Dwayne Johnson delivered as promised and electrified the Hall H crowd at Comic-Con on Saturday with the latest trailer for “Black Adam.” Watch it above:
In the clip, we see shots of archaeologists entering a tomb that we’ve seen in concept art before. And then, things get.. explosive. And we also see the return of Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), in case you’re curious.
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Meanwhile, Dr. Fate says “we don’t need passports — we’re the justice society.”
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The hierarchy of power in the #DCUniverse is changing.
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In the clip, we see shots of archaeologists entering a tomb that we’ve seen in concept art before. And then, things get.. explosive. And we also see the return of Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), in case you’re curious.
“My powers are not a gift, but a curse, born out of rage,” Black Adam says..tpd-featured-video.youtube{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100;padding-top:56.25}.tpd-featured-video.youtube>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100;height:100}.tpd-featured-video.in-content{margin-bottom:2em}
Meanwhile, Dr. Fate says “we don’t need passports — we’re the justice society.”
Born Out Of Rage
Exclusive look at #BlackAdam⚡️ that we Just released in the electrified room of #ComicCon Hall H ⚡️⚡️
The hierarchy of power in the #DCUniverse is changing.
In Theaters Worldwide 10.21.22
@SevenBucksProd @DCComics @WBPictures#ManInBlack⚡️#Rage pic.
- 7/23/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez and Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sometimes things are just meant to be, and in a great way.
Warner Bros and New Line were faced with the daunting task of moving another tentpole out of this summer, specifically Dwayne Johnson’s foray into the DC verse, Black Adam.
The movie, which reps filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra’s reteam with the action star after last summer’s Jungle Cruise, was originally expected to open next weekend, July 29. but was forced to move Oct. 21 due to the pandemic backlog of VFX houses and the movie’s 2K-plus visual effects shots.
But when one door closes, another opens, and now Black Adam gets to make a seismic splash in Hall H tomorrow. San Diego Comic-Con’s return to in-person after three years during the pandemic...
Warner Bros and New Line were faced with the daunting task of moving another tentpole out of this summer, specifically Dwayne Johnson’s foray into the DC verse, Black Adam.
The movie, which reps filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra’s reteam with the action star after last summer’s Jungle Cruise, was originally expected to open next weekend, July 29. but was forced to move Oct. 21 due to the pandemic backlog of VFX houses and the movie’s 2K-plus visual effects shots.
But when one door closes, another opens, and now Black Adam gets to make a seismic splash in Hall H tomorrow. San Diego Comic-Con’s return to in-person after three years during the pandemic...
- 7/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Like every interview does, our chat with Dwayne Johnson begins with a question. But it’s not Den of Geek asking it. Instead, Johnson wants to know how we feel about Black Adam and what it’s bringing to the world of superhero movies.
The answer is, just like the star, excited.
We’re on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles to talk about Black Adam, and the actor is pursuing one of his favorite lines of conversation: what the fans of these iconic DC characters think about his upcoming blockbuster, which, in his words, will “disrupt” the superhero movie landscape.
Johnson’s passion for Black Adam—the DC Comics antihero who was first introduced in 1941’s The Marvel Family #1 by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder—comes through as he talks. It’s that drive and enthusiasm that’s led him on a long, winding journey to bring the character to the big screen.
The answer is, just like the star, excited.
We’re on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles to talk about Black Adam, and the actor is pursuing one of his favorite lines of conversation: what the fans of these iconic DC characters think about his upcoming blockbuster, which, in his words, will “disrupt” the superhero movie landscape.
Johnson’s passion for Black Adam—the DC Comics antihero who was first introduced in 1941’s The Marvel Family #1 by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder—comes through as he talks. It’s that drive and enthusiasm that’s led him on a long, winding journey to bring the character to the big screen.
- 7/21/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
The Rock is coming back to San Diego!
Dwayne Johnson announced on his social media that his first-ever superhero movie “Black Adam” will be showcased in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H, ahead of the film’s October release. He also said that he’ll be joined by The Justice Society of America as featured in the film, including “Noah Centineo, Quintessa Swindell and Aldis Hodge, as well as director Jaume Collet-Serra.
The Hall H panel is also expected to give an inside look at DC’s “League of Super Pets,” which will be released the following week on July 27, and a first look at the sequel “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.”
