• New Rule: Sex Doesn’t Sell

    “Chloe’s” paltry take is another nail in the coffin of the erotic thriller

    New Rule: Sex Doesn’t Sell
  • 5 Ways to Save the Porn Industry

    The iconic Bunny turns 50 this week — and the whole industry is in trouble. You do want to save porn, don’t you?

    5 Ways to Save the Porn Industry
  • Good Morning, Oscar: October 26

    Quizzes, predictions, nominations, controversies and a question: does the Oscar show have too much Jack?

  • Sex Scenes Make Treacherous Terrain for Actors

    How real-life thespian couples handle it when one’s off having scripted sex.

    Sex Scenes Make Treacherous Terrain for Actors
  • Media Turns Against Octuplet Mom

    Nadya Suleman, the mother who sparked national controversy after recently giving birth to octuplets, is in the thick of a backlash from media outlets who claim her actions were an attempt to emulate the lifestyle of actress Angelina Jolie.   Jolie, of course, has been lauded for her charity work and ever-expanding family with Brad Pitt, which…

  • Kathryn Bigelow Wins Top DGA Award

    “The Hurt Locker” beats her ex’s “Avatar”; Louis Psihoyos gets documentary prize for “The Cove”

  • Who Messed up Bandslam?

    There are pained looks and tiptoeing assistants inside the halls of Summit after the debacle of “Bandslam” this past weekend (a $2.3 million take), followed by the embarrassing slam from an insider who accused the studio of botching the movie’s marketing. “Death by marketing,” accuses the letter, posted on DHD. “Rob Friedman (sic) and Summit…

  • Oscar Lessons Learned at the Filmfests

    Telluride, Venice and Toronto cleared up the awards picture in some ways – and muddied it in others.

  • Clooney Blogs on Darfur

    Actor and activist George Clooney has already brought his plea for peace in Darfur to the White House. In separate meetings last month, he pressed both President Obama and Vice President Biden to resuscitate diplomatic efforts to end the atrocities and starvation in  war-torn Sudan. Now the 47-year-old actor is blogging about his experiences on…

  • Hotel Bel-Air to Close for Major Renovation

    Famed Hollywood hideaway will shutter for almost two years.

    Hotel Bel-Air to Close for Major Renovation
  • Hollywood: Faster Change on Darfur!

    With their man now in the White House, George Clooney and others are starting to demand results

  • Critics Matter, and Other Oscar Lessons

    With the circus finally at an end, here’s what we learned during a grueling awards season

  • How ‘Access Hollywood’ and ‘ET’ Stack Up

    ACCESS HOLLYWOODDebut: Sept. 9, 1996Ratings*: Averages 2.9 million viewers; weekend program has approximately 1.6 million viewersHosts: Billy Bush, Nancy O’DellBig Stories: Tom Cruise discusses Scientology with Billy Bush; Jennifer Aniston’s first interview after her breakup with Brad Pitt; only televised conversation between Ben Affleck and then-fiancee Jennifer Lopez Parent: NBC-UniversalPublic Mishaps: Pat O’Brien, who hosted…

  • Backstage at the Oscars (a guest-blog)

    Judging by the reactions in the Oscar press room, the new and improved telecast was falling flat. Broadcast on eight flat-screen televisions in the room packed with 300 journalists, the telecast only elicited a handful of laughs from the distracted crowd. Hugh Jackman got a few chuckles for his robotic "Reader" dance, as did Whoopi…

  • Desert Full of Stars

      Sure, there's a credit squeeze. And it's been a while since A-list stars have been able to command $20 million salaries at the box office. But there's a celebrity feeding frenzy half a world away from Hollywood, as I found out on a recent trip to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, in the United Arab…