Hollywood

MTV's Real World: Hollywood and the Continuing Descent into "Negativness"

Ben Heller | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Access Hollywood, Road Rules, Mtv, Hollywood, Real World XX, Real World Hollywood, Real World, Entertainment News
Ben Heller

The Hollywood cast is just another example of how this once-insightful program has been reduced to an endless orgy of hot tub make out sessions, roid rage beatdowns, and alcohol-induced arrests.

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She's Gotta Be Hot

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Models, Plastic Surgery, Us Weekly, Bonnie Fuller, Darryl Roberts, Eve Ensler, Documentary, America the Beautiful, Atoosa Rubenstein, Airbrushing, Beauty, Ted Casablanca, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Coming in May, a new documentary tackles America's internationally renowned obsession with beauty.

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Nun-Cents: or, What Would Debbie Do?

Tom Gregory | Posted 04.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Video, Irs, Belgium, Taxes, Annie Pescher, Mgm, Iraq, Sister Smile. Dominique, Hollywood, Barack Obama, National Common Sense, Jeanne Deckers, Contraception, American Idol, Catholic, Soeur Sourire, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Godly songs don't guarantee a heavenly end for the canaries that sing them.

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SAG Talks Start Today

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Screen Actors Guild Strike, Aftra, Screen Actors Guild, Strike, Sag, Breaking Entertainment News, Amptp, Actors, Hollywood Writers Strike, Hollywood Strike, Hollywood, SAG Strike, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Most movie and television production is currently scheduled to cease by mid- to late June, to avoid the risk of actors walking off set and shutting down on an active production.

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Is Content Worthless?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Ad Revenue, Piracy, Hollywood, Economics, User Generated Content, Content, Media News
Jonathan Handel

Content may be king, but, ironically, its perceived value today is being driven towards zero. In the eyes of consumers, content is becoming a commodity.

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Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr. in New Film by Atonement Director

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Classical Music, Robert Downey, Jamie Foxx, Los Angeles Times, Movie, Music, Film, Hollywood, Musician, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

Nathaniel Ayers was one of the few blacks enrolled at the prestigious Juilliard music school back in the 1970s. He developed schizophrenia, and after stints in psychiatric hospitals he ended up on the streets in LA.

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Attention Entertainment Industry: Stop Portraying Us

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 04.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Stop-Loss, Iava, Iraq Veterans, Ryan Phillippe, Stop-Loss Review, Heroes, Iraq War Movies, Iraq War, Entertainment Industry, Hero, Iraq, Movies About Iraq, Veterans, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Sean Gilfillan

Military veterans are portrayed on screens and on radios across the country by people who have no clue who or what we are. This is unfortunate because the talent does exist.

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Where in The World Are Iraq War Movies Popular?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Battle of Algiers, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Box Office, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Mission Accomplished, Iraq War, Iraq War Movies, Iraq, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Erik Lundegaard

Hollywood has tried to make it easy for us by making its Iraq War films about us, and setting the action here, in the U.S. But we can't be bothered.

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Stop-Loss: Another Hollywood Iraq Film Misses the Mark

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Generation Kill, Hbo, Stop-Loss, Army, Veterans, Rambo, The Green Zone, The War Tapes, Iraq, Rieckhoff, Matt Damon, Toby Keith, Mtv, My Super Sweet Sixteen, Hollywood, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Iraq and Afghanistan vets must serve as pop culture watchdogs, and help the American public understand what is an accurate portrayal of the Iraq experience... and what is not.

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OMMA Hollywood Global Conference

Paige Donner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Google Video, Hollywood, Blip.tv, Renaissance Hotel, Video Syndication, OMMA Conference, Online Advertising and Marketing, Online Photo Editor, Youtube, Sms, Air2web, Metacafe, Picnik, Api, Movoxx, Revver, Silo, Viddler, Tubemogul, Crackle, Media News
Paige Donner

Held at the Renaissance Hotel, Hollywood March 17-18th the conference geared toward marketing and advertising for online content and services offered ...

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Recession Hits Hollywood

Variety | JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

Read More: SAG Walkout, Recession, Upfronts, TV Pilots, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Recession Hollywood, Business News

The wave of euphoria that swept over Hollywood following the end of the WGA strike has been replaced by a whole new set of emotions: anxiety, depressi...

