The DailyHelping prides itself on avoiding negative content. The internet is awash in gossip, innuendo and paparazzi-type photos showing celebrities at their worst.  Though the DailyHelping has a healthy appetite for the absurd, crude and pornographic,  certain standards must still prevail. Case in point, Charlie Sheen. Though more a fan of his work in Platoon, [...]

The DailyHelping has accepted responsibility for it’s failure to comment on FX’s hit new series, “Justified”.  Well, it was new back last Spring.  Now entering it’s sophomore season, the DVD’s for the first season are  available.  This is an excellent chance to catch up with what may be the most satisfying hours on television. The [...]

Joel and Ethan Coan wrote their very popular film, The Big Lebowski” with actor Jeff Bridges in mind for their main character. As successful as the Coans are, with award winning hits like, “Fargo” and “No Country For Old Men”, there is little doubt that their most beloved effort is the story of an aging [...]

There’s a comedy coming to the upcoming Sundance Festival and despite it’s modest similarity to “The Hangover”, it should prove to be significantly better.  The buzz is all about “Cedar Rapids” and it’s smarter storyline and more interesting cast of comedic character actors. The most obvious similarity is that both comedies share the great Ed [...]

Emma Stone is a rising star who has a unique problem. People think she’s Lindsey Lohan. With all due respect to Ms Lohan, (who is now apparently catching heat for throwing a pretty wild party for her fellow recovering addicts at a Betty Ford satellite home), Emma Stone is a rising star who has gone [...]

This weekend marks the release of the new Yogi Bear movie.  A longtime favorite for kids of all ages, this is one of those inexpensive animated ventures that meshes live action with 3-D animation.  The advertising budget (kept under wraps) is probably higher than production costs. Posters for the movie can be found on buses, [...]

One common complaint made about X-Rated movies is that there’s little in the way of imagination or plot.  A few creative and better-financed production companies have found gold in taking familiar properties like Batman or Star Trek (which has over three parodies) and  just enough changes to avoid an obvious lawsuit.  When all is said [...]

It’s been said that the most sincere form of flattery is imitation, and so the folks at Britain’s daily tabloid The Sun took notice of the popular ad campaign by Old Spice that stars the smugly confident, Isaiah Mustafa extolling the virtues of being the “Man Who Smells Like the Man Your Man Could Smell [...]

Everyone loves Jeff Goldblum.  He has a long, lean quirky nature that is so clearly identifiable and unique that one can be described as Goldblum-like and everyone will have a sense of what is meant. It’s an “enthusiasm” that the 58 year-old star brings to everything he does from film roles to personal appearances. No [...]

After 24 months of perpetuating a weird hoax, Casey Affleck (Oceans 11 & 12, “Gone Baby Gone“)has come clean to no less than the New York Time that his recently released documentary “I’m Still Here” was a work of calculated fiction.  The very talented actor Joaquin Phoenix (“Gladiator”, “Walk the Line”)devoted two solid years to [...]