Lindsay Lohan Careening Toward a Career Dead End
Lindsay Lohan’s career is careening toward a dead end faster than she can race Herbie to the finish line. Her recent dismissal as not "bankable" from the movie project "The Other Side," starring Woody...
View ArticleWhat an Incredible Trifecta of Tarts
What an incredible Trifecta of tarts hit the media outlets recently! In first place is the “Single Ladies” video of a hip-hop dance contest for tender tots which shows them popping and grinding with...
View ArticleLohan’s Sentence Is Surprisingly Long, but Well Deserved
A sniveling Lindsay Lohan has top billing again after judge Marsha Revel saw right through her veil of tears and sentenced her to spend some time in a corrections facility. To be honest, I was a...
View ArticleD-BOX Will Rock Your Socks Off at the Movies
Watching "Inception" at the cinema was quite a mental ride, but experiencing this movie in a D-BOX seat was another unexpected thrill! The motion-encoded movie chair will rock your socks, shake you...
View ArticleNews and Notes from Comic-Con: ‘Tron,’ Del Toro, Futurama
It was all smiles and laughter between the film's stars Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner — both actors are reprising their roles from the original "TRON"– Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, Garret...
View ArticleKendall Jenner Should Be Shielded, Not Overexposed
Well folks, another celebrity’s innocent child bites reality TV dust prompting many to reach for the remote and change the channel or turn off the set as the only way to escape watching unrealistic TV...
View ArticleTop Picks from the San Diego Film Festival
The San Diego Film Festival, currently in its ninth year, took over the Gaslamp Theatres in downtown San Diego for five days last week, and remained true to its original concept of providing an...
View Article‘Glee’-Gate: Next Time Use Adults Dressed As Adults
Since the press won't let it die, I won't either. It's been a week since the Parents Television Council made the public aware of the racy photo spread in GQ magazine's upcoming issue featuring a few...
View ArticleFinally, Humans Triumph Over Zombies
Who doesn’t like a feel-good zombie story? Something where humans triumph over the walking dead would give you the warm fuzzies, wouldn’t it? It would be an especially good tale if the humans are a...
View ArticleHollywood’s Too Eager to Sexualize Young Girls
A new study and website were launched by the Parents Television Council titled, "Tinseltown's New Target: A study of Teen Female Sexualization on Primetime TV," and calls for a reversal of the current...
View ArticleBye-Bye to a Decade of Celebrity Scandal
Farewell to 2010 and to some of the decade's scandalous celebrity news which, in my humble opinion, got too much airtime. Looking back on the past 10 years of celebrity coverage, Hollywood reports...
View ArticleWhy MTV Should Shed the Public Service Spin on ‘Skins’
If you read my last post of 2010, I wasn't intending to be prophetic, but it also didn't take a crystal ball to see that actor Charlie Sheen was spiraling out of control, or that Tiger Woods would...
View ArticleKeep Questions About Reality TV Out of the SAT Exam
I am not a fan of reality TV, or "junk reality" as I referred to it in this earlier post. However, over at the College Board, the organization in charge of administering the Scholastic Aptitude Test...
View ArticleWhoever Was Stupid Enough to Pick Up This Botox-Mom Story Should Pay
This latest Balloon Boy-type hoax involving the 8-year-old girl getting pricked by her own mother’s Botox-laden hand might turn out to be a disgusting ploy used to tug at our heartstrings to sell us...
View Article‘Judy Moody': Deliberately Annoying and Definitely Heartwarming
Going to the movies with the little ones is risky business. Lately, it's all too common to be taken by surprise by some of the high tech gimmicks, swaggering violence, or other age-inappropriate...
View ArticleA Badge-Free Comic-Con: May the Force Be With Us!
You don't need no stinking badges to be part of the buzz of this year's epic Comic-Con, touching down in San Diego July 20-25. There's plenty of stuff going on outside of the Convention Center's walls...
View ArticleColin Farrell, Backwards and Forwards, at Comic-Con
Comic-Con first-timer Colin Farrell did double takes and rewinds during multiple presentations for his films “Fright Night 3D” and “Total Recall” at the annual geek convention. The “Horrible Bosses”...
View ArticleThinking … It’s Never Good to Do That at a Vampire Movie
After his film re-debut in the comedy “Horrible Bosses” (which I enjoyed very much), Colin Farrell comes back with a vengeance in “Fright Night” in 3D, a remake of the 1985 horror film. This version...
View ArticleWho Said Reality TV Is All Bad?
The Modern Gypsies, the San Diego team who won it all in the first season of ABC's "Expedition Impossible," are living proof that reality TV can have an encouraging outcome for the greater good....
View ArticleWhen ‘Jersey Shore’ Goes Ivy League
The chorus of disapproval against Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's appearance as guest speaker at Rutgers University earlier this year was evidently not loud enough in the world of academia. Another...
View Article‘Spartacus’ Creator Defends the Show’s Sex Addiction — Both Straight and Gay
Heard about the television show "Spartacus" and wonder what all the fuss is about? Let me warn you there will be plenty of mayhem in the upcoming third season of this show to talk about — the primal...
View Article‘The Hunger Games’ Rating: Did the MPAA Get it Right?
