In the 1980s, few figures loomed larger – or exerted greater influence – on the national stage than televangelist Jerry Falwell. Under Falwell’s stewardship, the Moral Majority political organization counterpunched the previous decade’s progressive strides, mobilizing various evangelical and rightwing Christian groups into a potent, unified conservative political force.
The Moral Majority’s agenda included opposition to homosexuality, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment, which would have guaranteed equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Advocating for “traditional” family values, Falwell and his powerful organization are credited with delivering the crucial white,...
The Moral Majority’s agenda included opposition to homosexuality, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment, which would have guaranteed equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Advocating for “traditional” family values, Falwell and his powerful organization are credited with delivering the crucial white,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Andy Hoglund
- Rollingstone.com
Adult entertainment pioneer Larry Flynt has died at the age of 78. According to NBC News, the founder of Hustler died in Los Angeles on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 10. Flynt's rep told NBC Newsthe 78-year-old died "from the recent onset of a sudden illness," adding, "He passed quietly in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife Liz and daughter Theresa by his side." Flynt became a well-known figure in the adult entertainment world when he launched Hustler magazine in the '70s. At the time, he owned and operated topless bars across the midwest, which shared the same name as the publication. He later became a fierce advocate of the...
- 2/11/2021
- E! Online
Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler magazine and unlikely champion of the first amendment, has died at the age of 78. His brother Jimmy Flynt confirmed the death to The Washington Post but didn't note a specific cause. After serving in both the United States Army and the United States Navy, as well as working as a bootlegger, Larry Flynt opened the Hustler Club, which later spawned the Hustler…...
- 2/11/2021
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Larry Flynt, the publisher of the sexually explicit Hustler magazine whose legal battles turned him into a flamboyant crusader for free speech rights, has died at 78. Flynt’s famed legal battles — which he took to the Supreme Court — were memorialized in the 1996 film The People Versus Larry Flynt, starring Woody Harrelson. Flynt’s death was first reported by TMZ and his brother Jimmy Flynt confirmed the news to The Washington Post. A cause of death has not been revealed.
Larry Flynt was a Navy veteran who built a small empire...
Larry Flynt was a Navy veteran who built a small empire...
- 2/10/2021
- by Tim Dickinson and Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Hustler founder Larry Flynt has died at 78. The Washington Post confirmed the news with his brother Jimmy. No cause of death was given.
Flynt made his fortune with Hustler magazine and associated businesses, but he made a name for himself by challenging cultural norms. Injured by an assailant’s bullet in 1978, he also became known for his gold wheelchairs.
In 1988, Flynt won a the landmark US Supreme Court case, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, after having been sued by Rev. Jerry Falwell for an ad parody that had appeared in Hustler. In a unanimous ruling, the High Court declared that public figures cannot recover damages for “infliction of emotional distress” based on parodies. The historic First Amendment decision held that the interest in protecting free speech surpasses the interest in protecting public figures’ emotions and reputations.
In 1996, Columbia Pictures released The People vs. Larry Flynt with Woody Harrelson in the title role.
Flynt made his fortune with Hustler magazine and associated businesses, but he made a name for himself by challenging cultural norms. Injured by an assailant’s bullet in 1978, he also became known for his gold wheelchairs.
In 1988, Flynt won a the landmark US Supreme Court case, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, after having been sued by Rev. Jerry Falwell for an ad parody that had appeared in Hustler. In a unanimous ruling, the High Court declared that public figures cannot recover damages for “infliction of emotional distress” based on parodies. The historic First Amendment decision held that the interest in protecting free speech surpasses the interest in protecting public figures’ emotions and reputations.
In 1996, Columbia Pictures released The People vs. Larry Flynt with Woody Harrelson in the title role.
- 2/10/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Larry Flynt, the tenacious, controversial and free-thinking entrepreneur who took a string of strip clubs and built them into Hustler, one of the world’s most successful sex-based brands, has died. He was 78.
Flynt died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from a sudden illness, according to his manager Minda Gowen.
Flynt changed the face of publishing with Hustler magazine, an explicitly lewd monthly featuring nude photos and crude, below-the-belt humor. Launched in 1974, it focused on a part of the female anatomy that Flynt felt Playboy was overlooking.
“I was always interested in the crotch,” he told The Independent in ...
Flynt died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from a sudden illness, according to his manager Minda Gowen.
Flynt changed the face of publishing with Hustler magazine, an explicitly lewd monthly featuring nude photos and crude, below-the-belt humor. Launched in 1974, it focused on a part of the female anatomy that Flynt felt Playboy was overlooking.
“I was always interested in the crotch,” he told The Independent in ...
- 2/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Larry Flynt, the tenacious, controversial and free-thinking entrepreneur who took a string of strip clubs and built them into Hustler, one of the world’s most successful sex-based brands, has died. He was 78.
Flynt died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from a sudden illness, according to his manager Minda Gowen.
Flynt changed the face of publishing with Hustler magazine, an explicitly lewd monthly featuring nude photos and crude, below-the-belt humor. Launched in 1974, it focused on a part of the female anatomy that Flynt felt Playboy was overlooking.
“I was always interested in the crotch,” he told The Independent in ...
Flynt died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from a sudden illness, according to his manager Minda Gowen.
Flynt changed the face of publishing with Hustler magazine, an explicitly lewd monthly featuring nude photos and crude, below-the-belt humor. Launched in 1974, it focused on a part of the female anatomy that Flynt felt Playboy was overlooking.
“I was always interested in the crotch,” he told The Independent in ...
- 2/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gather round, Mindhunter fans, because author John Douglas is releasing a brand-new book with writer and filmmaker Mark Olshaker based on Douglas's career spent interviewing violent offenders for the FBI. One of the first criminal profilers and a true pioneer in the behavioral-science method of law enforcement, Douglas has interviewed murderers like Charles Manson, Ed Kemper, and David Berkowitz. His latest book, A Killer's Shadow, details the complicated case of serial killer and bank robber Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist who is suspected of murdering more than 20 people in the 1970s and '80s.
A high-priority case for the FBI, Franklin targeted Black and Jewish citizens as well as interracial couples during his violent spree. He roamed around the country and often shot his victims with a long-range rifle, and confessed to wounding civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and shooting well-known magazine publisher Larry Flynt. His transient tendencies made...
A high-priority case for the FBI, Franklin targeted Black and Jewish citizens as well as interracial couples during his violent spree. He roamed around the country and often shot his victims with a long-range rifle, and confessed to wounding civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and shooting well-known magazine publisher Larry Flynt. His transient tendencies made...
- 10/27/2020
- by Murphy Moroney
- Popsugar.com
There was a special mix of shame and liberation when you visited a gay bookstore that contained adult material. When I ventured into my first one in the Nineties, you might start out flipping through an Edmund White or Andrew Holleran novel before slowly making your way to the magazines: After Out and Genre and The Advocate, there was the sexy stuff like Bluebook, Mandate, Torso, and Inches. If you were lucky, they also had a selection of VHS tapes or albums or DVDs to rent and buy, as well as a stash of poppers,...
- 4/27/2020
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Rachel Mason’s mother never thought her art would go anywhere. No matter how many galleries and museums showed her work she would always be a failure, her career so far underground it may as well be six feet under. How beautifully ironic, then, that a film about her mother is the very thing bringing Mason’s work mainstream in a major way, since it just debuted on Netflix under Ryan Murphy’s oversight.
“Circus of Books” takes its name from the gay porn bookstore Karen and Barry Mason owned, overseeing two locations in Los Angeles for over thirty years. Not only is “Circus of Books” a lively and entertaining record of a vital piece of Lgbtq history, the film is also a deeply personal story about faith, living honestly, familial wounds, and the creative process. Mason turns the camera on her family in brave and often painful ways, lovingly...
“Circus of Books” takes its name from the gay porn bookstore Karen and Barry Mason owned, overseeing two locations in Los Angeles for over thirty years. Not only is “Circus of Books” a lively and entertaining record of a vital piece of Lgbtq history, the film is also a deeply personal story about faith, living honestly, familial wounds, and the creative process. Mason turns the camera on her family in brave and often painful ways, lovingly...
- 4/22/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
An affectionate and absorbing documentary from film-maker Rachel Mason about her devout parents, who ran a famous adult bookstore in early-80s La
Here is a documentary with an absorbing and unexpectedly complicated story to tell, whose paradoxes and sadnesses are not entirely resolved by the end. Artist and film-maker Rachel Mason has created an affectionate portrait of her elderly parents, Karen and Barry, who in many ways are like one of the (fictional) old couples in When Harry Met Sally.
Karen is a former journalist, devoutly Jewish, and Barry is a former special visual effects engineer who worked on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and invented a modification for kidney dialysis machines. But they found themselves in a tough financial spot in the early 1980s and took over Circus of Books, a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles that also sold movies called things like Confessions of a Two Dick Slut...
Here is a documentary with an absorbing and unexpectedly complicated story to tell, whose paradoxes and sadnesses are not entirely resolved by the end. Artist and film-maker Rachel Mason has created an affectionate portrait of her elderly parents, Karen and Barry, who in many ways are like one of the (fictional) old couples in When Harry Met Sally.
Karen is a former journalist, devoutly Jewish, and Barry is a former special visual effects engineer who worked on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and invented a modification for kidney dialysis machines. But they found themselves in a tough financial spot in the early 1980s and took over Circus of Books, a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles that also sold movies called things like Confessions of a Two Dick Slut...
- 4/17/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Walls of cock rings, porn star Jeff Stryker, Larry Flynt, and a kindly married Jewish couple: One of these things is not like the other. They all come together in perfect if unexpected harmony in “Circus of Books,” the delightful new documentary premiering on Netflix next week which just released a trailer. Deeply personal and wildly entertaining, “Circus of Books” is the feature debut of performance artist Rachel Mason, who turns the camera on her own parents, at one point the largest distributors of gay porn in the United States. Their story, lovingly rendered without smoothing over its complexities, turns out to be a vital piece of Lgbtq history.
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For 35-plus years, the gay porn shop Circus...
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- 4/14/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
California businessman Tom Steyer is calling for Donald Trump’s impeachment with a petition at needtoimpeach.com. If you haven’t seen his ads yet, take a gander below: Trump threatens our Constitution, our freedoms, and our lives. It’s time to begin impeachment proceedings. Join us. https://t.co/L5Azj0p6oA pic.twitter.com/rqQkt2aMn8 — Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) October 20, 2017 But just who is this guy? We break it down below. Also Read: Larry Flynt Offers $10 Million for Information to Impeach Donald Trump Steyer is the founder of NextGen America, a political organization working to “to prevent climate disaster,...
- 10/24/2017
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
The “original” Renoir painting President Donald Trump says he owns may in fact be a fake. Related: Porn Mogul Larry Flynt Offers $10M For Any Video That Could Help Impeach Donald Trump Amanda Hicks, a spokesperson for the Art Institute of Chicago, told the Chicago Tribune that the original version of the painting in question, “Two Sisters […]...
- 10/20/2017
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt is offering $10 million for information that leads to the impeachment of Donald Trump, according to a screenshot obtained and tweeted by Fox Business host Liz Claman and retweeted by Flynt. The porn kingpin’s full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post offers the cash reward “for information leading to the impeachment and removal from office of Donald J. Trump.” The ad cites a number of reasons Flynt believes Trump is “unfit” for the office of President, including his firing of FBI director James Comey, his “unconscionable” defense of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis.
- 10/14/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Pornography publisher Larry Flynt is offering “up to $10 million” to anyone who produces information that leads to President Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. He lays out the offer in a full-page ad in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post. Read More: Russian Operatives Claim To Have Compromising Information On Donald Trump During last year’s presidential campaign, Flynt […]...
- 10/14/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
As a self-proclaimed horror convert (once afraid, now slightly less afraid), I find myself constantly drawn to documentaries like Haunters: The Art Of The Scare. Why spend money to be terrified, shocked and psychologically broken? Answer: because there’s no more euphoric high than true, adrenaline-laced fear. Coming face-to-face with the reaper and “surviving” a walk through obstacle courses of graveyard designs. Filmmaker Jon Schnitzer dives into this world of “haunts” to explore why artists devote their lives Halloween, how fear has evolved, and, most importantly, the extremes that now pervert a once-safe formula.
Schnitzer’s intention with Haunters: The Are Of The Scare is to span the countless types of October houses being erected each season. There’s newlywed Donald Julson and his Nightmare on Loganberry, violator Russ McKamey and McKamey Manor, thematic-to-extremist scare actor Shar Mayer – the list rattles on. Everyone has their idea of what a good...
