A new study set to be released in December shows that gun violence in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985, when the PG-13 rating was first instituted. While the entertainment industry tries to deny any correlation between onscreen violence and actual violence in the world, they cannot deny that gun violence in PG-13 films has now surpassed that of R-rated films.
Gretchen Weiners interviewed Karen Smith for Regina George's latest Burn Book, and the result is just as cloying and unreadable as you might think. Rolling Stone shares an exclusive interview between BFFs/human centipedes Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling, for Tavi Gevinson's Rookie Yearbook Two, a hard-copy offshoot of her teenage lifestyle website, Rookie.
If you haven't vomited on Ryan Reynolds yet, now is your chance; Angela Lansbury is on the case to change the title of the new Murder, She Wrote remake; Star Wars is looking for you to star in Star Wars VII; Joss Whedon has drawn the ire of feminists, while giving a speech in support of equality and feminism.
Fans of Chuck Lorre shows know that if you stick around until the very end of one of his CBS sitcoms (no small feat, to be sure), you are treated to the rambling thoughts of one of comedy's curmudgeonliest. The latest subject of attack? Construction workers on the 405 freeway.
Though rumors are constantly being thrown around of a Friends reunion, and then constantly being shot down by Pheebs, who is too busy playing air piano with Mike, she'd probably be singing a different Smelly Cat-esque tune if she knew that Friends creator Marta Kauffman might be able to stunt cast President Obama after a November 26th fundraising dinner Kauffman is hosting.
When he's not busy adorably abusing children for Comedy Central, Tom Hiddleston can take credit for helping Disney and Marvel turn Thor into a franchise. In an interview with Slashfilm, Hiddleston—who plays impossibly hot supervillain Loki—shares how an offhand conversation with Marvel president Kevin Feige led to a major plot point (don't worry, it's spoiler free) for the sequel, Thor: The Dark World.
His perma-smiling eyes might indicate otherwise, but Tom Cruise is not happy about Life & Style and In Touch's allegations in 2012 that he abandoned his daughter in favor of Xenu after Joey Potter—sorry, Katie Holmes—filed for divorce. He filed a lawsuit for libel against parent company Bauer Publishing, but as recent leaked documents reveal, that $50 million payout isn't going to come without a fight.
Lionsgate wants to open a theme park for children about children killing children; Matthew McConaughey's drawl is being celebrated in Palm Springs; Cynthia Nixon is such a Miranda; and Kristen Schaal hopes to slay you in her new ABC comedy.
You know that drunk uncle that shows up at Thanksgiving, sloppy, covered in snow, and while once cool, is now a general embarrassment to everyone? That's Brian Grazer. Except that the Thanksgiving dinner is Ron Howard's, the snow is "snow" (because this is Los Angeles and it's still 80 degrees even in November), and actually, no one ever thought Brian Grazer was cool, except for Brian Grazer.
Jimmy Kimmel speaks to "Rob Ford" about drunken stupors; Cameron Diaz can't act her way out of a bad accent; superhero overkill is coming to Netflix; and Olivia Benson is getting exactly what she deserves.
Michael Scott is taking a page out of the Mose Schrute playbook, and will be bringing a cop comedy he wrote with his wife Nancy to TBS. Vulture reports that the network just ordered Tribeca to pilot—a half-hour procedural cop comedy not entirely dissimilar from part-time beet loving The Office star Mike Schur's Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Despite the widespread popularity of HBO's hard-hitting documentary series Entourage, young naive hopefuls somehow still want to make the trek out to Los Angeles in search of cold pressed juice, a producing credit on a movie, and a preferred parking spot in UTA's recently revamped Beverly Hills offices.
The Hollywood Reporter just released their 20th anniversary edition of their 35 under 35 list—the annual summary of the best young executives in the biz—that beleaguered assistants tape to their cubicles, as they count all the papercut scars they amassed creating Halloween decorations for their boss' kids.
When you're a god like Kanye West, you don't go to performances, performances come to you. Just ask Aziz Ansari about the time he performed in Kanye's living room to a small crowd of drunk people. So who's next in Yeezy's self-serving version of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee? David Blaine showing him some card tricks, of course.