On the eve of the wide release of "The Hunger Games," the debate on whether the Motion Picture Association of America appropriately gave the film a PG-13 rating is heating up. Some argue that rating...
View ArticleWant to Catch Comic-Con? Here’s How
Comic-Con arrives in downtown San Diego in two weeks, and you don't have a badge. Perhaps sitting in front of the computer for over two hours while EPIC, Comic-Con.org's ticket sales website, held your...
View ArticleComic-Con Highlights: ‘Twilight,’ Stan Lee, Geeks and the Governator
"The Twilight Saga — Breaking Dawn: Part 2" In a small press conference held at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel immediately before the cast's final appearance in Hall H, the vampires were brought in two...
View ArticleDisney’s New Cars Land Attraction Revved by Movie Magic
Whether Walt Disney intended to use Hollywood as a model for his beloved theme parks or not, walking into the newly opened Cars Land at California Adventure Park's 12-acre attraction one would think it...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Factually Flawed Films Hit Our Classrooms?
Besides anticipating who Seth MacFarlane is going to have Ted wear at the podium as they announce the Best Animated Picture, there are other serious reasons why I am admittedly eager about this year's...
View ArticleMarketing Advice for Disney: Check With Parents First
Is it just me, or has the Walt Disney Company recently made some thoughtless decisions that aren't quite in tune with the family entertainment company's wholesome brand? To be clear, I love all things...
View ArticleMy Comic-Con Survival Guide
The lengthy timetable for this weeks Comic-Con in San Diego doesn't help the logistical nightmare ("Bates Motel" type imaginings) that attending panels in Ballroom 20 or Hall H (Hmm, 'H' for...
View ArticleJack Black Brings His Ghost Ghirls to Comic-Con – but Does He Believe in Ghosts?
Jack Black was last seen at Comic-Con in 2005. But Black was back for the start of the 2013 nerd convention promoting his newest online venture: “Ghost Ghirls.” Black and the Ghost Ghirls — Amanda Lund...
View ArticleI Learned the Secret to ‘Haven’ at My Luncheon With the Cast at Comic-Con
"A few years ago, I was at Comic-Con to get our show noticed," noted Emily Rose who plays FBI agent Audrey Parker in the Syfy channel's series "Haven." Rose has been in San Diego before, but she and...
View ArticleGetting Up Really Close to Snow White, Cinderella and Pinocchio
Reach out and touch them. This is what the new Disney Animated app by Disney Interactive, Touch Press, and Walt Disney Animation Studios wants you to do with Snow White, Bambi, Alice, Aladin or any of...
View ArticleHow a Young Judd Apatow Extorted an Autograph From Steve Martin (Guest Blog)
The San Diego Film Festival concluded its 12th year with screenings of powerful films like “12 Years a Slave”‘ “August: Osage County” with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, and “About Time” with Rachel...
View ArticleGolden Globes: Handing Out the Silver Bleacher Awards (Guest Blog)
At the other extreme of the excitement and high fashion of the Golden Globe Awards, you’ll find us: The Bleacher Creatures. We’re the ones generally relegated to those ubiquitous silver benches lining...
View ArticleComic-Con: How ‘Bates Motel’ Makes Norman and His Mom More Likable (Guest Blog)
At the intimate panel for “Bates Motel” at Comic-Con 2014 in San Diego on Friday, the show’s screenwriters revealed that Norman Bates will go where Norman hasn’t gone before. Most film enthusiasts are...
View Article‘Wonder Woman’ Lynda Carter on Guest Judging ‘Skin Wars': RuPaul Is a Good...
Lynda Carter will be lassoing contestants as a guest judge on the Game Show Network’s new body painting competition, “Skin Wars.” The show is hosted by actress Rebecca Romjin, and the judging panel...
View ArticleReese Witherspoon and Laura Dern Kick Off 13th San Diego Film Festival
“Wild” starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern will kick off the 13th edition of The San Diego Film Festival which runs from September 24th through September 28 in San Diego, CA. Tonya Mantooth, Vice...
View ArticleWilliam H. Macy, Andy Garcia and Emmy Rossum Honored at Catalina Film...
“Step Brothers” John C. Riley and Will Ferrell would be proud of the wine mixer at this year’s Catalina Film Festival. Catalina Island has a film festival, you ask? Yes, yes it does. The storied island...
View ArticleWhy We Love That Busy Parents Can Get a Netflix Fix With ‘Super 4’ Series...
Netflix is moving into children’s playrooms, strollers and car seats. The streaming service will debut “Super 4,” a new CGI series inspired by respected toymaker Playmobil. The popular toy line is...
View Article‘Narnia’ Star Georgina Henley Taps Into ‘Strange Sexuality’ of ‘Sisterhood of...
Taking time off from her studies at the University Cambridge, and in between acting or directing stage productions, Georgina Henley, or Georgie, is the lead actress in the upcoming indie film “The...
View ArticleConan O’Brien Hijacks Comic-Con 2015 (Guest Blog)
Comic-Con 2015 was hijacked by Conan O’Brien, who effectively turned it into Conan-Con! O’Brien and TBS plotted Con domination with a coordinated blast of events to conquer all fans. The most powerful...
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