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What does the Lynyrd Skynyrd song Sweet Home Alabama and Hurricane Dorian have in common? Both “miss ‘ole’ ‘bamy once again.” Before this week, those were the most famous Alabama misses. Then along came President Trump, who made a now-famous call on Hurricane Dorian’s potential storm path, wherein he warned the major…

Sean Hannity defended President Donald Trump tonight on Fox News, claiming that weather maps prove he was correct that Hurricane Dorian could have hit Alabama. “Pretty much every newsroom in America screwed this up and lied to you by accusing the president of lying. Now the president issued this Tweet – oh look at…

The advent of festival season, with its raves and rebukes, usually prompts a cautious optimism in the indie world; there's action out there, perhaps even at the box office. This would be welcome this year, following a 6% drop in overall box office and a 45% plummet in the specialty sector so far in 2019. However, a…

It's time for what's sure to become an annual debate since the last Oscar ceremony did fine without an emcee. What do we do this year: Host? Or no host? Or do we finally get serious about an idea that's been bouncing around the Internet at least since Kevin Hart ditched the gig after flirting with it in December of…

Great comedy minds often think alike. And so it was with the nightly political comics, Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert, who tonight each offered the same joke in slightly different ways. The target of their comedy was – wait for it – President Donald Trump, whose comments that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama were…

“So far all of the reviews from T-Ride have every film running in the Oscar race….can they all be that good????!!!!,” was a question texted to me over the weekend from an Academy member far from the madding crowd of the Colorado Rockies. That’s where the 46th annual Telluride Film Festival closes tonight after a…

President Trump continued today with a tweet and retweet storm, touching on issues ranging from Hollywood’s Debra Messing to the encroaching Hurricane Dorian to China trade and the case against former FBI director James Comey. Trump has been unusually active on Twitter during this holiday weekend. He returned this…

UPDATE:  Debra Messing has responded via Twitter to President Trump and others who accuse her of Joseph McCarthy style tactics in her call for identifying and shaming donors to Trump’s re-election. Using her own tweetstorm, Messing addressed Trump’s earlier comment that he hasn’t forgotten her obsequious behavior when…

There’s a major storm on the loose. No, not the one bearing down on Florida. President Donald Trump has unleashed the granddaddy of all tweetstorms this morning, a combination of new posts and retweets that dwarfs anything he’s done before. The Commander-in-Tweet naturally focused on the preparations in Florida for…

The 46th annual Telluride Film Festival got underway Friday afternoon in roaring fashion with the world premiere of director James Mangold’s supercharged, terrifically entertaining Ford v Ferrari. It’s the tale of two combative, distinctly different but eccentric car artists and car makers, played by Matt Damon and Chr…

He was addicted to his television set. He never read because he didn't really know how. He held forth on issues because everyone seemed eager to listen. And when he found he could walk on water, his followers were positively thrilled. He wasn't. The legendary traits of Chauncey Gardner, protagonist of Being There…

The widow of famed actor/dancer Gene Kelly has leaped into the fray regarding Lara Spencer’s comments on ballet. Patricia Ward Kelly responded in an open letter after Spencer, the Good Morning America host, mocked young Prince George over his ballet lessons, holding back laughter at the prospect of the six-year-old…