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Three newcomers failed to do much at this weekend’s box office. “Expendables 3,” “Let’s Be Cops,” and “The Giver” all failed to crack $20 million or jump ahead of their older competition. In week two, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” held

The Dog is on his trail. Wanted mixed-martial artist War Machine has another worry today. Dog the Bounty Hunter’s deadline for the fighter to turn himself in has passed. Las Vegas police seek to put the cage fighter in a

At midnight last night, the Department of Health finished its final six-week consultation on whether to implement plain packaging for cigarettes. In response, Simon Clark of the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (FOREST) personally delivered 53,196

Sony Pictures Classics will bring a new documentary to theaters in the coming months that attacks those who scrutinize the latest global warming headlines. Will film critics label the finished product “one-sided” or “propaganda” as they so often do with

Entertainment Weekly delivers a dose of soft-left bias along with the standard Hollywood content. Sometimes the magazine wholly embraces its liberal slant. Consider how it let one film critic slam 2016: Obama’s America as racist–and much worse. EW typically reserves

The Associated Press reports that contrary to popular perception, Donald Trump’s attempt to buy the NFL’s Buffalo Bills is not a publicity stunt. It’s the real deal. Trump, along with Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula, has been selected

The bases full in a one-run game already plays as high drama. But a peculiar, mid-at-bat defensive substitution in yesterday’s Tigers-Cubs game eclipsed the bases-loaded situation in the drama department. Detroit manager Brad Ausmus walked onto the field in the

Baseball’s dealing deadline has passed, but not before one of the most coveted players on the trade market switched uniforms in a three-team swap. David Price, the hard-throwing ace of the Tampa Bay Rays staff, has been traded to the

President Obama is practically shouting from the rooftops that he’s about to grant a new unilateral amnesty to as many as six million illegal aliens, but the topic of immigration does not come up in a new op-ed from Speaker

Though no title did well enough to lift the box office out of its stunning summer slump, in their weekend debuts, both “Lucy” and “Hercules” are doing better than expected. Scarlett Johansson’s “Lucy” easily snatched first place with a $43

  — Looks like the Cartoon Network is more interested in courting controversy than laughs.  Other than portraying Jesus in a highly offensive way (that has zero to do with his skin color), the trailer is a terrible stereotyping of

The Los Angeles Police Department has put out a strong warning for residents that there will be severe traffic congestion in several Los Angeles neighborhoods as a result of a two-day fundraising jaunt by President Obama. The LAPD warning includes

Writers Alex Kurtzman (“Transformers,” “Star Trek,” “Amazing Spider-Man”) and Chris Morgan (“Fast and Furious’ series) will oversee the franchising and reboot of Universal Studios classic monsters, Deadline reports. The idea is to not only revive Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster, The

(AFP) US President Barack Obama signaled Wednesday that talks with Iran on its nuclear program may need to extend beyond a weekend deadline, saying negotiations have shown a “credible way forward.” Obama said he was consulting with Congress — where

America may still be torn on whether to fully embrace soccer, but it’s clear plenty of viewers are more than eager to watch the World Cup every four years. How dominate did the just-wrapped soccer contest prove? Even people soaring

With the controversial, six-month “interim” nuclear deal between Iran and the group of Western powers known as the P5+1 formally expiring a week from Sunday, western diplomats, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, are gathering in Vienna for what

A breakthrough in Vienna talks between world powers and Iran over the latter’s nuclear programme is “unlikely” on Sunday because of big divergences, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said as he arrived in the Austrian capital. “There are very significant

Late Friday, Box Office Mojo was pretty down on the chances “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” had for a $70 million debut. What a difference 12 hours makes. Thanks to lingering goodwill from 2011’s “Rise of the Planet

A day after describing his wife as so gentle as not to harm a fly, Donald Sterling continued to invoke the animal kingdom in court on Wednesday in reference to his bride. “Stay away from me, you pig,” Sterling angrily,

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country needs to significantly increase its number of centrifuges, underlining a gap in positions between Tehran and world powers as they hold talks aimed at clinching a nuclear accord.

In exchange for government funding, filmmakers desperate for funding or willing to sell out their artistic integrity will be required to meet diversity quotas that include ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. If you do not meet the

AUSTIN, Texas–A Friday, July 4, deadline passed for the University of Texas president to resign his post over a growing admissions scandal, with sources telling the Austin American Statesman that Bill Powers is now trying to negotiate for a longer stay at

This summer has completely wiped out all of this year’s gains over 2013. In April the 2014 box office was way up over 2013. On July 1 it had crashed to -1%. Just prior to this weekend some analysts showed

Two NASA astronauts serving on the International Space Station lost a bet over the World Cup game between Germany and the U.S. They also lost their hair with Germany’s 1-0 win on Thursday. U.S. astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Wednesday apologized for a tweet that depicted a scene from the movie “Bridesmaids” with the words “Help me. I’m poor” imprinted on it as part of an effort to get students to apply

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a New Jersey appeal of lower court decisions upholding a prohibition on sports gambling in the state. There is a federal ban on a sports book in the state, but

Frozen was one of last year’s biggest box officehits, thus impacting future animated releases. Political elites are far from pleased. Leading up to Frozen’s production was tremendous pressurefrom political elites (within Hollywood) for Disney to dump itstrend of returning to

Ousted American Apparel, Inc. Chief Executive and Chairman Dov Charney will reportedly seek legal action against his company’s board unless they reinstate him to his post come Monday.  The embattled and controversial Charney has hired Patricia Glaser to take on

Hypocrites at Deadline Threaten All of Hollywood Over Nikki Finke A self-serving Sunday morning interview between Deadline’s Mike Fleming and Deadline’s Peter Bart at Deadline about how awful Nikki Finke is, is quite the lesson in pompous, passive-aggressive character assassination.

Many of the thousands of illegal immigrant children and teens crossing the United States border are carrying deadly contagious diseases that could easily create a major health crisis in this country, doctors say. In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News,

After nearly two months of a new action tentpole arriving every single weekend, the American box office decided to take a breather this weekend with two lower-key new releases.  Per Deadline, Kevin Hart’s comedy sequel “Think Like a Man To”

Deadline.com reports that Hillary Clinton’s double barrel interviews this week with Fox News and CNN didn’t draw blood, meaning the presumptive Presidential candidate failed to leave a trail of gaffes as she did at the kickoff to her book tour.

The United States men’s soccer team’s thrilling World Cup victory over Ghana in their World Cup opener on Monday evening drew the highest-ever rating for a World Cup game on ESPN.  The match “averaged a 7.0 overnight rating” and, according to