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Todd Bridges and Corey Feldman, both of whom were molested by men with Hollywood connections, support legislation to require fingerprinting and background checks for those with unsupervised access to child performers. Three decades ago, they were teen idols. Todd Bridges played Willis on the popular sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes." Corey Feldman starred in "Gremlins,""The Goonies" and "The Lost Boys." The two men held the same dark secret: Each had been molested in his adolescence by men with Hollywood connections, experiences that would lead to downward spirals and years of drug addiction. Today, they are making a highly public case for California...

December 21, 2011 (LiveAction.org) - Recently I wrote about five male celebrities I boycott for their pro-abortion views. Today, I’ll tell you about five famous men whose careers I can feel good about supporting, because they believe in and profess the sanctity of life. Keep in mind I may disagree with them on other issues. But because I believe abortion is the ultimate moral litmus test, if they recognize the evil of abortion, I know their moral compass is pointed in the right direction.

"Many Hollywood stars seem to be harking back to the golden past of the silver screen, and imitating idols of days gone by. But are they just kidding themselves, or are modern-day film stars really fit to be compared to the legends of the past?"

We’ve been talking a lot lately about celebrities who passed up roles for some reason or another, but what about celebrities who tried out for roles and didn’t get the gig? Not all actors are just offered parts. Many audition or express interest and are turned down...

In honor of Military Families Week, AOL salutes the many movie stars who've served our country, many of whom -- like George C. Scott and Henry Fonda -- also starred in the most famous war movies of all time. Clark Gable enlisted at age 43 after losing wife Carole Lombard to the war effort, but some stars, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Stewart, were already in the service when the U.S. entered World War II. Others, like Gene Hackman and Harvey Keitel, did their service before becoming famous. (And both left home early to join up.) Please join us in...

CHARLIE SHEEN bombs as angry audience boos him off the stage at the Detroit preem of his delusional tour. With all 4700 seats filled with fans and the just plain curious, Charlie Sheen took to the stage at Detroit's Fox Theatre, to thundering applause. But it didn't take long for the crowd to turn against their former hero, and boo him loudly. Saturday was opening night for the former Two and a Half Men star's "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option" tour, RadarOnline.com reported. Sheen's former porn star pal Kacey Jordan was reportedly in the audience. His...

Last year, a young man called in to a radio station with a problem. He’d recently attended a bachelor party, he said, and a friend of the groom-to-be, clueless of the unwritten etiquette of maledom, brought his girlfriend along, derailing what was supposed to be a weekend of gambling, girls, and general debauchery. The caller told his story with passion and verve, and then asked the station’s listeners for their advice on how to treat his clueless pal. Or at least he would have, had this been a real conversation. The young man—who asked to remain nameless in order to...

Bradley Whitford, Gabrielle Carteris Rally With Unions in Wisconsinby Jonathan Handel 3:08 PM 2/26/2011 As a pitched battle in Wisconsin continues to escalate, SAG and AFTRA members are on scene at the state capitol building in Madison, helping fight efforts by the state’s Republican governor to limit public employee wages, require employees to pay more for pension and health benefits and, perhaps most controversially, constrict the scope of collective bargaining and force public unions to hold yearly votes on whether they should remain in existence. The acting contingent includes Emmy and SAG Award winner Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), SAG...

TRENTON — Conservative activist James O'Keefe has released a video — titled "Teachers unions gone wild" — claiming to show undercover footage from a New Jersey Education Association leadership conference at the East Brunswick Hilton hotel. The video shows people identified as teachers playing arcade games on "their dime," chanting about kicking Gov. Chris Christie "in the toolbox," and talking about how hard it is to fire a tenured teacher. NJEA spokesman Steve Baker said O'Keefe is "completely and utterly discredited." "It’s James O’Keefe and that’s all you need to know," Baker said, citing O'Keefe's legal troubles in the past....

Obama using "Actors" Casting Call for participants for his TownHall Meeting for MTV 10/14/2010 Fox News 10/11/2010 Megyn Kelly mentioned this on her morning program.... She said they want the actors to send photos... "Why do they want photos?"...." to make sure they don't have ugly people on MTV TownHall Meeting" FAQ | Contact Us | Newsletters Casting & Jobs Find Gigs: Career Center (Actor's Toolbox)- Search Notices- Saved Searches- FAQFind Talent: Casting Center (Employer's Toolbox)- Post a Notice- FAQ Call Sheet Multimedia Resumes News & Features Yellow Pages CASTING NOTICE SEARCH RESULTS New Casting Notice Search 6 (Casting 1-8...

