Archives for the 'Hollywood' Category

Chickengreen

Published on 3 Jun 2008 at 8:41 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, warmglob.

Hollywood stars talk the talk, but do they walk the walk? Fox: 

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Adieu, Hedley

Published on 29 May 2008 at 10:27 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under Hollywood.

 
Harvey Korman won’t be down to breakfast. You’ll remember him from the Carol Burnett Show. But who could forget him in Blazing Saddles?
A vid tribute:
Meeting with the Governor
Taggart, take this down.
Pledge to Hedley

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The Year … 2013

Published on 16 May 2008 at 9:36 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, McCain, moronocy.

    
I thought this AP article was a little over the top, with its description of a “mystical” speech and its report that McCain “peered through a crystal ball to 2013.” Then I saw this at the McCain site, with the melodramatic voiceover.  

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Feeling Gaia’s Pain

Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 11:09 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, moronocy.

Big h/t to Vodkapundit for a stellar exemplar of Hollywoodiocy. Unclear if this is a joke, but it appears to be serious. Access Hollywood: Harrison Ford waxes his chest hair to demonstrate the pain of deforestation. 

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Sometimes the Internet stinks…

Published on 23 Apr 2008 at 4:19 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Hollywood, blogs, culture.

… And sometimes it shines.
Finding Victor Davis Hanson, Frank Miller and Bill Whittle discussing actors and the movie industry in the same thread.
Now I could definitely find worse ways to start the day.
(Scroll down the comments for Miller and Whittle)
UPDATE:
Oh and, if by any chance Frank Miller was to read this: please Sir, drop the [...]

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Marilyn Flick

Published on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:15 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under Hollywood, sex.

 
Brings $1.5 million, but the public will never see this bit of history.* We’re going straight to Actress Archives for this one: 

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Charlton Heston

Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 11:43 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, guns, media.

Won’t be down for manna. LA Times proclaims larger-than-lifeness, cites gun advocacy and conservative darling status like its something to be apologetic about.  

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Star Power

Published on 17 Mar 2008 at 9:53 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Boston, Hollywood, pols.

Less than stellar. Ignorance is bliss for Obamite fundraiser Affleck. Boston Herald’s Inside Track:  

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Batte de Lune*

Published on 4 Mar 2008 at 12:42 am. 9 Comments.
Filed under France, Hollywood.

Cotillard découvre que les choses sont pas aussi existentielles aux Etats-Unis.**  

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$$$ = Honey

Published on 4 Mar 2008 at 12:35 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, do-goodism.

Scarlett Johansson to date some rich guy.

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Epic in the Works

Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:30 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, pols.

Obama on his favorite Hollywood epics and plans for the Obama story. The ears will play a key role. 

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Oscars

Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:33 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Hollywood.

Saved by the end of the writers’ strike. Thank God. Vodkapundit’s essential liveblogging of Hollywood’s annual night out.

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Let’s Dispense With The Sex First

Published on 19 Feb 2008 at 8:08 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, religion, sex.

Because there’s going to be a lot of it. Florida pastor counsels the devout to do it daily as a counter-divorce measure. Boston Herald.  

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Clinton-Cruise Connection

Published on 2 Feb 2008 at 10:46 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Clintons, Hollywood, pols.

Must-view YouTube, via Driscoll.

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Pop Tart Needs Someone Who Cares

Published on 1 Feb 2008 at 7:35 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, moms and dads.

Say the shrinks, as Brits is civilly committed. Boston Herald:  

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My Name Is Bond

Published on 26 Jan 2008 at 10:58 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood.

Jean-Paul Bond. Producers promise a navelgazer with “Quantum of Solace.” Boston Herald’s James Verniere mulls the deeper meaning of it all:

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Love for Obama

Published on 26 Jan 2008 at 10:35 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Hollywood, celeb, pols.

Inspired by visit to troops whose sacrifices Obama would like to waste? I don’t get it, but Scarlett Johansson is an actress, and they are hired to read scripts convincingly, not write them. 

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Alas, Poor Alec

Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 10:22 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood.

It must be the feeling of being surrounded by empty craniums:  

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Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been

Published on 16 Nov 2007 at 1:00 pm. 11 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, pols.

… a Republican?   

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LFL LOL

Published on 12 Nov 2007 at 8:12 am. 8 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood.

Hollywood anti-war Bush-bash surge tanks at the box office.  UK Guardian: Lions for Lambs turns out to be a turkey. Spanked by a B, I mean Bee Movie, a gangster’s flick and some holiday schlock.  

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Important Film News

Published on 10 Nov 2007 at 8:13 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood.

From Charlie Foxtrot.  He’s serving up ironic pancakes,* and wondering WTF, Bruce Willis and Oliver Stone on My Lai?  

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Hollywood at War

Published on 30 Sep 2007 at 9:48 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, Iraq, military.

Thank God the foreign policy geniuses of Hollywood aren’t in charge of national security. The first line of defense would be a psych ward. Crit at PJM on Hollywood’s 1-yard stare.
Speaking of psych wards, has Dr. Sanity got a straightjacket for you!

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Cutting Room Floor

Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 9:39 am. 17 Comments.
Filed under Bush, Hollywood.

Tigerhawk informs us Robert Redford is planning a blockbuster on Richard Clarke’s “Against All Enemies,” and wonders what manner of Gore won’t be included in this tragic epic of Bush lied people died.*    
Speaking of the Gore that was and the Gore that is, Driscoll proposes a compromise. 
* Help Bob! Alternate titles encouraged in comments. 

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