn’t Excited for Hillary Clinton
From Venture Beat: Presidential candidates like to treat Silicon Valley like an ATM, simply a money machine to support their massive national campaign expenses. They tour company headquarters with stump speeches, praising the tech industry as an engine of growth,
Report: Hollywood’s Top Execs Are 94% White, 100% Male
The second annual Hollywood Diversity Report, commissioned by UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, has been released and reveals that diversity in the entertainment industry is well behind the demographics, according to its author.
The Empire of Grievance-Mongering Attacks Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette fended off attacks from a swarm of grievance-mongers who castigated her for not bringing up their social-justice complaints too, during an Oscar speech they evidently thought was supposed to last longer than the movie she appeared in.
Gutfeld: Let’s Start with Hollywood’s Inequality
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld reacted to Patricia Arquette’s Oscar speech by saying “if Hollywood wants to talk about equality, look at their two worlds” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Gutfeld first stated “one could point out that
Hollywood: Still Honoring Stalinists
The patriotic film The American Sniper was nominated for six Oscars, astonishing fans and critics alike. But why is it surprising that a film honoring an American hero would be celebrated in the capital of the American movie business? The fact is, despite a few recent signs of dawning good sense—think Zero Dark Thirty, on the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and Argo, about a successful CIA operation—Hollywood still tends to spurn patriotism on the silver screen and to celebrate truly unsavory characters and ideology, as long as they’re on the Left.
Who Gets Thanked Most at the Oscars? It Isn’t God…
While film’s all-stars rush to beat the cut-off music during acceptance speeches every year at the Oscars, it’s obvious and visibly frustrating for some that the academy doesn’t allocate enough time to dish out all those “thank yous.”
Oscar Winning ‘Precious’ Actress ‘Blackballed’ in Hollywood
Actress Mo’Nique Hicks, who won an Academy Award in 2010 for her role in the film Precious, now says she has been “blackballed” by the film industry for refusing to play “the game.”
Photos of Studio 54 Uncover The Degeneracy Behind the Glitz
In the late 1970s, the glitterati worshipped at the altar of Studio 54. The star-studded club, renowned for its debauched, Caligula-style orgies of excess, was seen as the height of glamour. As CNN reports, “In the late Seventies, Studio 54 was probably the coolest place on earth.”
Jimmy Iovine Predicts Bright Hollywood Future for LeBron James
NBA superstar LeBron James plans on using his $42.2 million two-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his $20 million a year sneakers contract with Nike, along with the other half-a-billion dollars he has earned since entering the league to build a Hollywood Empire.
Is Mayim Bialik Pro- or Anti-Vaccine?
In the midst of a measles outbreak, the public continues to debate over the issue of childhood vaccinations. Actress Mayim Bialik has voiced reluctant expression of her personal position on vaccinations over the years.
Movie review: ‘Seventh Son’
Perhaps I’m placing too much topical significance on one barely-noticed movie, but the new fantasy film “Seventh Son” is an example of everything that’s wrong with bloated, out-of-control Hollywood. It’s not offensively horrible or anything – if you like swordfights,
Gutfeld: Grammys Arrogant ‘Spoiled Child’ Projecting Faults Onto Public
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld argued that the Grammys’ “black lives matter” and anti-domestic violence messages were examples of Hollywood “arrogance” projecting its faults onto everyone else on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Gutfeld stated that the use of