PRESIDENT OBAMA TOWN HALL, DC MTV, BET, and CMT (prods.) are casting the audience for a town hall meeting with President Obama. Shooting Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. in Washington, DC. Seeking—Audience Members: males and females, 18+. To apply, email townhallaudience@mtvnmix.com and put "Town Hall" in the subject line. To ensure that the audience represents diverse interests and political views, include your name, phone number, hometown, school attending, your job and what issues, if any, you are ...

PRESIDENT OBAMA TOWN HALL, DC PRESIDENT OBAMA TOWN HALL, DC MTV, BET, and CMT (prods.) are casting the audience for a town hall meeting with President Obama. Shooting Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. in Washington, DC. Seeking—Audience Members: males and females, 18+. To apply, email townhallaudience@mtvnmix.com and put "Town Hall" in the subject line. To ensure that the audience represents diverse interests and political views, include your name, phone number, hometown, school attending, your job and what issues, if any, you are ...[more] -Multiple- Submissions only Submission deadline is Oct. 14 Entertainment Jobs, Nonunion TV/Video, Reality TV & Documentary

What are you doing, October 14th? Would you like to be a "town hall meeting" shill for Barack Obama? According to this official casting notice in Nielsen's Backstage site, you still have time to apply and/or audition. Here is the link to the live listing in the Backstage casting call. Here are elements of screen shots, of this notice, taken betwen the hours of 1:00 and 2:00 am CT, today (10/8). We will pan out, as we go. You should be able to click twice, to enlarge the wider (and condensed) shots. A bit bigger, for more context: And bigger...

Some of Hollywood’s most recognizable names are digging into their deep pockets to help Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, one of the Senate’s most reliably liberal voices — and a top Republican target this fall. Among Feingold's contributors are filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein, actors Michael Douglas and Edie Falco, as well as NBC’s Jeffrey Zucker, music executive David Geffen, and producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife, Marilyn, according to CQMoneyLine.com. Writer and producer Tom Fontana, creator of the television series “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Oz,” also ponied up for Feingold, as did actress Kathryn Erbe, who has...

For the second straight year, "Transformers" star Shia LaBeouf topped a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's Best Actors for the Buck with women claiming five of the top 10 spots compared to zero last year. Based on the financial news site's own calculations, for every $1 the studios spent on LaBeouf, his films return about $81 of profit. Those movies included "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" ($836 million worldwide box office) and the fourth "Indiana Jones" film ($787 million). Anne Hathaway took the No. 2 spot, earning the studios $64 off of her films for every dollar they spent for her...

Actor John Cusack went on a caustic Twitter rampage Sunday evening, attacking former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Fox News. “I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS,” Cusack tweeted. Cusack has long been outspoken about politics. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election and has contributed to The Huffington Post, but this is the first known time he has stooped to the level of making threats. And while the U.S. Constitution protects Cusack's right...

Here's a little something to get our minds off the daily negatives we hear about each day. A perfect score is ten and you get the gold star. You are on your honor NOT to cheat, although you can call and ask a friend for help. Answers will be in another post within the hour. Have fun. Match up the actor with the quotations: 1. "I suppose women find me attractive because I am polite, charming, courteous...a gentleman. My romantic reputation is an exaggeration. The realities are a bit different." "Some people making pictures in Hollywood are not outstanding for...

President Barack Obama sought to deflect concerns over lingering high unemployment by suggesting that “people’s obsession with prosperity has gone too far in this country. I mean, there’s a point where a person has to realize that he’s got too much money.” “Getting Americans to overcome this obsession is a difficult undertaking,” the President observed. “They’re going to need our help. Maybe it’ll take something like a value-added tax to sop up some of the excess funds that people are encumbered with. Plus, by transferring a greater share of the nation’s wealth from selfish individuals to the government we can...

