NBC Cancels Next Golden Globes Because Org Doesn’t Value Diversity

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May 11th, 2021 12:35 PM

Social justice accountability. It’s what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globes, hasn’t got.

Mark Wahlberg Slams Tom Cruise: 'How F--king Dare You' Compare Acting

November 13th, 2013 10:24 AM
UPDATED WITH VIDEO! As NewsBusters reported last week, Tom Cruise had the nerve to compare the demands involved in acting to fighting in Afghanistan. During a Q&A session at the premiere of his new film "Lone Survivor" Tuesday, Mark Wahlberg blasted Cruise (vulgarity warning):

Tom Cruise Compares Acting Demands to Fighting in Afghanistan

November 8th, 2013 10:18 PM
The just-released quotes from Tom Cruise regarding his domestic life could be far more damaging to his A-list status than that couch-jumping stunt. The actor is suing a magazine for $50 million regarding alleged misinformation regarding his relationship with his 7-year-old daughter, Suri. Information from his deposition in the case won't go over well with potential movie goers.

Again, Barbara Walters Jumps to the Defense of Scientology and Its Cel

September 19th, 2013 2:22 PM
A year ago on ABC's "The View," Barbara Walters came to the valiant defense of movie star Tom Cruise and Scientology. “I don’t believe any of this stuff, okay?” she replied to charges that Cruise auditioned potential wives before marrying actress Katie Holmes. “I think it is his religion and his faith, whether you like it or don’t like, the way Romney is Mormon and somebody else is Christian.…

Letterman Drops F-Bomb On Tom Cruise

December 18th, 2012 8:39 AM
Normally it's guests of late night talk shows that utter vulgarities because the hosts know better. Such wasn't the case Monday when the Late Show's David Letterman dropped an f-bomb on guest Tom Cruise (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Geraldo Rips Tom Cruise: 'Does Scientology Have Special Program... for

July 1st, 2012 9:31 PM
Geraldo Rivera took quite a poke at actor Tom Cruise Sunday. Via his Twitter account, Rivera asked, "Does Scientology have special program to provide cover for closeted gay super stars?"

Bozell Column: MTV's Pinata of Profanity

June 12th, 2010 12:52 PM
It should tell you something that MTV is still highly valued by Hollywood as the televised center of the coolness universe. Why else would a top movie star like Tom Cruise dress up ridiculously as a fat, bald, bearded guy and embarrass himself in a profanity-littered skit on the MTV Movie Awards?Cruise opened the show by saying he was going to take the program, put it up his posterior, and make…

F-bombs and Women Kissing at the MTV Movie Awards

June 7th, 2010 12:30 PM
As I walked into the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Studios Sunday evening, I had no idea the level of vulgarity I was in store for.Attending my first MTV Movie Awards, I was immediately stunned by the number of F-words in the opening video clip of Tom Cruise recreating his movie executive roll in the film "Tropic Thunder."Little did I know that the evening would be filled with F-bombs from a…

Hollywood's Summer Blockbusters Mostly Have White Stars

May 28th, 2010 3:50 PM
As media members continue to accuse the Tea Party of being racist due to the supposed lack of minority members, there is a conspicuous absence of diversity in blockbuster movies coming out of Hollywood this summer."With the notable exception of 'Karate Kid,' headlined by Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, most of the big-budget films hitting over the next few months star Caucasian actors," wrote Brent…

Kearns Goodwin: Bush Wouldn't Have Handled Shoe Incident So Well Two Y

December 15th, 2008 9:02 AM
Short of going full Ninja hero and snatching the shoes in mid-air, it's hard to see how Pres. Bush could have been any cooler in his handling of the Hush Puppy Hurler. I figure W's feeling pretty good about things this morning.  But that didn't stop ABC and NBC from declaring the incident "embarrassing" for President Bush.  For good measure, on Today, Doris Kearns Goodwin discounted Bush's blithe…

Antiwar Film ‘Lions for Lambs’ Could Lose $25 Million

December 1st, 2007 12:24 PM
You would think this the perfect formula for a blockbuster movie: megastars Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, and Meryl Streep teaming up to flood theaters with an antiwar film just in time for the holidays. Well, think again, for it appears that this much-anticipated film, featuring the much-anticipated return of Tom Cruise to the big screen, is a bigger bomb than anything the enemy has been able…

ABC Host's Bogus Confession to Redford: I'm a 'Windsock' For War

November 7th, 2007 12:41 PM
Al Gore. Michael Moore. Robert Redford. On Wednesday, the actor/director became the third prominent left-winger to appear on "Good Morning America" this year and berate journalists for not being liberal enough. Redford, in his second GMA interview this week, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep stopped by to promote "Lions For Lambs," their new anti-war drama. During the interview, co-host Diane Sawyer…