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Dwayne Johnson announced on his social media that his first-ever superhero movie “Black Adam” will be showcased in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H, ahead of the film’s October release. He also said that he’ll be joined by The Justice Society of America as featured in the film, including “Noah Centineo, Quintessa Swindell and Aldis Hodge, as well as director Jaume Collet-Serra.
The Hall H panel is also expected to give an inside look at DC’s “League of Super Pets,” which will be released the following week on July 27, and a first look at the sequel “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.”
⚡️COMIC-con Exclusive ⚡️
Finally…
The Man in Black Comes Home To Comic-con ⚡️
Black Adam⚡️
Jsa: Justice Society Of America
Director: Jaume Collet-serra
Saturday July 23rd.
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- 7/7/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Can Clint Eastwood save the Oscars? With luck and a little help, yes, absolutely. It could happen. The stars are already aligning:
Since the debut last week of a trailer for Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, about the pursuit of a security guard who was wrongly suspected of Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, right-wing film buffs have been palpably excited. “Clint Eastwood Blasts Fake News in ‘Richard Jewell’ Trailer,” ran the headline on an Oct. 3 column by Breitbart’s John Nolte.
About the trailer, Nolte isn’t wrong. In it, over-reaching reporters and editors are off to the races, while FBI agents hammer the innocent Jewell, for voice ID purposes, to keep repeating, in ever more self-incriminating tones: “There’s a bomb in Centennial Park. You have 30 minutes.”
It’s infuriating stuff, and promises to capture a politically inflamed audience when Warner Bros. releases it on Dec. 13. If the...
Since the debut last week of a trailer for Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, about the pursuit of a security guard who was wrongly suspected of Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, right-wing film buffs have been palpably excited. “Clint Eastwood Blasts Fake News in ‘Richard Jewell’ Trailer,” ran the headline on an Oct. 3 column by Breitbart’s John Nolte.
About the trailer, Nolte isn’t wrong. In it, over-reaching reporters and editors are off to the races, while FBI agents hammer the innocent Jewell, for voice ID purposes, to keep repeating, in ever more self-incriminating tones: “There’s a bomb in Centennial Park. You have 30 minutes.”
It’s infuriating stuff, and promises to capture a politically inflamed audience when Warner Bros. releases it on Dec. 13. If the...
- 10/8/2019
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Ousted filmmaker James Gunn has found himself smack bang in the middle of a media maelstrom over the past 72 hours.
To recap: on Friday, Disney shocked the industry with the swift termination of Gunn’s contract, leaving Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 without a director and Marvel’s cosmic universe in need of a new shepherd. The reason behind said dismissal can be traced back to a series of distasteful and indeed disturbing tweets from a decade ago – tweets that James Gunn has since apologized for.
Which brings us to Thanos creator Jim Starlin, who is now the latest figure to publically defend Gunn. So far, the list includes Guardians of the Galaxy cast members like Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista and Karen Gillan, all the way to former Hellboy actress and #MeToo advocate, Selma Blair.
And at least in the eyes of Starlin, Disney made “one hell of a...
To recap: on Friday, Disney shocked the industry with the swift termination of Gunn’s contract, leaving Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 without a director and Marvel’s cosmic universe in need of a new shepherd. The reason behind said dismissal can be traced back to a series of distasteful and indeed disturbing tweets from a decade ago – tweets that James Gunn has since apologized for.
Which brings us to Thanos creator Jim Starlin, who is now the latest figure to publically defend Gunn. So far, the list includes Guardians of the Galaxy cast members like Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista and Karen Gillan, all the way to former Hellboy actress and #MeToo advocate, Selma Blair.
And at least in the eyes of Starlin, Disney made “one hell of a...
- 7/23/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Glenn Beck recently chimed in on this week’s ridiculous Jake Tapper controversy, in which the Daily Caller, Fox News and, most significantly, Breitbart’s John Nolte piled on the CNN anchor, falsely implicating that he praised NYC terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov for using the phrase “Allahu Akbar.” Beck, who has become an occasional voice of reason in the Trump […]...
