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Political Correctness, Ft. Hood, and Hollywood
Almost before the echo of gunfire from the massacre at Ft. Hood had faded, the news media launched a pre-emptive rationalization for the slaughter committed by Muslim traitor Nidal Malik Hasan. To...
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Open Thread Tuesday
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ZoNation: What Conservatives Are For
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‘The Onion’ Targets Obama’s Teleprompter Reliance
Amazing what you can do with a cup of truth mixed with a dash of exaggeration…. We’ve been pretty hard on “The Onion,” and deservedly so, but some credit is due here for...
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Hostages
16 November 2009
When New York Times journalist David Rohde was kidnapped last year in Afghanistan, the company engaged in a painstaking effort to squash the story. They succeeded in persuading major...
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Daily Gut: Publicly Shaming Your Carbon Footprint
So yesterday, the British magazine The New Scientist published an article titled, “How Reputation Could Save the Earth.” In it, the writers argue that information about your carbon...
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Daily Gut: Publicly Shaming Your Carbon Footprint
So yesterday, the British magazine The New Scientist published an article titled, “How Reputation Could Save the Earth.” In it, the writers argue that information about your carbon...
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‘WWII In HD’ Provides Riveting History Lessons
“WWII In HD” is an excellent 10-hour, five part series narrated by Gary Sinise of “Forrest Gump” and “CSI: New York. “ Three episodes air tonight on the History...
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‘Gossip Girl,’ CW Network and Entertainment Media Engage in Threesome
Threesomes are Hollywood’s latest obsession. Within weeks of the release of Britney Spears’ asinine “Ballad” about engaging in a menagerie, CW leaked details about a threesome they were...
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Health Care and the Moral Imperative
I am always troubled by those in government claiming they have a moral imperative to enact this or that policy. A little digging often reveals that their motives are more self serving than moral. I...
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Edward Woodward Dead at 79: ‘Shoot straight ya’ bastards, don’t make a mess of it…’
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The AP:
“Edward Woodward, the star of films including “Breaker Morant” and “The Wicker Man,” died Monday. He was 79.
“Woodward, who starred at “The...
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NBC’s ObamaVision: Will Peacock’s News Division Expose the Alarmism?
“Why can’t we ignore [global warming]? Because it’s the biggest crisis we’ve ever faced.” — Al Gore, April 24, 2009, Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Climate...
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NBC’s ObamaVision: GE Uses Network To Push Obama’s Green Agenda — And Rakes In the Dough
What do you call it when the federal government pays a private company some money so that the private company will stump for the federal government’s agenda? Payola. Under the FCC rules and...
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Open Thread Monday
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Another 9/11 Travesty
A little more than eight years ago, a group of Muslim terrorists attacked Americans on American soil. In the end, more than 3,000 innocent civilians were dead. The attack on that day was just that:...
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Obama Nation: A Big Mess They Made
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Day By Day: National Treasure
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Death of the Movie Star: Hollywood Rethinks use of A-list Actors
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“Hollywood studios are now thinking twice about splurging on A-list movie stars and costly productions in reaction to the poor economy, but also because of the surprising success of...
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Top Ten Power Pop Albums of ‘09
The world may have entered a gigantic metaphorical sphincter but there is progress in at least one field. Power pop has never been better. We are living in one of the great musical flowerings of...
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Open Thread Sunday
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Obama: The Woody Boyd Candidate
Earlier this year, I rented and re-watched the entire series run of Cheers. Towards the end of the series, the hayseed junior bartender Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) decides to run for city council....
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Actor Jim Carrey Favors Traditional Christmas Celebrations and Transformational Redemptive Storytelling
When it comes to celebrating Christmas, actor Jim Carrey says he prefers the “Christian” traditions he and many other people in America grew up on as children.
“I’d hate to miss Christmas,” he...
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For Conservative Movie Lovers: John Ford, John Wayne, and ‘They Were Expendable’ Part 5
“I was just the paint for the palettes of Ford and Hawks.”
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John Wayne was still young in 1944, only thirty-eight years old. And yet the major elements of his inimitable...
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The Future of Comics and Other Publishing
You can probably date yourself by remembering how much comic books cost when you were a kid. Was it a dime, a quarter, a dollar? Can you believe they cost $4 now?
As the greenies would say,...
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Open Thread Saturday
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NewsBusted: How Did Obama Make History?
In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Obama’s Historic Election, President Obama’s Weight Loss, Department of Homeland Security, Illegal Immigrants, Rachel Maddow, HBO’s Obama...