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Will Ferrell is the Laziest Person in Hollywood

Jack Donaldson | Posted 03.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Semi-Pro, Will Ferrell, Sports Movies, Comedy, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Jack Donaldson

It was offensive to see a star such as Ferrell, insulated from the world around him, seem to sincerely believe that people would want to see him re-treading a character and idea he had 10 years ago.

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Net Neutrality Naughty?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Piracy, Mpaa, Breaking Media News, Dan Glickman, Hollywood, Breaking Entertainment News, Net Neutrality, Showest, Media News
Jonathan Handel

Hollywood studios are taking a position on net neutrality -- the principle that ISPs should not discriminate against small users when providing network bandwidth -- and they're against it.

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Former Hollywood Actor Now Iraq's Chief Hangman

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Saddam, George W. Bush, Iraq, George Clooney, Hollywood, 24, Bush, Clooney, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Where else could a young Iraqi exile end up appearing with George Clooney in a Hollywood movie -- and then get a chance to return to his native land to serve as official hangman?

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Hollywood Labor: What's Up with the Actors?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Strike, Aftra, Screen Actors Guild, Breaking Media News, Sag, Breaking Entertainment News, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

AFTRA, a Hollywood actors union, just reached a tentative deal with the networks. Does that mean the actors are done, and we can be assured there'll be no actors strike this year?

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No Country for Old Ladies (Or Young Ones)

Daniel Holloway | Posted 03.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Natalie Portman, The Other Boleyn Girl, Bonneville, Smart Actresses, Actresses, Kathy Bates, Eric Bana, Scarlett Johansson, Women in Hollywood, Jessica Lange, Older Actresses, Joan Allen, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Daniel Holloway

Truly, 2007 was a crap time to be an American actress with half a brain — and this year isn’'t looking any better.

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Hollywood, Silicon Valley Team Up For Start-Ups

New York Times | Laura M. Holson | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Digital Media, Accel Partners, AT&T, William Morris Agency, Silicon Valley Venture Capital, Hollywood, Venrock, Silicon Valley, Business News

Hollywood and Silicon Valley have something of a Mars/Venus problem: the two sides are talking but they don't speak each other's language. A new ventu...

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A Love Letter to Writers' Rooms

Taii K. Austin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Strike, TV Writer, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Taii K. Austin

Hollywood's a messed up place in many ways, but one thing I really dig about it is its crackhead-esque dependence on the collaboration of different kinds of folks.

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The SAG Negotiations: Why George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Others May Have Exercised a Faulty Strategy

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Hanks, Sag, Amptp, Russnow, Dga, Michael Russnow, George Clooney, SAG Strike, Wga, Alan Rosenberg, Doug Allen, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

The methods these well-intentioned actors have employed seem to be of a hurrying design that take the air out of the balloon of solidarity and play right into the hands of the AMPTP.

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The Moviegoer: Six Ways of Watching the Oscars

James Rocchi | Posted 02.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscars, The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Jon Stewart Oscars, Hollywood, Entertainment News
James Rocchi

The dirty little secret of the Oscars is that while they're often derided and dismissed as the self-celebration of a liberal elite, they're actually more conservative than you might think.

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Writers Guild Deal: Details

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Wga, Breaking Media News, Writers' Strike Opinion, Breaking Entertainment News, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Want to know the gory details of the tentative writers deal now being voted on by the Writers Guild members?

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WGA Strike Primer: Settling a Final Debt

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike, Writers Guild of America, Hollywood Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, WGA Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Robert J. Elisberg

Admiration and thanks are plentiful. But I still reserve my awe for the strike captains.

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Breaking News: Hollywood Execs Ahead of Curve

Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Satire, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Nicholas Weinstock

It's not surprising -- as has become clear in the oceanic email volume of these post-strike days -- that many writers turn out to have written scripts on spec over the past few months.

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Hollywood Begins Salvage Operation

Los Angeles Times | Maria Elena Fernandez, Matea Gold | Posted 02.15.2008 | Business

Read More: PIlot Season, Upfronts, Broadcast Television, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Strike Over, Business News

With the strike over, the salvage operation begins. Hollywood lurched back into gear this week, reviving projects sidelined by the three-month labor ...

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The Writers Strike Is Over! Hooray?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Too Old, Unemployed, Writers Strike, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Lloyd Garver

After working steadily as a TV writer for many years, I made a big mistake: I allowed some of my hair to turn gray. In the eyes of those at the studios, I was suddenly too old to be funny.

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