Schnitzer’s intention with Haunters: The Are Of The Scare is to span the countless types of October houses being erected each season. There’s newlywed Donald Julson and his Nightmare on Loganberry, violator Russ McKamey and McKamey Manor, thematic-to-extremist scare actor Shar Mayer – the list rattles on. Everyone has their idea of what a good...
- 10/6/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
He was a pioneer of the ’60s sexual revolution, a champion of civil rights and free speech, and created one of the most popular magazines and brand that not only became a playground for Hollywood’s biggest stars, but also changed publishing and pop culture forever.
So it’s fitting that in the wake of the news of Hugh Hefner‘s death, everyone from celebrities to politicians to former Playboy cover models would take to social media to express their condolences and honor Hefner’s legacy.
There were those who admired him and enjoyed time at his infamous Playboy mansion,...
So it’s fitting that in the wake of the news of Hugh Hefner‘s death, everyone from celebrities to politicians to former Playboy cover models would take to social media to express their condolences and honor Hefner’s legacy.
There were those who admired him and enjoyed time at his infamous Playboy mansion,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi and Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
The Mini Team. Floyd Mayweather's tiny doppelganger has signed his contract and will go toe-to-toe with "Irishman Mini McGregor" ... and it's all thanks to Larry Flynt. The night before the real Floyd and Conor face off in Vegas, these two guys will step in the ring at the Hustler Club just down the way. We're told it will be a 3 round fight for the very, very lightweight championship of the world. You may remember...
- 7/29/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
John Oliver and Larry Flynt have at least one thing in common: Both have been sued for using over-the-top jokes to hurt the feelings of powerful men. Oliver was sued last week by Murray Energy CEO Robert E. Murray for what Murray called “vile and baseless” “attempts at humor.” Murray alleges that the “Last Week Tonight” host caused him “severe emotional distress” by enlisting a staffer to dress as a giant squirrel on his set and say “Eat s—, Bob” and “Kiss my ass, Bob.” HBO lawyers will likely rely on Flynt’s court victory to win a quick dismissal of the Murray lawsuit,...
- 6/27/2017
- by Susan Seager
- The Wrap
Simon Brew Sep 2, 2016
Premiere magazine highlighted 10 movie executives to watch in 1990. So what happened to them?
In its May 1990 issue, the sadly-missed Us version of Premiere magazine published an article, highlighting ten young movie executives, and suggesting that these were people with very big futures ahead of them in the industry.
Given that much is written about movie executives, without actually digging much deeper to find out who they actually are, I thought it was worth tracing what happened to these ten, and – 26 years later – whether Premiere was correct in saluting them as the future of the industry. So, er, I did...
Lance Young
Senior production VP, Paramount Pictures
Pictured in the article on an office swivel chair with some snazzy purple socks, Lance Young, Premiere wrote, had been “groomed for big things since joining Paramount at the age of 23”. He was 30 at the time the article was published, and...
Premiere magazine highlighted 10 movie executives to watch in 1990. So what happened to them?
In its May 1990 issue, the sadly-missed Us version of Premiere magazine published an article, highlighting ten young movie executives, and suggesting that these were people with very big futures ahead of them in the industry.
Given that much is written about movie executives, without actually digging much deeper to find out who they actually are, I thought it was worth tracing what happened to these ten, and – 26 years later – whether Premiere was correct in saluting them as the future of the industry. So, er, I did...
Lance Young
Senior production VP, Paramount Pictures
Pictured in the article on an office swivel chair with some snazzy purple socks, Lance Young, Premiere wrote, had been “groomed for big things since joining Paramount at the age of 23”. He was 30 at the time the article was published, and...
- 8/31/2016
- Den of Geek
Larry Flynt might be trying his luck in a courtroom soon. “Hustler” honcho Flynt has been slapped with a lawsuit claiming that he ripped off the name of his Gardena, California, casino. In a suit filed Tuesday in federal court in California, Isle of Capri Casinos claims that it owns numerous trademarks for Lady Luck and Lucky Lady, and uses them for casino services, slot machines, playing cards and other goods and services. Also Read: Playboy Move to Drop Naked Women Panned by Larry Flynt: Hefner Has 'Lost His Mind' Isle of Capri claims that it warned Flynt’s team against using its mark.
