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Just two weeks after Mickey Mouse turned 75, there is mucho turmoil in the House of Mouse. Michele just discussed Roy Disney’s departure from the Disney board yesterday and his scathing criticism of chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner. Now a second board member has resigned: Stanley Gold, a key …

I admit I am fairly jaded to the whole entertainment cycle routine: I just don’t get that worked up about the debut or release of almost anything because there’s always SOMETHING coming out that SOMEONE wants me to get excited about, and I’m at the point where I figure I …

TV holiday fun

Really damn freaky people can get married too – why not? There’s no way former “Baywatch” star Carmen Electra and Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro could have had a regular wedding ceremony. The platinum-and-red invitations called for “hot and sexy” attire. And the 200 guests who arrived at the St. …

Although the screener ban was partially removed by the MPAA a month ago, small producers are still pissed and have gone to court: More than a dozen companies joined in the lawsuit against the movie studios’ trade group in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, saying the partial ban will “chill …

When you have fame and money, who needs a brain, a personality and proper perspective?

We stumbled blindly onto Death to Smoochy last night on one of the HBOs, having no idea what it was about. Though bitterly caustic in its depiction of the children’s show racket, Danny DeVito’s black comedy reveals a core of optimistic idealism under the vile doings, and instead of the …

We really are a prurient nation, at least that’s what commercial television seems to think based upon the JackoTV schedule: Almost all the networks and cable channels are feverishly at work on, or are getting ready to re-air, a string of Michael Jackson programs. Among the upcoming programming highlights: Barbara …

There is much interest here in the new Russell Crowe sea epic, Master and Commander, which did well at the box office last weekend and has received very positive reviews: “Master and Commander” received generally rave reviews and, depending on box office and the vagaries of Hollywood, could lead to …

The cowering poltroons at CBS have caved to yet another interest group and pulled the Michael Jackson special scheduled for next week. As if the sensibilities of child advocacy groups outweigh the nation’s need to see old footage of the Moonwalker spliced with stroke comments from “Dick Clark, Beyonce Knowles, …