Doug Camilli: Theron demands – and gets – equal pay
The big Sony Pictures hack is changing Hollywood deal-making. Leaked details of movie contracts showed, you’ll recall, that on at least one picture top female stars including Jennifer Lawrence were...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: It's another flop for Johnny Depp
The Rum Diary. Dark Shadows. Lone Ranger. Transcendence. Mortdecai. What do they have in common, besides Johnny Depp? That’s right, they all bombed. The flop of Mortdecai – just $4.1 million on its...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Don't mock Taylor Swift's booty, Diplo warns
The music producer and rapper Diplo has joined the legion of those who have learned not to mess with Taylor Swift. You’ll recall the fuss last November when Diplo – born Thomas Pentz – tweeted that...
View ArticleLetter: Horror-porn trending at the cinema
Horror-porn trending at the cinema At 44 years of age, I have been lucky enough to see the evolution of film directors like Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg and now George Miller, as they have been...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Facebook co-founder changes his relationship status
Remember Eduardo Saverin? One of the founders of Facebook? Sort of forced out? What? Didn’t you see The Social Network? Yes, that Eduardo Saverin, who’s from Brazil but was played by an Englishman,...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Miley Cyrus and the Flaming Lips will leave themselves exposed
Admit it: you don’t think about Miley Cyrus 24-7, do you? Boy, does she hate that! Always desperate for more attention, Miley has come up with her next everybody-look-at-me gimmick, if we can trust...
View ArticleFrom Jennifer Lawrence to Amy Schumer, the scenes were set for women in 2015
Women took their place at the centre of cinematic narrative in 2015. In a medium known for its chronically man-slanted perspective — where male writers and directors tend to make movies about men doing...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Beautiful actresses have it tough, Charlize Theron says
Charlize Theron explains, to the British GQ, why she must sometimes disguise her looks to get good roles. Acting “jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them … How many...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Everybody hates Sean Penn's new movie
Sean Penn’s white-people-try-to-save-Africa movie The Last Face is getting slaughtered at Cannes, Variety reports. Reviews hadn’t come out yet, but many brutal tweets had. “Sean Penn needs to stop...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Bodyguard couldn't push Kanye West's buttons
Kanye West is pretty tough to work for, a former bodyguard tells the Sun. Steve Stanulis, formerly a New York City policeman, lasted two weeks, which is apparently longer than many of Kanye’s guards...
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