- 11/3/2017
- by Lawrence Bonk
- Mediaite - TV
Many journalists have pressed Donald Trump and his campaign on the Gop presidential frontrunner’s claim that “thousands and thousands” of New Jersey Muslims cheered while watching the World Trade Center towers collapse on 9/11. They’ve relied on the basic journalistic premise that a handful of celebrating Muslims — as multiple sources have confirmed — is far different than thousands. But two stories posted Wednesday on Breitbart.com, including one headlined “Trump 100% Vindicated: CBS Reports ‘Swarm’ On Rooftops Celebrating 9/11,” try to back up the Republican presidential candidate using magical math, generous leaps of the imagination and alterations of Trump’s actual claims.
- 12/2/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
When The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times analyzed the underperformance of Steve Jobs, there was no mention of star Seth Rogen’s “F— you @RealBenCarson” tweet — an omission that offended John Nolte, film reviewer and editor at large at Breitbart, a conservative news outlet. Nolte has been making the case for years that the political discourse of actors matters to box office (a theory apparently validated by a THR poll). Nolte criticized THR for ignoring Rogen’s tweet, and the reviewer now is getting his say on the matter, while also weighing in on a boycott effort against The Hateful
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- 10/29/2015
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As if on cue, the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 has sparked an online political debate, as did the first two films in Lionsgate’s huge franchise. This time around though, the left seems more anxious to claim solidarity with the movie’s message than does the right. At the conservative site Breitbart.com, for example, John Nolte largely ignores politics in his review of Mockingjay - Part 1, until ending with: “For some reason this feels like the exact right time for a movie about a revolution against a lying, lawless president.” Likewise, Christian Toto at his conservative
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- 11/22/2014
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bruce Springsteen is drawing heat for...supporting our nation's veterans. Though Eminem received his share of criticism for dropping multiple f-bombs at the televised Concert for Valor Veteran's Day event on Tuesday, The Boss (along with collaborators Dave Grohl and Zac Brown) has been taken to task even more harshly by Twitter users and right-wing pundits alike for performing a cover of John Fogerty's anti-war song "Fortunate Son" at the D.C. event. "The song, not to put too fine a point on it, is an anti-war screed, taking shots at 'the red white and blue,'" gripes neocon opinion mag The Weekly Standard. "It was a particularly terrible choice given that 'Fortunate Son' is, moreover, an anti-draft song, and this concert was largely organized to honor those who volunteered to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq." “You’re doing this for an audience of veterans, and it...
- 11/13/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Lena Dunham has admirers and a fair share of detractors too. The enviable 26-year-old has a hit HBO series Girls (Season 2 begins January 13), and she’s a successful author with a multimillion-dollar book contract. But who knew her YouTube video ad for President Obama titled Your First Time (see below) would draw the level of wrath it has from conservative pundits. A small sampling follows. Breitbart.com Editor-at-Large John Nolte tweeted “How could a president with two young, blossoming daughters release an ad as disgusting as this”? Fox News’ Monica Crowley called the ad “vile, stomach-churning, super-gross.” Redstate.com’s Erick Erickson said it was “further proof we live in a fallen world destined for hell fire.” Which might explain why Minnesota Republican Party deputy chairperson Kelly Fenton wrote in a since deleted tweet, “#MyFirstTime ad by #Obama is similar to an ad #Putin did. They must share the same advisor: #Satan.
- 10/28/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The new Batman film isn't the simple conservative parable rightwingers would like, but it is a reactionary vision
'How long do you think all this can last?" Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) asks Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne amid the opulence of a high-society charity ball in The Dark Knight Returns. "There's a storm coming." A storm of a rather unexpected kind gathered over the film on Friday, with the appalling massacre in Denver. But the film was already enmeshed in political controversy in the Us, when conservative Us radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed the name of Batman's adversary in the film, Bane, was a reference to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his former company, Bain Capital.
Yet as Limbaugh also noted, it is not Bane but billionaire Bruce Wayne who most resembles Romney, while Bane's rhetoric seems like a nod to the Occupy movement. Rightwing commentator John Nolte argues that...
'How long do you think all this can last?" Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) asks Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne amid the opulence of a high-society charity ball in The Dark Knight Returns. "There's a storm coming." A storm of a rather unexpected kind gathered over the film on Friday, with the appalling massacre in Denver. But the film was already enmeshed in political controversy in the Us, when conservative Us radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed the name of Batman's adversary in the film, Bane, was a reference to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his former company, Bain Capital.
