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When Wenting Xu and Diedrik van Hoogstraten sent their omnibus resignation letter to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in mid-June, I had to look twice at the sixth bullet point. It's the one that begins: "Internal transparency, never great to begin with, has actually decreased since February, so members don't…

Actress Amber Tamblyn says she can relate to Britney Spears’s courtroom anguish in her conservatorship hearing. That’s because she lived a version of it. In a New York Times opinion piece today, Tamblyn noted that “Britney Spears is not the only woman in the public eye who has long been privately controlled, but she…

A founding member of the English folk rock act Mumford & Sons said today in a Medium post that he’s leaving the band in order to avoid tainting them with his personal political opinions. Winston Marshall created a firestorm on social media in March when he tweeted support for journalist Andy Ngo’s book Unmasked: Inside…

I found myself having dinner with Frank Sinatra this week; at least it seemed that way. I was in Palm Springs where a dozen restaurants and clubs claim that Sinatra was once a “regular.” Photos of their idol adorn the walls, all showing Sinatra smiling, even though I never remembered a Sinatra smile during our…

It's thrilling to watch Lionsgate make a run at the box office top spot with The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, a grown-up comedy. Not a kiddie fantasy, like Peter Rabbit 2 or Cruella. Not a Covid-era placeholder, like The War With Grandpa, or a streaming event, like Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. But a rough, raucous…

This was supposed to be that upbeat, long-anticipated week when masks came off and people reconnected with their social lives. Maybe even considered a return to the office or at least a trip to the movies. Instead, a more complicated scenario seems to be unfolding: Bars and restaurants are busier, but a sullen…

Two decades ago, Edgar Bronfman Jr., having just acquired control of Universal, took me on a tour of his studio. Pointing to the black tower, he told me: "I hate black buildings. That one will soon be white." It's still black. I remember his faux promise as a sort of metaphor for why Hollywood always greets corporate…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off in earnest this week and one of the indisputable highlights of this New York-centric fest as far as I am concerned is a documentary having its sold-out world premiere June 15 and chronicling a certain Southern California musical legend. Brian Wilson: Long Promised…

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson released a statement Sunday expressing the family's "delight" at the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second child on Friday, which was announced today. The statement was written on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince…

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying about his role during the pandemic, accusing him and other health officials of a “cover-up” on certain aspects. Carlson came out guns blazing on Friday against Fauci, who has claimed in his own media appearances that his emails and public…

Judge Judy Sheindlin is adjourning from her hit daytime show after 25 years. But not before getting a few things off her chest. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sheindlin said tensions with CBS made her toss in the towel on her long-running daytime courtroom reality show. Most of the ire stems from CBS…

With the Oscars (mercifully) behind us, it's time to start worrying again about the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. That much-postponed institution is now scheduled to open with a gilt-edged gala honoring Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima, and sponsored by Rolex, on September 25, with a public opening five days…