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The Impossible Blindsiding of Hollywood

For the past few years I’ve avoided watching the Academy Awards having finally gotten the message that they’re just a big fat marketing tool that have nothing to do with quality filmmaking. My self-imposed boycott of the televised event was

Obama The Pro-Gun President?

Is President Obama a surprising gun rights supporter? He might be if the Chicago Tribune’s Steve Chapman is correct. And Chapman isn’t the only one. It seems to be shaping up to be the lefty complaint du jour this week.

The Wrap: Cameron Claims Anti-American 'Avatar' Isn't

To fully appreciate the absurdity of the statements uttered by “Avatar’s” writer/director James Cameron in defense of his film the other night, you have to get a feel for the setting. The Q&A took place during an industry screening of

James Cameron: 'Like the Redneck NRA Supporters They Are'

This appears to be accurate. Both Ain’t It Cool News and JoBlo.com have posted James Cameron’s full “Avatar” script. To triple-check I went to the 20th Century-Fox site and found that they posted the same script, as well. After being

'Grateful Nation' Debuts Tomorrow on ESPN2

On Saturday, October 3rd, a fantastic new show premieres on ESPN2. “Grateful Nation is a unique and compelling outdoor adventure series that goes behind the scenes and into the field with American Veterans. Hosted by Airborne Ranger Tim Abell, this

The National Endowment for the Art of Persuasion?

I recently wrote a critique of the art community’s lack of dissent in the face of many controversial decisions made by the current administration. Entitled “The Artist Formerly Known as Dissident,” one of the key points argued in the article

'Whatever Works' Doesn't

Who says time travel isn’t possible? I spent 92 long minutes in Woody Allen’s cinematic wayback machine yesterday, reliving almost all the 60’s pseudo-psychoanalytic cultural neuroses, nihilism and negative leftist judgmental-stereotypes he popularized then that still have us on the

Troopathon 2009: The Most Important Job There Is

I’ve never robbed a house. Nor trashed one. And I don’t plan to take up breaking and entering as a second career. But as a screenwriter, with an active imagination, I always have an excuse to do a “what if…”

Liberals & Lightbulbs

Q: HOW MANY LIBERALS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHTBULB? A: SEVENTEEN. TWO, to notice that there is no light by bumping in to each other, debate whether the collision was due to a sudden increase in the

Still The Land Of Fruits And Nuts

Because California, and Hollywood in particular, have been the punch line for so many jokes over the years, I suspect that people who don’t live out here assume we can’t possibly be that wacky. They don’t know the half of