Sean Penn

O'Reilly Talks Rush, Beck, Penn on Letterman - Posted April 1, 2009
FNC's Bill O'Reilly spent a rare three segments on the Late Show couch talking to David Letterman last night. The interview had none of the '06 fireworks, but did touch on some more serious topics. O'Reilly and Letterman had a lengthy discussion about whether Rush Limbaugh was the head of the Republican... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly on Penn, Blitzer and Meghan McCain - Posted March 30, 2009
As Bill O'Reilly enters his 100th month as the host of the top-rated cable news show, The Hollywood Reporter asks him who will one day knock him off the top spot. "It's hard to speculate," says O'Reilly. "We're so far ahead now, and my competitors have been around long enough so... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly on Penn, Blitzer and Meghan McCain - Posted March 30, 2009
As Bill O'Reilly enters his 100th month as the host of the top-rated cable news show, The Hollywood Reporter asks him who will one day knock him off the top spot. "It's hard to speculate," says O'Reilly. "We're so far ahead now, and my competitors have been around long enough so... [TVNewser]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted March 30, 2009
Former AOL CEO Jon Miller to head up digital strategy for News Corp- WebNewser Rumors abound that Nielsen may Merge/Shutter AdWeek, BrandWeek, MediaWeek- FishbowlNY Bill O'Reilly on Sean Penn, Wolf Blitzer and Meghan McCain- TVNewser Anthony Hopkins might play Ernest Hemingway in a film about the last... [FishBowlLA]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted March 30, 2009
Former AOL CEO Jon Miller to head up digital strategy for News Corp- WebNewser Rumors abound that Nielsen may Merge/Shutter AdWeek, BrandWeek, MediaWeek- FishbowlNY Bill O'Reilly on Sean Penn, Wolf Blitzer and Meghan McCain- TVNewser Anthony Hopkins might play Ernest Hemingway in a film about the last... [FishBowlLA]

9pm Battle: Colmes, Ayers on "Hannity," Clooney, Iseman on "King" - Posted February 23, 2009
It's going to be a ratings battle tonight at 9pmET, as FNC and CNN each have unique line-ups. Alan Colmes makes his first return appearance to the 9pmET hour, and he'll be bringing his former co-host, Sean Hannity, an exclusive interview — with Bill Ayers. The interview took place in FNC's Chicago... [TVNewser]

Oscars Morning: GMA Tweets, Parties Through the Night - Posted February 23, 2009
In addition to co-hosting the official Red Carpet pre-show, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts interviewed several Oscars winners after the ceremony last night. Roberts talked with Sean Penn, Penelope Cruz and Danny Boyle, while Sam Champion talked to the cast of Slumdog Millionaire. Champion was on the party beat last night, and... [TVNewser]

Beck Talks "Twilight," Clooney, Jolie - Posted February 17, 2009
FNC anchor Glenn Beck is profiled in Patricia Sheridan's "Breakfast With..." series, and discusses a variety of issues (and makes a variety of pop culture references). The difference between FNC and CNN: "This is just much more of an entrepreneurial spirit and much less corporate. Do your thing." The economic stimulus: "The government... [TVNewser]

Clint For Best Actor: Do You Feel Lucky? Well, Do Ya, Punk? - Posted December 30, 2008
As the Oscar ballots were just sent out to hungry voters for those pesky gold statuettes, the pressing question hovers around Dirty Harry and whether he'll get the acting nod, the L.A. Times predicts. The critics, well faux critics or columnists or whatever you want to call them, are in disarray as... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 12.18.08 - Posted December 18, 2008
Good morning, Washington. What DC street is featured above? Think you know? Email us with your best guess. AND: Join us after the jump to find out if you guessed our last contest correctly." Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning... [FishBowlDC]

Golden Globes Inexplicably Sort Of Overlook 'Batman' and 'Milk' - Posted December 11, 2008
The Golden Globes, which are decided by about 92 Hollywood Foreign Press Association members came out with a comprehensive list of their nominations for 2008, but a couple of relatively major films were downright overlooked. Gus Van Sant's "Milk," starring Sean Penn in a tour de force performance, is a critical darling... [FishBowlLA]

Complete Golden Globe Nominations - Posted December 11, 2008
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lead the nominations in the top categories for the 66th Golden Globe Awards, chosen for drama, actor, director, screenplay and score. "Frost/Nixon," "The Reader," "Revolutionary Road" and "Slumdog Millionaire" rounded out the pics in the drama category, chosen by the 80-plus members of The Hollywood Foreign... [FishBowlLA]

Broadcast Film Critics Want Their Say - Posted December 9, 2008
Though they're sometimes reduced to thumbs up/thumbs down criticism, the country's major broadcast critics are always keen to be heard as "Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" both earned eight nominations for the 14th Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s Critics Choice Awards, Variety says. Both were among the 10 films named... [FishBowlLA]