The generally cozy relationship between Hollywood's unions and the Obama administration is coming under strain. The source of friction: President Obama's support for a so-called Cadillac tax that is part of the healthcare bill passed by the Senate. The tax, intended to help finance a revamp of the nation's healthcare system, would apply to the most expensive health insurance plans. As the Los Angeles Times reported today, in a meeting Monday with Obama, union leaders including James P. Hoffa of the Teamsters and Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO complained that the tax would harm their members, who often are covered...

'Land of the Lost's' dismal box office helped land star Will Ferrell at the top of our annual list of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Stars. Ferrell is no longer the sure bet he seemed after hits like 'Elf.' ($220 million worldwide box office) This summer's 'Land of the Lost' was one of those epic Hollywood disasters that makes outsiders question why anyone is in the movie business. The concept seemed like a good idea: pair funnyman Will Ferrell with a cult kids show from the '70s and hilarity is bound to ensue. Or not. The film ended up costing an estimated...

Hollywood studios are now thinking twice about splurging on A-list movie stars and costly productions in reaction to the poor economy, but also because of the surprising success of recent films with unknown actors.

There aren’t many churches in Christendom where the person sitting next to you is likely a star of stage, screen or television. St. Malachy’s Church, located on 49th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, founded in 1902, is a little jewel box of a church and an essential and important aspect of New York City’s theatrical community.Because of its location in the midst of the Theatre District — and the number of actors who have graced its precincts — it has come to be known as the Actors’ Chapel. Prior to 1920, St. Malachy’s was a working-class Irish-Italian parish....

He defeats main rival Anne-Marie Johnson with 44% of the vote while his coalition consolidates its power on the national board, winning a majority of the 22 seats up for grabs on the 69-member board. Ken Howard scored his second big win this week. Screen Actors Guild members elected the veteran character actor, who on Sunday won an Emmy for his role in HBO's "Grey Gardens," as the group's new president, capping a bitter election campaign that divided Hollywood's largest union. Howard soundly defeated "In the Heat of the Night" actress Anne-Marie Johnson, SAG's first vice president, who was backed...

Go ahead, yuk it up. Actor Paul Giamatti has signed on to replace Sean Penn as Larry in the Farrelly brothers' new movie version of “The Three Stooges." Penn dropped out of the film earlier in the year citing personal reasons. Director Peter Farrelly recently confirmed that Giamatti had assumed Penn's role. Giamatti will join Benecio Del Toro, who will play Moe, and a yet-to-be-cast Curly. There were reports that Jim Carey was set to play Curly, and the actor's appears on the Internet Movie Database alongside that role. He was even said to be gaining weight in preparation for...

The star of the Streets of San Francisco (with Michael Douglas), died today, according to FOX News Shep Smith.

After a year of nasty infighting, members of the Screen Actors Guild decided by a large margin that the show must go on. The Guild said Tuesday that 78 percent of voting members decided to ratify a two-year contract covering movies and prime-time TV shows made by the major Hollywood studios.

Film director Ron Howard is “very optimistic” about the future of America, so long as the nation makes an “adjustment,” to fulfill his hope a “more progressive” nation will mean “at a certain point I don't think we'll be so consumed with being the pre-eminent super-power and, you know, driven by sort of militarism and this need to export, you know, democracy.” Howard's reasoning, on Friday night's Real Time with Bill Maher, came in response to Maher's formulation that America has “seen better days. We're sort of in place that has made a lot of people nervous. Some people would...

A slideshow of actors that lean right. There is no sense to post left leaning actors, so I thought I would pass this on.

Friday night, and Ray Winstone has just spent several hours on a train and is on his way to finish up a couple of jobs. But he's knackered and the only place he wants to be is behind the wheel of his classic E-type Jag, pulling into the pebbled drive of his Essex home. So it's no wonder that he's having what he calls "a bit of a moan."

by Eric "Mr. EPluribus" PorvaznikWe've definitely got a one of the good guys on our side Once upon a time, there was a man named Michael Moore. For far worse than better, he liked to get under people's skin, from local school board members to, quite honestly, just about anyone who merely happened to disagree with his (and only his) way of thinking. He released a few pieces of fiction posing as documentaries, proposed very few (if any) solutions to the problems he illustrated (or invented) in his movies, and became the darling of the cinematic world, even garnering enough recognition...