Yet as Limbaugh also noted, it is not Bane but billionaire Bruce Wayne who most resembles Romney, while Bane's rhetoric seems like a nod to the Occupy movement. Rightwing commentator John Nolte argues that...
- 7/23/2012
- by Mark Fisher
- The Guardian - Film News
White House Correspondents Dinner headliner and Jimmy Kimmel Live host Jimmy Kimmel has incurred the wrath of the humorless right for telling Reuters that “It's hard to make fun of Obama in general because he’s a cool character,” adding that “outside of his ears, there’s not a whole lot” to joke about. Breitbart.com's John Nolte dubbed Kimmel a "Comedy Coward," but rather than curse the darkness, lit a candle of hilarity to guide the late-night host through the comedy darkness.
- 4/25/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
About a week ago, we got a look at a 17-minute film, called "The Road We've Traveled," which is part of President Obama's re-election campaign. The film (watch here) is directed by Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth) and narrated by Tom Hanks. And now Hanks finds himself involved in a racial controversy after a video from 2004 surfaced online. The video shows the actor and Eagles rocker Glenn Frey at a fundraiser for St. Matthew's Parish School in California, a school that their children attended. They are joined by James Montgomery, an investment banker, who is dressed in blackface and with a big Afro wig. "This is as close to diversity as we'll get at St. Matthew's," Frey joked. Conservative groups are calling the video "racist" and calling for Obama to remove Hanks from his campaign video. "I don't care what your politics are, it's nauseatingly racist,...
- 3/21/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Hanks, who narrates a short film for Barack Obama's re-election campaign, has been criticised for sharing a stage with a man in blackface in 2004
Tom Hanks has vehemently refuted suggestions that he is a racist and should be removed from a campaign video aimed at assisting President Obama's re-election.
Hanks's involvement with Obama's re-election team has been called into question by rightwing Us websites after a video emerged of the actor sharing a stage with a man in blackface on the conservative-leaning Daily Caller website.
The home video, described as "nauseatingly racist" by conservative blogger John Nolte, shows Hanks – onstage at a 2004 charity event for his child's school – joking with investment banker James Montgomery, who is dressed in an afro wig and animal-print costume and has his face blackened. The event also saw Hanks and his co-host, Eagles rock star Glenn Frey, mock rightwing commentator Bill O'Reilly and...
Tom Hanks has vehemently refuted suggestions that he is a racist and should be removed from a campaign video aimed at assisting President Obama's re-election.
Hanks's involvement with Obama's re-election team has been called into question by rightwing Us websites after a video emerged of the actor sharing a stage with a man in blackface on the conservative-leaning Daily Caller website.
The home video, described as "nauseatingly racist" by conservative blogger John Nolte, shows Hanks – onstage at a 2004 charity event for his child's school – joking with investment banker James Montgomery, who is dressed in an afro wig and animal-print costume and has his face blackened. The event also saw Hanks and his co-host, Eagles rock star Glenn Frey, mock rightwing commentator Bill O'Reilly and...
- 3/21/2012
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson carry HBO's Sarah Palin-centered tale of the 2008 election, premiering at 9 p.m. Saturday.
By Eric Ditzian
Julianne Moore and Ed Harris in "Game Change"
Photo: HBO Films
Before I checked out "Game Change," HBO's Sarah Palin-focused retelling of the 2008 presidential election, I handed my screener over to a politically obsessed MTV News colleague. The next morning, he popped into my office and declared, "It was well-acted!" — which seemed like an odd way to lead off the conversation.
I expected him to burst through my door, laughing about what a kook Palin is, or wondering why producers didn't get Tina Fey to play the one-time vice presidential nominee, or waxing poetic about the "hopey, changey" circus that was Barack Obama's romp through the general election. But, no: well-acted.
When I stretched out on the couch for my own viewing a few days later,...
By Eric Ditzian
Julianne Moore and Ed Harris in "Game Change"
Photo: HBO Films
Before I checked out "Game Change," HBO's Sarah Palin-focused retelling of the 2008 presidential election, I handed my screener over to a politically obsessed MTV News colleague. The next morning, he popped into my office and declared, "It was well-acted!" — which seemed like an odd way to lead off the conversation.