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‘Poliwood’: One-Sided, Occasionally Fascinating Look at Politics and Celebrity
Did you know celebrities have a right to speak their minds about politics courtesy of The First Amendment? Or that the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon televised debate changed the way we saw politicians forever?...
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‘The Demands of Political Correctness’
In reply to a recent political and cultural controversy involving “Sesame Street,” Sesame Workshop Executive Vice President Miranda Barry wrote:
Jim Henson, Jon Stone, Frank Oz and others set a...
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ObamaVision: Brace Yourselves For the NBC-GE ‘Green Week’ Push
Just as political correctness is nothing more than left-wing fascism disguised as tolerance, global warming climate change is nothing more than socialism disguised as nonsense. The tactics change,...
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‘2012′: Silly Bombastic Fun
There are some filmmakers whom movie fans turn to for serious, introspective fare, like Oliver Stone or Lasse Hallstrom. Others are counted on as masters of the fantastic, like Steven Spielberg or...
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Review: Leave ‘The Box’ On the Doorstep
The new film “The Box” starts off with a simple premise. A stranger leaves a box at a young couple’s door early one morning in Richmond, Virginia. Later on, that stranger comes to visit the...
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The Hidden Truth Behind ‘V’
Like many conservatives, I was intrigued and excited by the promos for ABC’s reboot of one of my favorite mini-series, “V.” Finally, we thought, one of us had infiltrated the system...
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Open Thread Friday
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Bizarro Planet News
BPN – In environmental news: After ignoring developments in Washington and not studying various legislative proposals, Bizarro NAACP’s all-volunteer Directors of Board am decided to endorse...
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Hollywood Studios’ Fight With RealDVD Is Counter Productive
Last week, I listened to a speech at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, presented by Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute. I was enthralled by Brook’s eloquent and forceful...
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INTERVIEW: Former Miss California Carrie Prejean
Apart from the fact that she’s a smoking hot California babe and I’m a 47-year-old mother of two teenage sons, Carrie Prejean and I do have some things in common. We’re both from San Diego. We both...
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(Updated) ‘Brothers’: Another Hollywood Slam on the Military?
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Due out December 4th, “Brothers“ is a remake of a 2004 film called “Brodre,” which is summarized in part on IMDB with the following nugget:
Then Michael comes home...
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‘Brothers’: Another Hollywood Slam on the Military?
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Due out December 4th, “Brothers“ is a remake of a 2004 film called “Brodre,” which is summarized in part on IMDB with the following nugget:
Then Michael comes home...
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Burt’s Eye View: Hollywood Elitists Through the Ages
A lot of people seemed shocked to discover that the folks at the National Endowment of the Arts were so ready, even anxious, to devote their talents to propagandizing on behalf of Obama and his...
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‘Precious’: Unforgettable Story of Hope, Self-Reliance
Some lives slip through the cracks, people who you might pass everyday without giving a second thought. Precious is one of those people.
Vastly overweight and carrying her second child at the...
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NEWLY REVEALED DOCUMENTS Contradict NEA Chairman Landesman
“The former NEA Director of Communications acted unilaterally and without the approval or authorization of then-Acting Chairman Patrice Walker Powell.” – Rocco Landesman, Chairman...
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Open Thread Thursday
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When Does Life Begin, Y’all?
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A Message to Our Veterans
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So many of us in the business know people who have been overseas to help entertain the troops, and the luckiest among us have actually had the experience ourselves....
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Daily Gut: Fall of Wall All About Obama
So President Obama says he’d like to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki – something no sitting U.S. president has ever done. Of course, there’s a reason they haven’t: it could be...
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Part 2: The Super-Hero’s American Exceptionalism
Editor: This is the second part of a two-part series. You can read part one here.
The 1970s showed the once-invincible comic book super-heroes to be losers, in attitude and sales. Watergate had...
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Prime-time Threesome: ‘Gossip Girl’ Hits New Low?
The CW program “Gossip Girl” has often found itself in the glare of the political spotlight. It has often relished that position and used it to garner more attention from conservative critics and...
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‘The Surge’ Shows That Numbers Matter
While President Barack Obama prepares to discuss potential military strategies for the war in Afghanistan today, the nation prepares to honor veterans of our nation’s wars. On the Monday before...
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Who You Calling Republican?
I opened TimeOut NY magazine this morning and saw that I was featured in their “Essential New York” issue. Excellent. I’m overjoyed, as most performers are when they get some press....
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Stand Up Notes From Flyover Country: Fallen Heroes and Terrorists
As I was driving to Wisconsin on Thursday a disturbing report came on the news. A mass shooting had taken place at Fort Hood in Texas. The details were unclear, at first report there were several...
