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Can’t wait to see World War Z, the new zombie film starring mega-star Brad Pitt? Better open up your wallet. Paramount will be screening the undead thriller two days before its June 21 release in select cities for a very

Cynical industry watchers have already moved on from the disappointing box office returns for After Earth to the summer’s next potential dud–World War Z. The Brad Pitt zombie movie has been plagued by costly reshoots and other production woes, all

(AP) Sharks beat Kings 2-1 to force Game 7By JOSH DUBOWAP Sports WriterSAN JOSE, Calif.Joe Thornton got San Jose off to a fast start with a power-play goal in the first period and TJ Galiardi added a goal in the

Jane Campion is the only woman to win the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted Palme d’or (Best Film prize) for her 1993 drama, The Piano, as well as the festival’s top short film prize for Peel in 1996. At the opening

An independent investigation by a special counsel is tailor made for the Internal Revenue Service targeting scandal. In instances like this, national leaders like the President and Attorney General of the United States must transcend politics and make restoring trust

Will the new Star Trek sequel boldly go where much of Hollywood has gone before–bashing President George W. Bush? Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor who plays the mysterious villain in Star Trek Into Darkness, told BBC America that the new

The 2013 Summer movie lineup brings to mind one of Yogi Berra’s finest witticisms–“it’s like deja vu all over again.” Hollywood is reduced to a “better safe than sorry mode,” meaning sequels and reboots are now the prime vehicles for

The tweak made to the zombie epic World War Z to appease Chinese censors may only be part of a much bigger picture. We learned this week that a sequence in the Brad Pitt movie is being changed so as not

Another Hollywood production is undergoing a nip and a tuck to please the growing Chinese movie market. Will any actor stand up and defend his or her right to creative expression in this new age of cinematic appeasement? We’re not

By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESAfter a nine-month delay, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum as the gun-toting military toys

In 2012, Paramount and Universal Studios both celebrated their 100-year anniversaries. So it might seem a bit odd, and rather opportunistic, that Warner Bros. decided to celebrate their 90th this year. The studio’s reasoning is good, though: The decade that

Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky proved Saturday night that the confused teens who grew up listening to Loveline all those years ago haven’t forgotten their wisecracking mentors. The former radio partners performed the first in a series of live shows

Defence experts who say many lives could have been saved during Arab uprisings if states used proper crowd control measures sought to tap into a growing market at an Abu Dhabi arms fair. Anti-riot vehicles with sophisticated acoustic repellents have

Gas prices are rising like a rocket, climbing for 32 days straight to a national average of $3.73 a gallon. In Los Angeles, some drivers are paying as high as $5.19 a gallon. “I pay 75 bucks like three times

By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKThe love-struck zombies of “Warm Bodies” swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Hollywood largely punts to football, the PG-13 film from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment

A big-budget zombie film starring Brad Pitt seems like Hollywood’s best stab at sure thing. Not so fast. For starters. Pitt isn’t a natural fit for a popcorn disaster film like World War Z, heading to theaters in June. More

In Freedom, author Jonathan Franzen compares pop music hits to chicklets: their flavor is easily accessible, and when you’re through with them, you spit them out and move onto something else. He might say the same about the MTV-Paramount-MGM collaboration Hansel

The Second Amendment is second to only one. It is widely accepted that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the most important amendment in our sacred Bill of Rights. I wholeheartedly agree. Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceful

(AP) ‘Skyfall,’ ‘Guardians’ duel for box-office winBy DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESJames Bond is in a box-office photo finish with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny over what looks to be the last slow weekend of the holidays. According to

This morning, union members across Southern California are getting set to protest Walmart on Black Friday. A 10:30 a.m. rally at the Paramount outlet of Walmart is planned for this morning by Making Change at Walmart, which claims that workers

“Hitchcock” is an astonishing portrait of one great filmmaker and the secret weapon behind his legendary films: his wife, Alma Reville. Director Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock” is a beautiful and genuine biopic of one of the most famous movie makers of

REUTERS – The “Twilight” vampire saga’s final chapter debuted with a massive $341 million in global movie ticket sales as devoted fans bid farewell to blood-sucking spouses Bella and Edward and one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn –

By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKThe weekend box office was not only undeterred by aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, it was buoyed by it. Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” opened strongly with $49.1 million and Robert Zemeckis’ “Flight,” starring Denzel Washington, soared

By CHRISTY LEMIREAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESIt took three weeks, but “Argo” finally found its way to the top of the box office. The Warner Bros. thriller from director and star Ben Affleck, inspired by the real-life rescue of six U.S.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The fourth “Paranormal Activity” fright flick crept into the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $30.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales. Iran hostage thriller “Argo” earned $16.6 million and took second

Scott Baio of “Happy Days” fame recently sat down with Fox News to discuss his new sitcom “See Dad Run,” and he ended up sharing his thoughts about being Republican in Hollywood and next month’s presidential election. After being asked

Digital media is slowly but surely replacing the print media as the driving force in obtaining news. Nikki Finke, who ran the Deadline website that covered entertainment news and consistently got scoops ahead of print media, is taking control of

With each successive municipality that rejects bans on plastic bags, the environmental lobby championing the measure grows increasingly more desperate, more willing to lean on despicable political tactics to advance a radical agenda. From Illinois to Texas, activists seeking to

Judicial Watch continues to push forward with its 2012 Election Integrity Project. JW is active in states across the country in helping to make certain that voter registration lists are accurate, in accordance with the rule of law. And this

Over the past two weeks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has never missed the opportunity to publicly denounce the YouTube video called “Innocence of Muslims” in the strongest and most unequivocal way. “To us, to me personally, this video is

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” seemed like such a modest proposal – marry the cliffhanger serials of yore with modern storytelling techniques. It helped that two of Hollywood’s most crowd-pleasing filmmakers, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, helped make it happen.

The Hollywood Reporter: The Innocence of Muslims, a movie that has enraged radical Islamists who have rioted and committed murders in the Middle East this week, was partially shot on a set that Paramount helped to build for its TV show JAG,

We used to live in a free country, a United States where our rights and liberties were protected. It is no accident that the very first amendment in the Bill of Rights includes the right to free speech. Not any

The Huffington Post scolded Democrats this evening for having “caved” to pro-religion and pro-Israel forces after party bosses re-inserted God and Jerusalem into the Democrat Party platform after they were removed during the process leading up to the Democratic National

Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren has “categorically” rejected a claim by Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz today at the Democratic National Convention that he had told her the Republican approach to the Israel issue was “dangerous”

Since breaking through with the screenplay for the wonderful yet under-seen quirky drama “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” in 1993, writer-director Peter Hedges has been responsible for some of the most warmly human dramedies in Hollywood. Better yet, his films –