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  • Real Oneals Cancelled...

    05/12/2017 7:53:28 AM PDT · by HamiltonJay · 44 replies
    ABC has cancelled family sitcom The Real O’Neals after two seasons, TVLine has learned. Noah Galvin starred as gay teen Kenny, whose decision to come out sent shockwaves through his tight-knit Catholic family; Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope) and Jay R. Ferguson (Mad Men) co-starred as Kenny’s parents Eileen and Pat.
  • Warner Bros. Facing An Early Summer Box Office Disaster with “King Arthur” Misfire

    05/12/2017 3:45:06 AM PDT · by C19fan · 47 replies
    Showbiz 411 ^ | May 10, 2017 | Roger Friedman
    This week we don’t have Friday the 13th, but Friday the 12th will suffice. “King Arthur” is looming as a huge box office disaster for Warner Bros. The $150 million Guy Ritchie-directed adventure is getting scathing reviews. It’s only registering a 21/100 on Rotten Tomatoes.
  • Dwayne Johnson Refuses to Endorse Politicians, Here’s Why

    05/11/2017 11:19:15 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 33 replies
    MRC TV ^ | May 10, 2017 | Andrew Mullins
    Dwayne Johnson just might be one of the most popular celebrities in America, and it isn’t just because of his acting. In a recent GQ story titled, “Dwayne Johnson for President”, writer Caity Weaver showed the side of Johnson that has earned him the widely-accepted title of “Nicest Guy in America.” Johnson has learned something that most of Hollywood would do well to copy: the value of listening before talking in politics. Unlike perennial left-leaning superstar singers Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, he isn’t standing on stage, leading rallies for politicians.  He also isn’t channeling vulgar overtures to convince Americans to...
  • Steve Harvey’s Shocking Memo to Talk Show Staff Surfaces: ‘Do Not Approach Me’

    05/11/2017 4:44:16 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 111 replies
    Variety ^ | 5/10/17 | Elizabeth Wagmeister
    Steve Harvey is moving his daytime talk show to Los Angeles this fall, but his new staff may not want to expect a sunny welcome from the host — at least, if his past communication is any indication of his attitude toward his staffers. A memo that was sent from Harvey to his staff surfaced earlier today....
  • Last Man Standing canceled by ABC after 6 seasons

    05/10/2017 4:45:09 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 42 replies
    Entertainment Weekly ^ | May 10, 2017 | James Hibberd
    Last Man Standing has finally fallen. Tim Allen’s sitcom has been canceled by ABC after six seasons. The long-running comedy has been something of an anomaly. Due to modest ratings, Last Man Standing has been considered “on the bubble” for a renewal every season since it launched in 2011. Yet the Friday night show always managed to squeak into another year — until now. The show’s final season averaged 8.1 million viewers and a 1.6 rating among adults 18-49. No word yet on Last Man Standing‘s time slot companion on Friday nights, Dr. Ken, which is also on the bubble...
  • ESPN concerns drag on Disney, shares dip

    05/10/2017 12:28:48 AM PDT · by Zakeet · 18 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 9, 2017 | Lisa Richwine and Rishika Sadam
    A decline in subscribers and higher programming costs at cash-cow ESPN weighed on shares of Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Tuesday, overshadowing a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street estimates. Investors have been closely watching how ESPN navigates the shakeup in television as viewers defect from traditional pay TV services and online services proliferate. Chief Executive Bob Iger told analysts that Disney added customers on new digital platforms, but not enough to make up for subscriber losses from expanded basic cable packages. Shares of the world's biggest entertainment company dropped 2.4 percent in after-hours trading.
  • Stephen Colbert’s audience roars with cheers upon hearing that Comey was fired

    05/10/2017 9:45:31 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Hotair ^ | 05/10/2017 | AllahPundit
    Via the Free Beacon, this is funnier when you realize that the liberals who stand in line for tickets to this show doubtless see themselves as better informed and more politically savvy than the average benighted American. How could they not be? They watch Colbert. Tonight! Stephen reacts to the day's big surprise: the firing of James Comey by President Trump. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/axuUmFLtSd— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 10, 2017 He does his best to play off the reaction, joking that there must be a lot of Trump fans in the crowd. Not true. It’s just that low-information Democrats...
  • Emma Rosa Parks Watson: Hollywood’s next obsession is the gender-neutral awards