Two Saudi actors and a Kuwaiti singer faced an awkward situation at a charity event for orphans when the organization manager refused to accept their donations under the pretext that their job is forbidden by religion. The two comedians Hussein Useiri and Fayez al-Malki and Kuwaiti singer Abadi al-Gohar received an invitation from the Saudi magazine Sayedati to attend an iftar, the sundown meal that breaks the day-long Ramadan fast. With more than 80 kids expected to attend the iftar hosted by the Prince Thamer bin Abdul-Aziz Charity Organization, the three entertainers came several hours in advance to hand out...

Actor Ernest Borgnine: America 'an Amazing Country' By Justin McCarthy (Bio | Archive) August 12, 2008 - 15:37 ET    Veteran actor Ernest Borgnine, still acting at age 91, does not represent the mainstream ideology of the Hollywood elite, or even a potential first lady named Michelle. Borgnine, unlike most of his fellow Hollywood elitists, believes America is "an amazing country" and that one has to "prove" one is "a good American by being an American."Appearing on the August 12 edition of "Good Morning America," Borgnine promoted his new autobiography. When given the opportunity, Borgnine, the son of Italian...

Maybe bohemian New York has a fighting chance after all.This morning came the news that the United States has nearly two million artists — more than the numbers of lawyers, doctors, police officers or farm workers — and that many of them, no surprise here, are struggling. We also learned that Representative Anthony D. Weiner, Democrat of Brooklyn and 2009 mayoral aspirant, wants to make it easier for fashion models to get visas to work in the United States.Senator Charles E. Schumer — who before being elected to the Senate in 1998 held the House seat that Mr. Weiner now...

CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C., May 16, 2008 – The road to Hollywood is rarely paved with combat boots and camouflage, but a Hollywood of sorts is exactly where one soldier landed. Army Capt. Gavin McCulley hugs his TV “wife” while playing an extra in Lifetime Network’s top-rated "Army Wives." Typically, McCulley can be found making sure all the extras are accurately portraying Army life. Defense Department photo by Samantha L. Quigley   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Army Capt. Gavin McCulley, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, out of Fort Bragg, N.C., thought he’d use...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq, May 7, 2008 – Actors from the popular Iraqi sitcom “Mud House” performed the first comedic play since 2003 in Iraq’s Wasit province on May 4. The play “People and People” is performed in front of a packed house at the Kut Municipality Hall, in Kut, Iraq, May 4, 2008. Courtesy photo by James O’Gara  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “People and People” portrayed Iraqi life from a comedic perspective to entertain the audience and to give them hope and optimism for the future, said the actors, Anam al-Rubayai, Ali Dakhil and Majid...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The final epilogue to the tumultuous writers strike has been written, but Hollywood is bracing for a possible a sequel to the costly walkout -- this one starring film and television actors. While the TV industry has rushed to bring derailed shows back on the air since screenwriters returned to work three weeks ago, the threat of renewed labor unrest by actors in the months ahead has put movie studios in a tenuous situation. Filmmakers are reluctant to launch any production that cannot be completed before the expiration of the Screen Actors Guild's major film and...

I don't normally write about celebrities and entertainment,. I find it mostly boring and almost invariably unserious and unimportant. But when my wife pointed out the story about Martin Sheen's disgusting (and equally leftist) son Charlie, and the vile things he said to Denise Richards, it raised a question. First, read the recent nastiness: For example, on Aug. 22, Sheen wrote to the mother of his children: "You are a pig. A sad, jobless pig who is sad and talentless and, um, oh yeah, sad and jobless and evil and a bad mom, so go [expletive] yourself, sad, jobless pig."...

If only it was the beginning of a media trend. Studio execs know that people from both sides of the political spectrum watch their shows. Considering the statistics, two-thirds of the country doesn't pay attention to politics, ever, so your actors are more likely to lose you money and advertisers when they spout off, then attract any net gain, (unless bad publicity is considered a gain). Just blacking out their inappropriate remarks helps keep attention on the actual show, not some self-important actors latest pet project. If the actor has a problem with that, go on the news and talk...

Rell backs incentives to boost state's film industry Gov. M. Jodi Rell talks with John Travolta at Putnam Park in Redding on Thursday. Rell traveled to the film set of Disney Films "Old Dogs", starring Travolta and Robin Williams, to sign into law an expansion of film tax credits. REDDING -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell was joined by actor John Travolta on Thursday as she signed into law incentives to help promote the burgeoning film industry in the state. "Connecticut already has one of the best programs in the country to draw movie production to our state, and this...

