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Has the President Done It? Or Screwed the Pooch?
4 hours ago | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Here’s the puzzle: Does imminent passage of a health care bill, however sorely flawed, mean the president is a failure or a success? Ross Douthat, the former right-wing-ish blogger who, in an unlikely bit of casting, the New York Times elevated to its op-ed page this year, and who has desperately tried not to offend anyone at all—in fact, not to be heard or read at all—tried, as usual, to cover all bases in his Saturday column (the Times gives him the Saturday spot because nobody reads the paper on Saturdays). The president, said Douthat, is a committed liberal, as lefty as anybody, but a dedicated pragmatist, too, as wily in his realism as Ronald Reagan. Peggy Noonan offered some similar head scratching: Well, maybe the guy knows what he’s doing. These are treading-water columns. Douthat and Noonan put their fingers in the air and felt nothing. »
Republican Speechwriter Peggy Noonan Says Adam Lambert "Worse" Than Bad Economy
18 December 2009 9:35 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
As if enough stupid things haven't already been said about the Adam Lambert American Music Award fiasco, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan has waded into the fray offering up some either truly stupid — or truly cynical — comments.
For those who don't know Noonan, she is a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush. She is well-respected among conservative circles and her comments aren't those of some marginalized wingnut writing for a local paper in Texas.
So what did she say about Adam in her column?
After citing a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showing 55% of Americas believe the country is on the wrong track and that 66% don't believe their children's lives will be better than their own, Noonan acknowledges that the terrible economy, the housing bubble bursting, the record numbers of uninsured, the record deficits and rising unemployment might be contributing to American unease »
- michael
Actor Richard Todd Dead At Age 90; Recreated His WWII Heroics On Film
5 December 2009 4:25 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Todd in his most acclaimed role, as star of The Dam Busters.
The distinguished British actor Richard Todd has passed away at age 90. Todd was a real-life war hero, being among the first paratroopers to enter France on the eve of the Normandy invasion. Todd later starred in two major films recreating the historic event: D-Day, The Sixth of June and The Longest Day. He also starred in the acclaimed WWII adventure The Dam Busters. His eclectic post war career included an eight year stint performing on Britain's West End in the play The Business of Murder and launching a successful dairy business. Among his other films were starring opposite Ronald Reagan in The Hasty Heart (for which he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar), The Long and the Short and the Tall (aka Jungle Fighters), Never Let Go in which he starred opposite Peter Sellers, The Hellions, Operation Crossbow »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Richard Todd obituary
4 December 2009 8:10 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Actor best known for his role in the classic second world war film The Dam Busters
Richard Todd, who has died of cancer aged 90, will be best remembered for the films in which he played a wide assortment of clean-cut British heroes. His most famous performance was as Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), although he also played Robin Hood and Sir Walter Raleigh.
As dour and stiff upper-lipped as any of the characters he portrayed in his highly successful film career in the 1940s and 1950s, he was one of the first members of the Parachute Regiment to jump on D-day – a real-life role he later echoed, albeit at a higher rank, in The Longest Day (1962), the reconstruction of the invasion of Normandy 17 years after the event (another actor posed as Todd himself).
As Gibson, Todd starred as the leader of the daring airborne mission in May »
- Dennis Barker
Should the White House Gate-Crashers Be Prosecuted?
