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Roland Emmerich's movie about an attack by disillusioned Us soldiers appears to have suffered due to its perceived liberal leanings

It is a huge disappointment for studio Sony and director Roland Emmerich, whose films are usually shoo-ins at the box office. But one particular group is grinning ear to ear at the failure of White House Down to pull in audiences: Us conservative bloggers.

A torrent of gleeful comment has found its way on the web in the wake of the action movie's poor $24m opening at the Us box office at the weekend, despite a high-profile cast that includes Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and current Hollywood high-flyer Channing Tatum. The source of conservative delight has been compiled by the Hollywood Reporter, and it appears to be the film's perceived liberal bias.

Emmerich's plot centres on an assault on the White House by a paramilitary group angry at Us withdrawal from Iraq,...

From the annals of Weird Hollywood comes the unmasking of a leading Hollywood Republican I've never heard of named David Stein. The news is that it turns out he's actually David Cole, a Jewish Holocaust denier (above) who fell off the right-wing map in the 1990s. You don't often get to say "Jewish Holocaust denier," so let's take a moment. According to media reports, especially a lengthy, breathless piece in The Guardian, David Stein has been a fixture in right-wing Hollywood circles in recent years, bringing together "right-wing congressmen, celebrities, writers and...

I had just arrived in Beverly Hills when director Gil Cates handed me "Three Picassos Before Breakfast," George Carpozi's collaborative biography of art forger David Stein.  Carpozi was an old-world tabloid writer and the book, unauthorized by the still incarcerated Stein, was the work of his "ex-wife" or as he called her, "the mother of my children."  Still, the facts were all there, and it was a mesmerizing story, with incredible color and glamour.  Stein, who had used many names and was born in Egypt as Henri Haddad, would set himself up (in Paris or Palm Beach) as a...

With the usual music video outlets like MTV and VH1 seeming to be more interested in reality programming than music, bands are having a tough time finding places to debut their videos, especially those with a horror-tinged edge. Which is why Dread Central is pleased to premiere "Graven Image" from Infernaeon, the theme of which is essentially the Last Super and crucifixion, done with Jesus and his disciples as zombies.

An evil demon has, once again, reared its wicked head from the swamps of Florida to wreak havoc on the metal landscape. The demon’s name is Infernaeon, and this Floridian outfit has returned with the follow-up to 2007’s A Symphony of Suffering, entitled, Genesis to Nemesis, released August 31st on Prosthetic Records. This time around frontman and former Monstrosity member Brian Werner found himself accompanied by two new guitarists, Taylor Nordberg and Steven Harger, new bassist Mike Poggione, as...

Chicago – Ever since Tommy Wiseau declared that his masterpiece of ineptitude, “The Room,” was “filmed with the passion of Tennessee Williams,” I’ve become considerably more weary of any film that makes such an inflated claim. Of course, “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” has a better defense, since it’s actually the adaptation of a long-forgotten work from the legendary playwright.

Watching the film is a curious experience, suggesting how a mediocre revival of a classic play would look on Broadway, with big-name stars straining to make archaic dialogue sound fresh and naturalistic. Actor-turned-director Jodie Markell respects her source material to such a degree that she seems blind to its inherent shortcomings. The play is hardly worth comparing to an essential masterwork like “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” though it’s easy to imagine Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in the lead roles, which are colorless amalgams of...

I've been freaking out about Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan ever since the day the trailer debuted and it's not healthy. I mean what if the trailer is better than the movie? Lord knows that's happened before. Since I don't want to know any plot details, I'm avoiding reviews like the plague (even from people I love) since you can trust virtually no one to be spoiler free these days. Even when they are, you end up knowing too much and having too many voices in your head before you see a film. But I haven't been able to help looking at various Venice born tweets.

Mostly though I've watched the trailer too many times and fear that there's no way that I can last another three months until the release without the movie becoming too familiar before a first viewing. Oh cruel world!

Take the following image for an example.

NBA Superstar Dwyane Wade 's estranged wife Siohvaughn was just dumped by her ninth divorce lawyer ... who ironically cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their professional breakup. TMZ has learned an emergency motion was filed yesterday in Cook County, Il by Siohvaughn's attorney, Marsha Fisher -- requesting she be withdrawn as Siohvaughn's representation in her ongoing divorce battle with the Miami Heat star. That means Marsha is the Ninth lawyer Siohvaughn has parted ways with in the case.