Good choice:
[Actor] Richard Dreyfuss doesn’t seem like the sort to be afraid of a little political retribution. And it’s a good thing, too — because the white-haired star of The American President is about to sign on as the notorious American vice president in Oliver Stone’s new film, simply called W. This follows on the […]

The scene in question appears at about 4:45.
According to the man who started it all, Jake Tapper of ABC News, the clip that circulated the interwebs today (and was ignored by the mainstream media) from the movie, “The War Room” was accurate in at least part. Mickey Kantor, who claims otherwise on the Huffington Post, […]

To be broadcast Sunday, May 25. Almost makes me want to get cable.
Poor Florida. So far from God and so close to the United States. *
And eight years later, the votes of Florida Democrats still don’t count.
* This is an old saying that actually goes: “Poor Mexico. So far from God…”

What fate will befall George W. Bush as retribution for leading the United States into the worst debacle in our military history, illegally authorizing torture, deliberately betraying a secret CIA operation tracking the black market for terror weapons or the drowning of New Orleans on his watch?
It’s safe to say it won’t be impeachment, […]

Heath Ledger, 2006 Academy Award nominee for his role in “Brokeback Mountain,” has died in his home in New York:
He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime, adding that […]

Johnny Grant died today in his penthouse suite at the Roosevelt Hotel. You know his face from because he was the perennial master of ceremonies when movie actors and others were awarded stars on Hollywood Boulevard.
He was called the “Mayor of Hollywood,” which is a bit of local humor because Hollywood is not a […]

Shot in foot: You have probably heard by now that, in an extremely unusual move, a movie theatre in Salt Lake City canceled the scheduled run of “Brokeback Mountain.”
The theatre - the poetically named Megaplex 17 - is owned by car dealer Larry H. Miller, and the movie’s run was canceled, of course, because […]

Cultural shift: “Brokeback Mountain” has the pedigree of a major hit movie: Two hot young stars, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, who are also great actors; an Oscar winning director, Ang Lee; a screenplay by Pulitizer-winning novelist Larry McMurtry (”The Last Picture Show” and “Lonesome Dove”) and is based on an incredibly powerful short story […]