Phelim McAleer asked Matt Damon a question recently that no other professional journalist will likely ask the actor during the star’s current publicity tour. Damon’s new film, “Promised Land,” is by all early accounts an assault on the practice of
Matt Damon, who thought President Barack Obama didn’t veer as far left in his first-term as he would have wanted, revealed a real shocker: he voted for Obama in 2012. Damon said sheepishly, “I voted for him. Absolutely, I voted
After NBC’s “The Today Show.” Host Matt Lauer asked how a man should deal with a girlfriend who “tosses salads” with unclean hands actor Matt Damon answered “That’s not what they told me about tossing salad!” Damon joked
HBO is home to not just fine programming like “The Sopranos” and “Boardwalk Empire,” but to some of the most liberally charged content on the small screen. Consider “The Newsroom,” “Real Time with Bill Maher” and “Game Change” as exhibits
“Promised Land” features lead performances by Matt Damon and John Krasinski and is directed by Gus Van Sant. Damon and Krasinski are also credited with writing the script. A trailer has just hit the web, and guess who the bad
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The movie “Won’t Back Down,” which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as reformers trying to battle education bureaucrats and teachers unions to help children, has irked progressive movie critics. Reviewers have been dismissing the film as “propaganda,” trying to
Matt Damon’s new movie, “Promised Land,” is a propaganda piece that trashes fracking techniques used by American oil companies. The movie presents American oil companies as greedy corporations that trash and pollute small-town America in attempts to extract oil and gas from
Another day, another Mensa Joe Biden whopping lie – and this time there were two. Speaking at a high school in Detroit, Mensa Joe blustered Whopper #1: My dad used to say you measure a man or woman – it wasn’t whether
On Saturday, green car-maker Fisker, which was approved for a $529 million taxpayer-funded government loan, announced it is recalling 2,400 Karma plug-in hybrids after one of its vehicles caught fire last week in Woodside, California. The incident marks the second
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Action movie “The Bourne Legacy,” with new star Jeremy Renner, raced to the No. 1 spot on U.S. and Canadian box office charts with an estimated $40.3 million in ticket sales over the weekend. New adult
Last weekend saw “The Dark Knight Rises” reign as predicted. Faced with new competition, will Batman hold the top spot? This weekend’s predictions and revenue results go as follows: 1. “The Bourne Legacy” ($32 million) – Replacing Matt Damon was
Fading franchises never die. They just get a facelift and return good as new. After sitting through “The Bourne Legacy,” Hollywood’s attempt to keep Matt Damon adventure series afloat, it’s clear some franchises deserve a rest, not Botox. “Legacy” isn’t
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterSAN DIEGOMatt Damon says there’s a sense of fury in the U.S. over banking scandals and financial inequality that neither Democrats nor Republicans are addressing in their presidential campaigns. The 41-year-old actor made his comments at
Step aside, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Mark Wahlberg is quickly becoming my favorite Massachusetts movie star. Wahlberg, the rapper-turned-model-turned-actor, has done some incredible work over the past few years. Whether he was garnering an Oscar nomination for his supporting
It’s not Alec Baldwin’s fault. Honest. The Emmy-winning actor, who allegedly assaulted two separate journalists in just one week, is now blaming his public relation woes on … wait for it … New Media. Oh, and the vast Right Wing
The official synopsis for the upcoming science fiction film “Elysium” has been released online. It’s from “District 9” director Neill Blomkamp and stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster: In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy
Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner don’t seem to care about Elizabeth Warren’s propensity for claiming minority status – even when its not earned. The aforementioned stars opened up their wallets last night to raise
(AP) Obama basks again in Hollywood glory, but at cost? By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Under a tent on George Clooney’s basketball court, the cheers were loud and warm for President Barack Obama. It can’t feel too shabby to
(AP) NEW YORK – NBC says “30 Rock” will be returning next season for a final, abbreviated run. The network said Thursday the much-acclaimed sitcom will air 13 episodes in its seventh season before calling it quits. The show has
Mass. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren famously claimed intellectual credit for the Occupy Wall Street movement, but now she needs Hollywood One Percent types to boost her chances against incumbent Scott Brown. One percenters like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, J.J. Abrams
Summer starts early at your local cineplex. The season doesn’t technically begin until June 20, but movie studios long ago decided May marked the start of the sweltering summer months. And when the first film is the hotly anticipated “Avengers,” who
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Universal brought Snow White, Bourne and a battleship to CinemaCon on Thursday in the hopes of astonishing theater owners, but all it really needed to pack was a pot-smoking teddy bear. With a reported budget of
Matt Damon is still on President Barack Obama’s Hope and Change Express. He simply took a detour last week to give props to a leader who took action on an issue dear to the actor’s heart – George W. Bush.
