Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has been released following 4 days of detention at the hands of the Police Service of Northern Ireland following his arrest in connection with the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. Adams’s colleagues and supporters were
The reviews are coming in for Joel McHale’s set at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The Soup mainstay was fair, balanced and, according to Deadline.com, a bomb. One line in particular from McHale’s act, though, echoed the media’s unjust
Having already cleaned up overseas, there was no question “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” would clean up here in North America on its debut weekend. As Deadline reports, though, the ridiculously expensive sequel ($225 million) that cost nearly as much to
HGTV will not move forward with a new reality series because two of the show’s stars are alleged to be anti-gay activists. A liberal web site reported that David Benham, set to star in the series Flip It Forward, once
People Are Mad I Said Chelsea Handler Looks ‘Used Up’ A few commenters slammed me in yesterday’s Top 5 for my observation that E!’s Chelsea Handler looks a “little used up.” I was actually trying to be nice. She really
International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates says preparations for the Rio Olympics are the “worst” he has ever seen. He said, “The situation is critical on the ground.” According to the BBC, this assessment comes as Brazil faces
One of Hollywood’s most influential movie executives is hardly bullish on his own product. Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation and an industry heavyweight, told a global conference today that movies are no longer a “growth business.” Katzenberg, a prominent
On April 27, envoy Sigrid Kaag said Syria is still in possession of “7.5 percent of its 1,300-ton stockpile” of chemical weapons. Kaag is serving as envoy for “the multinational mission to get rid of the weapons.” The mission is
Deadline reports that CNN’s “Chicagoland” got killed in the ratings. Despite an appearance from First Lady Michelle Obama, the finale of the eight part series collapsed to a new low for CNN’s pro-Rahm Emanuel documentary. “Chicagoland” managed to grab only
Healthcare.gov was supposed to do more than just sign people up for insurance. It was also supposed to manage subsidy payments to insurers on the back-end of the site. But with the first enrollment period closed, that part of the
Covered California Director Peter Lee said on Thursday that improving health care literacy remains the state’s top task. Lee, a vocal cheerleader for his state’s Obamacare exchange, claims 3.3 million Californians have enrolled and that the program is “relatively succeeding.”
Deadline reports that “The Other Woman,” a PG-13 revenge-against-men comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton’s body topped the box office with a $25.4 million debut. Knocked out of the top spot after three weeks was “Captain America:
In what some are sure to view as a politically motivated prosecution, Obama’s Justice Department waited until just after a critical race deadline to announce the impending indictment of Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) The timing of the expected Grimm indictment also
More faith-based projects are coming to screens large and small. We’ve already seen God’s Not Dead, Noah, Son of God and Heaven Is for Real in theaters this year, and now Fox is prepping a television series focusing on the
Newly released voter registration data for California shows that the percentage of the population registering as either Republican or Democrat has dropped since the last gubernatorial election in 2010. The data published Tuesday by Secretary of State Debra Bowen shows a
A federal judge dismissed director Quentin Tarantino’s lawsuit against Gawker.com for linking to a leaked screenplay he wrote. The legal battle may not be over, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The California judge which granted Gawker’s motion to dismiss the
Rivals Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a Palestinian unity government within five weeks, Al Jazeera and The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. According to the report, the agreement was reached during a Tuesday meeting between a Fatah delegation to
The Palestinian Authority (PA), which had made threats of disbanding should Israel not meet certain of its demands, appeared to walk back those threats yesterday according to reports in The Jerusalem Post. Nevertheless, certain PA sources continued to discuss dissolution
A Jewish synagogue was reportedly firebombed over the weekend in the Ukrainian city of Nikolayeve, a Black Sea port city with an estimated population of 500,000. At this time, neither the identities of the perpetrators nor what side they are
Over half of the 221,604 Georgia Obamacare “enrollees” the Obama administration claims as enrollments have not paid for their plans, thereby leaving them still uninsured. Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says only 107,581 Georgians have paid for coverage. “Many Georgians
