Hollywood

Conservatives Enraged By 2007 Sesame Street Episode Get Apology from PBS

​As often happens in the madhouse that is the rightwing blogosphere, a conservative recently got mad about an old TV show: Big Hollywood denounced Sesame Street for a 2007 episode in which Oscar the Grouch said, "I am watching 'Pox' News. Now there is a trashy news show." The episode actually ... More >>

Biopics Ain't What They Used To Be

Bright Star​In the old days, Hollywood effortlessly churned out glossy commercial vehicles about history makers like Louis Pasteur, Alexander Graham Bell, and Madame Curie--schoolbook-like material turned into films which, against all odds, managed to get good notices and an audience too. And ... More >>

'Hungarians in Hollywood' at BAM

Magyars invade tinseltown, and the rest is history

Rocky Philly Worth the Trek to Bushwick

Clip Job: Mekas Raves About Andy's "Rich Girl"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives April 29, 1965, Vol. X, No. 28 Movie Journal By Jonas Mekas Here is another column of ramblings. My head is rambling because I have seen a beautiful movie and I have plenty to think about. My readers, particularly those who think that ... More >>

Which Celebrities Had The Most Macabre Deaths?

​There's a new book that's to die for! It's Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of The Famous and Infamous by Alan W. Petrucelli, and it's a Hollywood Babylon-style rundown of the best (as in worst) star deaths--how they croaked, what they last ate, what they last said, and who smoked the ... More >>

America's Most Overrated Tourist Attractions

​Click here and find one travel writer's idea of the most hyped U.S. attractions that leave you appreciating your home the most intensely. Among his choices for the sorriest destinations are:

Budd Schulberg, 1918-2009

​"Going through life with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on," said Sammy Glick, the Hollywood antihero of What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Shulberg, who died this week at age 91. In that light, Shulberg may be said to have had his brakes on for decades, but he still came quite ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Oneida, Fabolous, ZE Records, Japanese Reggaephiles, Funny People, and More

Lionel DeluyMore like an interpreter of hitmaking: Fabolous​ In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla hops the trans-Brooklyn express with Oneida, New York's finest purveyor of impromptu noise-punk trilogies. Sean Fennessey on Fabolous's new Loso's Way: "A classic mixtape rapper with no cl ... More >>

William Shatner Interprets Sarah Palin Resignation Speech

The latest Hollywood attack on the Divine Sarah comes from the Conan O'Brien Show, where the treasonous Irishman unleashed liberal media's secret weapon, William Shatner, to read a section of her resignation speech as jazz poetry, which their apparatchiks have disseminated on YouTube. Palin's den ... More >>

Bogart's In A Lonely Place at Film Forum

Playing a tortured writer in a paranoid Hollywood, Bogie kicks off Film Forum's Nick Ray fest

Oscar Times 10? Pros and Cons of the Expanded Best Picture Race

The MPAA have announced they'll nominate 10 rather than five Best Picture nominees next year, and the commentary has flown thick and fast. Each side has a point: Pro: Fans point out that in early years the Oscars frequently named ten or more nominees at a time. The fabled 1939 crop, for example, i ... More >>

The Original Jennifer Aniston!

That desperate headline was the only way I could draw your attention to my column (CLICK HERE) reviewing Debbie Reynolds, who was Hollywood's original girl-next-door-who's-man-left-her-for-a-vamp, way back in the '50s. Anyway, Debbie debuted at the Cafe Carlysle last week with a fun act of singing, ... More >>

Who's The Most Beautiful Screen Goddess of All Time?

Mind you, I'm not including anyone from the silent era because I'm always too busy reading their lips to assess their attributes. But looking through my old issues of Hollywood Confidential--and skimming through some Peoples for updates--I've decided that the 10 runners-up for "most stunning cinema ... More >>

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, Starring Fountains of Sticky, White Goo

American Idol Hollywood: Tatiana Pees Herself, Everyone Likes a Black & White Cookie

Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. This week: "do or die" in Hollywood! Last day of Hollywood Week and it's "do or die," explains Ryan Seacrest. Tonight, contestants all have to sing solo, and they can use instruments if they want. Then at the end of the day, the judges ... More >>

American Idol Week 4, Hollywood: Norman Gentle is "Bnoodles," Ryan Seacrest's Lip-Rapist is a Repeat Offender

Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. We're finally in Hollywood! Is this our next Idol? God I hope so. Hollywood! Finally, American Idol is about something, even if only remotely. So here on the road to Sucker of '09 are 147 people who got the yellow slip over the past thr ... More >>

Why Hard Times Won't Mean Good Times at the Movies Again

Brother, can you spare $12?

People Love Their Dogs Too Much!

Hollywood has gone to the dogs with movies like Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Bolt, Marley & Me, and Hotel For Dogs, and that's surely a reflection of the fact that anything involving shedding, four-legged creatures makes people squeal with proprietary delight. Everyone is so into their dogs these days ... More >>

Out There In The Dark: Rightbloggers Go Hollywood!

As we get closer to the actual transition, rightbloggers are shifting gears. They're losing interest in the remaining pre-inaugural Obama business. We probably won't see anything like the Hillary Clinton Constitutional crisis again. Leon Panetta's CIA appointment drew some criticism on the grounds ... More >>

The Truth About Van Johnson

Are the Oscars Turning 'Artsy'?

Too Many Papis Onscreen

Why Have Movies Lost Touch With Technology?

Robert De Niro and Bruce Willis Star in What Just Happened?, Another Pity-the-Producer Caper

Tropic Thunder: Jewface for Suckers?

Paris Hilton and I Co-Star in a Movie!

Fall Preview: The Jazz Tap Ensemble Returns to New York and More

. . . and flashing its noisy footwork.

Jessica Lange and Patti Smith Together Again For The First Time?

Trend Alert: Cougar Gals and Their Chickeny Dates

Trend Alert: Starlets Without Surgery or Eating Disorders

Clip Job: Tallmer Went Too Far!

Another Hollywood Wacko Tries To Shed Her Edge

Lucy, I'm Homo!

Keira Leads The Parade of Naked Stardom!

Hollywood's Lost Its Mind Again With My Fair Lady Remake

Salma Hayek Sells Out

She is no Cantinflas

Monty Clift’s Tortured Life Makes For Cracked Stage Entertainment

Hollywood Chinese's Placid History

Doc looks at the history of Chinese characters in American film

Wednesday 05/07

'Hollywood Chinese' Documentary Won't Make You Hungry an Hour Later

Morality Explosion Makes Today's Celebrities Like a Virgin

Nikki Finke Wants Your Love

Wrinkle Queens Rejoice! Old People Are Lighting Up the Big Screen!

Clip Job: Some Observations on Hollywood

John Turturro Takes on the Mob (in a Documentary)

The Wit and Wisdom of Bernie Kerik

Tonight: O'Death at the Luna Lounge, plus MP3s

Go War!

Vital Signs

New Media Savants Check the Pulse of Silicon Alley