Golden Celebrity

Following a Savannah Film Festival event at which Brett Ratner was named Rush Hour Sequel Director of the Year by the fest’s blue-ribbon panel, the flattered fauxteur decided to take the students in attendance out for a crash course on the only aspect of the cinematic arts he’s truly mastered: the part where one [...]

With not much else left to do but wait for news on the upshot of today’s final bargaining session before the strike-enabling midnight expiration of the WGA’s contract with the studios, at least one of the concerned Companies has decided that it’s time to give its employees some easy-to-follow tips on what to do if [...]

The Lane Garrison legal saga found a measure of closure today, a judge having decided that 40 months in jail was a suitable sentence for the Prison Break actor’s cokey-boozy bender that ended in the death of Beverly Hills High School student Vahagn Setian. From the AP report:
“The public has the right to know that [...]

We always eagerly anticipate Franklin Avenue’s coverage of the annual pumpkin carve-off that pits the various media-related tenants of the Wilshire Courtyard office park (E!, The Weinstein Company, Variety, The Family Guy production headquarters, etc) in a thrilling exhibition of their impressive gourd-sculpting skills, an event that more often than not ends in a regrettable [...]

· In other strike-related news, post-production houses prepare for the hit they’d take during a work stoppage, while indie film companies could see “the labor mess as a potential silver lining.” [Variety, Variety]
· IggyGate provided The Ellen DeGeneres Show with a nice ratings boost, leading producers to plan a monthly stunt in which [...]