question of the day: What is a fireable offense for a film critic?
What does it take to get fired from a job writing film criticism? Elvis Mitchell — just booted from Movieline — may run the gamut. Or not…
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did James Franco’s poor Oscar performance tarnish ‘Your Highness’?
Brent Lang at TheWrap asks this ludicrous question. In a word, No. In another word, Bwahahahahahaha. Your Highness is just plain awful. So why ask the question at all?
Arianna Huffington admits unpaid HuffPo bloggers aren’t even getting the exposure they’re supposedly working for
Working for “exposure” is bullshit. But even if there were some value in “exposure” for writers, Huffington now admits that those unpaid bloggers aren’t getting any exposure at all…
you’re not helping: Amy Pascal on bad movies
Sony Pictures Entertainment cochair Amy Pascal talked TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman, and something she said made me choke: AP: To be fair to all of us, nobody sets out to make a crappy movie. Nobody says, “Let’s make this one bad.” You’re always trying to make it good. Now, sometimes you succeed in making it good, … more…
question of the day: Who should replace Larry King? Who deserves his or her own high-profile talk show?
Larry King Live is dead. Long live Larry King Live… without Larry King? Larry King has announced that his long-running (25 years) talk show on CNN will end sometime this fall, because the 77-year-old wants to spend time with his kids going to their Little League games. Seriously. Most men of his age are going … more…
North American box office: ‘Bruno’ gewinnt
Who says America doesn’t love teh gay?: 1. Bruno: $30.6 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $27.6 million (2nd week; drops 34%) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $24.2 million (3rd week; drops 43%) 4. Public Enemies: $13.8 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 5. The Proposal: $19.6 million (4th week; drops 18%) … more…
question of the day: Do you tweet your reactions to movies?
I’ve reminded readers here more than once lately that if you want to get my instant first reaction to a movie, you should follow me on Twitter and/or Facebook, because the first thing I do when I leave a screening is text my 140 characters of mini review goodness. (Those texts also go to my … more…
question of the day: Can the Net support yet another entertainment news site?
Yesterday, former New York Times Hollywood correspondent Sharon Waxman launched her new site, The Wrap, which will feature, we’re told, “authoritative original reporting, curated news from around the globe, and exclusive contributions from insiders in the entertainment industry.” The site’s about-us page includes this: “Our aim is to create the premiere news and information site … more…
