WASHINGTON, August 4, 2017 – “There are certain things men must do to remain men,” said alpha male James T. Kirk of Star Trek fame. In short, the swash-buckling starship captain, in the oft-used phrase of today, “self-identified” as a red-blooded, heterosexual male with a strong sense of duty and of right and wrong. William […]
OpEd: William Shatner sets Twitter to stun Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACNN host Chris Cuomo and counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway got into an intense argument over the investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia during a live television broadcast Thursday night. During the interview, Cuomo brought special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump family’s ties to Russia, including a meeting that took
Efforts to get Fox News to fire commentator Sean Hannity have intensified in recent days, amid allegations that the network collaborated with the White House in promulgating a conspiracy theory that sought to cast blame on Democratic operatives for the 2016 murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, who was killed while walking home
Fire Hannity Effort Intensifies Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES — “Wonder Woman” proved its mettle once again, boosting media company Time Warner Inc.’s earnings with its better-than-expected box-office performance. Time Warner’s second-quarter earnings, released early Wednesday, also benefited from increased subscriptions for the company’s premium television unit HBO, which recently began showing the seventh season of its acclaimed series “Game of Thrones.”
‘Wonder Woman’ gives Time Warner earnings a boost Read More »
Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAJeanne Moreau, the quintessential French actress whose mother was an English cabaret club dancer, has died at 89. Moreau, a petite chain-smoker who worked with most of the world’s top directors of the first few decades after World War II, Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard and Wim Wenders among them. In one profile story, Britain’s Guardian
French actress Jeanne Moreau has died at 89 Read More »
International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRest in peace, Sam Shepard. On Monday, news of the acclaimed playwright, actor and director’s death made headlines as the Broadway world went into mourning. Shepard penned 44 plays in his career and authored several books, essays and short stories in his lifetime. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work, a play
By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — The attractive middle-aged couple is having a fight. It’s not one of those screaming, throwing-things-at-each-other kind of fights. Rather, it’s the irritable kind of bickering where every time he opens his mouth she argues with whatever he has to say. This time the argument is about selling the house they have lived
Three couples zoned out at The Secret Rose Theatre Read More »
Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAl Gore’s latest climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” opened Friday in limited release and has received mostly positive reviews. The documentary is the follow-up to “An Inconvenient Truth,” which opened in 2006 to critical and box-office success, and won an Academy Awards for Best Documentary, as well as Best Original Song.
Al Gore Documentary Opens In Theaters Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
“Fate has an agenda all its own and war makes orphans of us all.” By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Cabaret icon Leigh Scarritt –in association with Moxie Theatre- has put together for Brooklyn The Musical. I attended Industry Night to a house filled with thespians who couldn’t have been more enthusiastic. Brooklyn describes
Race out to see ‘Brooklyn the Musical’ Read More »
Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastComedian who played Democratic senator in ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketches says the two are ‘third cousins or something’ By Stuart Winer Larry David played democratic candidate Bernie Sanders in a Saturday Night Live skit of the first 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate, October 17, 2015 (Screenshot from YouTube) Veteran comedian Larry David revealed Wednesday that he
Larry David reveals family ties to Bernie Sanders Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThere are some epic public apologies out there: the church’s apology to Galileo, for instance, or Tiger Woods’ apology to his wife. This one, below, is a personal favorite. But even with the Bill Clinton lower-lip bite, this one pales in comparison to the historic mea culpa issued this weekend. More than 50 years after
Dick Van Dyke apologizes for his ‘atrocious’ cockney accent in ‘Mary Poppins’ Read More »
International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANEW YORK — A former Fox News executive fired after settling a claim that he attempted to sexually assault a female on-air commentator is suing parent company 21st Century Fox for going public with the matter. Francisco Cortes, who ran Fox News Latino, was fired in February after Tamara Holder, a Fox News on-air contributor,
Former Fox News executive files $48 million lawsuit over sexual assault scandal Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Story and photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Once again Comic-Con has come and gone and with it came oodles of new information and stars galore. While it’s a stereotype about the prominence of Jews in Hollywood, the fact of the matter is that a larger than normal percentage of people on the
Jewish celebrities shine at Comic-Con Read More »
Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & BroadcastOutgoing White House press secretary Sean Spicer has criticized the notorious parody of him by Saturday Night Live comedian Melissa McCarthy as “over the line.” “I think that there were parts of it that were funny, but there’s a lot of it that was over the line,” Spicer told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Friday.
Sean Spicer Hits Back at Melissa McCarthy SNL Parody Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA