Seth MacFarlane is the talented creator of the animated comedy, “Family Guy”. When it first went on the air as an anchor for the fledgling Fox Network, it was immediately clear that this was not “Simpsons”. Though his show was taken off the air for lack of viewer support, it was also saved by reruns [...]

John Turturro had a very small role in Woody Allen’s movie, “Hannah and Her Sisters”. Given the huge list of actors who seem truly neurotic that have been in Woody’s films, it’s surprising they hadn’t worked together with some regularity. The two are set to work together again, but this time, it’s Turturro who wrote [...]

The appeal of the Golden Globes and to a lesser extent, the Red Carpet ceremony is to see the big stars behaving as you’re not used to seeing them….like ordinary people. As fantastic an actress as Meryl Streep may be, there’s a hard to define pleasure in seeing her laugh, mingle and behave like the [...]

In the past, DailyHelping has weighed in on the Oscar, but never followed up to crow or eat crow. Today, we’ll stray from the norm…and see how we did. Best Picture went to The Artist. This felt like a foregone conclusion, but the appeal of this movie is confounding. Perhaps the Academy wanted to celebrate [...]

                Best Picture The Artist  (We just don’t understand the appeal. Old story, boringly conveyed. ) The Descendants  (Clooney did better elsewhere) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Met anyone who liked this? We neither) The Help (Possible surprise winner here) Hugo ( Let Nickelodeon give it an award) [...]

Kate Upton is everywhere, and that’s not a bad thing. Recently picked to be the cover model for Sports Illustrated coveted swimsuit edition, the young woman is definitely not afraid of over-exposure. She’s the featured “Woman We Love” in this month’s Esquire magazine and in major motion pictures like the Farrelly Brother’s reprise of The [...]

Are “prequels” any better than “sequels” or “re-boots”? In the right hands, they can be very entertaining, providing compelling back stories for characters we thought we knew well. It can be said that some of the more compelling aspects of the first Godfather film were those scenes with Robert DeNiro playing a younger Vito Corleone. [...]

The adult industry has been the subject of a number of mainstream films, some of which were pretty good (“Boogie Nights”) but few, outside of documentaries have delved as intimately as this new independent film called “Cherry”. Written by adult star Lorelei Lee and edgy author Stephen Elliot, (who also directs)”Cherry” is thick with gritty [...]

The Academy Award nominations are expected to be released tomorrow (Tuesday the 24th) and so rather than wait for the inevitable disappointments and obvious bit of pandering…DailyHelping brings you it’s anticipated nominees with a few comments about what or who should win. Best Picture “The Artist” (It’s hard to understand why this is so popular!) [...]