- 8/17/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
'Worst Movie Ever?' No way. But neither is Wayne Berwick and comic Jackie Vernon's tacky cannibalism tale a piece of art. When I say it's interesting, it's more as a study item than entertainment. Bad movie -- but a terrific restoration! Microwave Massacre Blu-ray + DVD Arrow Video 1983 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 76 min. / Street Date August 16, 2016 / 34.95 Starring Jackie Vernon, Loren Schein, Al Troupe, Claire Ginsberg, Maria Simon, Lou Ann Webber, Anna Marlowe. Cinematography Karen Grossman Makeup Effects Robert A. Burns Original Music Leif Horvath Editor Steve Nielson Written by Thomas Singer, Craig Muckler Produced by Craig Muckler, Thomas Singer Directed by Wayne Berwick
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
"Well, the only problem is, I can't make love to a woman, unless I eat her." Just as there are celebrities famous simply for being famous, there are movies that are famous for being bad. Last March I took the curiosity plunge and reviewed the notorious Manos,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
"Well, the only problem is, I can't make love to a woman, unless I eat her." Just as there are celebrities famous simply for being famous, there are movies that are famous for being bad. Last March I took the curiosity plunge and reviewed the notorious Manos,...
- 8/13/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
“If you look at the projects that Scott and I have chosen to do over the years,” says screenwriter/producer Larry Karaszewski, “whether it’s Ed Wood or Larry Flynt or Andy Kaufman or Bob Crane or Margaret Keane, these are all fairly fringe, odd….” “You think so?” interrupts Scott Alexander. “You think, Larry?” Read More: "How 'American Crime Story' Explains Our Obsession with the O.J. Simpson Trial" There’s a slight difference with "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson" (FX), though. “Odd” certainly applies more than ever with these characters; we’ll take your Tor Johnson and raise you one Kato Kaelin. But “fringe”? Not so much. The writing duo had the luxury of assuming that every real-life detail in "Ed Wood" or "Big Eyes" would come as a freshly absurd revelation to 99 percent of a mainstream audience. But the Simpson trial had a cult fandom...
- 3/6/2016
- by Chris Willman
- Thompson on Hollywood
Gwyneth Paltrow and her people have unveiled what will be a spectacular building on the Sunset Strip that will house her fancy, high-end new club. Talk about a metamorphosis ... Gwyneth and her business partner, Gary Landesberg, bought Larry Flynt's Hustler sex shop, which will close at the end of the year. The building will be razed and the new, shiny, majestic one will replace it. Gwyneth and Gary plan to open the Arts Club,...
- 2/24/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
It was 2013, and FX and its longtime creative partner, Ryan Murphy, were mulling an American Horror Story spinoff that would focus on true crime. But dramatizing true events can be tricky, and they were having difficulty landing on the right story. Months rolled by, and Murphy’s The Normal Heart came and went on HBO; Murphy entered a “postpartum period,” keen to work on another challenging project. He tabled his idea of a true-crime series and asked his agents to send him any solid script that was not getting picked up. One of them was in the hands of producers Brad Simpson (World War Z) and Nina Jacobson (The Hunger Games), who had bought the rights to journalist Jeffrey Toobin’s best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson, and hired screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, co-writers of The People v. Larry Flynt, to adapt...
- 2/2/2016
- by Maria Elena Fernandez
- Vulture
Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are getting the chance to star in a brand new Kardashian sex tape ... with an earning potential of 7 figures. TMZ obtained the letter sent from Hustler honcho, Larry Flynt, to Rob and Blac -- asking them to consider shooting a video for the company's celebrity sex tape division. Flynt says Hustler is looking to be a major player in celebrity porn ... and thinks R&B's fan base will benefit all involved.
