Janet Tobias notes that one reason she was drawn to the unbelievable subject of her newest documentary was that it depicted a real-life heaven and hell reversal. The earth’s surface became a habitat for monsters, while the underworld became the only refuge for innocent victims. It’s an apt metap...
Chris Kelly, of 90s rap super-duo “Kris Kross,” was admitted to an Atlanta hospital Wednesday afternoon after appearing to be unresponsive at his home and was later pronounced dead around 5pm. He was 34 years old. Kelly, who together with rap partner Chris Simth, achieved mega success after thei...
China’s fast-growing appetite for movie blockbusters is exerting a powerful influence on the major Hollywood studios who are re-cutting, editing and altering their films to make them acceptable for Chinese audiences. The latest film to undergo cuts to mollify China is the 130 million pounds B...
Rumours and controversy are flying around the New Mexico set of the Western Jane Got A Gun following the abrupt departure of the director, Lynne Ramsay and Jude Law, who was to have played the villain. The producers have hurriedly hired Warrior director Gavin O’Connor to replace Ramsay and are now...
Friends and family of the late country singer Mindy McCready, along with artists from the music world, gathered together today in mourning at her memorial service, in Nashville, Tennessee. McCready, who died February 17 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, had achieved considerable success in the mu...
Now that Argo has won the award for best picture it would seem that the Oscar campaigns are finally over for another year. But not a bit of it. Already buzz is beginning to circulate around possible contenders for next year’s honours. And this time the ubiquitous Tom Hanks, missing from this y...
Two powerhouse female performances came courtesy of Dame Shirley Bassey and Adele at the 85th Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, on Sunday evening. Celebrating the popular James Bond franchises’ fifty year birthday, the two performers took to the stage separately at the Dolby Theater to commemorate t...
From the very opening of the 85th Academy Awards Ceremony, when host for the evening Seth MacFarlane announced “Music in Film” as being the Oscar theme of the night, it promised to be a night of great musical performances. The creme de la creme of the film industry came together at the Dolby The...
It was quite clearly the night of the solo artist at the 33rd annual BRIT awards held at the O2 arena in London Wednesday night. Amidst many a wonderful performance, including Taylor Swift performing I Knew You Were Trouble whilst staring down ex Harry Styles and Styles joining his fellow One Direct...
He’s back….but it seems like very few people care. The Last Stand, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie comeback and his first starring role in nearly a decade, has flopped badly at the box office and now doubts are being cast about several of his upcoming movies, with Hollywood analysts ...