    05/10/2017 8:18:24 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    National Review ^ | 05/10/2017 | Kyle Smith
    Let’s not underplay this: Emma Watson just became the Rosa Parks of today’s Hollywood. Declining to honor gender demarcations just as Parks once declined to observe racial ones, Watson, holding a goofy simulacrum of a bucket of popcorn, gave a heartfelt speech Sunday night when she accepted a gender-neutral “Best Actor” award — open to males, females, and everyone in between — at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The “non-binary performer” Asia Kate Dillon, of the TV series Billions, presented the award to Watson, honored for her work in this spring’s remake of Beauty and the Beast. Dillon hailed...
  • Another half-million Americans cut the cord last quarter

    05/09/2017 4:23:06 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 54 replies
    Recode ^ | May 3, 2017 | Peter Kafka
    The pay TV business used to deny that cord-cutting was a thing. It doesn’t make that argument any more. Related: The pay TV business just posted a historically horrible number, at least in terms of subscribers, by losing 762,000 customers in the first three months of 2017. That estimate comes from MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett, one of those people who used to be skeptical about cord-cutting but became a believer a few years ago. He says the industry just had its worst Q1 ever.
  • Debra Messing Calls Out Ivanka Trump at GLAAD Media Awards

    05/07/2017 1:35:44 PM PDT · by drewh · 64 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | Sunday, May 7, 2017, 4:14 PM | WITH NICKI GOSTIN, RACHEL DESANTIS
    As lead actress in one of the self-professed "most iconic gay shows of all time," Debra Messing knows a thing or two about inclusiveness and equality. And Saturday night, at the 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards, the "Will & Grace" star called on Ivanka Trump to learn the same. Messing, 48, was honored with the Excellence in Media Award, and took the opportunity to call out the "complicit" first daughter for failing to stand up to her father's discriminatory policies. "It is not enough to simply say that women's issues are important to you," Messing pleaded to Ivanka directly in...
  • 'Saturday Night Live' Takes On 'Morning Joe,' Scarborough And Brzezinski's Sexual Tension

    05/06/2017 9:08:38 PM PDT · by i88schwartz · 29 replies
    RealClearPolitics ^ | May 7, 2017 | RealClearPolitics
    In the cold open of the May 6th broadcast, NBC's Saturday Night Live took on its own network property, MSNBC morning political talk show Morning Joe. Alex Moffat's Joe Scarborough used couple nicknames like "Mika mouse" and "Mika boo" throughout the segment to refer to his fiance and Morning Joe while panel regulars expressed how uncomfortable they were by the closeness of the hosts. (Panelists included Mike Barnicle, Mark Halperin and Willie Geist.) VIDEO at link...
  • FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’s Trump rant

    Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert's controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. The agency received "a number" of complaints about Colbert's commentary earlier in the week, according to the FCC's chief. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai promised to "take the appropriate action" following a comprehensive investigation of Colbert's remarks. The FCC's response will depend on whether Colbert's remarks are considered "obscene."
  • DiCaprio Flies Commercial to D.C. Climate March, Rides in Tesla

    05/07/2017 6:39:40 AM PDT · by rktman · 27 replies
    pjmedia.com ^ | 5/6/2017 | Nicholas Ballasy
    After drawing criticism last year for taking a private jet to accept an environmental award, Academy Award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio took a commercial flight to and from last weekend’s People’s Climate March in Washington, according to a source close to the actor. DiCaprio was also driven around locally in a Tesla electric car. In May 2016, DiCaprio flew to New York from France on a private jet to accept an award at the Riverkeeper Fishermen’s Ball. He reportedly flew back to Cannes after the ball. PJM learned that the actor traveled from New York to Washington and...
  • Will Rising Movie Star Josh Gad’s Extreme Anti-Trump Resistance Backfire?

    05/05/2017 2:25:07 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 22 replies
    Heat Street ^ | May 5, 2017 | Staff
    Hollywood anti-Trump Resistance members aren’t exactly in short supply right now but Josh Gad is an especially ridiculous one. When not voicing Star Wars Rebels, Angry Birds or Frozen spinoffs (he’s Olaf), Gad is to be found venting violent spleen about Trump that renders Marvel filmmaker Joss Whedon rather milquetoast by way of comparison. Take a look at his reaction yesterday on Twitter to House Republicans passing a revamped health care bill that repealed much of Obamacare:(TWEETS-AT-LINK) Gad also retweeted Patton Oswalt equating supporters of the repeal of ‘Obamacare’ with “Cattle cheering McDonald’s”. Gad- who was caught up in the...
  • Ellen DeGeneres won't allow Trump on her show: 'He's against everything that I stand for'