I expected him to burst through my door, laughing about what a kook Palin is, or wondering why producers didn't get Tina Fey to play the one-time vice presidential nominee, or waxing poetic about the "hopey, changey" circus that was Barack Obama's romp through the general election. But, no: well-acted.
When I stretched out on the couch for my own viewing a few days later,...
- 3/9/2012
- MTV Movie News
Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson carry HBO's Sarah Palin-centered tale of the 2008 election, premiering at 9 p.m. Saturday.
By Eric Ditzian
Julianne Moore and Ed Harris in "Game Change"
Photo: HBO Films
Before I checked out "Game Change," HBO's Sarah Palin-focused retelling of the 2008 presidential election, I handed my screener over to a politically obsessed MTV News colleague. The next morning, he popped into my office and declared, "It was well-acted!" — which seemed like an odd way to lead off the conversation.
I expected him to burst through my door, laughing about what a kook Palin is, or wondering why producers didn't get Tina Fey to play the one-time vice presidential nominee, or waxing poetic about the "hopey, changey" circus that was Barack Obama's romp through the general election. But, no: well-acted.
When I stretched out on the couch for my own viewing a few days later,...
By Eric Ditzian
Julianne Moore and Ed Harris in "Game Change"
Photo: HBO Films
Before I checked out "Game Change," HBO's Sarah Palin-focused retelling of the 2008 presidential election, I handed my screener over to a politically obsessed MTV News colleague. The next morning, he popped into my office and declared, "It was well-acted!" — which seemed like an odd way to lead off the conversation.
I expected him to burst through my door, laughing about what a kook Palin is, or wondering why producers didn't get Tina Fey to play the one-time vice presidential nominee, or waxing poetic about the "hopey, changey" circus that was Barack Obama's romp through the general election. But, no: well-acted.
When I stretched out on the couch for my own viewing a few days later,...
- 3/9/2012
- MTV Music News
This story appears in the Mar. 16 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. When Joel Surnow co-wrote and co-executive produced the TV miniseries The Kennedys, it was immediately deemed controversial and much was made in the press about a Hollywood Republican having so much influence in the making of a docudrama about a Democratic icon. With HBO's Game Change premiering on Mar. 10 amidst criticism from the right (a review by John Nolte at Big Hollywood, for example, calls it “a heinous piece of propaganda.”), The Hollywood Reporter took a look at the federal political donations of the
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- 3/7/2012
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a liberal blogger mocked Sarah Palin's "retarded" son, enraged supporters attacked, bullying advertisers with surprising success. Brian Ries talks to both sides of the public spat.
Ken Layne is ready for the firestorm to subside.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The PR Hacks Behind Facebook's Google Smear
It's been a frustrating 72 hours since a twentysomething freelancer named Jack Stuef published a "badly done" post about Sarah Palin's mentally disabled son, Trig, on Wonkette.com, the left-leaning political blog Layne edits.
In the offending post, Stuef satirized a birthday poem Palin fans had written for the 3 year old on a social-networking site the night before. "Oh little boy, what are you dreaming about?" he wrote, quoting the poem. Stuef then added: "What's he dreaming about? Nothing. He's retarded," the last word linking to a video of Levi Johnston accusing the former governor herself of calling Trig "retarded.
Ken Layne is ready for the firestorm to subside.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The PR Hacks Behind Facebook's Google Smear
It's been a frustrating 72 hours since a twentysomething freelancer named Jack Stuef published a "badly done" post about Sarah Palin's mentally disabled son, Trig, on Wonkette.com, the left-leaning political blog Layne edits.
In the offending post, Stuef satirized a birthday poem Palin fans had written for the 3 year old on a social-networking site the night before. "Oh little boy, what are you dreaming about?" he wrote, quoting the poem. Stuef then added: "What's he dreaming about? Nothing. He's retarded," the last word linking to a video of Levi Johnston accusing the former governor herself of calling Trig "retarded.
- 4/23/2011
- by Brian Ries
- The Daily Beast
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we get our hands dirty with an important political question: was Abraham Lincoln a member of the X-Men? We also tackle Mark Harris’s instantly popular “The Day the Movies Died” article, the concept of marketing as storytelling, and Rob Hunter is challenged with bringing up the movie Little Giants at some point during the hour and a half show. Plus, we find time to review I Am Number Four and Unknown before settling into the real question of the night: Is there a liberal bias in Hollywood. Special guests Vic Holtreman from Screen Rant and John Nolte from Big Hollywood join Hunter and I on this magical, magical journey that will touch your heart. Listen Here: Download This Episode On This Week’s Show: Segment One – News [Start - 15:30] Is Top Gun to blame for Hollywood? What has marketing done? Are movies really worse than they used to...
- 2/21/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Reports are that the right wing blogosphere is up in arms over Ricky Gervais apparently being fired in mid broadcast from the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony. John Nolte should be more careful when he picks his heroes. Gervais didn’t come out swinging against Obama. He didn’t renounce his membership in Britain’s National Health System. His targets weren’t Susan Sarandon or Alec Baldwin. Robert Downey Jr. is a little upset but he’s hardly Democratic Spokesperson No. 1 in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Bruce Willis is fuming just as hard. Remember him, conservatives? He’s one of yours, I...
- 1/20/2011
- The Wrap
Us bloggers and commentators defend British comedian after abrasive performance as awards presenter
He may not be a welcome guest at the homes of Robert Downey Jr, Charlie Sheen or Hugh Hefner in the wake of this year's Golden Globes, but Ricky Gervais may take dubious comfort in the knowledge that he has picked up an unlikely new set of fans: rightwing Us bloggers and commentators.
While Gervais's jibes seemed to ruffle the feathers of actors and organisers alike at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night, they have been lapped up like sugared milk by those who see the Hollywood glitterati as part of a pompous and pampered "liberal elite".
"Had he been as relentless in ripping apart Sarah Palin, her young children, Jesus Christ, or George W Bush, today the comedian would be celebrated as 'edgy' and 'courageous'," wrote John Nolte of Big Hollywood. "Because...
He may not be a welcome guest at the homes of Robert Downey Jr, Charlie Sheen or Hugh Hefner in the wake of this year's Golden Globes, but Ricky Gervais may take dubious comfort in the knowledge that he has picked up an unlikely new set of fans: rightwing Us bloggers and commentators.
While Gervais's jibes seemed to ruffle the feathers of actors and organisers alike at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night, they have been lapped up like sugared milk by those who see the Hollywood glitterati as part of a pompous and pampered "liberal elite".
"Had he been as relentless in ripping apart Sarah Palin, her young children, Jesus Christ, or George W Bush, today the comedian would be celebrated as 'edgy' and 'courageous'," wrote John Nolte of Big Hollywood. "Because...
- 1/19/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
While it’s not the media witch hunt of the mid-90s, it needs to be reiterated that movies and other pieces of art are not to blame for violent acts. A national tragedy has both left us numb and stirred up the slumbering emotions of a fevered national discourse, and while it’s important to air those grievances (no matter what end of the spectrum we fall on), it’s imperative that pundits of all stripes keep a level head and avoid irresponsibly throwing art under the bus for the sobering acts of one individual. Unfortunately, several media outlets have – in their hurry to toss more examples onto the argumentative fire – evoked the name of a four-year-old festival film from Britain (that few people saw) in order to help prove a trend in filmmaking of inciting violence against public officials. A trend, of course, that does not exist. To callously toss Death of a President out...
- 1/12/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Most politicians make their Hollywood debuts at lavish fund-raisers or intimate house parties. But Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO now running for a U.S. Senate seat in California, made her entrance at an event organized by the Friends of Abe.
For those unfamiliar with the highly secretive club of conservatives in the entertainment business, the name refers to iconic Republican Abraham Lincoln, not Abe Vigoda. Mostly meeting informally at the West Hollywood greasy spoon Barney's Beanery, the Gop-leaning crowd held its annual blowout in mid-June at a sprawling horse ranch near the Ventura County line. Hosted by "CSI: NY" star Gary Sinise, hundreds of actors, directors and craftspeople came out for the right-wing Woodstock.
The Friends of Abe have been around for a few years now, and conservative frustration with the Democratic control of Washington might be helping them flourish. Indeed, as politicians on both sides of the...
