
Former Sony co-chair Amy Pascal will have to wait a little while longer to move into her posh new production office; according to sources at the company, the office’s previous occupants, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, smoked so much weed in there that the smell has become pervasive, and Pascal reportedly wants it cleaned up before she moves in.
by Daniel Nussbaum4 Mar 2015, 12:30 PM PST0

At the premiere of his new documentary, The Big Bang in Pyongyang, former NBA star Dennis Rodman extended an invitation to Seth Rogen to join him in North Korea to see firsthand that the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, is not the villain that the world, and Rogen’s recent film The Interview, makes him out to be.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Jan 2015, 6:59 PM PST0

The North Korean government accused the Berlin International Film Festival this week of “instigating terrorism” by including a screening of The Interview in its festival lineup.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Jan 2015, 8:05 PM PST0

Actor and comedian Seth Rogen is pushing ahead with his retreat explanation regarding a statement he made on Twitter, where he likened the Iraq War biopic American Sniper to a Nazi propaganda film. On Jan. 18, Rogen tweeted: American Sniper
by Kipp Jones22 Jan 2015, 7:48 PM PST0

Actor Nicholas Cage has been cast to star in Larry Charles’s latest satire film, Army of One, and will reportedly play a “regular guy” who journeys across the world to hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
by Kipp Jones21 Jan 2015, 7:07 PM PST0

The Obama administration has officially linked the North Korean government to the Sony Pictures hack, perpetrated by a group calling itself the “Guardians of Peace” in retaliation for a film that mocks North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
by John Hayward19 Jan 2015, 6:19 PM PST0

It has long been suspected that the hackers who worked Sony Pictures over, ostensibly to punish it for insulting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in a satirical film called “The Interview,” involved some assistance from insiders. The self-identified primary
by John Hayward5 Jan 2015, 7:20 AM PST0

The United States placed new sanctions on North Korea Friday in retaliation for what it claims is the country’s involvement in the November 24 cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
by Daniel Nussbaum2 Jan 2015, 4:25 PM PST0

A North Korean defector turned South Korean-activist announced on Wednesday that he is planning to launch approximately 100,000 balloons carrying copies of the controversial film The Interview into North Korea by air. The controversial film unveils a covert plan to
by Adelle Nazarian2 Jan 2015, 5:08 AM PST0

The government of North Korea has developed a reputation for lack of subtlety in its attacks on perceived enemies, and in remarks last week regarding the Seth Rogen comedy film The Interview, it crossed a line, calling President Obama a “monkey” and hurling other invective his direction. Now, the nation’s spokesman for Latin America is claiming that the comment could not possibly be a racist one.
by Frances Martel31 Dec 2014, 10:22 AM PST0

(Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.
by Reuters30 Dec 2014, 6:31 AM PST0

FBI agents were briefed Monday by one of the world’s leading cyber intelligence firms, who claim that the evidence being gathered in connection with the November 24 cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment points to a former employee of the studio, rather than North Korea, as the perpetrator of the hack.
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Dec 2014, 9:18 PM PST0

Outside the context of the cyber-terrorist and terrorist-terrorist threats that almost killed it, “The Interview” is par for the Seth Rogen course: crude, cruder, sporadically funny, and ultimately not worth the 112 minute investment. Give Rogen credit, though, he didn’t
by John Nolte29 Dec 2014, 12:56 PM PST0

The Sony Pictures comedy The Interview took in $15 million from Video on Demand online streaming through Saturday, making the film the studio’s most profitable online release ever.
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Dec 2014, 10:53 AM PST0

Victor Cha, Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University and Senior Adviser and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said that he believes the Sony hack came from North Korea and was more sophisticated than anything they
by Ian Hanchett29 Dec 2014, 10:14 AM PST0

A man in Ohio reportedly attempted to to cash in on all the controversy surrounding Seth Rogen and James Franco’s The Interview last week but failed to do so after purchasing $650 in tickets.
by Kipp Jones29 Dec 2014, 7:50 AM PST0

The Darfur genocide has sometimes been called “Everybody’s favorite African war,” since George Clooney and other movie stars, and politicians like Susan Rice, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden have all made “Stop the genocide” and “Save Darfur” and “Enough is enough” part of a very stylish and progressive do-good campaign.
by John J. Xenakis28 Dec 2014, 11:45 AM PST0

Seth Rogen and The Interview co-director, Evan Goldberg, are planning to live-tweet the film Sunday afternoon, along with James Franco at 5 p.m. ET, just three days after its release.
by Kipp Jones28 Dec 2014, 8:53 AM PST0

Evidence released by the Obama administration pointing to North Korea as the culprit behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is hardly conclusive, a number of private security researchers told The New York Times.
by Edwin Mora27 Dec 2014, 2:38 PM PST0

North Korea lashed out at the United States on Saturday, blaming the American government for widespread Internet outages reported in the country and hurling a racial slur at President Obama.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Dec 2014, 12:37 PM PST0

In what may be the silliest argument for not seeing The Interview, Vox’s Max Fisher argues that seeing it actually helps Kim Jong-Un.
by John Sexton27 Dec 2014, 7:02 AM PST0

The Interview, made available for streaming online Wednesday, has been labeled “culturally insensitive,” according to a new online survey.
by Kipp Jones27 Dec 2014, 5:41 AM PST0

A number of private security researchers are voicing doubts that the attack on Sony‘s computer systems originated in North Korea, stating it is likely that Russian hackers are instead to blame.
by Kipp Jones26 Dec 2014, 9:12 PM PST0

Angelina Jolie’s World War II drama “Unbroken” delivered big for Universal Pictures on Christmas Day, becoming the third highest-earning Christmas Day release ever.
by Kipp Jones26 Dec 2014, 6:28 PM PST0

Now that The Interview has finally been released, the nation’s top film critics are weighing in with their thoughts on the controversial film.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Dec 2014, 10:48 AM PST0