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Movie Reviews Lakeview Terrace
Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace, in which a black cop played by Samuel L. Jackson, terrorizes an interracial couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) who become his neighbors, is already sparking controversy -- among the critics....
Celebrity, Paparazzi Tussle; Celebrity Arrested
Following what appeared to be an escalation of the conflict between celebrities and paparazzi, singer Kanye West and his bodyguard were arrested Thursday after they became enraged at a still cameraman and a videographer for...
Seinfeld And Gates Return
A four-minute version of Jerry Seinfeld's latest commercial for Microsoft was posted on several websites Thursday, and it once again left people wondering what it was supposed to be selling. The commercial features Seinfeld and...
Box Office The Winner Tanks
Although it opened in first-place at the box-office, the Nicolas Cage thriller Bangkok Dangerous was considered an unmitigated flop this weekend as it drew just $7.8 million -- a pyrrhic victory if there ever was...
Second Week Of Claps For Thunder
Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder held on to the box office crown for the second week in a row as it earned $16.3 million to bring its total to $65.7 million. Most analysts expect it to...
Americans Support Return Of Fairness Doctrine
Forty-seven percent of the U.S. population believes that the government should reimpose the Fairness Doctrine requiring radio and TV stations to balance political comments equally between conservatives and liberals. Thirty-nine percent says that broadcasting should...
Sheen Is Tv's Highest-paid Actor
Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid actor on primetime television, according to a study by TV Guide released on Monday. Sheen is currently paid $825,000 per episode of Two and...
Clash Of The Flawed Superheroes
It will be a fierce fight between seriously flawed superheroes over the weekend, as Hellboy II: The Golden Army takes on Hancock at the box office. Most analysts are forecasting that the outcome is likely...
Cruise Film To Compete With German Original
It now turns out that the Tom Cruise starrer Valkyrie, about the World War II "general's plot" to assassinate Adolf Hitler, may have competition from an award-winning German movie based on the same subject. Rights...
Tarantino's Advice: Don't Go To Film School
Director Quentin Tarantino had this advice for aspiring filmmakers: take the money they have saved to go to film school and use it to make their own movie instead. "Trying to make a feature film...
Movie Reviews: Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr., an unlikely choice to play a superhero, is receiving much praise for his performance in the title role of Iron Man, which is opening at 8:00 p.m. in many theaters throughout the...
Ad Prices Tumble At Tv Networks
The average 30-second spot on a network TV show during the first three months of this year cost $125,634, down 12 percent from the same period a year ago, according to New York media shop...
Movie Reviews: 10,000 Bc
Roland Emmerich's movies generally make a lot of money despite negative reviews. 10,000 BC appears to be no exception. A.O. Scott in the New York Times describes it as a "sublimely dunderheaded excursion into human...
Oscar Winner Cotillard Apologizes
Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard maintains that her comments about the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center were "taken completely out context and [have] been crafted into a story that has no merit." Appearing on...
Movie Reviews: The Other Boleyn Girl
The costume drama The Other Boleyn Girl is receiving generally A's for effort, but mediocre grades for everything else. "It's a marvel that something that feels so inert should have so much frenetic action," writes...
Oscar Winners: The Rundown
Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men made a stronger-than-expected showing at Sunday night's Academy Awards presentation. Although it was favored to win the best picture Oscar, it was not expected to take...
Oscar: Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Because of the soaring price of gold over the past year, each Oscar statuette will cost the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences $100 more this year than it did in 2007, Bloomberg News...
Movie Reviews: Fool's Gold
The biggest attraction of Fool's Gold, A.O. Scott of the New York Times suggests, may be "the tawny limbs and perfect bellybuttons of the stars, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson." Other than that, Scott indicates,...
Malone-diller Feud Escalates
Attorneys for Barry Diller's IAC have gone to court to block John Malone's Liberty Media from taking over the company and ousting him and those loyal to him from the IAC board of directors. In...
Media Accused Of Uncritical Coverage Of Iraq War Buildup
A study conducted jointly by the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism has concluded that the news media gave "deferential and uncritical" coverage to hundreds of false administration statements about...
Atonement Dominates British Bafta Nominations
The British film Atonement, which received the Golden Globe award for best film Sunday, received a whopping 14 nominations for the BAFTAs, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television. The movie received nominations...
Movie Reviews: In The Name Of The King
In the Name of the King is based on the video game Dungeon Siege and is directed by Uwe Boll, who is making a career out of turning video games into movies. It was not...
Heeeeere's Jay, David, Conan, & Craig
Jay Leno, appearing on his first live Tonight show since the writers' strike began two months ago, surprised viewers by delivering a funny monologue that, he admitted during the course of it, he had written...
Colbert Voted A.p.'S Celebrity Of The Year
Stephen Colbert has beaten out J.K. Rowling and Al Gore to become the Associated Press's 2007 Celebrity of the Year. The two others placed second and third respectively. Despite being sidelined for the final two...
Strike Hits Leno, Letterman Hardest
Although ratings for NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno are down 19 percent since the strike of the Writers Guild of America began last month, ratings for CBS's The Late Show With David Letterman...
Stringer Says Blu-ray Remains Best Hd Video Format
Sony chief Howard Stringer has attempted to clarify remarks he made to the Associated Press last week in which he said that Sony's Blu-ray high-definition video format was in a "stalemate" with Toshiba's HD DVD...
Movie Reviews: Hitman
Movies based on video games rarely receive much applause from critics. Hitman is no exception, although it receives less drubbing than most of its genre and a few high scores. Jack Mathews in the New...
Movie Going Direct To Itunes
For the first time, a major independently produced film is being released directly through iTunes. The New York Times reports that Edward Burns's Purple Violets, which has thus far failed to find a major distributor,...
"Journalist Of The Year" Suspended In Dallas
Dallas Reporter Rebecca Aguilar, who won a Journalist of the Year award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists just two weeks ago, has been suspended by NBC affiliate KDFW-TV after viewers objected to her...
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Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
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Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
![Dekker talks to us about writing with Jose Gonzales, making headway in the U.S and the difficulties associated with wearing a hat! [EXCLUSIVE]](/images/home/homepage/dekker-abof-a.jpg "Dekker talks to us about writing with Jose Gonzales, making headway in the U.S and the difficulties associated with wearing a hat! [EXCLUSIVE]")
Dekker talks to us about writing with Jose Gonzales, making headway in the U.S and the difficulties associated with wearing a hat! [EXCLUSIVE]
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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