• Three Men With Three Very Different Weeks

    This week, we’re mourning one person who bucked the PR handbook, curious about another who might’ve put a crack in his carefully-shaped image and scratching our heads over a third who may or may not have committed suicide. Not necessarily who you think. As an entertainment writer for a daily paper in the 1980s, I…

  • SAG Factions Louder Than Ever

    As the June 9 vote approaches, factions are getting more vocal with their ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ opinions.

  • ‘Angels’ Takes In $152 Million Worldwide

    ‘Star Trek’ falls only 43 percent with $43 million domestic take.

    ‘Angels’ Takes In $152 Million Worldwide
  • MPTF Home: A-Listers, Stand Up and Be Counted!

    Since my kid was a little boy and fascinated with movie making, we loved playing the Kevin Bacon version of Six Degrees of Separation. Now there is another version, and it’s not so much fun. His grandmother, along with all the other residents at the Motion Picture and Television Fund long term care center, is…

  • Tom Hanks to SAG-AMPTP Rescue?

    A-list stars said to be stepping in to help the Guild resolve its differences with the studios.