Tropic Thunder - Weekend Numbers and BigT's Review

First off, it was a hilarious movie. I don't want to give anything away but I think everyone knows about the black-face and the retard controversy. So I'll talk about that a little bit.Robert Downey Jr. was a delight playing a black man. He stayed in the overtly racist...

Christina Applegate battling breast cancer

"LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. ...

New Trailer for Max Payne Movie Released

I have to admit, video game movies usually don't do very well. It's very difficult to translate a more interactive, hands-on experience into a passive one like a movie, and often the gimmicks or sheer fun of playing the game helped a gamer look past a shoddy plot and poor...

US director Sydney Pollack dies

Famous Actor turned director hollywood director Sydney Pollack had died of cancer. Director of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie and The Way We Were died on Monday, surrounded by family members, at his home in...

Lost Snowmobiler Takes cue From Survivorman

While the show 'Survivorman' has lots of viewers, all sitting around enjoying seeing a man survive on nothing but what's in his pockets, a viewer got a first hand experience last week. Christopher Traverse is a...

Bill Gates’ Last Day at Microsoft CES 2008 Spoof

A video spoof shown during the CES 2008 keynote by Bill Gates about his last full day at Microsoft in July starring himself, Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaughey, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono,...

Russell Crowe replaces Brad Pitt in `State of Play`

"Crowe, 2001 best actor Oscar winner for his role in "Gladiator," will play the role of an investigative journalist looking into the murder of a lawmaker's mistress, in "State of Play."Production was initially...

America shuns Hollywood's take on Iraq

"Americans may be divided on many subjects but they seem to agree on one thing: they will not buy tickets to see this year's crop of war films. Rarely have film critics and moviegoers, conservatives and liberals, been in such agreement - the big-screen lecturing that...

"Padre Nuestro" wins top Sundance Festival

"Sundance Film Festival's grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama went to "Padre Nuestro," an immigrant saga about a Mexican teen's heartbreaking search for his father in America. "Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)," another Latin American story recounting government corruption and...

Miss Amelia Show Girl

"Miss Amelia Show Girl : Her Desperate Plea To Doll Nnapper's "Please Don't Hurt My Show Girl Doll!" Miss Amelia Show Girl Just in to the Digital Boho Blog News Wire: Well into her 14th Sold Out Performance of Guilty Pleasures The Burlesque and Vaudeville Show, MISS AMELIA...

Hollywood Finds a New Set In Vast Desert of Namibia

"NAMIB DESERT, Namibia -- The blonde in the cowboy hat stepped forward with slow, swaggering menace, her boots crunching audibly on the sand below. As the camera zoomed tight on her green zombie eyes, the desert...

Today in history - Oct. 30

"Today is Monday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2006. There are 62 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 30, 1938, the radio play "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. (The live drama, which employed fake news reports, panicked some...

Coca-Cola Joins Exploding Soda Craze

Viral Marketing continues to to solidify itself as legitimate

Money & Happiness - Cracking the Office Dress Code

"The first time I attended a New York runway show in the early '90s, the audience was composed mostly of store buyers and fashion editors, and Elsa Klensch of CNN had a lock on the television coverage. Now these once insular and elite events have gone mass-market and...

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