1 December 2009 12:54 PM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
The Secret Service hasn't pressed any party-crashing charges, but Ed Rollins, a former strategist for President Ronald Reagan, is calling for the prosecution of uninvited White House guests Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner, last week. "This despicable, desperate, duplicitous couple disgraced the Secret Service and embarrassed the President in his home," he wrote. "Charge them, prosecute them, and if a D.C. jury finds them guilty, jail them." Senator Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, agrees. "If it's a federal crime to lie to a federal agent, and these people didn't tell the truth about their invitation, then they should be in some way brought to justice here, again, as an example to others not to do it," Kyl said. But prosecution hasn't been the fate of recent sophisticated intruders in the royal sphere. »
A Serious Man and the odd movie out
29 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A Serious Man may be getting rave reviews – but it's like nothing the Coens have made before. Joe Queenan on weird one-offs and the directors who make them
About halfway through the very funny, very disturbing, very ethnic new film A Serious Man, the modern-day Job who is the serious man in question climbs up on to the roof of his ghastly 1960s Minneapolis suburban home and tries to adjust the antenna to improve his TV reception. Beleaguered on all fronts – conjugally, professionally, medically – Larry Gopnik, a dorky physics professor who may be about to lose his job and is very likely to lose his family, is a bright, principled Jewish man whose children have begged him to fix the antenna so they can watch F Troop, an idiotic 1960s comedy. Many of Larry's travails unfold as songs from Jefferson Airplane's seminal 1967 LP Surrealistic Pillow play in the background. »
- Joe Queenan
Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention
19 November 2009 10:25 AM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There may not have ever been anything like it in modern American politics. Well, Ronald Reagan perhaps. But his was, at least, a 20-year phenomenon. In little more than a year, Sarah Palin has gone from zero status to significant opposition leader, contender for the leadership of her party, and one of the most extraordinary media figures in the country. It is hard to catch up with her. She moves too fast to study. Beside the expressions of incredulity and apoplexy, nobody in the media has been able to offer any satisfying rationale for her fantastic rise. Indeed, every analysis in essence explains why she should merely be a laughing stock, which, curiously, she is, even as her rise continues. To my knowledge, there are at this point only two »
Nine Men We Still Miss: AIDS Robs the World of Some of the Brightest Lights
12 November 2009 2:29 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
The original reality show broke ground with Pedro.
On November 11, 1994, the day after the final episode of The Real World: San Francisco aired, Pedro Zamora succumbed to complications from AIDS. Most of the world had only known him since June of that year, but the 22-year-old had made the most of the short time he’d spent on earth.
Born in Cuba, raised in Miami, Pedro was diagnosed as HIV+ while still in high school, and had dedicated his life to being an educator on the disease. Prior to appearing on the groundbreaking MTV reality show, he had already spoken about the disease with Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue, and before a session of Congress.
But it was by appearing on The Real World: San Francisco that he managed to have a global impact. For many young people, Pedro was the first real, out gay man they ever saw »
- lostinmiami
Matt Damon, from private campaigner to Hollywood's biggest star
9 November 2009 1:59 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A clutch of new films will cement Matt Damon's reputation as the hit of his generation. But that won't change this most reserved and politically committed of actors. Vanessa Thorpe reports
Runners taking part in the annual Miami Triathlon this time last year were surprised to spot a familiar face crossing the finishing line. It looked very like Jason Bourne, the implacable, brain-washed hitman, who was coming in with a time of just under an hour for the 6.2 mile leg. In fact Matt Damon, who plays Bourne in the trio of hit films based on Robert Ludlum's character, was competing in an effort to lose some weight. He had gained 30lbs that summer to play the part of the chubby, delusional executive at the centre of The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh's new film.
Its recent premiere in America may well prove the high-water mark of an already illustrious career. »
- Vanessa Thorpe
HBO Films Grabs the Rights to Guests of the Ayatollah Novel
4 November 2009 4:28 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Variety reports that HBO Films has picked up the novel "Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis, The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam," by Mark Bowden (he wrote the book Black Hawk Down).
Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center) will be adapting this book.
The property chronicles how 66 Americans were taken hostage on Nov. 4, 1979. Many were not freed until January 1981. The event started as an expression of student outrage over the U.S. decision that allowed the ousted shah of Iran for medical treatment. It then spawned the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini and his hardline Islamic supporters.
There was a rescue attempt that ended disastrously, and the crisis hung over the Carter administration. It also bolstered the rise of the conservative Republican Ronald Reagan. He defeated Carter in the election, then "promptly unfroze $8 billion in Iranian assets and took the bows when the hostages were freed."
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Pacino Lands Arthritis Award
4 November 2009 2:06 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Al Pacino is to be honoured by California's leading arthritis charity.
The Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation will present the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award to the movie star at the 22nd Commitment To A Cure Awards gala in Los Angeles later this month.
