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Summer Reading on a Sunny (Doris) Day: David Kaufman's The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door Part I

Penelope Andrew | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Garner, Louis Jordan, James Cagney, Terry Melcher, Clark Gable, Norman Jewison, Love Me or Leave Me, David Kaufman, Rock Hudson, Hollywood, Martin Melcher, Pillow Talk, Judy Garland, Ethel Barrymore, Alfred Hitchcock, David Niven, Doris Day, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Jack Lemmon, Films, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Jimmy Stewart, Patrick O'Neal, Biographies, Michael Curtiz Ethel Barrymore, Thelma Ritter, Charles Ludlam, Storm Warning, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Spring Byington, Calamity Jance, Animal Rights, Kitty Foyle, Paul McCartney, Helen Forrest, Ginger Rogers, Janis Paige, Peggy Lee, The Great American Songbook, Oprah Winfrey, A Streetcar Named Desire, Linda Eastman McCartney, Table, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

There are certain actors we encounter as children having grown up on classic film who have a profound impact on us, and no one knows this better than David Kaufman, author of Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door.

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Leap of Faith

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Parts and Labor, Entertainment, David Dean Bottrell, Spirituality, Hollywood, Boston Legal, Show Business, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

Creativity is by definition an act of faith. I frankly don't know where I get the balls to sit down at this computer and attempt to write.

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Hollywood Rich Kids Stage Their Own Backyard Concerts

New York Times | Jennifer Bleyer | Posted 07.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Rich Kids, Concerts, Music, Hollywood, Style News

THE teenagers streamed in by the dozen past the electric gate, the 12-foot-high manicured hedges and the gleaming Lexus sedans in the driveway. They m...

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What Hollywood is Not Letting You See

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 07.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ageism, Filmmaking, Hollywood Ageism, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Robert J. Elisberg

Your favorite movie could likely be written by someone over 40. If today's Hollywood executives had their way, your favorite movie wouldn't exist.

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Hollywood Meets Bollywood

Indepepal | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Rocky, Former Bond Girl, Rocky Actor, Sly Stallone, Bond Girl, Hollywood and Bollywood, Denise Richards, Bollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood Goes Bollywood, Hollywood Meets Bollywood, Akshay Kumar, Hollywood Stars, Snoop Dogg, India, Bollywood Movies, Bollywood News, World News

With big ticket stars like Sly Stallone and Denise Richards appearing in Bollywood movies, Hollywood seems to be looking east. First, there was cu...

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Fame Fatale

Brooks Peters | Posted 07.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Femme Fatales, Paris Hilton, Michael Jackson, Celebutante, Fame, Hollywood, Follies, Style News
Brooks Peters

You see their boldface names and bald numb faces in the tabloids, and on all the glitzy infotainment shows (if you can bear to watch them). They are the nouveaux reachers, the celebutantes, the Cling-ons.

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Having a Secret Policeman's Ball

Brad Schreiber | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music, Film, Humor, Movies, Rock and Roll, Comedy, Hollywood, Tracy Chapman, Sting, Green Day, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tom Morello, Nickelback, Amnesty International, John Cleese, Joan Baez, Egyptian Theatre, Martin-Lewis, Monty Python, Entertainment News
Brad Schreiber

Martin Lewis is a multi-headed entertainment serpent no longer interested in being a mere producer but is bent on some plan for world domination.

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"Women Don't Go to Movies" -- Huh?

Nia Vardalos | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Movie Business, My Life in Ruins, Nia Vardalos, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Nia Vardalos

A little-known fact: some studios recently decided to no longer make female-lead movies.

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Hollywood: Like Detroit, But Stupider

Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Box Office, New York Times, Faye Dunaway, Los Angeles, Movies, Recession, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Daniel Holloway

Where are all the moviegoers going? Nowhere. They're at home, downloading illegal bootlegs and laughing (out loud!) about it.

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Dear Hollywood: Meet Four Industry Guys Who Left Los Angeles And Found Their Heartstrings In The Middle Of A Homeless Camp In Denver

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, The Trevor Project, Homelessness, Real World, Reality, Living, Media, Film, Love, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Stacie Krajchir

There are people in the world I call connectors. They eat, sleep live and breathe with other people in mind. And the king of connectors is my friend Richard Ayoub.

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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Get Rich Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Embezzlement, Msnbc, Blagojevich, Paris Hilton, Too True, Deceit, Video, Madoff, Satire, Washington, Cheating, Wall Street, Comedy, Funny, Get Rich Cheating, Daily Show, Humor, Cnbc, Tricks, Scams, Colbert, Fraud, Bill Maher, Infomercial, Maddow, Hilarious, Parody, Rachel Maddow, Ceo, Book, Auctions for Income, Reading, Dave Espino, Hollywood, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Everyone's doing it--from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen--so why not you?

