A Little Indie Film Was Actually This Year's Biggest Money Maker
“Argo” is widely expected to capture the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday, but when it comes to profits, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is this Oscar season’s biggest winner.The little indie...
View ArticleCheck Out Investigation Discovery's Over-The-Top Series On Serial Killers
Investigation Discovery's "Dark Minds" explores unsolved murders likely committed by serial killers, and its second season is more dramatic than ever.Investigation Discovery sent BI an advance copy of...
View ArticleThe Sale Price Of An Oscar
The US Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, and each award winner will be presented with an Oscar, a 13.5-inch tall, 8.5 pound, gold-plated statuette recognizing her filmmaking prowess. Since 1950,...
View ArticleHow To Crush Everyone In Your Oscar Pool
The secret to winning your Oscar pool lies in social media and critics.The 6,000-member Academy may be older and more male than the average movie fan on Twitter, but when the numbers are crunched, all...
View Article11 Embarrassing Ads Starring Oscar Winners
Before celebrating the 2013 Oscar winners, it's time to remember that even award winning actors can produce some really, really bad work.That's especially true when you look at their commercials.From a...
View ArticleHere's The Video Of Michelle Obama Doing The Dougie With Jimmy Fallon
First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on the "Late Show with Jim Fallon" Friday night.She performed a bunch of different "mom-dance" moves with the comedian, who was dressed in drag, to promote her "Let's...
View Article'The Wire Select' Delivers Everything You Need To Know About Entertainment
Get caught up on the latest media news with The Wire Select, a daily email newsletter.What is it? A daily roundup of top headlines, analysis, and video covering the media and entertainment industry....
View ArticleWhy Woody Allen Never Attends The Oscars
Come Sunday, while the stars are celebrating the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby theater, you won't see four-time Oscar winner Woody Allen there in suit and tie.The director is notorious for turning...
View ArticleInstagram Tells Madonna To Stop Breaking The Rules (FB)
Madonna, who only recently joined Instagram, appears to have broken the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site's rules.The mononymous pop celebrity posted a warning addressed to her that accused her of...
View ArticleThe First 'Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Trailer Is Here
It's been more than eight months since the season 2 finale of "Game of Thrones."Since then, the trailers and posters haven't offered any hints at what to expect when the series returns March 31.HBO...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg's Genius Is Dominating The Buzz Before Tonight's Oscars
A shark fin glides ominously near unsuspecting holiday beach swimmers, a crescendo of musical peril rising – "DA da, DA da, DA da."A giant, rolling boulder nips menacingly at the heels of a fleeing,...
View ArticleMichelle Obama And Jimmy Fallon Bust Out 'Suburban Mom' Dance Moves
On Friday night, Mrs. Obama joined Mr. Fallon – both were dressed as suburban moms – for a dance routine called the “Evolution of Mom Dancing” – a take-off on Judson Laipply’s wildly popular video...
View ArticleThe Greatest Living Director?
A shark fin glides ominously near unsuspecting holiday beach swimmers, a crescendo of musical peril rising – "DA da, DA da, DA da."A giant, rolling boulder nips menacingly at the heels of a fleeing,...
View ArticleThis Dunder Mifflin Ad Was Banned In Scranton For The Oscars
Staples-owned Quills.com has been making Dunder Mifflin paper (inspired by the workplace on NBC's "The Office") since 2011, and it wanted to run an ad for the brand during the Oscars in Scranton, PA....
View ArticleEx-KISS Guitarist Is On The Brink Of Losing His Upstate New York Home
Right on the heels of the Lohan family's brush with foreclosure, a former KISS rocker is the latest celebrity in mortgage trouble.Ace Frehley (nee Paul), who played guitar for KISS throughout the 70s...
View ArticleFLASHBACK: The Early Roles Played By This Year's Oscar Nominees
This year's Academy Awards nominees weren't always red carpet stars.Before they were chasing Oscar gold, Naomi Watts starred in '80s commercials, Bradley Cooper appeared on a hit HBO series, and...
View ArticleShocking NASCAR Crash Video Raises A Serious Debate
During the aftermath of yesterday's scary NASCAR crash, a video emerged on Youtube taken mere feet away from where one of the car's tires landed in the grandstand. It was an amazing, fan shot video of...
View ArticleRobin Roberts Looks Stunning During Her Return To Work At The Oscars
After five months away from "Good Morning America," Robin Roberts is working her first event at the Oscar red carpet tonight.The morning co-anchor underwent a bone marrow transplant last September for...
View Article'Argo' Wins Oscar Best Picture
Forget historical trends."Argo" just won Best Picture.Despite getting snubbed for Best Director, Ben Affleck's CIA operative took home the most coveted award of the night.The film swept awards season...
View ArticleHere's The 'Lost' Rolls Royce Chase From The Classic Grey Poupon Ad
Grey Poupon made a big bet on the Oscars last night: It got ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky to air the "lost" footage from the end of its classic 1980s ad, which shows what happened after the two...
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