'Milk' Screening Brings Streaming Tears Of Joy - Posted November 20, 2008
Gus Van Sant's "Milk," which opens Nov. 26, is already drawing raves from the long-lead critics, but the Sean Penn-starring film has already got local critics giving it plenty of thumbs up and Oscar buzz. At a recent swanky Beverly Hills press screening, the film left the hard-bitten journos sniffling and downright... [FishBowlLA]

DGA Nominates White Men, Variety Proclaims Diversity - Posted January 8, 2008
Someone at Variety must have gotten very low SAT scores to write this headline: Diverse crowd for DGA nominations about 6 white guys nominated for best director of a feature film: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men Tony Gilroy - Michael... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 8, 2008
CES Blog Item That Oddly Scares Us: We tend to embrace technology here at FBLA, but something in the BitPlayer post by Michelle Maltais made us a little uncomfortable. SimulScribe will make a transcript of your voicemail and e-mail it to you... This is either the end of the drunk-n-dial or... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Ring Out the Old - Posted December 28, 2007
Artist/filmmaker Melinda Hunt adds to the Theresa Duncan/Jeremy Blake saga and challenges Frank Morales' version. Anjelica Huston to play Benazir Bhutto in biopic? When Manuel Mollinedo ran the LA Zoo, animals managed to escape a number of times. Maybe he's a PETA mole? Or just an incompetent bureaucrat? Bonnie Fuller picks scandalicious celebs, but... [FishBowlLA]

Do SAG Noms Have Sweeney Todd Singing The Blues? - Posted December 20, 2007
The Screen Actors Guild award nominations spell trouble for anybody who isn't Sean Penn. According to The Envelope: Rarely do we see performances not even nominated by SAG ever win Oscars. In fact, only Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock (2000) managed to pull that trick in the SAG awards' entire 13-year history,... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 20, 2007
Slow News Day: We admit that we laughed in places at this piece, but, c'mon, Mary McNamara. Is Tina Fey's Amex commercial really worth 12 inches? People's Choice Scales Back: The writers' strike strikes again. The People's Choice Awards hopes to avoid picket lines at its Jan. 8 show by presenting... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Lonely Streets - Posted December 7, 2007
The long awaited Vanity Fair piece on Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake comes out in the January issue, by Nancy Jo Sales. Fun fact: Sales was married to Father Frank Morales They met when he was a source for a story. Gustavo "Ask A Mexican" Arellano thinks he's smacking... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 07 Strike Week 3: It's All About Nikki - Posted November 20, 2007
Second Life avatars are striking, too. Kiwini Oe alerted us to their presence. Nikki Finke's got some hot news about a naughty, naughty showrunner, but banned any speculation by commenters. He was ratted out by an assistant which is a strategy that could so easily backfire. And Finke's site will host video shorts... [FishBowlLA]

Mark Ruffalo: Eternal Overcast of the Politically Minded - Posted October 29, 2007
Taking a page from Sean Penn, Mark Ruffalo was front-and-center at an anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-administration rally that drew thousands to downtown L.A. on Saturday. The Zodiac star made it clear that though he wasn't political before, he's since acquired a graduate degree in civil disobedience. "I'm terrified," Ruffalo told FBLA. "It... [FishBowlLA]

Sundance Iconoclasts: About as Daring as Mayo on Pastrami - Posted October 25, 2007
Sundance Channel and Grey Goose Vodka are foisting a new season of Iconoclasts on the world. We love these pairings, largely because they're so easy to mock. Robert Lloyd loves this because it's pretentious worthy high-production value television, unlike everything else he's forced to review. Maureen Ryan likes the longer format of... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: Paul Krassner - Posted October 15, 2007
Investigative satirist Paul Krassner dropped acid with Groucho, founded the Yippies with Abbie, and is in the Counterculture Hall of Fame. He also writes for High Times, Huffington Post, and is in hot demand as a standup comic. He writes: Just returned from the Austin Film Festival which opened with a... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 10, 2007 - Posted September 10, 2007
Yuma Scores at Boxoffice James Mangold and producer Cathy Konrad's follow-up to their Walk the Line, the western 3:10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, took top stop at the boxoffice over the weekend. Variety reports that it played on the high-end of expectations with Ben Fritz writing that it... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 10, 2007 - Posted September 10, 2007
Yuma Scores at Boxoffice James Mangold and producer Cathy Konrad's follow-up to their Walk the Line, the western 3:10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, took top stop at the boxoffice over the weekend. Variety reports that it played on the high-end of expectations with Ben Fritz writing that it... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 5, 2007 - Posted September 5, 2007
Burton Busts Out Todd in Venice Tim Burton took his filmmaking act to the Venice Film Festival where he picked up a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement. In return, Burton took the festival opportunity to unspool an eight-minute sneak of the big-screen adaptation of his next pic, Sweeney Todd starring longtime... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 5, 2007 - Posted September 5, 2007
Burton Busts Out Todd in Venice Tim Burton took his filmmaking act to the Venice Film Festival where he picked up a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement. In return, Burton took the festival opportunity to unspool an eight-minute sneak of the big-screen adaptation of his next pic, Sweeney Todd starring longtime... [FishBowlLA]