BREITBART COLUMNIST CLAIMS HOLLYWOOD IS JOINING WAR ON XMAS

Taking note of the apparent dearth of Christmas-themed movies this year, the conservative website Breitbart.com is blaming Hollywood liberals. In a commentary posted on Sunday, Breitbart columnist Zachary Leeman writes, “Hollywood is full of left wingers who don’t want to offend the non-existent crowd they bow down to by uttering something as hateful as, ‘Merry […]

SORKIN’S THE NEWSROOM A HIT IN DEBUT

Aaron Sorkin’s first TV series for pay TV, The Newsroom, starring Jeff Daniels, debuted to solid numbers on HBO Sunday night. In its first airing of the night, it averaged 2.1 million viewers, then added 600,000 more in a repeat. Yet to be counted are those who viewed the series on their DVRs or via […]

GEORGE W. BUSH’S HEAD? WHO KNEW?

HBO has gone beyond a mere apology following the revelation that it used a model of George W. Bush’s head held on a barbarian’s spike in a scene ending the first season’s finale of Game of Thrones. It has followed up with the announcement today (Friday) that it is yanking the episode from all its […]

CAPUS: 911 TAPE EDITED FOR TIME, NOT POLITICS

NBC News President Steve Capus has denied that the fired news producer who edited neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman’s 911 tape had any political agenda in doing so. In an interview with Reuters over the weekend, Capus said that the producer — who has yet to be identified — “was questioned extensively about motivation, and it […]