Have to stay afloat of what's going on in the country from day to day.
As a sports fan, of course, they have all you need to know about games and your favorite athletes.
A site that I helped develop to hear new talent and give up-and-comers a chance to shine amongst their peers.
It's the first one that pops up on my computer, and it's pretty informative, humorous and not too mean.
This one's mean, but funny-mean, and so well written. My fave.
[Nikki Finke is] too mean to my friends. Won't print every response (mine, defending them with proof she is wrong). But, she's ninety percent accurate, and for a hypersensitive gal, she's forgiving if your passion gets the best of you and your personal attacks on her cross the line.
Because of [Nikki Finke's] ability to break industry news earlier than everyone else.
Good place to gauge fanboy reaction to new genre projects.
Great aggregate site for all things political.
This is a killer site dedicated to the old-school art of being a man. Not only did I learn how to carve a turkey, but I also tied my first Windsor knot recently.
I started reading this for coverage of the WGA strike, but everything is written with such a snarky attitude, it's hard to resist.
This is a great and rather foul site that can be really helpful in finding words you'd never find in Webster's.
Great way to keep up with real estate, the "sky is falling" trolls and learn a lot about neighborhoods and architecture in and around L.A.
Aside from being the founder, I think it is a great way to communicate with undiscovered writers and filmmakers and view their talent.
Along with Twitter, it allows me to keep up on others' happenings, post my own for others to keep up on me and socialize with people that I would never meet otherwise.
Although I'm not quite sure I'm ready to describe my allegiance to any of them as religious, my trinity includes:
Because it's not pretending to be something that it isn't.
Because it is pretending to be something that it is isn't.
Because I'm pretty sure The Huffington Post and The Onion qualify.
Best website on earth.
Great podcasts and archived musical offerings.
Have to keep apprised of all things Tinseltown.
Awesome news aggregation, fantastic columns, an A+ iPhone app, and Tina Brown. Is it any wonder that the first thing I do every morning is visit the Beast?
Once upon a time there was Walter Winchell; today there's Nikki Finke, proving once again that all rumors are true. If you want to know what's going on in the entertainment industry (or if you just want to see if you're still employed), stay tuned to Deadline Hollywood.
Because I am a masochist deeply involved in a codependent relationship. I hate the Mets, but I need to know what's going on with them every single day. How come? I'm like that joke Woody Allen tells at the beginning of Annie Hall — I need the eggs.
Useful information I couldn't live without.
Because it is funny, and the people on there make me laugh. The New York Times called it the most influential makeup site on the Web. Plus, it gives me insight into women's minds and provides endless topics of conversation.
Because I like to trade.
Updating and maintaining the band's website.
To check my email.
Because I love the amazing people [here] who speak and share new ideas.
It's great for both industry insiders and movie-lovers. Information ranges from box-office numbers, to production details and, of course, goofs (who can say no to those nuggets?).
It's my quick one-stop for all the daily news coming out of the Far East. Like Europe, countries in Asia are comprised of many ethnicities and languages (Mandarin, Thai, Tagalog, Malay, Tamil, Japanese, etc.), but this covers all the territories in English.
I love the wide-ranging topics — from biology, to technology, to film and literature — and the first-hand accounts just make them that much more compelling. The fact that these are not plugs for books or music CDs helps too.
Where I check periodically throughout the day to get [some] of my "inside of Hollywood" information.
Because I like to see all of the newest electronics and software that is coming to the marketplace.
The place where I feel like I can find current stories and articles that thousands of other people find interesting.
For the most outrageous breaking industry news and personal smackdowns.
For weekly film box-office projections and totals.
For breaking world news and reports.
This is a must in order to stay on top of breaking news within the industry.
Because life doesn't just revolve around Hollywood.
Some of the most hilarious material around today.
Because I have to see box scores before I go to sleep.
I like to read commentaries and then look at the insanity of responses in the comment segment.
Nytimes.com (Arts section)
I like to know what's happening in my hometown — especially in the theatre world.
A great behind-the-scenes site for true movie lovers. It's unpretentious and smartly done — with so many interesting writers, actors, directors and other people talking simply but expertly about their jobs.
It's the only part of The Hollywood Reporter that I read. I love Roger Friedman's writing. It reminds me of the older, more gentle days of gossip columnists; he's invariably positive about things in our business. And on the rare occasions when he's not, he's accurate and lacks a malice found in his peers' columns.
He's the most consistently funny late-night talk show host, and he's only getting better. So quick and talented, great with guests and clearly loves what he's doing. He's going to be on for years and years.
Has the scoop first.
Their predictions and analysis keep me up-to-date on films. Box office and DVD performance.
They provide an across-the-board quick view of the news as it unfolds.
Best news source and all-encompassing information.
Not really an entertainment website. Central focus is business, but there are entertainment stories relating to key players in the industry (e.g., Steve Jobs, Seth MacFarlane).
Health and lifestyle information. Only negative is the product push, but useful information outweighs the irritation.
For the politics.
For the worldview and East Coast slant.
To stay current on the biz.
David Poland gives context to the headlines and hyperbole you see on other entertainment news sites. The sky isn't falling, but it's not crystal-blue either.
John Gruber's Mac and technology site is just geeky enough. Except for the baseball stories, I read every word.
Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
One of the few political blogs I've kept reading after the election. Even when I disagree with it, the consistency of voice is reassuring.
Love the scoops, Nikki's insider reporting and the reader comments.
Love the links to columnists across the spectrum, from Maureen Dowd to Ann Coulter, Frank Rich to Pat Buchanan.
Need my sports fix. Good columnists, too.
Overall, these [type of] sites are feeling more and more like press release dump sites but they're still vital for news.
Love it or hate it, you gotta read it.
