Citing “disturbing images of Holocaust atrocities including graphic nudity,” the appeals board of the movie industry’s Classification and Rating Administration has rejected a plea to reconsider its decision to slap an “R” rating on the Holocaust documentary A Film Unfinished. The plea was made by Oscilloscope Laboratories, the movie’s distributor, on the basis that the…

One of the worst sub-genres of the oxymoronically named genre known as reality television is the “follow the D-list celebrity” category. Comedian Kathy Griffin’s Bravo show is actually called My Life on the D List in which evidence is compiled on a weekly basis as to why she made the cut.  Other reality show D-listers…

As Hollywood celebrates the court-ordered death of California’s Proposition 8 (in which voters rejected a previous court ruling legalizing gay marriage), it’s worth noting that Prop 8 (dubbed “Prop Hate” by comedian Margaret Cho) isn’t actually dead. It will be appealed and, ultimately (no matter which side wins the appeal), appealed again to the Supreme…

CBS and the ad community are essentially greeting concerns over the title of the network’s new Twitter feed-based $#*! My Dad Says with a big  “$#*! yourselves!” proclaiming the Parents Television Council essentially irrelevant in affecting program content. From Hollywood Reporter:A day after the PTC slammed the show for its title and asked advertisers to…

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