    05/05/2017 1:14:22 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 89 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 5, 2017 | by Jethro Nededog
    Ellen DeGeneres won't have President Donald Trump as a guest on her hit daytime talk show. "I'm not going to change his mind," she told Matt Lauer during a pretaped interview on Friday's "Today" show of her reasoning for not having Trump on her talk show. "He's against everything that I stand for." DeGeneres acknowledged that she does know the president. In the past, he had appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," also known as "Ellen," to promote his NBC reality show "The Apprentice" in its early seasons. But things have become icy between the two since the election. "I...
  • Laurence Fishburne's Daughter Blames 'Political Situation' Under Trump For DUI

    05/05/2017 7:12:02 AM PDT · by EdnaMode · 27 replies
    Information Liberation ^ | May 4, 2017 | Chris Menahan
    President Trump is driving leftists out of their minds. From the Miami Herald: Her bare behind, public urination and a Donald Trump rant: Montana Fishburne, the troubled daughter of the actor who played the self-possessed leader of the rebels in “The Matrix,” gave I-95 motorists an eyeful and state troopers an earful when she was arrested March 11 on a DUI charge, according to a video of the incident released by the Florida Highway Patrol. Wearing her ultra-short, clingy dress above her waist near the Oakland Park exit in Fort Lauderdale, the former porn star and daughter of actor Laurence...
  • When Alfred Hitchcock Cried After Receiving Holy Communion

    04/30/2017 3:47:40 PM PDT · by NYer · 24 replies
    NC Register ^ | April 28, 2017 | Kathy Schiffer
    On April 29, 1980, the world lost a great storyteller when Alfred Hitchcock, the “Master of Suspense,” died in his Bel Aire home at the age of 81. His repertoire included more than 50 films in the suspense genre – films such as “The Birds,” “Psycho,” “North by Northwest” and others. The 2012 film “Hitchcock”, which purported to tell the director's life story, gave little attention to his faith. Instead, it spotlighted Hitch's alleged behind-the-scenes discord with his wife of 54 years, screenwriter Alma Reville, and his domineering approach to actors on the set of his films. Two biographies...
  • Celebrities Rage at House Obamacare Repeal: ‘[bleep] All Y’all’

    05/04/2017 8:10:25 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 71 replies
    Big Hollywood (Breitbart) ^ | May 4, 2017 | Daniel Nussbaum
    Republican leaders and President Donald Trump celebrated a legislative victory Thursday as the House passed the American Health Care Act, which, if it clears the Senate and is signed into law, will repeal former President Obama’s signature achievement, 2010’s Affordable Care Act. But the reaction was substantially different in Hollywood, as celebrities took to social media Thursday afternoon to voice their displeasure with the new bill and to urge fellow liberals to donate to Democratic politicians ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Politically outspoken celebrities including Katy Perry, Amy Schumer, John Legend, George Takei, and Mark Ruffalo all tweeted about...
  • Celebs Warn GOP 'Will Pay' for AHCA: '[bleep] These Smirking, Entitled Frauds'

    05/04/2017 2:26:37 PM PDT · by kevcol · 66 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | May 4, 2017 | Sarah Stites
    Although the Trump administration's new healthcare bill has yet to pass the Senate, Hollywood stars have already vowed revenge on the GOP. On Thursday afternoon, the House voted narrowly (217 to 213) to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the American Health Care Act. Immediately, celebrities condemned the "felons," accusing them of "entitlement," "fraud" and "hypocrisy." Many urged resistance, while actor Ron Perlman even threatened California's Republican House members.
  • The Circle: Most conservative movie of 2017

    05/03/2017 7:59:47 PM PDT · by TBP · 20 replies
    Conservative Review ^ | May 01, 2017 | Steve Deace
    Make no mistake: “The Circle” is not a great movie by any means. However, it is a movie I would highly recommend that every American see. Although we’re not even halfway through 2017, it’s hard to believe Hollywood will release a more conservative movie this year. I have not seen a contemporary film that does a better job of deconstructing the fake utopian schemes of progressivism. I only doubt whether that was the movie’s actual purpose … or the filmmakers couldn’t help but subconsciously go there, given the subject matter. Just look at the movie’s main characters. The heroine, Mae...