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Mike Moore again
13 November 2008 4:51 AM, PST | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news
Michael Moore's next documentary will have an 'end of the empire' tone to it, insiders say. The outspoken film-maker will this time be turning his attention to the current financial crisis and the U.S. economy. However, in the current climate of hope, it is wondered how successful another Moore piece will be. Craig Minassian, a former aide to Bill Clinton, said: "If Moore offers a prescription for how to improve things, he may indeed find an audience that at this moment is eager for...
James Thoo
Wahlberg And Obama's Right Hand Men Are Brothers
6 November 2008 6:15 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg and America's next president Barack Obama have a sibling connection - their right hand men are brothers.
On Thursday Rahm Emanuel accepted the position of Chief of Staff in Obama's administration and will assume his position when Obama is sworn into power on 20 January (0).
Emanuel's brother, Ari, is Wahlberg's agent - the man who inspired the character of Ari Gold in hit TV show Entourage.
Ari isn't the only brother with small screen ties - Rahm worked in the White House under former President Bill Clinton, and is rumoured to have inspired Bradley Whitford's character Josh Lyman in TV show The West Wing.
What Kind of Dog Should Malia & Sasha Get?
5 November 2008 11:45 PM, PST | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Not since Knut, the polar bear, has an animal so captured the public's imagination – and this one hasn't even been found yet. Speaking before the world at his victory rally in Chicago on Tuesday night, President-elect Barack Obama told daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7: "I love you more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." It's among many promises the candidate made during the campaign – and one he'll be keeping, for sure. But what breed – or breeds – should the new First Puppy be? For starters, says Aspca president and CEO Ed Sayres,
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Stephen M. Silverman
Five Things About Rahm Emanuel, Obama's New Chief of Staff
5 November 2008 11:25 PM, PST | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Rahm Emanuel will be the president's right-hand man in the new administration. The 48-year-old accepted the position as Barack Obama’s White House Chief of Staff on Thursday, according to the New York Times. A Democratic congressman representing his native Chicago since 2003, he earned his chops raising funds for Bill Clinton's White House runs and serving as an advisor. Known for his hard-charging personal style, he's also dad to three children, son Zacharias and daughters Ilana and Leah, with his wife Amy. But did you know he could have been pirouetting with the Joffrey Ballet? Read on for a briefing.
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Nina Burleigh
The Hollywood President?
5 November 2008 9:56 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
Daily Variety, in a front-page commentary, made the case that Barack Obama owed much of his success to his television strategy. "His image is that of someone who's in touch with people. A big part of that was tapping into popular culture beyond the news media, as he connected with audiences on late-night talk shows, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood and, before his campaign even began, The Oprah Winfrey Show." The trade publication also noted: "It's debatable whether Obama will cozy up to showbiz in the way that JFK and Bill Clinton did. Hollywood and its businesses don't seem a top priority to him. But that's Ok with Hollywood. ... Hollywood made its bet on his candidacy, and played a big part in elevating his status to more than a mere candidate but into a pop culture icon."
Presidential Appeal: Bill Clinton By John Travolta
5 November 2008 9:30 AM, PST | From Spout.com | See recent Spout news
My mom has the hots for President Clinton as badly as I swoon for Arnold Schwarzenegger, both of us turning into goofy schoolgirls at the mere mention of our respective crushes. While the Governator’s arrogant, aggressive virility drives me wild, personally I’ve never fantasized about Arkansas charmer Slick Willy. And yet I’d be thrilled to bed John Travolta, who embodied Bill Clinton via the character of Jack Stanton in Mike Nichols’ 1998 Primary Colors, a thinly veiled account of the would-be president’s rise to stardom durin ...
Lauren Wissot
Patterson Hood and Dbt release "election week gift" song
4 November 2008 7:39 AM, PST | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news
Eight years after co-founding the Drive-By Truckers during Bill Clinton's re-election bid, Patterson Hood found himself diving headlong into Bush II's second go-round. He was not happy. "I was in a state of semi-shock and near-depression as my daughter's birth was impending," wrote Hood in an e-mail statement, "and I was depressed to think of her born into the world during a Bush Presidency."
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Sugar Bits — Gwen Stefani Shows Off Baby Zuma!
30 October 2008 9:30 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news
Gwen Stefani released an official photo of her new son yesterday saying, "We wanted to share with you the first photo of Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Gwen, Gavin, Kingston and Zuma are all doing well and enjoying being a party of four." — No Doubt Website Barack Obama's half hour TV special aired last night, and the candidate also did an interview with Jon Stewart via satellite before his rally with Bill Clinton. What did you think of his two TV spots? — CitizenSugar Dancing with the Stars' Lacey Schwimmer revealed that she has been diagnosed with endometriosis, the same disease Julianne Hough had surgery for yesterday. — The Insider The possible murder weapon used in the Hudson killings was found yesterday. The suspect, William Balfour, has refused a lie detector test. — TMZ E! confirmed that Denise Richards's show It's Complicated has been renewed for a second season. — Us Weekly Tom
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Naomi Watts' Name is 'Jody Williams'
22 October 2008 7:18 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
I think Naomi Watts is incredibly versatile. Just look at her work in The Ring, Mulholland Drive, and 21 Grams. Lately, for whatever reason, audiences haven't taken notice of her performances in Eastern Promises, The Painted Veil, and Funny Games. I get the Funny Games thing - it was way too strange for most moviegoers - but for the others, I think she did good work that was just overlooked.
