A thousand industry professionals have signed a letter in hopes of stopping Warner Brothers from merging with Paramount. You can read up on it at Variety. It says: “We are deeply concerned by indications of support for this merger that prioritize the interests of a small group of powerful stakeholders over the broader public good,” the letter, which was published Monday by the New York Times and available on the website BlocktheMerger.com, states. “The integrity, independence, and diversity of our industry would...

A recent comment by Andy Weir, the writer of Project Hail Mary, has gone viral. There were a few loudmouths who objected, but for the most part, no one can read his common-sense opinion and see it as anything other than a lifeline for writers and directors in Hollywood. There is a reason so many people from all walks of life can watch Project Hail Mary: there is no whiff of "my side is better than your side," there is no judgment...

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The next two Academy Awards will be at the Dolby, prior to them moving to YouTube and LA Live's theater. Here are the key dates from the Academy. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 99th Oscars® will take place on Sunday, March 14, 2027, and the 100th Oscars® will take place on Sunday, March 5, 2028. The shows will air live at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on ABC and in more than...

Continuing on from our discussion regarding above-the-line prospects last week, let’s dive into some Best Actor contenders, specifically, who has the narrative, and what one could see unfold throughout the year. Sight unseen, perhaps the most significant actor in this race, and one who has obtained the status of “current frontrunner” would be that of Tom Cruise for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger, which is slated to open up in the fall of the year, and more likely than not, will show the...

The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens May 1. I hope it's good but here's the thing. In between the last one and now the fashion industry, like Hollywood, lost its mind. We saw this everywhere, an explosion of virtue signaling to preserve the reputations of people at the top, up to and especially Vogue. Unless they joke about any of that, I will be less interested because it won't be telling the truth like the last one did. That's the difference between...

DUN DUN DUN… It’s time for the big bad snubs of the 1980s! Now, I wasn’t alive in the ’80s, and it certainly isn’t a decade of film that I’m deeply versed in. However, I definitely have plenty of options for better choices than what the Academy went with. So let’s hop right in. Give me your top 10 Oscar snubs of the 1980s. Remember, snubs are films or performances NOT nominated. Jerm’s Terrible, Awful, No Good, Very Bad Snubs of the...

A new animated film by Bong Joon-Ho will be released in 2027. It's called Ally. From Variety: The story centers on a piglet squid named Ally who inhabits the little-explored depths of the South Pacific Ocean, harboring ambitions of reaching the surface and one day featuring in a wildlife documentary. Her world is upended when an aircraft goes down into the sea, setting her on an unlikely journey upward alongside a mismatched group of companions. Drawing on real marine biology for its...

Anne Hathaway stars as a pop star making a comeback, and adventure ensues. Also starring Michaela Cole and Hunter Schaffer.  Aka Film Twitter's ultimate dream movie come to life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE3KU_YT3_c    

How annoying to watch someone who exists in her own bubble, as Susan Sarandon does and as so many on the Left do, pretend that, suddenly, cancel culture exists. It's like Adam McKay, Jimmy Kimmel, and others only now starting to talk about free speech when they said nothing for ten years as cancel culture blanketed not just Hollywood but all culture -- and still does. My career was essentially destroyed, my entire staff had to vacate the site -- because of...