For those unfamiliar with the highly secretive club of conservatives in the entertainment business, the name refers to iconic Republican Abraham Lincoln, not Abe Vigoda. Mostly meeting informally at the West Hollywood greasy spoon Barney's Beanery, the Gop-leaning crowd held its annual blowout in mid-June at a sprawling horse ranch near the Ventura County line. Hosted by "CSI: NY" star Gary Sinise, hundreds of actors, directors and craftspeople came out for the right-wing Woodstock.
The Friends of Abe have been around for a few years now, and conservative frustration with the Democratic control of Washington might be helping them flourish. Indeed, as politicians on both sides of the...
- 8/2/2010
- by By Jeffrey Ressner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Easy Rider star has died peacefully at his Los Angeles home after five decades of hard living
Dennis Hopper, the hard-living Hollywood star with acclaimed roles in films including Apocalypse Now and Easy Rider, died yesterday of prostate cancer. He passed away at his home in Venice, California, at the age of 74.
He was surrounded by his family and friends and died peacefully at around 9am local time. Hopper had been taken ill last September with serious flu-like symptoms. Doctors quickly discovered he had cancer which then spread to other parts of his body.
Hopper's career was one of the most long-lived in an industry which is notorious for chewing up its stars. It began in the era of the 1950s with a role opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, flowered in art films of the 1960s and 1970s, and then transitioned into the modern era of the blockbuster,...
Dennis Hopper, the hard-living Hollywood star with acclaimed roles in films including Apocalypse Now and Easy Rider, died yesterday of prostate cancer. He passed away at his home in Venice, California, at the age of 74.
He was surrounded by his family and friends and died peacefully at around 9am local time. Hopper had been taken ill last September with serious flu-like symptoms. Doctors quickly discovered he had cancer which then spread to other parts of his body.
Hopper's career was one of the most long-lived in an industry which is notorious for chewing up its stars. It began in the era of the 1950s with a role opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, flowered in art films of the 1960s and 1970s, and then transitioned into the modern era of the blockbuster,...
- 5/30/2010
- by Paul Harris
- The Guardian - Film News
Many thought James Cameron's latest epic would sweep the Academy Awards, but here's a look at a few reasond it didn't.
By Brian Warmoth
James Cameron
Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images
James Cameron's "Avatar" became the highest-grossing movie of all time in theaters, but Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" became the lowest-grossing film ever to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Even with Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography wins to boast about, many thought that "Avatar" would follow behind "Titanic" and bring a windfall of Oscar wins. Critics point to several inherent weaknesses, however, including actor fears within the Academy, traditional notions of film and political trends.
"For whatever reason, boomer-age people, older Gen X-ers [in the Academy] are threatened by it," journalist and Hollywood Elsewhere writer Jeff Wells told MTV News. "They feel on some level that they're going to be lost, that they're going...
By Brian Warmoth
James Cameron
Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images
James Cameron's "Avatar" became the highest-grossing movie of all time in theaters, but Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" became the lowest-grossing film ever to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Even with Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography wins to boast about, many thought that "Avatar" would follow behind "Titanic" and bring a windfall of Oscar wins. Critics point to several inherent weaknesses, however, including actor fears within the Academy, traditional notions of film and political trends.
"For whatever reason, boomer-age people, older Gen X-ers [in the Academy] are threatened by it," journalist and Hollywood Elsewhere writer Jeff Wells told MTV News. "They feel on some level that they're going to be lost, that they're going...
- 3/8/2010
- MTV Movie News
The Academy Awards made some big changes this year, and critics especially liked the two-host format.
By Brian Warmoth
Steve Martin (L) and Alec Baldwin onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
Sunday night's 82nd Academy Awards ceremony shook things up with Kathryn Bigelow's Best Director win and the six awards garnered by her film "The Hurt Locker." The show itself made some bold decisions, too, including having two hosts with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, nixing Best Song nominee live performances and keeping the stage fresh with different faces for performance and visual gags.
"In my book, those guys are old pros, and every line they said was good," entertainment journalist Jeff Wells told MTV News about the hosts. "When they introduced a couple of younger actresses 'who have no idea who we are' — that was good stuff. It was blunt, and it was straight,...
By Brian Warmoth
Steve Martin (L) and Alec Baldwin onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
Sunday night's 82nd Academy Awards ceremony shook things up with Kathryn Bigelow's Best Director win and the six awards garnered by her film "The Hurt Locker." The show itself made some bold decisions, too, including having two hosts with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, nixing Best Song nominee live performances and keeping the stage fresh with different faces for performance and visual gags.