Board chairman Mitchell A. Jacobs says, "It is presented to individuals who exemplify the leadership, commitment and dedication to humanitarian causes that Ms. Wyman herself demonstrated in the fight to find a cure for arthritis.
"Al Pacino has a history of charitable giving. We are very grateful for his support of the 46 million adults and children with arthritis, and are honoured that he will join us at the Commitment to a Cure Awards Gala."
Actress Jane Wyman was the first wife of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. »
Top Ten Movies About U.S. Politics
3 November 2009 9:45 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Life is political. Hollywood is political. And yesterday in the U.S., the state elections were very political in the broad sense of the term, since many pundits kept arguing that they served as a referendum on President Obama and his policies.
We make no such claims. We're not here to talk U.S. politics specifically, but with all this political fever in play, what better time than to reflect back on what we believe are the ten best movies about American politics?
There are some terrific contenders here; not surprisingly some from decades gone by. But in most, the themes of power and corruption going hand-in-hand is front and center. It's material that's inherently rife with conflict, making for some of the best drama to be found anywhere.
So have a look at the following pages and our selections for the best movies about American politics. And when you're finished, »
Jesus, meet Jon McNaughton, then meet 'Shortpacked'
11 October 2009 4:51 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
A little Sunday morning blasphemy for y'all:
First, we have this painting by Jon McNaughton featuring Jesus Christ, creator of the heavens and earth and bearer of the Us Constitution, flanked by, among others, Thomas Jefferson (a deist who actually rewrote his own version of the Bible to take out all the miracles and mysticism and just leave the philosophy), Ronald Reagan, and Christa McAuliffe. At his feet on his right you have the good guys-- the farmer, the Christian minister, the Us Marine, the handicapped child, the mother, the black college student, the schoolteacher who vaguely resembles Sarah Palin.
On the other side-- Jesus' left side, wink wink-- is a professor holding a copy of Darwin's Origin of the Species, a politician, a lawyer counting his money, a liberal news reporter, Mr. Hollywood, and a Supreme Court Justice weeping over Roe v. Wade, and of course, Satan!
And yes, »
- Glenn Hauman
"The Children of Gatlin" - 25 Years Later The Anniversary Interview Series
30 September 2009 7:50 AM, PDT | ChildrenoftheCornMovie.com | See recent ChildrenoftheCornMovie.com news »
It was 1984. Ronald Reagan was president, Van Halen made us "Jump", and we made our way into theaters to witness a small town in Nebraska overrun by a religious leader and his group of community children followers. That movie was, of course, Stephen King's Children of the Corn. And as this year marks the twenty-five year anniversary that this milestone in horror was released, we wondered "What was it like on the set for the Iowa-extras that rounded out the children population of Gatlin?" So after much searching through the cornfields and tracking them down, we were pleased to get in touch recently with Russ Roach who played one of the Gatlin-natives led by Isaac. So Outlanders, here it is. After months of planning we give you, the fans, "The Children of Gatlin" - 25 Years Later.
Cotcm - Before "Field of Dreams", Iowa was chosen to host another feature about »
- Children of the Corn Movie
Andy Williams: Obama Wants The Country To Fail
29 September 2009 9:13 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Old pop crooner Andy Williams, whose hits include 'Moon River,' has some choice words for "Marxist" President Obama. Williams, 81, has always been a Republican (Ronald Reagan once declared his voice "an American treasure") but in the past has held more moderate views. He claims good friendship with the Kennedy family and thought that Bobby would have made a great president had he lived. No such goodwill towards the current president, the Telegraph reports: "Don't like him at all," he said, "I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very Left-wing. One is registered as a Communist. "Obama is following Marxist theory. He's taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail." You can read the entire Telegraph story here. Watch Andy Williams sing 'Moon River': Get HuffPost Entertainment On »
- Huffington Post
Could Michael Moore Know Why Women Are Unhappy?
