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Hollywood Playbook: Today's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Today's Top 5 News Items

1. Box Office: ‘Ride Along’ Trounces Jack Ryan According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new Jack Ryan film, “Shadow Recruit” will come in fourth its opening weekend, following Ice Cube’s “Ride Along,” the second week for “Lone Survivor,” and the

Variety: Conservative Docs Rare at Major Film Festivals

Variety: Conservative Docs Rare at Major Film Festivals

No matter what Michael Moore commits to celluloid over the next decade, chances are film festivals will welcome his far-left musings with open arms. The same couldn’t be said for movies like Occupy Unmasked or 2016: Obama’s America, films which

Hollywood Playbook: Today's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Today's Top 5 News Items

1.Mark Wahlberg  to Reboot “Highway to Heaven” Wahlberg has won some goodwill from conservatives because of his role in bringing “Lone Survivor” faithfully to the screen and his work on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project. Wahlberg now appears to

5 Things to Know About Hollywood Today

5 Things to Know About Hollywood Today

1. Nine Best Picture Nominations, One Box-Office Smash Nine movies were nominated for Best Picture but only one, “Gravity” put a notable number of butts in seats ($256M). “Captain Phillips” and “American Hustle” barely cracked the $100 million mark, which

Google Builds a 'Nest' for Future of Smart Homes

Google Builds a 'Nest' for Future of Smart Homes

(AP) Google builds a ‘Nest’ for future of smart homesBy MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCOWhen our Internet-connected gadgets and home appliances all learn to talk to each other, Google wants to be at the center of the conversation. This imagined

A-List Stars Resume Propaganda Push to Save Obamacare

A-List Stars Resume Propaganda Push to Save Obamacare

Hollywood heavy hitters like Lady Gaga and Amy Poehler couldn’t wait to promote the official ObamaCare web site, part of the president’s signature legislative achievement. Then, without warning from a supine press, Healthcare.gov launched Oct. 1, 2013 to extreme mockery–the

Hollywood Hypocrites Hire Few Women Directors

Hollywood Hypocrites Hire Few Women Directors

The Producers Guild of America has admitted they are “shocked” by newly released statistics on women directors. The results show that women represent only 4.4% of the directors of the 100 biggest box office films of each year between 2002

79% of Obamacare Enrollees Qualify for Subsidies

79% of Obamacare Enrollees Qualify for Subsidies

Nearly four in five Americans who have enrolled in Obamacare need taxpayer-funded subsidies to pay for their premiums. According to the White House, 79% of those enrolled in Obamacare need subsidies because they cannot otherwise afford the premiums that have,

California Teachers' Lawsuit Highlights Unions' Abuse

Conservatives are eagerly anticipating the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’s hearing later this year of a lawsuit, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, brought by a group of public school teachers against the state’s powerful union over the collection of dues

Starwars Technology Aids Soldiers on Battlefield

Reminiscent of “Star Wars” technology, the U.S. military is rolling out a variety of innovative vehicles, drones, and weaponry to aid soldiers in their missions against enemy forces. The Black Night Transformer described by Pop Science as a “multi-mission medical and

Amanda Bynes Cuts Deal in NY Bong-Toss Case

Amanda Bynes Cuts Deal in NY Bong-Toss Case

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated PressNEW YORKThe bong-tossing case against Amanda Bynes will be dismissed if the actress stays out of trouble for six months and goes to counseling twice a week, a judge ruled Friday. Bynes was charged in New York

'Ready for Hillary' Raises More Than $4 Million

'Ready for Hillary' Raises More Than $4 Million

“Ready for Hillary” is a SuperPAC launched in 2013 to build support for a potential Hillary Clinton campaign for President in 2016. Aggressive fundraising outreach, including renting Clinton’s list of supporters in 2008, has allowed the PAC to raise more

UN Decides to Stop Updating Syria Death Toll

UN Decides to Stop Updating Syria Death Toll

(AP) UN decides to stop updating Syria death tollBy JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAThe U.N.’s human rights office has stopped updating the death toll from Syria’s civil war, confirming Tuesday that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led

Variety: Women Directors Still Rare in Hollywood

Variety: Women Directors Still Rare in Hollywood

The Hollywood community prides itself on speaking up for equal rights and diversity. The industry’s reality is far different from its rhetoric. Not only does Hollywood suffer from a severe lack of diversity, the number of women behind the camera

Finally, An 'Effing' Record Worth Watching

To paraphrase VP Joe Biden, this is a big fuck*ng deal. The movie ‘Wolf of Wall Street‘ by Martin Scorcese has broken the F-word record previously held by Spike Lee’s  ‘Summer of Sam’ by 71 utterances.  Nothing sells like excess