Hollywood

Stop Calling Scarlett Johansson Fat

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Skinny, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Fat, Hollywood, Axe Body Spray, Volutuous, Curvy, Thin, The Gap, Starlets, Body Image, Chubby, Justin Timberlake, Size 2, Size 10, Style, Media News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Scarlett, I'm sure you are healthy in a WebMD sense but certainly not in the way that reporters mean it. You partly earn that curvy label by your impressive chest. But I feel compelled to inform you that you are not a "regular girl."

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The Third Screen: Larry Gelbart on the Future of Media

Vickie Karp | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Hbo, Television, Writers, Independent Film, Audience, Entertainment, Larry Gelbart, Youtube, Viewers, Media, Ric Burns, Hollywood, New York, Comedy, Reality TV, New Media, Media News
Vickie Karp

In the American media landscape, human viewers may be the only constant, but it remains hard to tell if media is about them and for them, or only, well, about money. Does it matter?

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Hollywood Hates Me, It Really Hates Me

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark Wahlberg, Politics and Film, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Douglas MacKinnon

If filmmakers gratuitously and continuously bash contemporary Republican politicians or policy in their movies, don't they run the risk of alienating a large segment of the movie-going audience?

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Sir Mix-a-Lot Hearts Kate Beckinsale

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Daily Mail, Allure Magazine, Self Esteem, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Women's Self Esteem, Body Image, Insecurities, Ali Larter, Kate Beckinsale, Women and Body Image, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Bombshell Kate Beckinsale denounced her derriere, supposedly asking for a $2,000-a-day body double to stand in for her, um, more scenic scenes in her new film.

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Curtain Call

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.18.2008 | Entertainment

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

It's time for SAG to put its full efforts into crafting the best deal it can get, rather than try to derail the AFTRA primetime deal.

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Oil Industry Not Done Right By Hollywood

Mike LaMonica | Posted 06.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: There Will Be Blood, Oil Industry, Oil Media Coverage, Dallas Television Show, Oil Companies, Movies, Dallas, Media Bias, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Mike LaMonica

As a lifelong oilman, I've been disappointed by the way Hollywood has portrayed my industry. So when I was approached about the development of Black Gold, my initial response was a profound "no."

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Moving Pictures Move Left

Josh Sugarman, Brandon Yankowitz and Patrick Pavon | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hollywood Political Giving, Politics and Film, Politics, Democrats Cool, Hollywood Politics, Movies, Hollywood, Politics News
Josh Sugarman, Brandon Yankowitz and Patrick Pavon

Our goal is to engage young voters, providing them with the sort of entertaining content that reminds them that being a Democrat is "cool" -- the sort that they are willing to spread virally online.

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The Vision Behind Visioneers

Jared Drake and Brandon Drake | Posted 06.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movies, Hollywood, Young Filmmakers, Movie Business, Directors, Filmmaking, Entertainment News
Jared Drake and Brandon Drake

After graduating, the film industry had one thing to offer us: a P.A. job at a production company. Instead, we scrapped together 20k from friends and family. Then, we wrote a script we could shoot for 20k.

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A Women's Cultural Moment

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City, Sex and the City: The Movie, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

As a follower of movies about women I can't help but acknowledge that the Sex and the City movie is a cultural watershed moment for women's films for a couple of reasons.

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Cannes 2008: No Love in Two Lovers

Karin Badt | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Loneliness, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Two Lovers, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Gray, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

In James Grey's new movie Two Lovers, no one finds mutual love. Each says to the other: "You deserve to be loved", while the recipient of the sentiment longs for someone else.

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The Microhoogle Scene: An Analysis

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Microsoft, Analysis, Terry Semel, Disney, Hollywood, Business, Google, Networked World, Microsoft Yahoo, Improvisation, Redmond, Business News
Mike Bonifer

By playing its aggressive game with Yahoo, Microsoft has dominated the dialogue, and has painted the Yahoo brand as an overvalued poser and an insincere tease.

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The Double Standard

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Feminism and Film, Movie Business, Sex and the City, Film, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

It makes me angry that it is all on women to make SATC a hit. No other film has that burden. What the media and the marketing has done here is to really divide the sexes.

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Life in Flight Takes Flight

Tracey Hecht | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Female Directors, Creativity, Directors, Filmmaking, Artists, Life in Flight, Moviemaking, Movies, Women Directors, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Tracey Hecht

The really amazing thing about making Life in Flight was watching it go from a private experience of conceptualization to a hugely collaborative experience.

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Where Are the Women Directors?

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Female Directors, Feminism Clinton, Feminism and Film, Women Directing Change, Motion Picture Industry, Hollywood Studios, Patrick Goldstein, New York Times, Women Directors, Hollywood, Feminism and Work, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

Things suck for women directors, but nothing changes and things are actually getting worse. While most people believe that we are post-feminist, and post-organizing, and post-activism, I think the only way to make change is to agitate.

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John Cusack's War: The Actor Battles to Un-embed Hollywood With His New Film, War, Inc.

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, John Cusack's War Inc., Jeremy Pikser, Hilary Duff, Blackwater, John Cusack War Inc., Halliburton, War Inc., Iraq, Hollywood, Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, John Cusack, Entertainment News
Jeremy Scahill

Cusack's new Film, War Inc., is a powerful, visionary response to the cheerleading culture of the corporate media and a pliant Hollywood afraid of its own shadow.

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James Stewart: On the Actor's Centennial, His Ten Best Films

John Farr | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rear Window, It's a Wonderful Life, Winchester '73, James Stewart, The Shop Around the Corner, Jimmy Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder, Hollywood, The Philadelphia Story, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Movies, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Vertigo, Harvey, Entertainment News
John Farr

As we approach this outstanding actor's centennial on May 20th, I've chosen what I consider to be Jimmy Stewart's ten best films, listed in ascending order.

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Casting Hillary: The Movie

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Gloria Grahame, Glenn Close, Screwball Comedy, Ronald Reagan, Jane Austen, Jane Fonda, Marie Windsor, Joe Klein, Katharine Hepburn, Wellesley College, Rosalind Russell, Movies, Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Stanwyck, Carol Burnett, Marjorie Main, Turner Classic Movies, George and Laura Bush, Percy Kilbride, Film Noir, Bill Clinton, Carole Lombard, Celeste Hol, Emma Thompson, John Foster Dulles, Jean Harlow, Jane Greer, Audrey Totter, BNette Davis, Hollywood, Ellen Burstyn, Sally Field, Anne Baxter, Sigourney Weaver, Margaret Hamilton, Yale Law School, Meryl Streep, Joe Mankiewicz, Hillary Clinton, Lee Tracy, Davis Thomson, Entertainment News
Martin Nolan

Casting Hillary could become the biggest audience-participation show since moviegoers kibitzed Hollywood's choice for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.

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Your Own Personal Slap of Fame: Much Cooler Than any Brush with Greatness

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Annie Hall, Woody Allen, Saturday Night Live, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Richard Laermer

Insubstantial moments where you come upon someone famous must be lessened in importance. Please stop thinking those brushes With greatness make you whole.

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South Pacific -- Musical Orientalism

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood, Orientalism, Culture, South Pacific, South Pacific Revival, Hollywood Chinese, Musical, Entertainment News
Rick Ayers

What is most stunning is how this musical is greeted so uncritically. Popular discussions in the media have got to be a little more sophisticated than this.

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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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