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Just When Did The Quality Of Hollywood Films Start To Drop?

John Farr | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Shia La Beouf, Richard Dreyfuss, William Holden, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Classic Film, Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Downey Jr, Cary Grant, Robin Williams, Christian Bale, Ingrid Bergman, Foreign Films, Jack Lemmon, Paul Hogan, Bette Midler, Dancing With the Stars, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Technology, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Tyrone Power, John Travolta, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Danny Devito, John Wayne, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Myrna Loy, Will Smith, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Adam Sandler, Steve McQueen, Daniel Craig, Meg Ryan, Tom Selleck, Hollywood, The Quigley Poll, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

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SAG Executive Director: TV/Theatrical Deal Will Pass

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sag, Breaking Entertainment News, Labor, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

David White heralded the proposed agreement between SAG and the studios as "a good deal with solid gains," and added that "Within the context of negotiations [lasting] over a year and an economy changed radically since 2008, it's a fantastic deal."

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SAG's Strange Voyage

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment

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

Where did the Screen Actors Guild go? After months of news, the guild fell off the radar screen. The quiet was deceptive however.

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SAG Hardliners' Picnic No Walk in the Park

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sag, Breaking Entertainment News, Labor, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

SAG President Alan Rosenberg, who spoke at the picnic cum rally, predicted "a good chance" of defeat for the pending TV/theatrical deal, but that seems unlikely if MF can only attract a handful of members to an event in LA.

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SAG Hardliners: The Trojan Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

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

SAG's Hollywood branch, dominated by the hardline Membership First faction, has passed a motion forming a task force to explore "acquisition of actors...

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HuffPost's Jason Linkins Discusses California's Troubled Film Industry On CNBC

Huff TV | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Dennis Kneale, Video, Michael Wolff, Jason Linkins, Julia Boorstin, Cnbc, Hollywood, Business News
Huff TV

Huffington Post political reporter Jason Linkins appeared on CNBC Friday to discuss the threats facing California's film industry. CNBC's Julia Boors...

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Why Buy the Milk When You're Following the Cow on Twitter?

Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Digital Media, Twitter, Technology, Advertising, Laweekly, Hollywood, Media News
Alexia Tsotsis

Ad agencies now see social media as platforms to build their own content and putting a serious hurt on the buying of page views and online carriage.

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Shift Happens: Hollywood and Silicon Valley Bring It OnHollywood

Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Social Media, Internet, New Media, Technology, Laweekly, Arianna Huffington, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Alexia Tsotsis

It's high time Los Angeles and Silicon Valley broke out the peace pipe, an opportunity that presented itself at this week's AlwaysOn OnHollywood conference.

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Obama Makes America Sexier to Swedes

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Germany, Sweden, Stockholm, Exchange Students, Rush Limbaugh, Dayton, Study Abroad, High School, Obama, Texas, Hollywood, Gays, Nordic Countries, Bill O'Reilly, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, World News
Nathan Hegedus

Applications to study in the US are up 30 percent in the Nordic countries, and interest in Sweden has grown by 20 percent. Placement agencies are calling it "Obama fever."

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California Acts to Stop Libel Tourism

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Libel, Arlen Specter, Chuck Schumer, Libel-Tourism, Free Speech, Terrorism, Hollywood, California, Home News
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

Without the Anti-Libel Tourism Act, every creative enterprise produced in California is at risk of financial destruction at the hands of foreign predators.

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Hogwash Alert: How to Survive the Pandemic of Swine Flu Scams and Swindle

Ben Sherwood | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Better Business Bureau, Survivors Club, Symantec, Salma Hayek, Hogwash, Malware, Scam, Swine Flu, Madonna, Spam, Tamiflu, Snake Oil, Federal Trade Commission, Hollywood, Media News
Ben Sherwood

Long before you'd ever come down with swine flu, you'll be exposed to another kind of virus sweeping the world: A global outbreak of online scams preying on your fears of the so-called aporkalypse.

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Can Hollywood Recover From the SAG Strike that Wasn't?

Earnest Harris | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sag, Filmmaking, Amptp, Screen Actors Guild, Earnest Harris, Producers, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Actors, Entertainment News
Earnest Harris

The toll of this month's long semi-strike, the 100 day long writer's strike, and the Director's Guild and AFTRA negotiations in 2008, has impacted and hurt not only our wallets, but our hearts as well.

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Moonshadows: Part 1

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Fiction, Sailing, Grant Whitney Harvey, Malibu, West Coast, Billy Gladsten, Hollywood, Usc, Mammoth, California, Reno Nevada, Books, Moonshadows, Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

I Never in his twenty three years of life had Billy Gladsten made so much money. It afforded him a roomy one-bedroom apartment in Westwood, of all p...

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