The Motion Picture Assn. of America, AFTRA, Directors Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild just released a joint statement on California's new breaks for filmmakers. "For the past 10 years, a…
The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof traveled with George Clooney in Darfur and Eastern Chad, and came away with some insight as to what is wrong with the United Nations response to the crisis — and…
Having apparently run out of Americans to kill in its procedural dramas, CBS is doing its part to support the North American Free Trade Agreement by importing more fresh corpses from Canada. With…
Hollywood, prepare to witness a live blockbuster. L.A. Opera will debut the first part of Wagner's Ring Cycle, "Das Rheingold," on Saturday, a moment long in coming to Los Angeles that was first…
Rick Santelli of CNBC this morning griped on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that President Obama's mortgage plan "subsidizes losers' mortgages" and "rewards bad behavior," ignoring the…
My expectations weren't particularly high for "The Rotten Tomatoes Show on Current," Current TV's latest series, which will premiere on March 5. Yet it's a pretty fresh (pardon the expression)…
Updated That, and other news, in today's Roundup and Recap. California has a new and improved budget, with long sought after tax breaks for the entertainment business. Gov, Arnold Schwarzenegger is…
Jeremy Bernard, who with partner Rufus Gifford raised millions in Southern California for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, has been appointed as White House liaison for the National Endowment…
The box office gods are blessing stuff like "Friday the 13th" and "Mall Cop," but this year's best picture is likely to be a movie that addresses heavy issues of global poverty, gay rights, genocide…
Last week, President Obama's stimulus plan was struggling to the finish line. His honeymoon was over. His presidency already was failing, with Tim Geithner's vagueness and Judd Gregg flakiness only…