She'll try to change that with My Name is Jody Williams, about a real-life teacher turned activist who spearheaded the campaign to eliminate land mines back in the 1990s. Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 and at one point called Bill Clinton "a weenie" for not signing the land mine ban she and others were pushing so aggressively.
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Audrey Wells will write and direct the film, which represents a major thematic shift for her. Watts a big 2009 planned,
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Colin Boyd
Naomi Watts May Play Nobel-Winning Global Activist
22 October 2008 4:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
Well! Here I had my question already written to submit to Parade Magazine -- "I love Naomi Watts. Can you tell me what's coming up next for this talented actress?" -- and now I've stumbled across the answer myself. Thanks anyway, Walter Scott's Personality Parade!
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Watts is in negotiations to star in My Name Is Jody Williams, a biopic about the anti-land-mine activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Williams, a Vermont-born schoolteacher and aid worker, shared the Nobel with the group she worked for, the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, whose efforts paid off in 1997 with the Ottawa Treaty, which has been signed by more than 150 countries pledging not to make or use anti-personnel land mines.
Williams is apparently a feisty character, famous for calling Pres. Bill Clinton a "weenie" for not signing the treaty (and surely not the only time
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Eric D. Snider
Naomi Watts in talks to play ‘Jody Williams’
22 October 2008 1:29 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
Actress Naomi Watts is in talks to star in Audrey Wells’ upcoming Universal drama “My Name is Jody Williams.”
According to Variety, Wells also wrote the screenplay, which is based on a true story and focuses on Jody Williams, who received the Nobel Peace Prize for her involvement in an international campaign against land mines.
Williams is also known for calling former U.S. President Bill Clinton a "weenie" for not signing the land mine ban.
Wells made her directorial debut with 1999’s “Guinevere.” She most recently directed Diane Lane in “Under the Tuscan Sun.”
Watts recently starred in Michael Haneke’s English version of his “Funny Games” and David Cronenberg’s acclaimed “Eastern Promises.” Next up for her is Tom Tykwer’s “The International.”
Final word: Sound like an interesting project. I can easily picture Watts mastering this role without major difficulties.
Franck Tabouring
Espionage For Dummies
10 October 2008 7:57 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news
We're shocked - shocked! - to learn that the CIA is not to be trusted, the only and not exactly new revelation in Ridley Scott's bombastic Middle Eastern thriller "Body of Lies."
As embodied by Russell Crowe - who reportedly gained 50 pounds for what amounts to an unofficial Bill Clinton impression as head of the agency's Mideast desk - the CIA is constantly double-crossing its allies and even its employees.
Those betrayed include the agency's improbably idealistic No. 1 agent in the area.
Because he's played by the top-billed Leonardo DiCaprio,
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Esquire Magazine Crowns Halle Berry 'Sexiest Woman Alive'
7 October 2008 7:59 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
Halle Berry is named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by men's magazine Esquire, joining a number of famous figures, including Scarlett Johansson, who won the same title in November 2006 and Charlize Theron, who was the winner of 2007. Celebrating her new attached title, the publication has posted on its website an article that shows her posing in a parody of a 2000 cover photograph of Bill Clinton and features her own acceptance speech.
Covering Esquire's November 2008 issue, on newsstands later this month, Halle is photographed sitting on a chair with both of her legs widely opened. She dons a black bra under a black suit jacket and is seen wearing a blue tie.
Speaking about her new title of "Sexiest Woman Alive", she jokingly wrote in an article posted Tuesday, October 7 on the magazine's official website, "I've been in the business for more than twenty years, and you decide now, at this particular time,
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Feature: No More Moore! Onscreen Beefs With Michael Moore
7 October 2008 8:44 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news
By Matt Singer
According to the trailer of David Zucker's new comedy, "An American Carol," "America's most infamous filmmaker -- totally arrogant, completely clueless -- [has] finally gone too far." Of course, Zucker, a former liberal activist who became a "9/11 Republican," is referring to Michael Moore, the inspiration for the central character in "An American Carol," one Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a filmmaker who's visited by three Dickensian ghosts after he demands that July 4th be abolished ("I love America. That's why it needs to be destroyed!").
Zucker's spoof is perhaps the most high-profile film to take on Moore, but it's by no means the first. In fact, in the last four years, Moore's work has inadvertently given birth to an entirely new strain of conservative filmmaking whose sole mission is to discredit him by taking issue with his documentary aesthetic, his politics, his personal success, even his physical appearance.
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Matt Singer
Eastwood Turned Down Vice Presidency Before He Was Even Asked
6 October 2008 9:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Veteran Hollywood star Clint Eastwood told John McCain he could not be his running mate in the U.S. presidential election - because the actor is only interested in the top job.
Eastwood, 78, has dabbled with politics throughout his screen career, and became the mayor of Carmel, California between 1986 and 1988.
