Shelby Chong is Tommy Chong’s wife. Shelby, 66, has worked extensively with her husband, including executive producing the 2003 film Best Buds and being associate producer of four Cheech and Chong films. “Comedian Shelby Chong is known as Tommy Chong’s favorite co-star on the big screen and in live stage performances. Fans remember her as […]

“The Giver,” which was written 21 years ago and published in 1993, sparked the interest of actor Jeff Bridges early on.  Bridges obtained the rights for the novel in 1995 and has since been planning to adapt it into a film. He started working on a script, and originally wanted to cast his father as […]

The 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards are set for Sunday, June 22. The awards, hosted by Kathy Griffin, are set to start at 8 p.m. EDT at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. The awards will not be broadcast on television but will be available via live stream on DayTimeEmmys.net. Red carpet coverage started at 6 p.m. […]

Edgar Martirosyan, the owner of Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria, hand-delivered pizza to the Academy Awards on Sunday night, causing a buzz on Twitter. He gave pizza to Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Jared Leto, Jamie Foxx, and Jennifer Lawrence, among other A-list celebrities. “Guess what?” host Ellen DeGeneres said during the segment. “Pizza’s here.” “I […]

A rumor about Jennifer Lawrence taking a break from acting for a year has gone viral, with all media outlets quoting one source–film mogul Harvey Weinstein. The mogul told The Sun that “She’s going to have a long break for a year where she won’t do anything. It’s been non-stop for her and she deserves a […]

Marco Polo, about the legendary adventurer, was picked up Netflix with the intention of making it into a series. Starz released the project after concerns over filming in China.  Sources told TVGuide that producers now plan to shoot the series elsewhere, possibly in Malaysia. There are nine-episodes planned for the series, which will chronicle the […]

BROOKLYN—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio launched a campaign to support his universal pre-k plan on Thursday. The campaign, called UPKNYC, is aimed at drumming up support for de Blasio’s plan and the tax hike needed to implement it. In a plan he rolled out in Oct. of 2012, de Blasio is calling for a tax hike […]

I was among the many media wannabe reformers to attend the 10th anniversary party of Free Press (freepress.net), the mostly online organization and lobby that promotes itself as a movement to transform our media system, and save our democracy.

Vivek Shah was sentenced to over seven years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of orchestrating a multi-million-dollar extortion scheme that included threatening to kill family members of seven victims. Shah sent letters threatening specific family members of the victims by name, according to the FBI, and “used language carefully designed to persuade his […]

The Academy Awards mean big money for television studios, actors, and producers alike. How big is the pay-off from being nominated for or winning an “Oscar?”

With the need for a solution to the debt-ceiling impasse becoming more urgent by the hour, President Barack Obama on Monday canceled his appearances at two fundraising events in Washington.

The new musical film 'Nine' marries song and dance numbers set to a dramatic narrative.