American actor, Sean Penn applauded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as “a model for what an American president should be.” The 46-year-old actor, who won an academy award for his role as a murderer in “Mystic River” and who has built a financially rewarding Hollywood career playing lowlifes and criminals, met privately for two hours with Chavez. The admiration between the two men was mutual. Chavez praised Penn as being "brave" for urging Americans to impeach President Bush. “Taking on a president in one’s own country is the act of a bold and brave man,” Chavez boasted. “In my country, a...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. —  Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known, but whose bespectacled face and crotchety persona made him instantly recognizable to generations of movie-goers, has died, his son said Tuesday. He was 102. The actor's son, Tom Lane, said he was talking with his father Monday evening. "He was lying in bed with his eyes real wide open," the younger Lane said. "Then he closed his eyes and stopped breathing." Lane, whose career spanned more than 60 years, appeared in such film classics as "It's a Wonderful Life," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "Twentieth...

In the early days of women’s “liberation,” many activists saw abortion as a necessary and even desirable component of the sexual revolution of the sixties. Freed from childbearing, women could engage in numerous relationships without consequences.  However, like many of the tenets of feminism itself, such attitudes no longer prevail. In the grueling battle over abortion, there is growing public perception of antipathy to the barbarous practice. There is a certain remorse surrounding the issue that even its most ardent supporters find difficult to overcome.  Such a perception represents a psychological victory on the part of those pro-life forces whose...

What Actors/Actresses can you name that if in a well written movie or tv show you would absolutely refuse the watch? And what Actor/Actresses would you watch in a movie/tv show now matter how cruddy the production.

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2007 – Reality met Hollywood last month when the cast and crew of the Lifetime Network’s new series “Army Wives” hosted a picnic honoring real Army wives in Charleston, S.C., where the series is filmed. The cast members of Lifetime TV’s new series “Army Wives” enjoy hosting some of their real-life counterparts for a day of pampering in Charleston, S.C., May 5, 2007. It was a chance for the cast to get a better understanding of the real people they’re representing, cast members said. Courtesy photo by Allison Perkins  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The...

ANZER KASERNE, Germany — Actor and musician Gary Sinise prepares to fire a M-24 sniper rifle with Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during a firepower demonstration here May 11. Sinise is visiting the Stuttgart area with his band, the Lt. Dan Band, as part of a USO tour to perform concerts for service members stationed overseas. (Department of Defense photo by Navy Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker) In this picture supplied by the USO, US actor Gary Sinise (R) listens to US Army CW 4 Leif Neely (L) of Woodbridge, Virginia, tell about how he was...

This isn't Sorbo's first time playing a man of God. He portrays a priest in the upcoming Sci Fi Channel movie "Something Beneath," he guest-starred as a former priest on UPN's "Love, Inc," and played a priest in the indie film "Clipping Adam." Sorbo, best known for playing the title role in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," also starred in "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda."

I have a play -- a very loose (EXTREMELY LOOSE) adaptation of Shakespeare -- and I'm trying to get it produced. Does anyone know where I can find companies that do Shakespeare parodies and actors to perform it?

...I think the worst thing that happened to the movies was the 1960s. That was the first decade in the history of the world in which parents wanted to grow up to be just like their children, thus turning the natural order of things on its head...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 -- Servicemembers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and the Pentagon weren’t imagining things yesterday; they actually were seeing stars. Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner studies the panel representing the Defense of Freedom medal that's part of the Pentagon's 9/11 memorial during a Nov. 29 visit to the building. Asner, who stars in the Hallmark movie "The Christmas Card," took a brief tour of the Pentagon with three of the movie's other stars. The group and Hallmark representatives spent two days in the area visiting wounded servicemembers at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,...

The actress who was engaged to Jude Law when he cheated with the nanny now says monogamy is "overrated."Sienna Miller tells Rolling Stone that "monogamy is a weird thing" for her. She says it's a hard thing to maintain because we're all "animals." She's still with Law and is hoping they'll have babies. The 24-year-old British actress has been in Pennsylvania shooting the screen adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh." She got into some hot water for comments she made about the city. "Can you believe this is my life?" she told Rolling Stone. "Will you pity...