On this day in 1970, MGM released THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT, the big screen version of the best selling novel by JAMES KUNEN. Directed by STUART HAGMANN and starring BRUCE DAVIDSON, KIM DARBY and BUD CORT, both film and book are forgotten 60’s treats that deserve to be resurrected (now more than ever).

LOS ANGELES – Hundreds gathered to honor David Carradine at a sprawling hillside cemetery on Saturday during a funeral that was attended by family, former co-stars and other Hollywood friends.

The invitation-only services were held indoors at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, a 400-acre cemetery laid out adjacent to Los Angeles’ Griffith Park.

Mostly [...]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Yes, they were singing in the rain.
Thousands of “American Idol” hopefuls braved showers and unseasonable cold winds Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. with the hopes of becoming the show’s next star.
The Season Nine kickoff auditions managed to attract around 7,000 contestants from the East Coast. Some showed up around [...]

NEW YORK – Edie Falco’s star character in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” snorts drugs, steals money, forges an organ donor’s card, has sex on the job with a pharmacist and flushes a severed body part down the toilet — and that’s just in the first episode.

Little wonder, then, that some real-life nurses are distressed by the [...]

Eddie Murphy and Thomas Haden Church have a couple of things in common.  They were both Oscar nominees in the Best Supporting Actor category – Murphy for 2006’s “Dreamgirls” and Church for 2004’s “Sideways.”  The other thing they’ve got in common?  The new movie “Imagine That,” where Church plays Murphy’s comedic foil. (CLICK ON THE [...]

JUST A REMINDER: Tonight sees the second season return of HBO’s delicious vampire series, TRUE BLOOD. Written and produced by ALAN BALL (SIX FEET UNDER), the show just keeps getting better and better. We’ve already seen this opening episode and, trust us, fans aren’t going to want to miss it.

We spoke with BALL last season [...]

MANCHESTER, Tenn. – Robert Smigel is riding around Bonnaroo, looking for targets. To the 49-year-old comedian behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the hordes at this Tennessee music festival and the 100-plus bands performing here are ripe for parody.

Smigel has come to Bonnaroo to perform as his most famous character, Triumph, the dog puppet with [...]

A tip of the HOLLYWOOD OUTBREAK hat to all participating in this week-end’s Gay Pride festivities. This one’s for you:

Making it’s series debut tonight on A & E is HAMMERTIME, a ten episode unscripted reality show inviting viewers into the life and Oakland, California home of iconic rapper MC HAMMER and his family of six.

Here’s a new vid to get you in the mood:

1. The Hangover (Warner Bros.)
   $33.4 million | 3,355 | $105.4 million | 2
   $9.2 million | 3,534 | $35.0 million | 2

2. Up (Buena Vista)
   $30.5 million | 3,886 | $187.2 million | 3

3. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Sony / Columbia)
   $25.0 million | 3,074 | $25.0 million | 1

4. Night [...]