Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Movies

No Good Black Actors? How About Casting These 50-Plus Four Star Names in Mainstream Movies, Please

I got a comment today from someone who actually thinks there are no black actors good enough to be in movies. The whole problem...

Oscars: Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Addresses “Diversity”: “We need to do more and better and more quickly”

Cheryl Boone Isaacs has sent this out on Twitter in light of Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett's statements. She's trying hard, I give her...

Oscars: Everyone Is Looking for a Fight in the Wrong Place– Spike Lee, Linda Perry, Etc

The next controversy in Oscar land is going to be the revelation that Ridley Scott didn't shoot "The Martian" in outer space, but on...

Jennifer Aniston Brought Her Bodyguards to the Critics Choice Awards, Just in Case

The Critics Choice Award, which were aired on AMC and Lifetime, were as much about the schmoozing in the commercial breaks as the show...

Spike Lee, Winner of Lifetime Achievement Oscar this Year, Won’t Attend February Ceremony

Spike Lee has posted this to Instagram. He will not attend the Oscars in February despite receiving an honorary award this year. He posted...

Critics Choice Awards Updates: “Spotlight,” Leo, Brie (Room), Big Short (Comedy), Bale, Schumer, Stallone, Vikander, Miller, “Inside Out”

The Critics Choice Award used to be pretty normal and fairly relevant. This year they added TV awards that were really weird. Also, it...

Box Office Update: “Ride Along 2” Bests Leo & The Bear, Benghazi Bay Finishes Fourth– Star Wars Only Makes $25 Mil for Weekend

SUNDAY update: "Ride Along 2" $34 mil, "Revenant" $29.5, "Star Wars" $25 mil, "13 Hours" $16 mil.   Friday box office: "Ride Along 2" has a...

Christian Bale Leaves Michael Mann’s Ferrari Movie– I Said So Last Week and No One Believed Me

Last week in an Uncasting story I reported that Christian Bale was going to leave Michael Mann's "Ferrari" movie. The minute I published it,...