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PRESENTING: The ‘Fourth Graders For Obama’ YouTube Channel
Here’s a little mid-week scare courtesy of the 4thgraders4obama YouTube Channel. (Don’t waste your time — I searched high and low and no luck finding the 4thgraders4bush YouTube...
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Open Thread Wednesday
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NewsBusted: What Does 10.2% Unemployment Mean?
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In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Democratic Health Care Bill, Health Care Protests, 10.2% Unemployment, NBC News, Maine Rejects Same-Sex Marriage, Al Gore, Newsweek Magazine, Twitter,...
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‘Mad Men’ Finale: Bringing It All Back Home
Warning: Spoiler alert!
The “Mad Men” finale was a satisfying, although a bit too tidy, end to its 3rd season. When I was 8, my teenage sister introduced me to a card game called “52...
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Headline Roundup: Troubled American Psychiatrist Allegedly Turns Gun on Warmongers at Ft. Hood
Nidal “Gary” Hassan – All-American boy
was haunted by memories of Gitmo,
‘Nam, Hiroshima
INEVITABLY, ANOTHER SOLDIER SNAPS
Distraught pacifist conscientious objector tormented...
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Disney’s ‘Christmas Carol’ Disappoints at Box Office, Carrey Slams Capitalism
Robert Zemeckis’s motion-capture-animation version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol had a fairly blah opening weekend at the North American box office, finishing first with an...
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Part 1: The Super-Hero’s American Exceptionalism
Super-heroes are uniquely American in origin and reflective of the “Greatest Generation” that created them. Their progenitors can be traced to ancient myths though their direct foundation springs...
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‘By the People’: Ed Norton and Hollywood’s Mindless Obama Praise
Amy Rice and Alicia Sams’ documentary, “By the People,” provides a lens into Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. A guided tour of sorts, the film delves into the Obama’s...
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Semper Films: The Top Ten Marine Corps Movies
The men and women who earn the right to wear eagle, globe and anchor of the United States Marine Corps are a special breed. To those outside the Corps, they talk funny. They look funny. They are...
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Jon Voight: Like the Tea Party People, Left Dismisses Me With Slurs
Today’s Variety:
“Shortly after Jon Voight addressed health care protesters on Capitol Hill last week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs dismissed the event by saying rather glibly,...
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How to Kill a Terrorist
Meet Larry, my buddy from Bensonhurst. Okay, so it’s not Larry. For reasons of security his identity cannot be compromised. But take my word for it, Larry looks exactly like William Powell in...
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Green Push on ‘Sesame Street’: Programming Your Kids For ‘Sustainable Living’
This week marks the start of Sesame Street’s 40th season. As announced in an article in National Geographic, the show will be focusing on a green storyline this year:
As another example of the...
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Open Thread Tuesday
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Ambush of the Common Sort
08 November 2009
Got a ping today about an attack on the road between Jalalabad and Kabul. It’s a dangerous road and I don’t like to drive it. The source has always been reliable, so...
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Nobody Knows Joe Biden’s Name
In all fairness, some of the questions in the Berkeley video were tough. Thus, I decided to think of the easiest possible questions regarding the Obama administration. As per usual, you can’t...
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Daily Gut: Backlash Against the Backlash
And that’s the drill: concern over crimes that have never happened, as opposed to the terror that has.
So, denying the role militant Islam played in the Fort Hood atrocity is like staring at a...
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Klavan on the Culture: God in 60 Days
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Mr. Obama, Tear Down Your Wall!: Reflections After 20 Years
I recently attended an event at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Museum celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event titled: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Wall:...
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A New Morning of Race in America
On the issue of race in America there is something in the air. Shakespeare’s melancholy Dane might say it is the “scent of morning;” our president would call it a “teaching...
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Dennis Miller Show: Talking Obama, Celebs, Balloon Boy… (NSFW)
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‘Sesame Street’: Habitat for Political Correctness
Having received some criticism for my last post about “Sesame Street,” I would like to briefly respond to some of the questions and assertions in the comment section.
What’s so bad...
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Open Thread Monday
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Natalie Portman: Meat’s a Sin, Free Polanski
Natalie Portman is a vegetarian – a vegan, to be precise – and she thinks you should be one too. At least, that’s the impression I get from her article at the Huffington Post. In...
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Michelle Obama Politicizes the Food Network
I have a confession to make. I hate politics. That’s why I write about it, because I enjoy making fun of it. And one of the reasons I write for Big Hollywood is I am sick of other...
