Samuel L Jackson

Hollywood Courts Somali Pirate; Samuel L. Jackson To Play Controversial Negotiator

The Guardian | Posted 06.15.2009 | World


He's a number scribbled in a captain's cabin, a name inside a Somali pirate's head, a voice of reassurance to the family of a captured seaman. His gov...

Jake Gyllenhaal And Ron Howard Star In Hip Hop Video

Huffington Post | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment


Ron Howard and Jake Gyllenhaal (wearing a black trilby) can now add music video eye candy to their resumes. The pair, along with Forest Whitaker, ...

GRAMMY PHOTOS: McCartney, Jay-Z, Bono, Mayer, MIA, Gwnyeth & More (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment


Sunday night's Grammy Awards turned out boldfaced names from across the industry, from Paul McCartney to Lil Wayne to Neil Diamond to a heavily-pregna...

Marvel Apparently Doing Iron Man 2 on the Cheap

Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

I can understand that Marvel wants to cut corners when it can, but it was Iron Man that single-handedly made Marvel into a real movie studio.

HuffPost Video Premiere: Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Featuring over twenty musicians from four continents who have never met, "Don't Worry" makes its auspicious debut today, on Martin Luther King Day, and is featured here.

WTF? Lieberman? Clinton? That's EXACTLY The Obama I Voted For

Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Lee Stranahan

Speaking for my tiny little chunk of the liberal blogosphere, I don't like Joe Lieberman. I was disgusted by Hillary's campaign. And I couldn't be happier with Obama's decisions.

Snakes on the Plains?

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green


Maura Judkis

If there were ever a time we needed Samuel L. Jackson, it's now. Climate change may cause the Burmese pythons that inhabit Florida's Everglades to spread to as many as 32 states.

Greening Hollywood: Solar Powered ESPY's

Paige Donner | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green


Paige Donner

Limos provided by the ESPYs for the honored guests were all bio-diesel powered. The Awards' Red Carpet Event, Pre-Party and Press Tents' electricity were powered by solar energy.

Network TV Upfront Week 2008: Not So Bad After All

Ed Martin | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment


Ed Martin

We had been led to expect networks to roll over and play dead in the wake of the WGA strike and amid the recession -- but almost all the networks rallied in grand style for Upfronts 2008.