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Brittany Murphy Dies at 32, TMZ Reports

TMZ reports that actress Brittany Murphy died this morning after suffering from a "full cardiac arrest." She was apparently taken to Cedars-Sinai, but could not be revived. Murphy was 32. Murphy's breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier, the makeover project/friend of lead character Cher in Clueless. ... More >>

Disney Expo Channels Peter Pan

Hollywood Jobs to Be CGI'd to Mumbai

It seems like only yesterday that the Times of London was ballyhooing the outsourcing of New Line CinemaOscar-winning special effects winner The Golden CompassHollywood special-effects projects to India. "Post-production movie work," the Times reported in May, 2008,  "is steadily migrating from ... More >>

Daniel Baldwin The Gray Kid Dov Charney's Silver Lake Mansion = Video Thrills

Still from The Gray Kid's "Happy Feet video" It doesn't take Daniel Baldwin long to tell a joke that punchlines with philosophical rhetoric on the necessities of an on-set blow-job. That he plays the priest in the day's music video only makes it funnier. That the day's setting is the American Appar ... More >>

Skullphone may have bought time?

Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear Channel billboards, but actually bought space on them, just like strip clubs and Disney movies do. And while that's kind of sad, it's also kind of funny: The guy got his money's worth in publicity. Also, the idea's now floating out there. Some ... More >>

Glen and Marketa at the Oscars

Once upon a time, Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann were nominated for Oscars, and despite the KCRW-ness of it all, it still felt good to watch them up there against the Celines and the Disney movie stuff. Of course, it was always Celine Dion or Phil Collins or whomever that walked away with the award ... More >>

James Marsden: Low Profile and Loving It

That guy

International Man of Myths

From Mad Max to Happy Feet, George Miller tells one never-ending story

Bond and Gagged

Why Daniel Craig had a far better weekend than either Michael Richards or Phillippe’s flack

Over the Hedge and Under the Radar

Mapping today’s kiddie-movie landscape