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Is Sharpton's Msnbc Show A Pay-back?
Veteran investigative journalist Wayne Barrett, now with TheDailyBeast.com, has implied that the Rev. Al Sharpton is being rewarded with his own show on MSNBC for signing a "pivotal agreement" backing Comcast's takeover of NBC and...
By Lew Irwin on 28 July 2011
Murdoch Shutters U.k. Tabloid As Scandal Mushrooms
News of the World , the 168-year-old Sunday tabloid with the largest circulation of any newspaper in the U.K., will permanently cease publication following next weekend's edition. News International Chairman James Murdoch made the announcement...
By Lew Irwin on 07 July 2011
Movie Reviews Monte Carlo
You win some, you lose some, the saying goes, and Monte Carlo , starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy, does both so far as the critics are concerned. Mick LaSalle in the San...
By Lew Irwin on 01 July 2011
Movie Reviews Larry Crowne
Who would have thought that a movie starring Hollywood nice persons Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts -- and produced and directed by Hanks -- would be dumped on by most critics? Well, that has turned...
By Lew Irwin on 01 July 2011
Abc's Cuomo Defends Checkbook Journalism
The ethics of paying sources for stories came under renewed scrutiny over the weekend when 20/20 co-anchor Chris Cuomo confirmed that he had arranged for Meagan Broussard to receive $15,000 ostensibly for photos that were...
By Lew Irwin on 13 June 2011
Jennifer Lopez 'Trapped' By Fashion Label
Jennifer Lopez admits her first foray into fashion was a huge disappointment.The singer-and-actress teamed up with Tommy Hilfiger's brother Andy to launch her own clothing range, Sweetface, in 2001 but now admits it wasn't what...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 May 2011
Warner Bros. Revamping Two And A Half Men
Warner Bros. Television is working on a "reconstruction" of Two and a Half Men that would allow it to continue without Charlie Sheen next fall, the New York Times reported today (Friday), citing an unnamed...
By Lew Irwin on 29 April 2011
Movie Reviews Arthur
Russell Brand is no Dudley Moore, just a dud. That's the general conclusion of critics reviewing Brand's performance in the remake of the 1981 film Arthur , which starred Moore. "Brand is unable to charm,"...
By Lew Irwin on 08 April 2011
Movie Reviews Hop
Critics aren't exactly hopping mad about the live-action/animated Hop , but they are firing at it as if they were Elmer Fudd blasting another rabbit. The main character in the movie is called E.B.; he's...
By Lew Irwin on 01 April 2011
Disney To Launch Kids Magazines
Hoping to replicate the success of the children's subscription magazine business in Europe, Disney Publishing plans to introduce several new kids-oriented magazines on Tuesday, the New York Times reported today (Monday). The newspaper quoted Aparna...
By Lew Irwin on 21 March 2011
Cbs Films May Finally Have Its First Non-loser
The relatively low-budget Beastly , starring Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens, may finally make some money for CBS Films, which has had a string of flops for its initial releases. The film, a contemporary take...
By Lew Irwin on 07 March 2011
Movie Reviews Hall Pass
The R-rated Hall Pass, Bobby and Peter Farrely's first film since 2007, has received passing grades from only two major-market critics, Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe and Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. In...
By Lew Irwin on 25 February 2011
Movie Reviews Never Say Never
It's curious that in all of the reviews of Never Say Never , which chronicles the meteoric rise of 16-year-old Justin Bieber from his obscure roots in Stratford, Ontario, Canada to his sold-out performance in...
By Lew Irwin on 14 February 2011
Wikileaks Founder Says He's Holding Murdoch Files As "Insurance"
Wikileaks head leaker Julian Assange said Wednesday that he has withheld release of a stack of presumably damaging files about Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation as "insurance ... if something happens to me or to...
By Lew Irwin on 13 January 2011
Green Day Singer To Work On New Musical?
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong wants to write a new musical. The singer and guitarist with the 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams' group worked with his bandmates - Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool - extensively on...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 January 2011
Netflix Replaces New York Times Co. On S&p 500
In a sign of the times, Netflix will replace the New York Times Co. and Cablevision Systems Corp will replace King Pharmaceuticals Inc. on the Standard & Poor's 500 index (S&P 500), following the close...
By Lew Irwin on 13 December 2010
Movie Reviews The Black Swan
Opening in limited release, Darren Aronofsky's ballet-themed The Black Swan , is receiving a standing ovation from critics. Indeed Lou Lumenick of the New York Post applauds three times -- that's how many times he...
By Lew Irwin on 03 December 2010
Movie Reviews Hereafter
Moviegoers heading to the theaters this weekend to see Hereafter may likely have been wondering what, at the age of 80, was Clint Eastwood going to say about the hereafter? Well, quite a lot, say...
By Lew Irwin on 25 October 2010
Fox-cablevision Dispute Sends Fans To Sports Bars In N.y.
Most television viewers in the New York area were unable to watch the New York Giants defeat the Detroit Lions Sunday afternoon, as the primary cable-TV distributor in the area, Cablevision Systems, and Fox TV,...
By Lew Irwin on 18 October 2010
Not So Funny Result For Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story had an unhappy ending at the box office this weekend. The Focus Features "dramedy," which opened in only 742 theaters, was not expected to be a big draw at...
By Lew Irwin on 11 October 2010
Msnbc.com May Change Name
MSNBC.com, one of the most trafficked news sites on the Internet, is weighing the possibility of changing its name, the New York Times reported today (Thursday). The site is currently owned equally by NBC Universal...
By Lew Irwin on 07 October 2010
Disney Going All-out To Win Oscar For Toy Story 3
The mediocre box-office showing of The Social Network over the weekend may redound to the benefit of the Walt Disney Company, which is reportedly planning an extensive campaign to win the best picture Oscar for...
By Lew Irwin on 06 October 2010
Catherine Deneuve's Cinema Love
Catherine Deneuve was "born" with a love for cinema. The 66-year-old French actress - who has starred in movies including '8 Femmes' and 'Dancer In The Dark' alongside Bjork - admits she still gets a...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 September 2010
William Shatner's Star Trek Shock
William Shatner didn't think 'Star Trek' would be a success.The actor - who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original TV series and movies - admits he thought the cult sci-fi favourite wouldn't run...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 September 2010
Movie Reviews Black Swan
Several critics have given Darren Aranofsky's Black Swan the same sort of ecstatic praise that they bestowed on his The Wrestler two years ago. The film opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (to a...
By Lew Irwin on 02 September 2010
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