Oscar-winning Argo director Ben Affleck will play Batman in Warner Brothers’ followup to Superman flick Man of Steel, according to Variety. Predictably, hordes of nerds and fair-weather nerds who deem superhero casting decisions sacred are outraged. I have but one thing
Beginning Saturday morning, Fox Sports 1 can be found on channels such as AT&T U-verse 2/651 (2nd number is HD), Campus Cable 72, Comcast 3/242, Charter 38, Dish Network 150, Direct TV 219 and Time Warner Cable 512/1512. Viewers can
Samuel Goldwyn Films now owns the rights to the documentary Anita, directed by Freida Mock, which documents the furor that erupted during the confirmation hearings for the nomination of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. It revolves around Anita Hill, who
Two days before Fox Sports 1 officially launches to challenge ESPN, Fox Sports 1 COO Randy Freer said a la carte cable “is a fantasy” and that “it doesn’t work.” His comments also came the day after the network set
A new poll finds that a majority of likely voters oppose any increase in immigrant workers being considered as part of the immigration reforms currently under debate in Washington. The poll, commissioned by NumberUSA, a group opposed to the immigration
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talks a variety of issues at a town hall in Tucson–primarily immigration reform, gun control, and the U.S. economy.
On Tuesday, ESPN fired Hugh Douglas, the former Philadelphia Eagles football player and Numbers Never Lie co-host, for reportedly slurring co-host Michael Smith, who is also black, with the “N-word” at an Association of Black Journalists event in Orlando Florida less
In March, conservative writer Michelle Malkin brought to light that at the heart of the controversy about the Common Core curriculum standards is an issue that has little to do with “college and career readiness.” In fact, as Malkin wrote
Former Major League Baseball player Jack Clark was fired from his radio show on Saturday after he accused Albert Pujols, Justin Verlander, and former Dodgers right fielder Shawn Green of using performance-enhancing drugs last week on more than one occasion.
President Barack Obama holds a rare press conference taking questions on a variety of topics including Al Qaeda threats, Edward Snowden and NSA surveillance, and relations with Russia.
Elysium, the new sci-fi film starring Matt Damon, opened Thursday. Reviewers have been modestly positive overall (the film gets 67 percent at Rotten Tomatoes) but it’s clear that many reviewers were put off by the film’s heavy-handed politics. Here’s a
One way to get a handle on how a film will do at the box office its opening weekend is the Thursday midnight screenings. Early reports show that Elysium made $1.6 million, which Variety called “modest.” This is better than
Immigration reform activists are getting ready to pressure President Barack Obama to use an executive action to give temporary amnesty to all of the country’s illegal immigrants if Congress does not pass a comprehensive immigration bill after the August recess.
Matt Damon’s Elysium features an Occupy-style story about the rich oppressing the poor, along with a full-throated cry for universal health care and open borders. Promised Land, Damon’s last film, disparaged the process of fracking through the eyes of a
Only CNN could run a column on “Why America’s youth aren’t finding jobs” and neglect to mention Obamacare. Over the course of Nin-Hai Tseng’s 555 word story, CNN Money cites a variety of reasons why young Americans’ unemployment rate is
When Donald Trump was asked Monday night if Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, should now be in the Hall of Fame, The Donald answered, “absolutely,” and elaborated on why he feels “Charlie Hustle” deserves a plaque in Cooperstown.
The stars of The Lone Ranger have a chip on their shoulders, and it’s in the shape of your garden variety film critic. The film is one of the summer’s highest profile flops, failing to reignite interest in a beloved
The Monkees’ brand of video music mashups predated MTV by more than a decade. The channel long ago gave up playing music videos, but the TV-based quartet continues to pack concert halls despite losing a key member last year. They
While conservatives and liberals consider the political leanings of Washington Post buyer and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in an attempt to divine how his politics will affect those of the historic institution, the truth appears to be far simpler: the
Israeli society is currently dealing with the painful, emotional issue of the Israeli government’s willingness to release Palestinian murderers, “security prisoners,” from Israeli jails, part of the price demanded by the Palestinians for consenting to sit at a negotiating table
(AP) Documents: SEC probing McAuliffe former e-car firmBy BOB LEWISAP Political WriterRICHMOND, Va.The electric-car company headed until last fall by Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe and a sister company led by the brother of former Secretary of State Hillary
(AP) Big 12 unlike others with 10-team round-robinBy STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports Writer For the first time in three years, the Big 12 Conference has the same teams coming back from the previous season. While the seven-time defending national champion SEC
Jennifer Aniston mocked former Today show host and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric this week for becoming “tabloidy.” Appearing Wednesday on Chelsea Lately on E!, Aniston was informed by Handler, a close friend of hers, that Couric had recently asked
Trailers for the new movie Elysium suggest a hard-left storyline involving class warfare, and the film’s official web site mocks the notion of immigration control. Seems the movie itself follows up with that liberal agenda, according to Variety. The industry
(AP) Spanish train crash driver identifies callerBy CIARAN GILES and BARRY HATTONAssociated PressMADRIDThe driver of a Spanish train that crashed killing 79 people said he was talking by phone to the train’s on-board ticket inspector moments before the accident but