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EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT: ‘Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks’
Excerpt From: “Still Standing” — Chapter 6
The other girls began to react to what had transpired between Perez and me as soon as the lights went down. Miss Vermont later told FOX...
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Day By Day: Afterlife
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Obama Nation: His Defenders Earned a Name
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Movies We Like: ‘Godzilla, King of the Monsters’ (1956)
So, when it came time for our little girl to watch her first grown-up movie, I was torn between Saving Private Ryan and a film I have loved since I was a kid, Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Now,...
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Open Thread Sunday
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Review: ‘V’ in the World of ‘O’
Much has been written about the premiere of the new ABC drama “V” and its relationship to the election last year of President Barack Obama. As an article from the Chicago Tribune noted:
Nominally a...
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Reading Election Night Tea Leaves and Wearing Lucky Neckties
Chris Christie was obviously wearing his; as was Robert McDonnell. The GOP is officially breathing again. It was a great day for Republicans Tuesday. It happened exactly one year after we took our...
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When Will Some Brave Comedian Spoof Jon Stewart?
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For Conservative Movie Lovers: John Ford, John Wayne, and ‘They Were Expendable’ Part 4
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“Close-ups, affectionate or noble, are held at leisure; long shots are sustained long after...
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‘Independence Day 2′: Exhibit #13,987 Proving Hollywood’s Not Money-Driven
Director Roland Emmerich at his London home.
“Independence Day” is one of the most profitable films in history — and after the original “Poseidon Adventure,” one of the...
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PelosiCare: More Millionaire Actors Endorse You Losing Your Health Insurance
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As we come down to the wire on Pelosi’s government-run health care bill, look for the left to...
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Rammstein: Teutonic Metal Gods Conquer America?
For most non-Teutons the idea of German rock is not very appealing. The fatherland of Bach and Beethoven may well have produced many interesting experimental groups (Kraftwerk, Einstürzende...
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‘V’ Teaches Us to Combat False Saviors
The first episode of the new science fiction television series “V” is a wake up call to those looking for salvation in the wrong places. We cannot predict where the series will go, but...
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NewsBusted: Is George W. Bush Becoming More Popular?
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In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Republicans, George W. Bush, CNN, Latino Employees,...
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Review: No Need to Visit ‘Cougar Town’
On ABC’s “About the Show” web page for the new show “Cougar Town”, the executive producer of the program notes that “you only get one chance to experience your 20s. Even...
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‘Sesame Street’: It’s About My Children, Not the Puppet
Just as I suspected, it has happened. They are trying to “Falwell” me and my colleagues here at Big Hollywood for raising concerns about “Sesame Street’s” description of Fox News as...
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‘Washington Post’ Endorses Plagiarism to Defend Obama
Yesterday, the White House announced that it was removing Alma Thomas’ plagiaristic piece “Watusi (Hard Edge)” from its walls. The White House announced that the painting was moved “because it...
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Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’: Charity Vs. Big Government
Generally after a story has been told as a book, play, musical, numerous animated, live, made-for-TV films, and Muppets movie, its content is completely exhausted. But Disney’s latest, “A Christmas...
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EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Prejean’s Attorney Responds to ‘Inaccurate and Misleading’ Rumors
In an exclusive to Big Hollywood, Carrie Prejean’s attorney Charles LiMandri, released an official statement today regarding ”inaccurate and misleading” rumors leaked to the media...
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Sheda Vasseghi: Profiles in Courage From the Streets of Iran for Hollywood’s Gutless Wonders
Sheda Vasseghi in today’s World Tribune:
“The mainstream Hollywood crowd, an apologist group that enjoys traveling to Taliban-run countries such as Iran spreading their holier-than-thou...
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Matt Damon, State Dept. Create Global Warming Propaganda PSA
Recently, actor Matt Damon narrated a video for the State Department, addressing the problem of chronic worldwide hunger. The video is extremely well made; those who watch it can’t help but be...
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I QUIT POLITICS
I quit politics.
For one thing, I can’t sleep because I absent-mindedly forgot to include three of my favorite Freedom Fighters in my Truth Tellers list, Levin, Malkin and Coulter. I love...
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Open Thread Friday
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Smithsonian Air&Space on Kopp-Etchells Effect
November 04, 2009
Helo Halo
Luminous halos twirled above a Boeing CH-47 Chinook on a recent night around 11:30 p.m. local time at Forward Operating Base Jackson in Sangin, Helmand Province,...
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Fort Hood: Wise Words From Michael Yon
Wise, wise words from Michael Yon:
Now is not a time to psychoanalyze the attacker by using a media-supplied telescope that already said he was dead, and that there were multiple attackers. Media:...
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