- 1/31/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Read More: Watch: Things Get 'Sticky' in Exclusive Trailer for Nsfw Masturbation Doc Whether sex talk makes you happy or uncomfortable, filmmaker Nicholas Tana is bringing a whole lot of it to his new documentary "Sticky: A (Self) Love Story," which wipes clean generations of misconceptions and general social embarrassments regarding masturbation. The film covers topics from multiple perspectives, grabbing interviews with several political activists, porn stars, sexologists, priests and rabbis to uncover the history of masturbation in the public eye. Subjects include Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler, porn star Nina Hartley and comedian Jeanne Garofalo. "Making this movie was a real challenge; it took nearly a decade... It’s a touchy subject that affects us all, especially with technology blurring the lines between what is sex and what is masturbation," Tana told Indiewire in an official statement. "As a filmmaker, I feel as if most documentaries these...
- 1/26/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Larry Flynt wants to buy the Playboy Mansion, but as part of the deal he wants to make Hugh Hefner his bitch. Sources connected to Flynt tell TMZ, the Hustler honcho believes the Mansion is only worth $40 million -- far short of the $200 million asking price. But Flynt says he understands the property is iconic so he's willing to double the amount and offer $80 mil, assuming an appraisal justifies it. Now the strings ... Flynt will...
- 1/22/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
It's a little too perfect -- Hustler honcho Larry Flynt buying the Playboy Mansion and giving his archenemy Hugh Hefner the boot -- but it's reportedly exactly what could happen. Flynt's Hustler execs want to make an offer on the mansion according to the NY Daily News -- but he wants Hef out of place. As TMZ first reported ... the mansion is on the market for $200 million, and there's a clause in the sale that...
- 1/21/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_d3qn7855"]] Larry Flynt has 2 reasons for not wanting to buy the newly listed Playboy Mansion -- no sloppy seconds and no sticky sheets. We talked with the Hustler honcho -- and Hugh Hefner's longtime nemesis -- outside Craig's in West Hollywood, and it's clear he won't be dropping $200 mil on Hef's pad ... partly because he's looking for something more original. Larry's also got beef with the fact Hef gets to stay in the mansion until...
- 1/15/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"High-Rise"The genre thriller from Ben Wheatley will be distributed stateside by Magnet Releasing in 2016. Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Jeremy Irons and Elisabeth Moss star. Click here for more info. "A Bigger Splash""I Am Love" director Luca Guadagnino is back with this star-studded drama, led by Tilda Swinton as an aging rock star whose life is rattled by the appearance of an old friend. The film hits U.S. theaters on May 13. Click here for more info. "The Get Down"Baz Luhrmann comes to television with this Netflix original series, which appears to be a wild, passionate and ambitious blend of music, romance and rebellious stands against systemic adversity. The show debuts sometime this year on the streaming platform. Click here for more info. "Sticky"The masturbation documentary includes interviews with Larry Flynt and Janeane Garofalo and wishes to wipe clean the generations of misconceptions...
- 1/8/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Read More: Why Gaspar Noé Directed on Cocaine, Masturbated in His Own Film and Shot a Live Birth As our culture steadily progresses in becoming a more sexually-accepting society, one documentary dares to have the courage to take on one of the last remaining taboos: good-ole' masturbation. "Sticky: A (Self) Love Story," directed by Nicholas Tana, wishes to wipe clean the generations of misconceptions (hairy palms, blindness, etc.) and the general social embarrassment regarding the subject, instead revealing the act to be mankind's greatest dirty little secret. The film covers topics from multiple prospectives, grabbing interviews with several political activists, porn stars, sexologists, priests and rabbis. Subjects include Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler, and comedian Jeanne Garofalo. Describing his work, Tana notes, "Making this movie was a real challenge; it took nearly a decade... It’s a touchy subject that affects us...
- 1/7/2016
- by Mike Lown
- Indiewire
The upcoming TV anthology "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" revisits one of America's biggest cases and pieces of pop culture phenomena of the last 25 years. Created by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the FX series is poised to be one of 2016's most anticipated projects -- because, as writers of films like "The People V. Larry Flynt," the pair has serious experience in dramatizing highly publicized cases. The show looks past what the public eyes could see during the O.J. Simpson trial, looking into the dark times of the trial's key players. Each character is filled with conflict and competition as they're forced to confront their newfound fame. Led by Cuba Gooding Jr., the all-star cast ranges from John Travolta to Sarah Paulson to David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian. Watch the latest clip above -- "American Crime Story" premieres February 2, 2016 on FX. Read More: Watch: Cuba.
