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California Acts to Stop Libel Tourism

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home


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.

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

Ben Sherwood | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media


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.

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

Earnest Harris | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Moonshadows: Part 1

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living


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...

Solar The Sign!

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green


Mike Bonifer

Solar Paneling the Hollywood Sign struck me as a beautiful, artful, symbolically powerful idea -- what I call in my line of work a 'productive game'

SAG Board Approves Studio Deal

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors today voted to approve and recommend to members, new, two-year successor agreements to the 2005 Producer-Screen Actors Guild Codified Basic Agreement.

SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Hanging over all of this are the twin factors of the economy and new media. The troubled economy will continue to harm the entertainment industry for some time to come.

It's Official: I'm Not Famous

Stephen Collins | Posted 05.18.2009 | Entertainment


Stephen Collins

Rodney Dangerfield, I feel your pain. In the new movie State of Play, Ben Affleck plays a politician named Stephen Collins. No one on was concerned about having a major character in their movie with my name.

Take the Age: Reclaiming Your Years in a Youth-Obsessed World

Larkin Clark | Posted 05.17.2009 | Style


Larkin Clark

If people ask my age, I tell them. We shouldn't feel shame for getting older; we should feel pride for having gotten so far. Living, after all, isn't easy.

Messy Blond Dreadlocks of Grace

Wendy Block | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living


Wendy Block

I agonized for days and resolved that from then on, whenever someone asked I would give, even if just a dollar.

The Movie They Didn't Want You to See

Stacy Peralta | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment


Stacy Peralta

The more time I spent with gang members of Bloods and Crips, the more I began to see a far different America than the America I was raised in.

SAG and the Studios: The Next Roadblocks

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Last year proved that time is not on SAG's side. Recall that the union's then-leadership wanted better terms in new media than the other Hollywood uni...

Michelle Is the New Bling, as Celebs Go Broke

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.03.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Wolff

Michelle Obama is the national star, government issue. Young and black to the queen's old and white, Michelle and the queen were nevertheless ideally matched in their studied ordinariness.

SAG-AFTRA Ad Deal Done

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

SAG and AFTRA reached a deal with the advertising industry, retaining the compensation structure for broadcast network commercials, and resisting the industry's attempt to reduce pension and health contributions.

Dr. Ruth, Robin Leach and Ellen Degeneres all in a Lucky Week!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.02.2009 | Style


Wendy Diamond

During the vegan dinner Lucky and I schmoozed with Byron Howard, one of the directors of the animated Disney hit film Bolt. Lucky spent the whole time flirting with him!

Don't Mess With Three Stooges or John Wayne

Scott Mehno | Posted 04.26.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mehno

The #1 sure sign that American culture is on the fritz and fading fast are announcements touting such heretical movie re-dos in the name of Hollywood hipness.

Obama's California: The Arnold Alliance and More

William Bradley | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

President Barack Obama is back in the east after a whirlwind visit to California which pointed up his strengths and suggested some things he can do differently.

Coffee Culture

Lester Sloan | Posted 04.18.2009 | Style


Lester Sloan

Coffee culture is changing the rules of engagement for some residents of Los Angeles, forging a subculture that promotes a sense of community among people who remain wedded to their automobiles.

Actors' Commercials Negotiations Deteriorate

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Though it gets less play than the stalled SAG TV/theatrical talks, SAG and AFTRA have been jointly negotiating for several weeks with the advertising industry over the commercials contract.

Hannity, The Kiss and Barney Frank, Gay Superstar

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment


Paul Jenkins

It is a measure of Hollywood's insecurity that we are probably months away from it being more acceptable to be a gay soldier than to be a gay actor.

Where Did You Go, Mia Sara?

Alex Remington | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

Her fade into obscurity isn't a grand tragedy, just a quiet one: "it" girls have an awfully short shelf life, and once Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan took over the world, there wasn't a lot of room left in the A-list.

Artistically Challenged: How the Economic Crisis Impacts Artists

Ambria Miscia | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment


Ambria Miscia

For many artists, I predict this recession will have no effect whatsoever -- after all, we've been living like vagabonds for years and have it down to a science!

Slumdog Millionaire: Dilemma of a New India

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.01.2009 | World


Deepak Chopra

India dreams of being a millionaire, but it lives with the anxiety that it's really a slumdog.

Movie Industry Surges As Americans Seek Escape From Recession

New York Times | MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES | Posted 03.31.2009 | Entertainment


Hollywood could get used to this recession thing. While much of the economy is teetering between bust and bailout, the movie industry has been startl...

Leno's All Charged Up

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Leno's case is a political hot potato, because it pits the power of a Hollywood guild against the even greater power of one of its prominent members.