Category: Hollywood

Hollywood’s Leftist Political Agenda Can Destroy Creative Spirit: Filmmakers

The leftist political agenda that prevails in Hollywood not only damages artists’ values and spirituality but also stifles their creativity, filmmakers Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman said. People tend to believe that Hollywood is ruled by money but in fact “political correctness and leftism is what rules Hollywood,” Konzelman told The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads.” The…


The Hollywood Conservative

Commentary Yes, there are a few of us out here—conservative filmmakers, a term that’s not only an oxymoron these days, but also anathema to most of our colleagues. Which begs the question: Why do we do what we do? After all, we know how to make money in this business, we know how to write,…


Video: Hollywood’s Agenda and the New Hollywood Movement—Interview With Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman

While Hollywood has been dealing with pushback from its political agendas and reeling from the financial impact of the virus lockdowns, a new Hollywood has been quietly growing from independent filmmakers. To learn more about this, we sat down for an interview with filmmakers Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman, of “God’s Not Dead” and “Unplanned.”…


In Praise of Womanhood: A Look at Hollywood, Wives, and Mothers

A friend recently contacted me about the movie “Birds of Prey.” She’d read a review of the movie in The Epoch Times and was as appalled as the reviewer by the violence of a movie aimed at a young female audience. My friend wrote of older Hollywood films: “If a woman had to be strong…


Clean Movies Make More Money, Not Less—Movieguide CEO Robert Baehr

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sat down with Robert Baehr, the CEO of Movieguide, which promotes faith, family, and traditional values in the entertainment industry. American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube, Rumble, Youmaker, and The Epoch Times website. It also airs on cable on NTD America. Find out…


Hollywood Executive: From ‘Feeding the Dragon’ to Waking People Up

Chris Fenton, long-time Hollywood executive and author of the book “Feeding the Dragon,” said on Tuesday that Hollywood has been making the Chinese communist regime so strong that it’s now out of control. “It wasn’t until many years later that I realized, not only were we feeding the dragon, which is China, too much, but we…


China in Focus (March 12): Chinese Film Market Drives Hollywood Censorship

China steps up as the world’s biggest feature film market. It’s giving Hollywood even more incentive to comply with Beijing’s censorship. A New Yorker recounts being put under lockdown in Shanghai. Living in isolation for two months once drove him to a dangerous point. A top U.S. military commander fears China is speeding up plans…


George Clooney, Julia Roberts Reunite to Film in Australia

Oscar winners Julia Roberts and George Clooney will be filming in Queensland later this year thanks to a federal arts program. The romantic comedy, Ticket to Paradise has attracted a $6.4 million grant under the Location Incentive Program and is expected to create more than 270 jobs for the local cast and crew. Directed by…


Kevin Sorbo on Facebook Ban, Conservatism in Hollywood: ‘Keep Fighting the Good Fight’

There are too many Americans afraid of being honest with themselves and speaking up about conservative ideas, actor and filmmaker Kevin Sorbo said Friday. “I’m kind of waking up to it now and finding out that you can’t say everything because it will be censored,” Sorbo told The Epoch Times’ Joshua Philipp at CPAC in Florida….


Man Shot in Hollywood, French Bulldogs Owned by Lady Gaga Stolen

HOLLYWOOD—A search was under way Feb. 25 for the assailants who shot a dog-walker in Hollywood and made off with two French bulldogs owned by pop star Lady Gaga, who is offering a reward for the return of the animals. The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. Feb. 24 in the 1500 block of North Sierra…