He has been registered as a Republican since 1951, and also served on the board of the California State Park and Recreation Commission from 2001 to early 2008.
But he insists he will never put his name forward for the vice presidency - because it's the "least appealing job".
And the Dirty Harry star warned Republican candidate McCain against the idea before he even had the chance to ask.
Speaking to People.com, Eastwood recalls, "I was at a function, and a bunch of political types were there. And John McCain was there. He came up to say hello, I said, 'Look, don't even ask it. I will not be your vice president. I have to be on the top of the ticket.'
"Most of the time - (from Bill Clinton's former vice president) Al Gore, going back - you saw the vice president very little. That would be the least appealing job, I think."
Bono Warns U.S. Government Not To Forget The World's Poor
25 September 2008 5:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
U2 frontman Bono has urged the U.S. government not to forget the world's poor despite the country's current turbulent economic climate.
The human rights campaigner joined former U.S. president Bill Clinton at his 4th annual philanthropic summit in New York on Wednesday and accused the West of abandoning their duty to help impoverished nations.
The singer also criticised the Bush administration for using $700 billion (GBP388 billion) to bail out Wall Street investment bankers instead of clearing Third World debt - branding the move "mad".
He told the summit, "It is extraordinary to me that you can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion (GBP13.8 billion) to save 25,000 children who die every day of preventable treatable disease and hunger. That's mad, that is mad."
Clinton added, "This crisis is not an excuse to walk away from the world's challenges, but a compelling reason to intensify our efforts to meet them, around the corner and around the world."
In 2005, the G8 vowed to raise $50 billion (GBP27.7 billion) in annual aid by 2010, with GBP25 billion (GBP13.8 billion) going to Africa. However, as the U.S. financial system faces its biggest crisis since the Depression era of the 1930s, the G8 will fall $40 billion (GBP22.2 billion) short of its promised sum.
But Bono believes there should be no room for compromise.
He adds, "Bankruptcy is a serious business and we all know people who have lost their jobs. But this is moral bankruptcy."
Economic Fundamentalists, by John Ostrander
18 September 2008 4:46 AM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news
Over last weekend, the Presidential campaign’s silly season came to a screeching halt. Karl Rove, politics’ answer to P.T. Barnum, manipulated things pretty well, dominating news cycle after news cycle with his Beauty Queen Who Can See Russia From Her Porch (!) but that pesky reality came in and re-focused everything back on the issues again.
I suspect you know that the large brokerage house of Lehman Brothers went into bankruptcy. Merrill Lynch, another famous brokerage, got sold to Bank of America for relative pennies because it didn’t have much other choice. Insurance giant AIG went on the ropes and required a mega-Fed bailout. The Dow dropped almost 500 points on Monday before somewhat recovering on Tuesday before nose-diving again Wednesday morning.
In recent days, mortgage giants Fannie May and Freddie Mac were also bailed out (and acquired by the government). In a move of surprising fiscal sanity, the
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John Ostrander
9/11 Cowardice: Simple As ABC
15 September 2008 9:23 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news
The suits at Disney-owned ABC are too chicken to re-air or release on DVD their $40 million docudrama that accused Bill Clinton of squandering many chances to capture Osama bin Laden before the Twin Towers attacks.
That's the charge of John Ziegler, director of a new ABC-bashing documentary titled "Blocking 'The Path to 9/11.' " It focuses on why ABC delayed airing and severely re-edited its ambitious miniseries "The Path to 9/11" in 2006 after a furious Clinton and his cronies strong-armed the network.
Ziegler alleges that ABC's grand plan was to re-air the show,
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The candidates' favorite movies
11 September 2008 10:59 AM, PDT | From blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news
Everybody is making lists of the questions the candidates should be asked during the debates. My question would be: What's your favorite movie? As my faithful readers all know, the answer to that question says a lot about the person answering. It could be used as a screening device on a blind date. Among other things, it tells you whether the person has actually seen a lot of movies, and I persist in believing that cinematic taste is as important as taste in literature, music, art, or other things requiring taste (including food and politics). I know the answers of the most recent Presidents: "High Noon" (Clinton) and "Field of Dreams" (Bush). What might this year's candidates say? A Google search suggests their answers, (alphabetically):
Joe Biden on Facebook: Didn't reply on Facebook. Google search yields nothing.
John McCain on Facebook: "Viva Zapata," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Some Like It Hot.
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First Clip from Oliver Stone's 'W.' is a MeetCute
30 August 2008 12:32 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
On October 17th, the world will finally get to see what Oliver Stone has planned for President George W. Bush. Is his new bio-pic sympathetic to a man clearly achieving beyond his station or is it a hatchet job, kicking Bush in the same wounds that have never healed over the past five years or more?
I'm not confident this is an award winner - it just doesn't have that aura - but W. has a curiosity factor few films this fall can match.
If you believe Primary Colors is a factual look at Bill Clinton, then this film would join that as the only bio-pics ever made about a sitting president. There's also the question of how legitimate Stone's point of view is, given his history with political subjects. Plus, it does have a good cast and if Josh Brolin is good as Dubya, we might see him get
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Colin Boyd
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