25 September 2009 12:26 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
In Michael Moore's new film Capitalism: A Love Story, Ronald Reagan slaps a woman so hard across the face that there were audible gasps in the audience. Granted, this was an old film clip and Reagan was "acting" but Moore was making the point that along with cozying up to Wall Street in a manner heretofore unseen, Reagan also reversed the forty year Republican position on the Equal Rights Amendment, dashing the hopes of women across America. The women's movement had been in full adrenaline overdrive for almost two decades and federally protected equality had been tantalizingly close when, in 1982, the Era fell three states short of ratification. I believe in that moment the country delivered a body blow to both the movement and the collective psyche of the American woman that we are still reeling from. Twenty-seven »
- Kamala Lopez
Movie Reviews: “Capitalism: A Love Story”
24 September 2009 2:57 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore is receiving --as usual -- props for his skill as a propagandist filmmaker and -- also as usual -- he is being criticized for failing to offer workable solutions to the injustices he exposes. "It's the morning after in America," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, "and Captain Mike is here to explain it all or at least crack jokes, milk tears, recycle the news and fan the flames of liberal indignation." "Capitalism: A Love Story" sounded like my kind of film," Kyle Smith, perhaps the only major-city film critic to wear his conservative politics on his sleeve, writes facetiously in the New York Post. "I had heard Michael Moore found some exciting new historical footage, and I was picturing hot, steamy love scenes featuring Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan writhing atop piles of gold coins. Imagine my disappointment." Many critics say that Moore simply takes on too many issues in his film and that he was more successful dealing with individual ones as he did in Fahrenheit 9/11, his biggest hit, and last year's Sicko. As Kenneth Turan puts it in the Los Angeles Times: "Capitalism misses the narrower focus that gave his earlier films some of their punch." Other critics underline that point. "It's like watching a man wrestle a dozen octopuses," writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News. "Moore's reach exceeds his grasp," comments John Anderson in Newsday. But the Associated Press's Christy Lemire concludes: "Moore is all over the place, and he doesn't even make the vaguest attempt at finding balance journalistically. But at least he's equal opportunity, blaming politicians on both sides of the aisle for allowing the influence of Wall Street to lead us into the troubles we're in today." »
First look: Michael Douglas as an aged Gordon Gekko in ‘Wall Street 2′
23 September 2009 11:46 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
If the pics of Shia Labeouf wearing a plastic jacket while walking with a pajama-wearing Frank Langella on the set of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps didn’t do much for you, this tasty morsel may do the trick:
Here’s your first look at Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko 20-years-later!
Looking a bit grayed, the fresh out of prison Gekko is looking good in his classy suit. It’s like he’s ready to tackle Wall St. again –greed style. He would probably make an obscene amount of money if it weren’t for that wacky President Obama and all his restrictions on the free market. Where’s Ronald Reagan when you need him?
Oh…right.
“It’s an exciting time to make a picture about Wall Street,” Douglas said in an interview last week. Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps opens on April 23, 2010.
Related posts:Michael Douglas »
- Erik Buckman
Obama: 'I Was Black Before the Election'
22 September 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »
President Barack Obama visited "The Late Show" with David Letterman on Monday to talk health care reform -- and to remind constituents that criticism of his efforts isn't necessarily rooted in racism.
Watch CBS Videos Online "I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election," President Obama joked to Letterman. The Commander-in-Chief continued, saying that the notion of racism -- voiced by former Prez Jimmy Carter -- "tells you a »
Michael Moore screens 'Capitalism' in Mich. town
19 September 2009 2:44 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Filmmaker Michael Moore gave residents of his adopted Michigan community an early showing of his new documentary on Saturday and urged them to help overthrow an economic system he said was beyond redemption.More than 500 people crowded into a theater in Bellaire to see "Capitalism: A Love Story," a film based on the premise that greed and corruption have subverted U.S. democracy."I know what's in front of me these next weeks and months," Moore told one audience, anticipating withering criticism from conservative politicians and commentators, then added with a laugh: "That's why I wanted to watch this with you guys before I'm thrown to the lions."Moore keeps a lakeside home near Bellaire, a rural village about 240 miles northwest of Detroit in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula, and produced the film in a nearby town. The two showings along with three parties raised »
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