Michael Eisner Says the Writers Strike is Over

According to former Disney head honcho Michael Eisner, the Hollywood Writer’s Strike is over, with a deal having been reached between the two parties involved in the dispute, and that he expects writers to be back at work “very soon”. Given that Eisner was more than a little disparaging...

February 8th, 2008 | Read More

Rumor: The Writers Strike is Almost Over

Is the writer’s strike about to be history? Are the two sides finally close to an agreement? Will we finally get the good word sometime tomorrow or earlier? Can I possibly stop asking questions and start answering them? Maybe on all counts. Continue on… The news that the writers strike may...

February 2nd, 2008 | Read More

Writers Strike Update: We Are All Screwed

Well it looks like all our worst fears regarding the Writers Strike has come to fruition: the studios have said “screw’em” and are digging in their heels. Which will translate into TV becoming a vast wasteland of crappy Reality TV programming, and on the big screen — well, it’s...

December 11th, 2007 | Read More

China Bans Hollywood Films for 3 Months

Oh, those wacky Mainland Chinese. If they’re not doing something silly like banning the innocuous “Rush Hour 3″ for daring to have Chinese villains, they’re banning Hollywood, period. That’s the news from Variety, who reports that the Chinese ban came from the communist...

December 5th, 2007 | Read More

Is the Writers Strike at an End? God, Please Say Yes.

The writers strike is killing me. It’s costing me a number of my favorite shows, and one of them, Heroes, has already found its second season sliced in half because of it. But wait, is that good news I hear coming out of Hollywood? Why yes! Deadline Hollywood is hearing rumblings that something...

November 26th, 2007 | Read More

34th Annual People’s Choice Awards Nominees List

So, um, the 34th Annual People’s Choice Awards has sent out their list of nominees, and all of Hollywood is afluttered with what movie got on the list and which ones were left out. I’m just kidding, of course. Hollywood has as much respect for the People’s Choice Awards as they do for,...

November 11th, 2007 | Read More

Is the Writers Strike Insanity and Too Stupid?

I don’t have any horses in this current spat between the Writers Guild of America and their members versus the suits in Hollywood. To be honest with you, it all sounds a lot like two rich guys arguing about who will get that nickel they both happened to run across at exactly the same time, at exactly...

November 7th, 2007 | Read More

Writers Strike Set for Monday

It’s official, folks, Hollywood writers are set to walk the picket line on Monday, tomorrow. This means film and TV writers will walk off the job (or actually, just not go to work) in protest of not being able to share in the profits generated from DVDs and programming on the Internet, the main...

November 4th, 2007 | Read More

Hollywood Writers Strike Update

I have to tell you, every time I hear about the impending Hollywood writers strike, my eyes start glossing over. I can’t decide whose side I’m on, or if I’m even on anyone’s side. And from the sounds of this L.A. Times article, everyone is freaking out about the strike, set to...

October 24th, 2007 | Read More

Michelle Rodriguez Gets 180 Days in Jail for Probation Violations

We’re used to seeing Michelle Rodriguez play tough characters in the movies, girls who don’t take crap from anyone, but real life is another story. Reuters reports that Rodriguez (”Lost”, “Resident Evil”) has been sentenced on Wednesday to 180 days in a Los Angeles...

October 11th, 2007 | Read More

The Warner Bros./Movies with Female Leads Debacle Continues

Oh boy, I bet Warner Bros’ Jeff Robinov is regretting that he ever woke up and put pen to paper when he (reportedly) put out the decree that Warner would no longer make movies with female leads in the aftermath of “The Brave One” and “The Invasion” stinking up the box office...

October 10th, 2007 | Read More

Uwe Boll: If You’re Going to Bash Me, Pronounce My Name Correctly!

There is really no movie news value to this post, but I just love posting anything about German filmmaking wunderkind Uwe Boll. I can’t help it; any news, nevermind how minor, about this guy, but especially about his comments, just makes me giggle like a little schoolgirl. So Uwe Boll is tired...

October 9th, 2007 | Read More

Your Weekend Movie Preview: Feast of Love, The Game Plan, The Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, Lust Caution, Trade

The Rock gets cutesy in an attempt to revive a flagging movie career, FBI agents invade Saudi Arabia in search of a killer, and Ang Lee indulges in some rough sex in World War II-era Shanghai. Those are just three of your choices this weekend. Also opening in limited release is Wes Anderson’s “The...

September 28th, 2007 | Read More

Die Hard’s John McTiernan Sentenced to Fed Prison for 4 Months

Oh boy. It looks like action director John McTiernan needs a little help from his pal John McClane, because the big-time Hollywood director has found himself in a bit of a pickle. That is, he’s just been sentenced to four months in federal prison for lying to the FBI about hiring indicted private...

September 24th, 2007 | Read More

Jon Stewart To Host the Oscars Again

Industry trade Variety is reporting that The New York Times reported that diminutive faux talk show host Jon Stewart will host The Oscars telecast for the second time in three years. I guess last year’s host, Ellen DeGeneres, didn’t do very well. Or maybe she did. The fact is, I stopped watching...

September 11th, 2007 | Read More

Someone Wants to Make a Movie out of the ’80s Game Joust

No, really. Some genius has purchased the theatrical rights to the Midway game “Joust”, about tiny knights that rides on big friggin’ ostriches as they, well, joust on crappy 1980’s videogame graphics. Imagine the endless possibilities. Why stop with giant ostriches? Why not include...

September 4th, 2007 | Read More

The Wachowski Brothers is No More — Larry Becomes Lana

This is interesting. There’s no real movie movie news here, but since the Wachowski Brothers are such giants in the movie business, something as monumental as one of the brothers no longer becoming, well, brothers has to make the front page, right? Or, in this case, a movie news post. Remember...

September 3rd, 2007 | Read More

Did Owen Wilson Attempt Suicide?

Wow, this is a major shock. Apparently actor Owen Wilson (”Shanghai Knights”, “You, Me, and Dupree”) may or may not have attempted suicide (no one has confirmed or deny that part yet), but what IS known is that he is currently in St John’s hospital in Santa Monica for treatment...

August 26th, 2007 | Read More

John Singleton Struck and Killed Woman with SUV

Friday was a bad day for John Singleton. The “Boyz in the Hood” director accidentally struck a woman with his SUV when the woman failed to use a designated crosswalk while trying to cross the street. The reports state that the woman was taken to a hospital after the accident, where she unfortunately...

August 26th, 2007 | Read More

Steven Seagal vs. the FBI — WHO YA GOT???

You won’t like Stevie Seagal when he’s mad, and the FBI has made Stevie boy mad. Steven Seagal says the FBI ruined his career, and turned him from an A-list Hollywood star making millions per movie to a Z-list direct-to-DVD kinda-star making change on 10 movies a year, where he invariably...

August 20th, 2007 | Read More