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Every social group deserves to have their own bard. For neurotic New York Jews, it’s Woody Allen. For urban blacks, it’s Spike Lee. And for the socially uptight and arcane social circles of upper-crust WASPs, it’s Whit Stillman. As the
Barack Obama has frequently been feted for his beautiful rhetoric and variety of language. When it comes to the budget, however, he’s apparently fine with redundancy. As a new Republican National Committee ad shows, Obama gave identical speeches in 2011
NBC’s “Smash,” which revolves around the making of a musical, thinks being Republican is a weakness. At least that’s what Julia, the adulteress who is the lyricist on the show, has to say when the musical’s composer, Tom, mentions that
Saturday, Occupiers held a rally for “artists, musicians, writers andactivists” midway between downtown LA and Beverly Hills. The website announcing the event promised akeynote speech by Van Jones and hinted at appearances by Hollywoodcelebrities. Yesterday, Variety reported that Hollywood did
Saturday, Occupiers held a rally for “artists, musicians, writers andactivists” midway between downtown LA and Beverly Hills. The website announcing the event promised akeynote speech by Van Jones and hinted at appearances by Hollywoodcelebrities. Yesterday, Variety reported that Hollywood did
Variety reported Sunday, Hollywood heartthrob Ashton Kutcher will play Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic titled “Jobs.”
WHY WE’RE SICK – LITERALLY – OF THE SHAKY-CAM The inspiration for the piece linked above is “Hunger Games,” which the writer says is almost unwatchable during the first hour thanks to the shaky-cam. I’ve been complaining about this thing
Entertainment media outlets went into overdrive after radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh called a health care advocate a slut over a period of several days. Limbaugh is a political power player, first and foremost, but said outlets saw fit
The decision to cast Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan in a film scheduled for a 2013 release made headlines yesterday. “The Butler” tells the story of Eugene Allen, who served as the White House butler for eight different administrations. It
Sometimes Hollywood casting directors must chuckle into their sleeves at the way their decisions drive conservatives to distraction. Case in point – this news flash concerning Oscar-winner Jane Fonda’s new project: Jane Fonda is going to be playing Nancy Reagan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood trade paper Variety, one of the oldest and most respected sources of information for the entertainment industry, is being put up for sale, owners Reed Business Information said on Friday.
John Tamny in Forbes: Liberals of the American variety seemed to like it for revealing how very crushing and insurmountable poverty is, conservatives perhaps liked it for televising the human error frequently behind poverty, not to mention the corruption inside
Gloria Allred, the high-profile civil litigator who represents Sandra Fluke and who has called for the criminal prosecution of Rush Limbaugh, has built her career on representing alleged victims–mostly women, and ofte in the spotlight of the national media. Allred’s
An argument over whether an anti-Israel terrorist group had been scheduled to address the UN Human Rights Council this week may have been motivated by concerns about the political implications for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. On Monday, the Jewish
‘DIE HARD’ IN THE WHITE HOUSE Variety: Just days after Millennium Films acquired the spec “Olympus Has Fallen” from first-time scribes Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, “300” star Gerard Butler has signed on to topline the action pic. Described as
When Dennis Miller listed 10 things that women can do to make men happy, number four was: “Would it kill you to watch ‘The Godfather’ with me for the 57th time?” How true is that? For going on two generations
(AP) Suit challenges federal licensing of tax preparersBy MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated PressMcLEAN, Va.After three decades as a part-time tax preparer, 80-year-old Elmer Kilian of Eagle, Wis., is concerned that new IRS regulations may prevent him from hanging out his shingle. Kilian
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – Once again, Colorado’s Douglas County School District is making education news of the “man-bites-dog” variety. Just last year, the Douglas County school board made national headlines when it established a tuition voucher program for students who wanted to
While some liberals are running around thinking they have actually gotten Americans to believe there is a conspiracy to remove low-cost birth control from the shelves of Target, the list of lawsuits against the Obama administration’s anti-conscience mandate is getting
Many commentators have noted in recent years that Americans have been leaving the labor force. Their departure has made interpretation of unemployment statistics more difficult, and because the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes six variants of the unemployment rate,
To me, Zooey Deschanel will always be DG from SyFy’s “Tin Man” series. I love her perky cuteness enough to have lasted through three whole episodes of her yawner Fox sitcom “New Girl.” And I wish I had her hair.
Say you take the car to the transmission shop, and the man says the CV joint needs to be replaced. Then he discovers the timing chain also is about to go. What do you do? It would feel good to
With Season Two of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” starting on April 1st, this is a good time to review the series to give you a chance to catch up. Bottom line, “Thrones” is a gripping series, but you have to
On March 3 and 4, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government will host a conference calling for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state. The conference, which is being organized by Harvard student groups and faculty, and which makes
Due to a technical snafu, there will be no HomeVideodrome podcast this week. We’ll back in full swing next week, so be sure to check The Film Thugs for updates. Jessica Chastain had the best year of any actress this year, turning
