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Welcome to Camp Mogul

Paul Krassner | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business


Paul Krassner

I went to spy on a summer camp for billionaires: The 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho, hosted by Herb Allen.

Desperately Seeking Angie

Garrett Socol | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home


According to a study conducted by Forbes Magazine and E-Poll Market Research, support from Madonna, Tom Cruise, Donald Trump or Susan Sarandon would hurt rather than help a presidential bid.

Tom Hanks Loses Home Construction Lawsuit

AP | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment


KETCHUM, Idaho — A Blaine County judge has rejected Tom Hanks' second request for arbitration over what the actor says was $2.5 million in fault...

Da Vinci Code movie banned from filming in church

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment


ROME — Rome's diocese said Monday it has barred the producers of "Angels & Demons" from filming in two churches for the prequel to the "The Da V...

Tom Hanks Barred: The Vatican Bans "Angels & Demons" From Rome Churches

The Times | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment


The Vatican has banned the makers of Angels & Demons, the latest Dan Brown thriller to be filmed, from shooting scenes not only in the Vatican but in ...

Memo to Tom Hanks: Barack Obama Is No Harry Truman

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

If elected, Obama, could become a magic speaker in the vein of the Big Three; the extent to which he can go off-the-cuff in a Trumanesque manner remains unclear.

Sunday Night History

Marvin Kitman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


Marvin Kitman

What I liked about this John Adams is that it's not by Ken Burns.

'John Adams' Premiere: Talking To Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks And David McCullough

Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.11.2008 | Entertainment


The long-awaited HBO adaptation of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize winning John Adams got the green light a year ago, and the seven-part mini serie...

Dirty Dancing Co-Star Jennifer Grey, Tom Hanks & Others Voice Support For Swayze

Huffington Post | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment


Jennifer Grey, who played "Baby" to Patrick Swayze's "Johnny in the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, calls the actor's bout with pancreatic cancer "so sad":...

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

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment


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.

Hollywood A-List Demands Further Contract Action

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 02.23.2008 | Business


Two of Hollywood's biggest stars -- George Clooney and Tom Hanks -- dropped in at the home of Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg this week t...

Hollywood Stars Urge Early SAG Talks To Avoid Strike

Reuters via Yahoo | Posted 02.14.2008 | Entertainment


Hollywood stars George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are urging the Screen Actors Guild to start talks for a new labor contract ...

Sundance Friday: Hanks, Malkovich and Politics On Show

Michelle Kung | Posted 01.19.2008 | Entertainment


Michelle Kung

An ex-pat, Malkovich admitted to having basically tuned out of the American political scene "since 1972." More opinionated was Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr, who showed off his Mandarin skills.

The Remingolden Globes

Alex Remington | Posted 01.14.2008 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

I'm going to leap into the breach and anoint my own damn winners. Just try and stop me, America.

George Clooney Offers To Set Up "Mediation Panel" For Strike

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 01.11.2008 | Entertainment


Hollywood's Triple-A list actors have started becoming integrally involved in trying to solve the Writers Guild strike against the Hollywood CEOs. I'v...

Tom Hanks Urges For End To Strike, "Honest Bargaining"

Reuters | Michael Davidson | Posted 01.10.2008 | Entertainment


Hanks said corporate bosses should remember that many people, from carpenters to caterers, were suffering as a result of the strike by about 10,500 Wr...

Johnny Depp Tops Veterans To Be #1 At 2007 Box Office

AP | Posted 01.04.2008 | Entertainment


Johnny Depp pillaged the most money for theaters in 2007, in a survey of movie exhibitors. Depp -- star of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"...

Why Charlie Wilson's War Couldn't Happen Today

John Fund | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics


John Fund

Let's hope Washington notes one of the film's lessons: Good things sometimes happened in foreign policy when there was bipartisanship, which now appears to be a bygone concept.

Charlie Wilson's War: "A Blast" And "A Hoot"

New York Times | A.O.Scott | Posted 12.21.2007 | Entertainment


Most of the recent films we've seen about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us what a drag those conflicts are, which may be why so few of us ha...

Watch The Trailer For "Charlie Wilson's War"

Posted 12.18.2007 | Home


Watch the trailer for Mike Nichols' new film, "Charlie Wilson's War," starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...

Golden Globe Nominations: Who Is In, Who Was Ignored?

AP | Posted 12.13.2007 | Entertainment


The British historical romance "Atonement" led the competition Thursday for the Golden Globes with seven nominations, among them best drama and acting...

An Interview With "Charlie Wilson's War" Director Mike Nichols:

Newsweek | Cathleen McGuigan | Posted 12.10.2007 | Entertainment


Any hack can film a sex scene, but director Mike Nichols is a connoisseur of pre- and postcoital moments. He was the guy, don't forget, behind that in...

"Charlie Wilson's War" Gets Early Rave

Variety | Todd McCarthy | Posted 11.30.2007 | Entertainment


"Charlie Wilson's War" is that rare Hollywood commodity these days: a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups. Based on the late George Crile'...

Simon Doonan, Ace Reporter

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media


We always enjoy the musings of the New York Observer's Simon Doonan, but today's outing on how the offspring of celebrities are taking all the glam me...

Steve Carell Needs an Intervention!

Alex Remington | Posted 11.13.2007 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

Sadly, the success of one of the earliest characters Steve Carell ever developed, the 40-year-old virgin, seems to have turned it into one of the only roles he'll ever play.


 

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