A private "writer's only" message board
It's "invite only" for writers who are produced and working, and has turned into the best place to get to know other writers, share war stories and advice, and be entertained by the best writers in the business.
I like to get my up-to-the-minute slamming of retarded moguls and how much the biz has fallen apart. Oh, and it's fun to see what the latest excuse is for her late or delayed posts.
I like to get my up-to-the-minute movie reviews, theatre reviews, upcoming concerts and adult entertainment personals (both in calls and out calls).
I like to get my once-a-week insight into how other people's movies are going to do at the box office, and see how many millions the studios are making while they try to lower the pay quotes of midlevel writers.
As a herbivore, I would be lost without visiting this blog daily. Keeps me up-to-date on the latest and greatest vegan food in Los Angeles, London and New York. —AK
Loaded with news, commentary and links galore, Jim Romenesko's Media News is a not-to-be-missed destination for anyone interested in print and broadcast journalism. —JM
Daytrotter.com — You could spend all day getting lost in this site's bounty of session downloads, videos, reviews and links. —BB
Where I go every day to build my virtual portfolio, which has just passed two billion! I feel just like Donald Trump...well, except for the billions, exorbitant lifestyle and smokin' hot wife. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go check to see if my food stamps have arrived. —BYR
I want to stay current on deals being made before I get into the office and my phone starts ringing.
For stories not reported in the trades, or for faster posting.
For real news, so that I'm not a complete moron about what's going on in the rest of the world.
Because [Nikki Finke] knows what is going on before everyone else.
Mediaweek.com/mw/community/programming-insider/newsletters/index.jsp
I like [Marc Berman's] evaluation of the TV ratings.
I am looking for a house with a pool, and this site has the most comprehensive information.
For all my music news and daily record reviews/new music videos. This has been the first website I read every morning since 1999. It keeps me in the loop on cutting-edge culture outside of my immediate area…and I'm a music junkie.
For all of my geek movie reviews and news (I've been checking this each morning since 2002), it's a great source for reviews on early cuts and preview screenings of films — and I always read the talkbacks to see how the geek community is responding to different properties and how they're being marketed out there.
Every morning, for the past three years, for all my industry gossip—though I can't stand the reader comments. They're pretty lame.
Sorry, don't visit entertainment sites. They are designed to hurt you. And they are full of news of other happier people. They all might as well be titled "People Who Are Doing Better Than You Dot Com." Other than that, the nytimes.com, the Huffingtonpost.com — oh, and I'm ALWAYS on Netflix.com watching streaming movies when I should be writing...
Nice to track the performance of films, in particular those I've read and/or seen. Helps shore up my commercial judgment as I assess material.
Good political overview. Leans left, which is fine by me. Surprising number of industry contributors.
Robert Scheer's harder-hitting political site.
I'm obsessed with college basketball recruiting.
I don't love it, but it's a way to connect to info before it makes the trades.
Lefty news, but it covers a wide range of topics.
I'm always on my computer, it seems. My desktop, laptop and mostly, these days, traveling with Fantastic Mr. Fox, and my trusted iPhone. I check Facebook, nytimes.com and Twitter apps on my phone among the other thirty apps throughout the day. But at the moment, these three are what I'm checking:
Helps keep me in touch with friends and family visually, even if we are separated by thousands of miles.
I use Twitter as a news feed. I follow about 100 news sources and individual bloggers. I receive breaking news on Twitter before I would at any other source. I like to be the first to know.
I follow Harry Knowles (AICN) religiously. I meet up with him every year at the Austin Film Festival. His site is the Twitter of the entertainment industry with movie, comic book, TV reviews and a little gossip and rumor thrown in for good measure.
Of course…for bios and films that are in the works.
We use this to raise awareness about conscious issues, particularly animal welfare, and to stay connected with others.
We also use this to raise awareness, although we use both Facebook and Twitter as entertainment as well, since both are marvelous ways to promote a film.
I'm always interested in how weekend movies do and how the audience responds. A lot of times, the critics are on the opposite end of what the people like. It's good to get a gauge of the trends, and box office is a good indicator.
Gives up-to-date news on what projects are going. Also has a good flow of the positive things that are happening in our business.
Good source of news about both pop culture and the world.
I find them to be pretty accurate in terms of information on projects, and add detail to information we are already tracking internally. A great source of info when used correctly.
Although I am more moderate than conservative, there is no better clearing house of news than Drudge. Although their headlines are sensationalist, I find this page much easier to navigate than the new CNN page (which is awful), and some of the other news sites. It's also good to see how one side views the issue as opposed to the other.
Love this, since it gives me an idea of what else is out there, in terms of other material. Also, good to see what is selling and what is not. Although some of the info (in particular the Scoggins Report) is inaccurate, I understand the purpose, and it is a good supplementary site to all of the information that flies through email on a daily basis.
It's the first site I log in to each day, not only to read Nikki's scoop, but also to know what Hollywood will be talking about around the water cooler that day or at cocktail parties that night.
It's essential in my business to always keep track of the events of the world, stay current, educated, informed, so as not to be caught off guard in a conversation with a client, exec or producer.
Always need to get my daily sports fix!
To tell you the truth, I do not visit entertainment sites. The five stories selection for "Movies" I have programmed within my Google and Yahoo news, along with "Science" and "Technology" and "Colombia," is enough along with:
Which I do visit every day.
A wonderful site to find out what is happening inside Iran from the point of view of a very sensitive, extremely well informed, intelligent young man.
Just to see if my prayers have been answered and I'm not mentioned anywhere on the page.
Just because it's the best way for me to get most of the news in thirty seconds or less.
Just to see if my prayers have been answered and I'm not featured in any videos on the site.
Which three websites do you visit each day? Let us know your picks here Comments and don't forget to include at least one entertainment site.