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Steven Slater, the disgruntled Jet Blue flight attendant who has soared to fame on the wings of his spectacular meltdown at New York’s JFK Airport on Monday, seems to be television’s next great candidate for reality stardom. Hailed as a hero by some quarters on the internet, the Hollywood Reporter is seriously asking how Slater…

His followers were disappointed when the great reformer (or, in Catholic parlance, heretic) Martin Luther discontinued his popular blog Luther at the Movies. But there is now rejoicing among his flock as Luther is back with a new self-titled Twitter feed found at http://twitter.com/doktorluther . Now, in the greatest exclusive interview in the history of…

Levi Johnston is running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. But wait, it gets worse. The almost son-in-law of former Wasilla mayor Sarah Palin’s campaign will be the subject of a new reality show currently being pitched to the networks called Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office. So, now the election process is being…

Citing “disturbing images of Holocaust atrocities including graphic nudity,” the appeals board of the movie industry’s Classification and Rating Administration has rejected a plea to reconsider its decision to slap an “R” rating on the Holocaust documentary A Film Unfinished. The plea was made by Oscilloscope Laboratories, the movie’s distributor, on the basis that the…

One of the worst sub-genres of the oxymoronically named genre known as reality television is the “follow the D-list celebrity” category. Comedian Kathy Griffin’s Bravo show is actually called My Life on the D List in which evidence is compiled on a weekly basis as to why she made the cut.  Other reality show D-listers…

As Hollywood celebrates the court-ordered death of California’s Proposition 8 (in which voters rejected a previous court ruling legalizing gay marriage), it’s worth noting that Prop 8 (dubbed “Prop Hate” by comedian Margaret Cho) isn’t actually dead. It will be appealed and, ultimately (no matter which side wins the appeal), appealed again to the Supreme…

CBS and the ad community are essentially greeting concerns over the title of the network’s new Twitter feed-based $#*! My Dad Says with a big  “$#*! yourselves!” proclaiming the Parents Television Council essentially irrelevant in affecting program content. From Hollywood Reporter:A day after the PTC slammed the show for its title and asked advertisers to…

Anne Rice, the one-time self-described atheist who rose to fame writing gothic novels (The Vampire Chronicles) but in 1998 returned to the Catholic Church of her youth and went on to devote herself to writing books that expressed her rediscovered faith (i.e. the Christ the Lord books), caused a stir last week by announcing on…

Charlie St. Cloud, the spiritually-themed drama starring High School Musical graduate Zac Ephron failed to achieve lofty heights in its debut weekend at the box office — finishing in 6th place with a total take of about $12.1 million. The movie no doubt wasn’t helped by overwhelmingly poor critical reception. Rotten Tomatoes counted 74 reviews…

In a media universe where movies, TV shows and music are increasingly targeted toward ever-more precise demographics, it’s become harder and harder to find entertainment that parents and kids can enjoy together. In fairness, there have been some movies (i.e. anything by Pixar or Walden Media) that have crossed the age divide but, for the…
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