Lynda Carter Would Like to Lasso George Bush

I never thought I’d post something linking to a Rupert Murdoch rag such as the New York Post, but this is worth a look.
Billy Heller interviews Lynda Carter:
"Lynda Carter says she’s never used the Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth on her two children, now teens. ‘I don’t think it would work on them. But,’ referring to President Bush, the talkative actress adds, ‘I’ve often thought how nice it would be during this administration if it worked.’
"Carter and her family live in Washington, D.C., where you can’t help getting political. ‘I don’t really care who the president has sex with. But I do care about being lied to about important things,’ she says. ‘Lie to me about sex — everyone [...]

by Andre Soares | October 29, 2007
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Tags: George W. Bush, Lynda Carter, Politics

Jessica Lange Speaks Out in the BELFAST TELEGRAPH

Jessica Lange interviewed by Michael Coveney for the Belfast Telegraph:
"George Bush really has whipped up the most poisonous scenario of neighbour against neighbour over the war in Iraq. It’s disgusting. I can’t tell you. There were times when it was really lovely to be out there and against the war. But then I had anti-war stickers on my car and some big fucking pick-up with an American flag tried to drive me off the road. It was scary and I was scared."
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After Coveney suggests that things could be worse if "President Bush wasn’t defending her ‘way of life’ and ‘civilised’ (read privileged) values against the Islamic threat," Lange responds, "What? What are you saying here? I thought you were a [...]

by Andre Soares | January 31, 2007
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Tags: George W. Bush, Jessica Lange, Michael Coveney, Politics

Harold Pinter’s Nobel Prize Speech

"The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them," said British playwright and screenwriter Harold Pinter, 75, during his Literature Nobel Prize acceptance speech on Wed., Dec. 7.
"You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis."
Additionally, Pinter described the war in Iraq as "a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law," asserting that "at least 100,000 Iraqis were killed by American bombs and missiles before the Iraq insurgency began. [...]

by Andre Soares | December 8, 2005
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Tags: George W. Bush, Harold Pinter, Julie Christie, Politics, The Caretaker, The Comfort of Strangers, The Go-Between, The Servant, Theater, Tony Blair

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Notes

Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 was voted best non-fiction film by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, New York Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society, Phoenix Film Critics Society, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and Vancouver Film Critics Circle. It was also the runner-up for best documentary from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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In April 2003, Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions rejected handling Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 project. Moore later claimed that he had a signed contract with Icon before Gibson bowed out due to pressure from the George W. Bush White House. Icon executives, however, [...]

by Andre Soares | September 20, 2004
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Tags: Censorship, Documentaries, Fahrenheit 9/11, George W. Bush, Harvey Weinstein, Michael Eisner, Michael Moore, Political Movies, Politics