- 12/17/2015
- by Jeremy Berkowitz
- Indiewire
Viewers of Sunday's broadcast of the NFL game between the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins were treated to the first trailer for 20th Century Fox's Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to Will Smith's 1996 flick. { "nid": 848204, "type": "news", "title": "Larry Flynt Offers Up to $1M for Information on Ben Carson Adviser", "path": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/larry-flynt-offers-up-1-848204", "relative-path": "/news/larry-flynt-offers-up-1-848204" } The film takes place 20 years after the first extraterrestrial invasion fought by Smith and Jeff Goldblum. After the invention of a global defense system, a scene in the
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- 12/13/2015
- by Arlene Washington
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In an open letter set to be published Monday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Larry Flynt is offering "between $50,000 and $1 million" to anyone with proof that a top adviser to Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is guilty of sexual harassment. "Dr. Carson, Heal Thyself!" the Hustler publisher begins in the paid ad, then goes on to describe a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit against Armstrong Williams, a conservative radio personality whom Carson has described as being part of a "package deal" should he be elected president. "Armstrong Williams, your brother in faith and the person you say
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- 12/13/2015
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pornographer Larry Flynt is a tough nut to bust — but “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles'” James believes he has the right buyer for Hustler’s iconic Sunset Strip property. Tension becomes high on Wednesday’s episode when James finds himself across the table from Flynt himself, who has a few concerns about the potential deal. James isn’t without his own concerns — he wants an agreement in place to avoid going from buyer to bargaining chip. Also on the “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” episode, Josh Altman gets caught in a vulnerable position when an offer comes in on Carman Crest at an inopportune time.
- 11/11/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
During post-game coverage of Sunday’s game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills, the NFL Network conducted a locker room interview the Bengals’ Adam Jones as several teammates stood behind him completely naked. Albert Breer conducted the interview, which was your routine Q&A after a game, in the middle of the Bengals’ locker room. “Wow, what an interview,” one of the show host’s said while giggling when the camera cut away from the locker room. Also Read: Playboy Move to Drop Naked Women Panned by Larry Flynt: Hefner Has 'Lost His Mind' “Yeah, that was interesting,...
- 10/19/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt thinks rival Playboy’s move from lewd to prude is nuts. “How do you take the most important feature in your magazine and drop it?” Flynt pondered Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” He also suggested that Playboy boss Hugh Hefner is losing it. “You know, Hefner is 99. I knew he was getting old but I didn’t know he lost his mind,” Flynt told host Brian Stelter. (For the record, Hefner is actually 89.) Also Read: What the Hef? Playboy Magazine to Abandon Full Nudity As TheWrap previously reported, Playboy’s parent company announced last week that the publication will no.
- 10/18/2015
- by Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
[[tmz:video id="0_b8kmccdj"]] Larry Flynt thinks Hugh Hefner has flipped his lid by 86'ing nudies from Playboy. The Hustler honcho was leaving Craig's Thursday night when he scoffed at Hef, suggesting his arch rival is suffering from some sort of mental infirmity. Larry also had harsh words for the Democrats. It's hilarious. Read more...
- 10/16/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
“I like to win. This case is a loser.”
So declares flamboyant defense attorney Johnny Cochran (played by Courtney B. Vance) in FX’s sparse but intriguing first teaser trailer for American Crime Story: The People v. Oj Simpson.
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Three other key players in the star-studded cast can be heard over ominous piano music and against stark black-and-white typeface: Cuba Gooding Jr. (as Simpson), Sarah Paulson (as prosecutor Marcia Clark) and John Travolta (as Robert Shapiro).
It’s Clark’s proclamation, though, that will most certainly come back to...
So declares flamboyant defense attorney Johnny Cochran (played by Courtney B. Vance) in FX’s sparse but intriguing first teaser trailer for American Crime Story: The People v. Oj Simpson.
RelatedFall TV Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop and Photos on 44 Returning Favorites!
Three other key players in the star-studded cast can be heard over ominous piano music and against stark black-and-white typeface: Cuba Gooding Jr. (as Simpson), Sarah Paulson (as prosecutor Marcia Clark) and John Travolta (as Robert Shapiro).
It’s Clark’s proclamation, though, that will most certainly come back to...