"In my book, those guys are old pros, and every line they said was good," entertainment journalist Jeff Wells told MTV News about the hosts. "When they introduced a couple of younger actresses 'who have no idea who we are' — that was good stuff. It was blunt, and it was straight,...
- 3/8/2010
- MTV Movie News
With a rash of critics attacking the film's portrayal of the military, some experts wonder if the backlash was orchestrated.
By Eric Ditzian
Ralph Fiennes in "The Hurt Locker"
Photo: First Light Production
Weeks before the 2009 Academy Awards, news broke that two of the child actors in awards-season darling "Slumdog Millionaire" were still living in squalor and had allegedly not been fairly compensated for their work on the worldwide blockbuster. It was an inflammatory story that dominated entertainment headlines and dogged the film's producers up until "Slumdog" took home eight Oscars, including Best Picture, in late February.
A year later, the same narrative seems to be repeating itself with the Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker." Following a string of key awards-season wins — from the Directors Guild of America to the BAFTAs to the Broadcast Film Critics — the film finds itself under assault from a rash of critics, including in...
By Eric Ditzian
Ralph Fiennes in "The Hurt Locker"
Photo: First Light Production
Weeks before the 2009 Academy Awards, news broke that two of the child actors in awards-season darling "Slumdog Millionaire" were still living in squalor and had allegedly not been fairly compensated for their work on the worldwide blockbuster. It was an inflammatory story that dominated entertainment headlines and dogged the film's producers up until "Slumdog" took home eight Oscars, including Best Picture, in late February.
A year later, the same narrative seems to be repeating itself with the Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker." Following a string of key awards-season wins — from the Directors Guild of America to the BAFTAs to the Broadcast Film Critics — the film finds itself under assault from a rash of critics, including in...
- 3/4/2010
- MTV Movie News
James Cameron responded on Tuesday night to critics who think his blockbuster hit "Avatar" was somehow un-American. "I've heard people say this film is un-American, while part of being an American is having the freedom to have dissenting ideas," Cameron told the crowd at a private industry screening. Conservative commentators such as Jonah Goldberg wondered why the space aliens didn't "accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts" and said it was a tired attack on the Iraq War. John Podhoretz said the movie was both "anti-American" and "anti-human." John Nolte, a critic at the conservative Big Hollywood, called it "America-hating." But Cameron was not shy about the movie's political message, telling TheWrap that he wanted "Avatar" to say something about both foreign policy and the environment. "This movie reflects that we are living through war," the director said. "There are boots on the...
- 1/14/2010
- by Rachel Weiner
- Huffington Post
Conservative critics are damning James Cameron's space opera as leftist propaganda
It is not all good news for Avatar. James Cameron's sci-fi behemoth opened last month to strong reviews. It went on to justify its epic hype with a record-breaking box-office haul that has already made it the fourth most successful movie in history. But now its enemies are massing, with conservative critics claiming that the film is nothing more than leftist propaganda, in 3D form.
According to the Los Angeles Times, rightwing commentators have been lining up to slam Cameron's film as a soiled, suspect product of Obama's America. Through their polarised spectacles, they stared at the faraway planet of Pandora and perceived a dubious pro-environmental message and a thinly-veiled diatribe against American imperialism. And they do not like what they see.
Writing in the New York Press, Armond White claimed Avatar "misrepresents the facts of militarism,...
It is not all good news for Avatar. James Cameron's sci-fi behemoth opened last month to strong reviews. It went on to justify its epic hype with a record-breaking box-office haul that has already made it the fourth most successful movie in history. But now its enemies are massing, with conservative critics claiming that the film is nothing more than leftist propaganda, in 3D form.
According to the Los Angeles Times, rightwing commentators have been lining up to slam Cameron's film as a soiled, suspect product of Obama's America. Through their polarised spectacles, they stared at the faraway planet of Pandora and perceived a dubious pro-environmental message and a thinly-veiled diatribe against American imperialism. And they do not like what they see.
Writing in the New York Press, Armond White claimed Avatar "misrepresents the facts of militarism,...
- 1/7/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
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