This week’s episode of the HomeVideodrome podcast is running behind schedule, so check The Film Thugs for updates and subscribe on iTunes! “Nostalgia is a powerful feeling, it can drown out anything.” So says director Terrence Malick, who decidedly avoided
My colleague John Nolte blows the lid off the weak excuse used by Questlove to deflect the Fishbone/Michele Bachmann fallout. Questlove ratted himself out in the lastest issue of Rolling Stone: When the Fallon/Bachmann controversy first exploded, Questlove issued a
Who’s the lying’ ass bitch now? When the Fallon/Bachmann controversy first exploded, Questlove issued a statement claiming that his decision to introduce the Congresswoman to the show with the Fishbone song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” was “tongue-in-cheek” and a “spur-of-moment decision.”
“We’re going to see how open the GOP is to this black–their ‘new black friend’ when they find out he is harassing blonde women as opposed to black women. That sort of thing of black sexuality–predatory black sexuality. Very frightening.
Cue the Righteous Brothers: Chris Matthews sounds like a man falling out of love. [youtube pB4b11_LREA nolink] “There’s nothing to root for. What are we trying to do in this administration? Why does he want a second term what’s he
Former MTV mainstay Kurt Loder still loves music, but these days you’re more likely to read him pontificating about “The Twilight Saga” than Lady Gaga. Movies, says Loder, film critic for Reason.com, are “fresh material to me, in a way
I’d like you to try to dig deep down in your heart and attempt to dredge up some compassion for Rolling Stone’s Matt Tiabbi–I mean, real heavy spiritually-lifting compassion, the kind that is given even when it hasn’t been earned–Matt’s
Note to media: it’s the ethics, not the ideology! Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi, also exposed as one of the alleged journalists working with the Occupy movement behind the scenes and undisclosed, offers up a weak defense of the inherent lack
***UPDATE: Once again the outstanding BH community embarrasses me with their insight. Stewart being bummed with Obama deferring to the legislative process is very revealing, and I missed it completely. Good catch. Please go on about your business of being
Rolling Stone, whose political editor Matt Taibbi used to co-edit the eXile with Mark Ames, is pushing Ames’s discredited Koch brothers conspiracy theory in a new article about voter ID laws. The article, by Ari Berman, trumpets a supposed Koch
I’ve said before that liberals love to lose — be it elections or Oscars –because it “proves” they are enlightened victims living among the great unwashed. They never come right out and say they love to lose. Instead, when their
FADE IN: INT. HOLLYWOOD STUDIO CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY “Hurt Locker” scribe MARK BOAL slams his mighty fist down hard on the conference room table, making the HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVES surrounding him jump in their leather seats. MARK BOAL Now listen
“They want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight. And I’m not gonna give it to them because I have great admiration and respect for the Governor.” Bashir later says that Bachmann is using a
Rolling Stone’s hatchet job on Rep. Michele Bachmann has proven too much even for many liberals. As Yahoo News reports, there’s a controversy raging over the way the piece–sedately titled “Michele Bachmann’s Holy War”–“borrows heavily from a 2006 profile of
Al Gore’s timing is perfect. We here at The Heartland Institute are just now finishing off the last preparations for our Sixth International Conference on Climate Change in Washington, DC, June 30 and July 1. (It’s still not too late
Billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam was convicted on Wednesday of 14 counts of insider trading, according to Bloomberg. Raj Rajaratnam leaving court after being found guilty (AFP) He had a network of insiders at companies like Intel, Goldman Sachs,
Mediaite: U.S. Pastor Kills Eight People, UN Workers Correcting the Right On “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Tax Breaks Media Tale of Two Marches: Solidarity Saturday v. Pro-Life Sunday CORRECTION REQUEST STANDS: Media Matters Fudged Truth On Planned Parenthood Mammograms Correction Request:
Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal must be thrilled about this whole Libya thing, since he seems to be making a cottage industry out of articles, books and movies about American soldiers and how they are a bunch of incorrigible psychos whose
Seldom do I waste time with rebutting articles, and especially not from publications like Rolling Stone. Today, numerous people sent links to the latest Rolling Stone tripe. The story is titled “THE KILL TEAM, THE FULL STORY.” It should be
Ed. Note: This article is relevant to Big Hollywood because the author of the piece Michael Yon is responding to here is Mark Boal, the screenwriter who won the Oscar for “The Hurt Locker.” Much more to come. Seldom do
Seldom do I waste time with rebutting articles, and especially not from publications like Rolling Stone. Today, numerous people sent links to the latest Rolling Stone tripe. The story is titled “THE KILL TEAM, THE FULL STORY.” It should be
Several weeks ago, Justin Bieber entered the political arena when a Rolling Stone article quoted him saying that he opposed abortion but supported Canadian-style health care. Although people can agree or disagree with such political stances, it’s difficult to dislike
In the wake of the turmoil in the Mideast, stock prices in peripheral stock markets have continued to plunge, often by several percentage points in a day. Recent stock market plunges The Cairo stock exchange, which has been shut down
First a juicy bit to whet the appetite. This is from the military investigation that got the guy, LTC Holmes, who is accusing the military of using Psychological Operations against US Senators, and his female subordinate MAJ Levine booted from
Rolling Stone is pushing a story, aided by CNN and other outlets, that a “information operations unit” used psychological operations in an effort to influence Senators to support more funding for the war in Afghanistan. “Psy Ops” and “information operations”!
