hollywood politics

Blabbermouths in Hollywood!

I was watching TV the other day and yet another so called Hollywood "expert" was spouting there rhetoric about the state of the US and other political statements as well. I am SO sick of these people...

What about Rosie??

It's been almost a month since Rosie announced she is leaving the view, it's almost a month until she leaves. Now that we have had time to digest the news, what do you think of her, on the show, on...

Bender's Inconvenient Truth Wins Oscar

How many people can claim that they helped to change the world? An Inconvenient Truth's producer Lawrence Bender can....

Presidential Candidates' Movie Faves

The Presidential candidates reveal their favorite movies, and John Edwards picks Dr. Strangelove. Hmmm. Why didn't Barack Obama participate?...

Geffen vs. Clinton, Round One

It's getting dicey. Here's Maureen Dowd's incendiary Geffen interview in the NYT: Did Mr. Spielberg get in trouble with the Clintons for helping Senator Obama??Yes,? Mr. Geffen replies, slyly. Can...

Obama Pulls in Hollywood Cash

It was Obama Day in Hollywood, as the Illinois Senator gave a speech at a rally (that drew fewer thousands than had been anticipated) and attended a glitzy Hollywood fundraiser for more than 700 at...

Gore Clan Hits Hollywood

[Posted by Cynthia Littleton] You might think members of the Gore clan were running for office in Hollywood these days. Al Gore was in town Sunday to be a presenter at the Grammy Awards, where...

Hollywood Loves Obama

Kim Masters counts the ways Hollywood loves Barack Obama?and Hillary Clinton? in Slate. And how Steven Spielberg navigates the shoals of Democratic politics. The big Obama Hollywood fundraiser is...

Hollywood Filmanthropy

The word "filmanthropy" comes from AOL vice chairman Ted Leonsis, who put his own money into the horrifying Sundance doc Nanking. (He used the word in my Sundance piece.) It applies to what...