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Hollywood Hubris: Motion Picture Fund Star Studded “Night Before” Throws Another Money-Losing PR Gimmick Night (And No One Mentions Resident Sex Abuse Accusations)

I do wonder what the people who live in the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills think when they see pictures from the annual...

Glenn Close Wins the Spirit Award, Then Heads to Armani Rodeo Drive for Splashy A List Salute

Saturday was Glenn Close Day in Hollywood. First the estimable Ms. Close won the Indie Spirit Award in Santa Monica for her movie "The Wife"...

Spirit Awards Go to Brand Names: Beale Street, Roma, Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke, Etc. Unknowns Remain Unknowns

The Spirit Awards, as my friend Steve Gaydos wrote on Twitter, were very dispiriting. All the brand names won. The unknowns remain unknowns. Movies like...

Oscar Week Parties: Mahershala at Spago, Glenn Close, Others Hit Women in Film, “Megan Draper” at Cadillac, Kenneth Branagh at Lunch, Jamie Lee Curtis...

The Oscar week of parties has been a little...weak, let's say... The best party came Wednesday night at Spago for Universal Pictures and Focus Features,...

Vanity Fair Uninvites New York Times from Oscar Party After Negative Story, Twitter Explodes as Other Journalists Plan Boycott

The word late Friday was that Vanity Fair uninvited the New York Times reporter and photographer who were supposed to attend their Oscar party...

Chris Burrous’s Family Raised $115K on GoFundMe Before Anyone Knew How He Died– Should They Give the Money Back Now That the Truth Is...

When KTLA anchor Chris Burrous died mysteriously on December 28, 2018, his family went into action. They set up two gofundme accounts for his...

KTLA Anchor Chris Burrous’s Cause of Death: Tragic Secret Life Led to Gruesome End for Popular Personality

The cause of death has been revealed for KTLA anchor Chris Burrous. It's a gruesome story about a tragic death and a sordid secret...

New York Times Calls an End to Vanity Fair Oscar Party as “Hot,” as Magazine’s Newsstand Sales, Online Traffic Plummet

It took the New York Times to say what's been on a lot of people's minds for a year: Vanity Fair, and its annual...