George Clooney must realize the toll President Barack Obama’s economy is having on the little people. So, Clooney’s latest fundraising effort to help Obama’s re-election campaign is asking supporters for a measly $3. That’s the minimum amount it will take
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld: “So Matt Damon is making an anti-fracking movie. Yay! John Krasinksi will star, no doubt also an expert on this cruel practice that extracts natural gas. Boy, I hope he makes goofy faces like he does
Donald Trump takes issue with Matt Damon’s upcoming anti-fracking film on “Fox & Friends.” Trump contended that celebrities like Damon have “no clue,” “no practical sense” about energy issues.
Matt Damon isn’t shy about his political leanings, witness projects like “Green Zone” and his ties to late radical historian Howard Zinn. But the “Bourne” star is keeping mum about his latest project, “Promised Land,” a movie filmmaker Phelim McAleer
There will be no HomeVideodrome podcast this week, we shall return next week. Normally films that have the premise of a bond between a person and an animal make me wretch. I loved Disney’s “Old Yeller” as a kid, and cried every
Reading Jason Mattera’s book, “Hollywood Hypocrites,” made me feel like I was back in grad school, except I was sober this time. The last week has been a graduate seminar in Hollywood Hypocrisy, and reading Mattera’s book while paying attention to the
The New York Times bestselling author of the explosive new book, Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama’s Biggest Backers, Jason Mattera, had his crew’s camera snatched and hurled by comedian Chris Rock when he asked the star why he has called the
In case you haven’t noticed from the endless barrage of TV commercials touting how many Golden Globes various films have won or been nominated for – or boasting about how many more-obscure awards films have won – we’re in the
For years, actors have been essentially insulting half their potential audience by trashing the right in press interviews and talk show appearances. Just ask Kate Beckinsale, who told Entertainment Weekly regarding the 2008 elections – “And I was so shocked
If Matt Damon is disillusioned with The One, Harry Belafonte is downright dismayed with President Barack Obama’s first term. The Calypso crooner didn’t hold back during a recent radio chat on “Smiley & West,” co-hosted by Tavis Smiley and Cornel
Oscar winner George Clooney doesn’t think it makes sense for actors to campaign for their favorite politician. Then why does everyone with access to a TV or web platform know of his undying affection for President Barack Obama? Clooney, currently
I highly recommend the documentary “His Way” as a testament to one man’s persistence, the value of being optimistic and looking for opportunities when others see problems. In covering a man, Jerry Weintraub, for whom the Bush family helped end
“Tree of Life” grossed a pretty pathetic $13 million, “Happy Feet Two” grossed an abysmal $60 million, and “Moneyball” grossed only an okay $75 million. But in this market, where the concept of the movie star is all but dead,
With the new year just around the corner, Reason.tv is looking back at some of our favorite videos of 2011. Here is a five-video playlist of the most watched videos of the the past year, including Remy’s Debt-Ceiling Rap, Peter
1. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol: $26.5M — The only real bright spot, the only unqualified hit of the season. Cruise’s 4th outing with impossible missions should exceed the take of the last one. You can’t ask for more than
The new film “We Bought a Zoo” focuses on a widower who buys a new home for his two young children. The house has one amenity that didn’t make it to the brochure; it has a zoo in the backyard.
Actor Matt Damon got swept up in Obama-mania like 97 percent of the film industry. Many of Damon’s peers have since bent over backwards – and then some – to explain away the president’s less than stellar tenure in the