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Shock: Obama Not Left Enough for SNL
Posted by Big Hollywood in Obama, Video on October 4th, 2009
SNL finally took on Obama in earnest this weekend:
This sketch wasn’t aimed at Rahm Emanuel, Joe the Biden, or Tim Geithner… it was targeting the Man himself. But did SNL really turn over a new leaf? Nope. The criticism leveled at Obama was that he is failing to execute the brilliantly conceived left-wing aspects of his agenda as stated in his campaign. Of course, there is no casting judgment on those ideas and no mention that most of America doesn’t actually support them.
This is a tactic Bill Maher has mastered. He has repeatedly leveled humorous critique at Obama, but the arguments always hinge around Obama not behaving like the left-winger we thought we elected.
While it was refreshing to see a sketch where Obama is the punch line, Big Hollywood’s massive editorial staff is still unimpressed (and un-amused, but that’s for another post).
We invite you to use the comments to list some of the things Obama has thus far failed to do that would have appeared in the sketch had the writers been more sympathetic to those of the center-right persuasion.
Madonna Bashes Bush
Posted by Big Hollywood in Politics, Video on October 2nd, 2009
When you think of George W. Bush’s legacy: lowering taxes, killing all kinds of terrorists, keeping us safe, spreading liberty, blocking Al Gore and John Kerry from the White House … remember to add “Madonna not in America” to that list.
Another Spoof on the MoveOn/Will Ferrell Health Care Vid
Posted by Big Hollywood in Obama, Video, health care on October 2nd, 2009
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It’s gotta suck to be Will Ferrell and Adam McKay right now … when something called the CatholicVoteAction.org is funnier that you…?
Burn.
When You’ve Lost ‘SNL’: Whoopi Gets Slammed
Posted by Big Hollywood in Politics on October 2nd, 2009
Jack Webb Schools Roman Polanski on Sex with Children
Posted by Big Hollywood in Politics on October 2nd, 2009
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Do not miss the Hall of Shame end credits…
John Leguizamo: What’s Wrong With Socialism?
Posted by Big Hollywood in ACORN, Obama, Video on October 1st, 2009
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The great thing about Celebucrats is that angling a microphone somewhere in their vicinity is pretty much the only effort required to get them to expose themselves as race-obsessed, socialist, grievance mongers.
“Socialized medicine is a good thing, and illegal immigrants should get health coverage under pending legislation, Hollywood actor John Leguizamo told CNSNews.com.
“Concerning the health care bills backed largely by congressional Democrats, Leguizamo said, “Come on, people calling it socialism. What’s wrong with that?””
Read the full article here.
The Polanski Archives: Pattern of Underage Girls?
Posted by Big Hollywood in Politics on October 1st, 2009
August 25, 2005 — Daily Mail: A Polanski threesome which included 15 year-old Nastassja Kinski:
On his first night off from rehearsals for the Bavarian State Opera’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Polanski went out to dinner with a German critic and two young women.
Afterwards, the four returned to Polanski’s two-bedroom hotel suite.
The director took one of the girls to bed while the critic took the other, but when Polanski emerged from his room during the night he discovered that the critic had gone home, leaving his date – who called herself “Nasty” – sprawled in an armchair in the sitting room.
Polanski immediately invited her to join him and his partner for what was later described as a “threesome”, and she agreed.
The girl’s name, he learnt later, was Nastassja Kinski – an aspiring actress who was destined to star in his 1979 film Tess.
She was just 15, and he was 43.
Polanski’s own words from his memoir:
Nastassia introduced me to her mother, who discussed her career with me [...]. That was when I first learned Nastassia’s age. She was only fifteen.
We made love more than once during my three months in Munich. [...] On the night we met I’d thought her a couple of years older than her friend, who was, in fact, seventeen.
July 9, 1976 — Boca Raton News: Polanski overshares about his favorite part of a woman’s body.
March 28, 1977 – Time Magazine: More underage girls?:
Polanski, whose reputation for dating teen-age girls is well known in Hollywood, seemed remarkably unchastened by the impending legal action that could ruin his American career. Three days after his arrest he appeared at a fashionable restaurant accompanied by a girl who looked not a great deal older than the age of consent.
August 9, 1977 — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Polanski admits to knowing the girl’s age at the time of the rape and had at first intended to claim the victim made everything up until he learned actress Angelica Huston intended to testify against him.
Harvey Weinstein: ‘Hollywood Has the Best Moral Compass’
Posted by Big Hollywood in New Media on October 1st, 2009
The man behind the “Rally ‘Round the Child Rapist” movement spoke this howler out loud for the L.A. Times:
“In an interview, Weinstein said that people generally misunderstand what happened to Polanski at sentencing. He’s not convinced public opinion is running against the filmmaker and dismisses the categorization of Hollywood as amoral. “Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion,” Weinstein said. “We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11. We were there for the victims of Katrina and any world catastrophe.”"
COUNTER-PETITION: Roman Polanski Must Face Justice
Posted by Big Hollywood in Featured Story, Politics on October 1st, 2009
While some of the biggest names in Hollywood have marshalled their money and power to seize the spotlight in favor of freeing a fugitive child rapist, we know that there are many in the entertainment industry who feel different and, as one friend put it, would like ”the rest of the country know that some of us in Hollywood have some morals.”
For those who feel the same way, we offer this petition.
Here are some guidelines:
1. Signers should have some firsthand experience in some field of entertainment. Performers, crew, writers, and non-professionals all qualify — as do those who report on the entertainment world.
2. Using the comments, please leave your name and title (i.e. John Smith – stunt man), plus whatever comment you’d like.
3. We don’t encourage them, but it’s not unreasonable to fear this petition may turn into a blacklist, so pseudonyms are fine. Please be clear that you’re not using your real name.
4. This is not a “burn him at the stake” petition. Your signature simply means that you believe Roman Polanski should be brought back to the United States and held legally accountable for his crimes.
5. Help spread the word that there’s a petition for others who feel the same way you do.
Bette Midler: I Find Glenn Beck ‘Terrifying’
Posted by Big Hollywood in Politics on September 30th, 2009
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“I don’t think hate speech is so free.”
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