Deadline reports that this Easter weekend at the box office we have two openly Christian films perched in the top ten. Meanwhile, Darren Aronofsky’s anti-God “Noah” sailed over a cliff, failing to even rank. Coming in at number three, director
First Lady Michelle Obama, who frequently appears on late night talk shows as well as The View to promote her husband’s policies, will next appear on the ABC drama Nashville. The FLOTUS and [singer Kellie] Pickler will guest star on the
Latest News In the Bryan Singer Sexual Abuse Lawsuit THR reports that in 2000 director Bryan Singer’s accuser, Michael Egan, filed a suit claiming to have been sexually abused at a 1999 party involving Singer associates. Egan didn’t name Singer
The team behind the upcoming TV movie about convicted killer Kermit Gosnell counted on the public to help them fund their project. They said that the mainstream media and Hollywood didn’t give Gosnell’s horrific crimes the attention they deserved. The
The ties between Hollywood and the Democratic party got a little tighter this week. A major studio has recruited a key player from the Clinton administration for a pivotal press role. Warner Bros has hired former White House Press Secretary and
Just last month Deadline reported that Sony is prepping $100 million in cuts and layoffs caused mainly by the humiliating failure of two very expensive left-wing films. Despite big stars like Will Smith, Channing Tatum, and Jamie Foxx, “After Earth”
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly proved they were a fine comic duo in both Step Brothers and Talledega Nights. Their next teaming could find their comic chemistry nudged aside for liberal talking points. The comic actors are set to
The FOX reboot of the classic science series Cosmos earned hearty ratings last month for its debut, in part thanks to being aired on a multitude of channels. Now, as the weeks progress, those ratings continue to shrink. Last night’s
Ukraine is falling apart and interim President Oleksandr Turchynov promised a large scale anti-terrorist operation against the pro-Russian forces in the east if they did not surrender by 9 a.m. Monday morning. When this did not happen Turchynov announced he
WASHINGTON (AP) — As millions of Americans race to meet Tuesday’s tax deadline, their chances of getting audited are lower than they have been in years. Budget cuts and new responsibilities are straining the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to police
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s timeline for having ready the new health care law’s online sign-up system “was just flat out wrong,” outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in an interview that aired Sunday. The departing
Ahead of the April 15 tax deadline, a record-high 60% of Californians say that they pay “much more” or “somewhat more” in taxes than they should, according to a recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) (and
Britain and America are investigating claims that the Syrian government has carried out a series of new chemical attacks in the suburbs of Damascus, according to The Times of London. British officials said yesterday that they were “aware of multiple
I was a big fan of Mike Rowe’s “Dirty Jobs” TV show, and I think his activism on behalf of blue-collar jobs is both logical and inspiring. It’s good to hear he’s coming back to television with a show on
Billionaire Charles Munger Jr. is forking out some much-needed cash to an array of California Republican candidates so that the GOP has broader representation in upcoming elections. The Republican philanthropist is a Stanford physicist and an anti-tax crusader, and has supported initiatives
There were further developments in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 today, as an Australian P-3 Orion aircraft has picked up a signal in the same area where the Ocean Shield ship detected signals consistent with a black
The Republican Jewish Coalition has released a statement “strongly criticizing” Secretary of State John Kerry for blaming Israel for the impasse in talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinians, calling Kerry’s statements “outrageous.” Executive Director Matt Brooks said: After
With the April 15 deadline for gun registration under the SAFE Act fast approaching, estimates indicate over 90 percent of gun owners have yet to comply. Making matters worse for elected officials–and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) in particular–is the fact
Senior Israeli defense officials said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime used chemical weapons in two attacks in Damascus 10 days ago, according to a report in The Times of Israel. Officials said that the chemical agents used in
Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis & Butt-head, Idiocracy and Office Space, is often ahead of his time with his comedy. Sometimes, he has to wait a few years for his audience to catch up. Sunday night, the crowd was
