Writer/director Edgar Wright is attacking Netflix for an auto-playing trailer that includes a major plot twist on his film The World’s End. The 2013 science fiction film stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan and Rosamund Pike as a group of friends who deal with an alien invasion…

President Donald Trump is out of the country for Memorial Day weekend, visiting Japan to review trade, regional security and other issues. Thus, the tweetstorm is on something of a delay on Saturday, given the time zone differences. But the Commander-in-Tweet is keeping us updated with his progress, and no doubt will…

Kanye West refused to back down in his support of President Donald Trump in an appearance on David Letterman’s new Netflix series. West, a guest Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, claimed liberals bully Trump supporters. "This is like my thing with Trump — we don't have to feel the same way, but we have…

Critics have often been stumped by satire. This seemed again the case this week as puzzled TV reviewers wrestled with George Clooney's superbly astringent rendition of Catch-22. Shouldn't there be more laughs in satire, some asked? Ironically, I revisited this question as I paid a visit to the Comedy Store (a guilty…

With the 72nd Cannes Film Festival winding down into its last couple of days before voting begins by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu’s jury to select the winner of the Palme d’Or and other prizes, there is lots of speculation about who will get them come Saturday night. Knowing the completely unpredictable nature of past…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, probably best known for handing out Oscars each year, isn’t the only organization known for a major show business award that threw a party this week at the Cannes Film Festival. Golden Globe givers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does it every year, and were…

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro said on her Saturday evening show that viewers should “grab their popcorn,” as the anti-Trump conspiracy within the government is about to receive some backlash. "They’re not going quietly into the night, ’twill be a joy to watch,” Pirro said in her opening segment of Justice With Judge Jean…

Justin Amash is a US Congressman from the 3rd district in Michigan, which encompasses Grand Rapids. Surprisingly, he’s a Republican, and one of President Donald Trump’s arch foes. Today, he became the first GOP Congressman to call for Trump’s impeachment. The Commander-in-Tweet responded by raising Amash’s profile…

It’s Saturday, and like other hard-working executives, President Donald Trump is out on the links, polishing his golf game. The Trump International Golf Course in Sterling, VA is the setting for today’s match. No word yet on the President’s partners in the excursion.  But since it’s Armed Forces Day, the…

Screenwriter Diablo Cody says her Oscar-winning script for Juno probably would not have been written in today’s political climate. Speaking on the Crooked Media Keep It! podcast, Cody said the pro-life legislation in Alabama and Georgia would have influenced her writing choices. Juno came out in 2007 and tells about a…

Tonight the Television Academy in North Hollywood presented a panel discussion with Seth Meyers, and perhaps the audience might have expected a heavy dose of Trump gags and witty political snark from the Late Night With Seth Meyers host – particularly in light of this week's controversial news about Alabama's…

"I don’t take coffee, I take tea, my dear," Sting sang back in 1987. I, however, at this point will take any source of caffeine there is to power through my first upfronts. It's been a wild ride, or a long, strange trip, as the CW president Mark Pedowitz put it. As an international TV reporter, I've long covered the…