- 9/17/2015
- TVLine.com
Vivid Entertainment honcho Steve Hirsch thinks a Kylie Jenner sex tape could outperform her big sister's tape at the box office. Steve says he's undaunted by Larry Flynt, who pooh-poohed Vivid's $10 million offer to Kylie, saying she was worth $2 mil max. Steve threw plenty of shade on Larry, saying he's out of touch. As for Kylie, Steve says he knows whereof he speaks, because he's the brains behind the Kim K sex tape video, which...
- 8/21/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Kylie Jenner should snatch the $10 million to do a sex tape and never look back ... because no less a XXX authority than Larry Flynt Jr. says that's way more than she's worth on the open porn market. The Hustler king was at Craig's Thursday night ... and we asked about the offer Vivid Entertainment has on the table for the 18-year-old to go all "Kim K. Superstar." Larry laughs off the ass-tronomical figure, but does admit...
- 8/21/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
When it comes to exerting political leverage during a presidential race, adult entertainers and producers have traditionally found themselves in an awkward position: Their money is perhaps the only not welcomed in Washington D.C. Even a tepid endorsement from the porn industry is largely considered a political kiss of death, but that didn’t stop TheWrap from exploring which 2016 candidates are being backed by prominent adult industry figures. “I’m endorsing Hillary Clinton,” Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt told TheWrap during an interview two weeks ago. “If she wins, she’ll be able to appoint two or three judges to the Supreme Court,...
- 8/18/2015
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Hillary Clinton has raised $47.5 million to date toward her presidential bid, according to her campaign’s first finance report, filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. Much of the haul came from Hollywood, with Barbra Streisand, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Reese Witherspoon, Tobey Maguire, HBO’s Michael Lombardo and husband Sonny Ward, Comcast executive VP David L. Cohen and wife Rhonda, Newsweb Corp. chairman Fred Eychaner, Creative Artists Agency’s (CAA) Michael Kives and Haim and Cheryl Saban all donating. Others included Magic Johnson, Dakota Fanning, Ari Emanuel, Marcy Carsey, Chris Meledandri, Adam Shankman, Gail Berman, Amy Ziering and Larry Flynt.
- 7/16/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Larry Flynt ignored the three L's of real estate by selling his Hustler store building to Gwyneth Paltrow ... because he just couldn't turn down the boatload of cash on the table. Flynt was leaving Mr. Chow when our photog asked about his decision to sell the landmark Sunset Strip space. The Hustler king admitted ... he's moving his store to a less desirable location -- Hollywood and Highland area -- but at point, everyone has a price.
- 4/7/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Gwyneth Paltrow is getting into the kinky sex biz, but not for long ... we've learned she's very quietly snatched up the Hustler Hollywood store which she'll bulldoze and then build a fancy schmancy private club. It's a stunning development on the Sunset Strip, because Hustler has been a landmark for years. Our real estate sources say Gwynnie and business partner Gary Landesberg scored the property from porn lord Larry Flynt. Their plan is to build...
- 4/5/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Larry Flynt is not an idiot ... so when he suggests there are dark forces at work behind the scenes of the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight -- it's worth a listen. The Hustler mogul was leaving The Palm restaurant in Beverly Hills last night ... when he gave us a very interesting answer to the whole "Who ya got?" question. Check out the video ... Flynt says he thinks Mayweather should win the fight, but he's betting on Pacquiao -- and why?...
- 4/3/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
David Cronenberg's scabrous new nightmare "Maps to the Stars" is a pitch-black ghost story writhing in the filth of writer Bruce Wagner's Hollywood rock-bottom, a demimonde of deluded pill-swilling actresses, schizophrenic burn victims, incest families and drug-addicted child stars. In other words, home sweet home for the Canadian director of films like "Crash," "Dead Ringers," "Naked Lunch," "A History of Violence" and "Videodrome." His first film ever to be shot in the United States—at least in part—"Maps to the Stars" landed in Cronenberg's lap a decade ago when his friend Wagner gave it to him without any intention of a film being made. Finally, in 2015, it's here in all its messy, horrifying, grand guignol glory. Author of nine books between 1991 and 2014, Wagner grew up on the fringes of Hollywood, working at bookstores, as a limo driver for celebrities from Orson Welles to Larry Flynt and as an.
- 2/27/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
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