Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Al Gore Documentary Opens In Theaters

Al Gore’s latest climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” opened Friday in limited release and has received mostly positive reviews. The documentary is the follow-up to “An Inconvenient Truth,” which opened in 2006 to critical and box-office success, and won an Academy Awards for Best Documentary, as well as Best Original Song. […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Race out to see ‘Brooklyn the Musical’

“Fate has an agenda all its own and war makes orphans of us all.” By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Cabaret icon Leigh Scarritt –in association with Moxie Theatre- has put together for Brooklyn The Musical. I attended Industry Night to a house filled with thespians who couldn’t have been more enthusiastic. Brooklyn describes

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Larry David reveals family ties to Bernie Sanders

Comedian who played Democratic senator in ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketches says the two are ‘third cousins or something’ By Stuart Winer Larry David played democratic candidate Bernie Sanders in a Saturday Night Live skit of the first 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate, October 17, 2015 (Screenshot from YouTube) Veteran comedian Larry David revealed Wednesday that he

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Dick Van Dyke apologizes for his ‘atrocious’ cockney accent in ‘Mary Poppins’

There are some epic public apologies out there: the church’s apology to Galileo, for instance, or Tiger Woods’ apology to his wife. This one, below, is a personal favorite. But even with the Bill Clinton lower-lip bite, this one pales in comparison to the historic mea culpa issued this weekend. More than 50 years after

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Former Fox News executive files $48 million lawsuit over sexual assault scandal

NEW YORK — A former Fox News executive fired after settling a claim that he attempted to sexually assault a female on-air commentator is suing parent company 21st Century Fox for going public with the matter. Francisco Cortes, who ran Fox News Latino, was fired in February after Tamara Holder, a Fox News on-air contributor,

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

What to say when you’re Asian American and someone calls you ‘exotic’

At the Asian American ComicCon last weekend, speakers on one of the panels — Asian American women who work in the entertainment industry — were asked how they deal with the stereotype that they are “hot” and “exotic.” Paula Williams Madison, who is of black and Chinese descent, wanted to share a story from her

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Inside Comic-Con’s Hall H, the most important room in Hollywood

Aromatic top notes of hot dogs and cooling nachos waft through the air, mingling with the distinct bouquet of 6,500 amped-up human bodies. Many have forgone showers and sleep to camp out overnight in the humid summer heat for the chance to be here, to cram themselves, elbow to elbow, into one of the seemingly

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Movie review: By land, by sea and especially by air in ‘Dunkirk’

With a bare minimum of dialogue, and a brutal maximum of scenes depicting near-drowning situations in and around Dunkirk, France, in late May and early June 1940, Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” is a unique waterboarding of a film experience. Many will respond to it, primally, as a grueling dramatization of what the English call “the Dunkirk

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Disney says Kermit the Frog puppeteer fired over ‘unacceptable business conduct’

The war of words rages on, but none of them are coming from the little green frog. The Muppets Studio released a statement Monday revealing a bit more about its decision to part ways with longtime Kermit the Frog puppeteer Steve Whitmire. “The role of Kermit the Frog is an iconic one that is beloved

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Chelsea Clinton Defends Her Mother Against Fox News Host’s Comments

Former President Bill Cinton’s daughter Chelsea Clinton took to Twitter on Saturday to give a stern reply to Fox News host Lisa Marie Boothe, a day after Boothe commented former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would “sell” her daughter to become president. Boothe was discussing Hillary’s campaign manager Robby Mook and his comments on Donald

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Oscar-winner Martin Landau, who starred in ‘Ed Wood,’ ‘North By Northwest’ and ‘Entourage,’ dies at 89

LOS ANGELES — Martin Landau, Oscar-winning actor for “Ed Wood,” has died at 89. He died Saturday at UCLA Medical Center where he experienced “unexpected complications” during a short hospitalization, his publicist confirmed. “We are overcome with sadness to report the death of iconic actor Martin Landau,” a statement said. The Oscar-winning veteran appeared in

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA