The day after the Oscars, Keith Olbermann exulted in the bold expressions of free speech on the kudocast. He said on MSNBC, "If last night had been the 2003 Oscars, Dustin Lance Black, Bill Maher and Sean Penn probably would have spent the day raked over the coals by the yapping toadies of the ...

Looking like he was still trying to make sense of the eight Oscar nominations Slumdog Millionaire earned him last night, Dev Patel celebrated victory with little co-star Rubina Ali, who plays young Latika.The overnight sensations were special guests at the elite Governor's Ball, where they hobnobbed...

Hollywood isn't known as a place for a 'conservative' frame of mind. I think Sean Penn reminded us of that quite nicely during his Oscar acceptance speech when he endearingly referred to the crowd of tinsel-town elite as "You Commie Homo-Loving Sons of Guns". But that doesn't mean our Red-state frie...

It was last night's Meryl Streep chit-chat that got me to thinking; Hell, 15 nominations is impressive enough, and she's even won the dang Oscar twice! For Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie's Choice. But while in the lovely land of Hollywood that's a track record to be amazingly proud of, the simple trut...

I didn't watch the Academy Awards last night. OK, I did for like five minutes (too long). I tuned in just in time to see the "commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns" hand Sean Penn the best actor award for ... Continue reading "Sean Penn wants Fred Phelps and family to "turn in their hate cards""...

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When the Oscar nominations are announced, it almost always causes an uptick in the box office for whichever titles are still in theaters. This increase in attention also leads more people to rate the films at the Internet Movie Database (whether they've actually seen them or not), and Ryan Adams at ...

There were a number of old-school Hollywood heavy hitters at the Palm Springs Film Festival. Donald Sutherland, Dustin Hoffman and Clint Eastwood represented for the silver-haired crowd. Clint, the grizzled old bastard, showed up to accept his Career Achievement Award. Good for him. I saw him once o...

Mickey Rourke is kind of a crazy, misshapen bitch and getting nods for his acting in The Wrestler has caused him to have one of his sanity strokelets again. Both Rourke and Sean Penn are reportedly Oscar contenders for their work in Milk and The Wrestler. The monster-looking dude......

Thirty years ago yesterday (November 27, 1978) San Francisco Board of Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Dan White, another city supervisor. Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the U.S. Prior to his death he championed a movement agai...