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'The Karate Kid' Cast: Where Are They Now? (PHOTOS)
Sorry, Jaden Smith, but to a generation of moviegoers, the Karate Kid will always be Daniel-san, a.k.a. Ralph Macchio, the star of the original "Karate Kid." Released 30 years ago this week (on June...
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Box Office: For 'Think Like a Man Too' and 'Jersey Boys,' Where Were the Guys?
C'mon, dudes! The manliness quotient of this weekend's two new wide releases, "Think Like a Man Too" and "Jersey Boys," was right there in the titles. So why did so few guys go see them? "Think Like a...
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The Three Stages of Bill Murray's Brilliantly Bittersweet Career
Bill Murray became a movie star 35 years ago this week, upon the release of "Meatballs" on June 29, 1979. His lead role as the head counselor at a sub-par summer camp marked a number of firsts: his...
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This Week in TV: How Will Diane Sawyer's Departure Change TV News?
Diane Sawyer's September departure from her nightly anchor desk at ABC News, announced on Wednesday, is clearly a major event that will change -- or rather, lay bare -- the face of TV news. How to...
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Box Office: Can 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Save a Summer of So-So Sales?
Sure, theater owners and Hollywood executives have to be breathing a sigh of relief this weekend over the utter predictability of the "Transformers" franchise. Despite widely expected negative reviews...
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Here's Everything You Never Knew About 'Forrest Gump'
You've probably seen "Forrest Gump" so many times in the 20 years since its release (on July 6, 1994) that you can recite the dialogue by heart, starting with the line about life being like a box of...
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This Week in TV: Can 'Community' Change the Internet?
Not even Inspector Spacetime might have imagined the alternate universe in which this would take place: "Community," the cult-fave NBC comedy that survived five seasons of low ratings, the firing (and...
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Box Office: Lessons From a Weak July 4th Weekend
1. Somebody really likes "Transformers." For a smash hit film series, Michael Bay's giant-robot franchise gets awfully little love, at least in public. It's like porn; everyone claims to find it...
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The 13 Best Motion-Capture Performances Ever (VIDEO)
Motion-capture acting is a relatively new art form; after all, it's only in recent years that we've had computer-generated imagery good enough that it can transform the movement of a performer wearing...
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2014 Emmy Nominations: Surprises and Snubs
Every July, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announces the year's primetime Emmy nominations, and every time, predictable outrage pours forth over the Academy's supposedly faulty judgment....
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This Week in TV: Rosie O'Donnell's Return to 'The View' Amps Up the Drama
After 17 seasons and the recent departure of founding matriarch Barbara Walters, why do we still care about "The View"? Maybe because the drama never ends, even when the cameras stop rolling. Case in...
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Box Office: Does 'Apes' Success Mean the Slump Is Over?
For the past few weeks, box office observers (including this column) have been worried about a big summer slump. After all, summer revenues are down nearly 20 percent compared to the same point last...
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37 Best Romantic Comedies Ever Made
Marking its 25th anniversary this week is "When Harry Met Sally," which many viewers consider the best romantic comedy ever made. Certainly, the film (released on July 12, 1989), deftly directed by Rob...
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10 Best Found-Footage Movies Ever (and the 5 Worst)
Fifteen years ago this week, on July 16, 1999, moviegoers were stunned by a little Sundance-approved movie called "The Blair Witch Project," which purported to be the newly-discovered footage of three...
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A History of the Most Embarrassing Sex Moments in Movies (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
Maybe the reason filmmakers get so much comic mileage out of sexual embarrassment is that that's not how Hollywood usually depicts sex. Usually, movie sex is between two people with perfect bodies,...
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The Cast of 'Entourage': Where Are They Now? (PHOTOS)
Hug it out! It's the tenth anniversary of "Entourage," which debuted on HBO on July 18, 2004. A sort of "Sex and the City" for guys, a satire of modern Hollywood, and a roman a clef loosely based on...
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The Hulu-Amazon-Netflix Subscriber Battle Is Great for You (For Now)
That epic Comcast cancellation customer-service call that went viral this week resonates far beyond one customer's frustration with his cable service provider. For one thing, there's the fact that...
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Box Office: Why Did Cameron Diaz's 'Sex Tape' Tank?
Wow, that's embarrassing. Not the humiliation suffered by the protagonists of the Cameron Diaz-Jason Segel farce "Sex Tape," but the movie's box office grosses. Pundits expected the reunion of the "Bad...
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The 25 Best '80s Movie Soundtracks (VIDEO)
It's hard to imagine it today, when movies are in and out of theaters in a week or two, to be replaced by the next much-hyped blockbuster, but there was a time, back in the '80s, when movies were so...
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What Does David Letterman's Retirement Mean for the Future of Late Night TV?
As the Great Late-Night Realignment of 2014-15 continues, one thing is clear: The East Coast/West Coast beef lives on, if not in hip-hop, then on late-night television. This week, CBS announced that,...
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