Fox 11 Reporter Hal Eisner Gives Thanks As He Recovers From Hollywood Crash

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHollywood would not exist without copyright law. So when the Supreme Court took up what was billed as the “copyright case of the century” — the multibillion-dollar fight between Google and Oracle — the Hollywood trade groups rushed to the barricades.The Motion Picture Association joined with other pro-copyright organizations in support of Oracle, which accused Google of ripping off thousands of lines of Java code for its Android operating system.

Amy Poehler, Naomie Harris and Jessica Barden are among the 80 actors and entertainment professionals who have signed an open letter against prejudice and discrimination towards disabled talent in Hollywood.

"Baptize" by Atlanta rap supergroup Spillage Village was one of our favorite songs of 2020 and appeared on Spilligion, a standout full-length project from that year, as well. Out of the blue, Spillage Village has decided to share a remix for "Baptize." Spillage member Hollywood JB appears on the track, as does Deante Hitchcock (who may or may not be a member of Spillage Village himself), Maryland MC IDK, and New York psychedelic rap duo Flatbush Zombies.

open letter calling for an end to prejudice and discrimination towards disabled talent in Hollywood.The letter claims there’s an “urgent need to act on disability inclusion” and urges major studios to appoint permanent disability officers.It goes on to say the number of disabled characters on screen “continues to severely under-represent the actual US population living with disabilities”.The letter added: “Due to years of misrepresentation in the media, social barriers, and chronic ableism, the

Over the past several years, stories about how some of the behind-the-scenes moguls in Hollywood abused their power have made headlines. Obviously, everyone knows the disgusting crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein, as an example.

A post shared by Justine Bateman (@_justinebateman_)Bateman was 16 when she found fame on, playing Mallory, the sister of Michael J. Fox's character.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has eased up a little on its restrictions for film, TV and commercial productions and for live events in Greater Los Angeles as Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to fall in the region.

There’s always a longer version of a Quentin Tarantino movie. The director has been threatening to do a TV series for a long time; it feels inevitable like he will do one eventually.

Editor’s Note: As we saw last weekend from Deadline’s coverage of Jay Baker losing his position as longtime CAA agent after sending manager Jewerl Keats Ross a Menace II Society movie clip depicting a crack addict willing to perform a sexual favor because he was so desperate to feed his habit, we are in a moment of heightened sensitivity that leaves everyone in Hollywood standing upon a trap door that can be triggered by a single insult or misdeed.

Anthony Mackie‘s got a crush!

Hey Hollywooders! Welcome to HollyGOOD Tuesdays, where we break down the facts and stories that you never knew about Hollywood. From the weird and wacky to juicy backstories, this is the place for all things Hollywood.  Every city has a story, but the city of angels is in a league of its own. The first to cover are those big bold white letters that sit on top of Mount Lee — that’s right, The Hollywood Sign.

LOS ANGELES -- Whoopi Goldberg, Andra Day and Zendaya will be among the honorees at this year's Essence Black Women in Hollywood event, which will be livestreamed during Oscars week for the first time this year.Essence on Tuesday announced the honorees for the 14th annual ceremony on April 22.In addition to the Emmy-, Grammy-, Oscar- and Tony-winner Goldberg and “Euphoria” star Zendaya, they include actor, singer and songwriter Cynthia Erivo and actor Michaela Coel.Day, who is up for an Oscar a

Kourtney Kardashian and Megan Fox just had a very chic double date! While the duo seems like an unlikely group of friends, they were bound to hang out eventually thanks to their pop star boyfriends.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorTrailblazing director Penelope Spheeris has very few fucks left to give.Spheeris first came on the scene with her Los Angeles punk rock documentary “Decline of Western Civilization,” followed by the disturbing punk drama “Suburbia” starring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea. But after directing several more independent films, huge success with “Wayne’s World,” and then some lightweight studio comedies, she basically lost faith in Hollywood.

Actor Neil Patrick Harris is currently in Toronto and under a mandatory 14-day quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. Considering bingeing web-series seems to be the only accepted norm when it comes to killing time during the quarantine, Neil recently took to Instagram to show us his pick for the quarantine watch.