Category Archives: Hollywood

Norm Macdonald & Marc Maron on Robin Williams

Of all the celebrity — and most importantly, fellow comic — remembrances of Robin Williams today, this story by Norm Macdonald, whom I’m a huge fan of, brought tears to my eyes. On CNN earlier tonight, I heard Bob Zmuda, … Continue reading

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Lauren Bacall (1924 – 2014)

And today we lost the girl with ‘the look’, as Billy Wilder put it, a look rivaled only by a husky voice that belied her young age and oozed with sexuality: During screen tests for To Have and Have Not … Continue reading

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Robin Williams (1951 – 2014)

The guy had a supercharged and amazing life. Sublimely talented, he was touched by fire, as many great artists are, battling depression his whole life, and eventually succumbing to the demons. In terms of comedy, his best years of antic-comedy … Continue reading

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RIP: Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch has died at 89. I’ve always found her funny and compelling as hell. Her comic timing was spot-on and is perhaps best remembered (by today’s culture anyways) as Jack Donaghy’s dominating mother, Colleen, on 30 Rock.

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Danny Glover Hostage Thriller ‘Supremacy’

This should be good, especially considering the involvement of Danny Glover, one of the angriest black men in the world: Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) and Danny Glover star in Supremacy, a racially charged psychological thriller that Well Go USA … Continue reading

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Gary Oldman: Blowback from The Tribe

Gary Oldman is now paying for his sin: pointing out that Hollywood is largely run by Jews. His mandatory genuflection has begun, with an open letter to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that protects Jewish ethnocentrism by attacking any form … Continue reading

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Gary Oldman: Conservative

Playboy has a fascinating interview with the uber-talented Gary Oldman, an actor I’ve long admired (Hat tip: Reason.) He comes off as quite self-depracating and humble, and with a touch of burdensome anxiety that has him criticizing himself as much … Continue reading

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Reiser & Fall

A blurb from Deadline Hollywood, just a blurb, like a million others on this site. How disproportionate in perspectives are thee? Let me count the ways. Paul Reiser has has been cast in Amazon Studios’ comedy pilot Red Oaks, exec … Continue reading

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Alec vs. The World (aka “The Mismanaged Carnival of Stupidity”)

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Sean Penn Is Turning Into Moe

Sean Penn is: A) Getting old, B) Needs to get a new stylist. Here’s how he looked in a recent Al Jazeera interview: In an interview with Al Jazeera, actor Sean Penn defended Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who’s government has … Continue reading

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