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Sometimes it takes an outsider to show the press corps the way. By Jack Shafer Among the many glorious things about American journalism is that no credentialing organization or regulatory body stands between an individual who wants to break a

WTAE: While it wasn’t a rebellion, the crowd from inside the convention center spilled out onto Penn Avenue and marched to the Byham to see the film and to call for universal health care. The marchers didn’t have a permit

For better or worse, I have spent the last six years or so as a “go-to” authority on Michael Moore. In 2002, he said some things about my country that I was hurt by and some things about life that

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will take the highly unusual step of convening a special session to rehear arguments in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. This case has enormous implications for all Americans, but those of us who

Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” premieres at the Venice Film Festival today. Reuters has most of the details, the usual-usual from the 55-year old mega-millionaire. But buried below the usual-usual is the real story — a point of agreement

I caught a live tribute to Ted Kennedy on TV the other day. Family, friends, and colleagues were praising him as a champion for universal social justice. I started thinking about how much I’ve been hearing the word “universal” lately.

The news is really unbelievable these days. All that I once thought were core American values and traditions are now being washed away in a sea of propaganda and political attacks from the radical Left, which now rules supreme and

Michael Moore is a big fat idiot — or, is he? Actually, he is a big fat Academy-Award winning capitalist who is making a movie sarcastically called “Capitalism: A Love Story.” In it, he’ll use his magical megaphone to expose,

This week, as the buildup to the upcoming movie “G.I. Joe” continues, the L.A. Times claimed that… Yet overseas, where big action films often earn 60% or more of their ticket sales, rah-rah American sentiment doesn’t play well. So those

[Ed. Note: Carl’s ‘Grand Theft Audio’ airs tonight and every Thursday night on LATalkRadio.com at 7pm PST] It’s not easy being a conservative in comedy these days. Folks like Evan Sayet, and no doubt Drew Carey or Kelsey Grammer, can

I received Michael Covel’s new documentary, Broke: The New American Dream [trailer – website] in the mail about a week ago, and watched it in one sitting. The film describes itself as “a vivid, honest, often humorous and always insightful

Whenever Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore releases a new documentary the reaction in the press is typically jubilant. Rave reviews. Fawning interviews which rarely ask tough questions. Oscar buzz aplenty. But this time could be different. Moore’s last film, “Slacker Uprising,”

[youtube mRm0S0__3ns nolink] — From the USA Today: The still untitled film, which opens Oct. 2, will zero in on the corporations and politicians he says caused the global financial crash. Wall Street robber barons are Moore’s new on-screen enemy.

There’s probably no single piece of writing in this country that’s as controversial or as likely to lead to fist fights as the U.S. Constitution. It’s difficult to decide which portion of the document gets people riled up the most.

I have had a rather bizarre career in media, but what happened last week on the campus of USC here in Los Angeles may end up marking one of the strangest and most disturbing episodes yet. I went to USC

If the government has its way, Eminem’s new single could land him in jail, Jon Stewart’s book, America, could have been banned, and advertising Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 on television or radio would have been a felony. That’s what the

Hang on to your keesters: the first movie to celebrate the ascension of Barack “The One” Obama to the throne Oval Office is on its way to a theater near you: Sony Pictures tells Whispers that it has acquired the

No matter what I’m doing now or what I do in the future, I’ll probably always be known as the guy who made “Michael Moore Hates America.” I often wonder why I picked a fight with Moore. I mean really,

Last week the United States Supreme Court held oral arguments over a fascinating question: whether or not the federal government has the authority to decide if a movie/documentary is a form of entertainment free from most broadcast restrictions or if

Many of you may not know this, but before my Hollywood escapades I was once the world’s most sought after fight analyst. By “sought after,” I mean that I was swiftly escorted off of The Fertitta Brothers property with a

Ben Shapiro and Tim Slagle have engaged in a little back and forth in recent days about rap and whether or not it’s crap. I read the original piece. The response. The response to the response. The myriad of comments.

I hate to say it, but we’re officially becoming a nation of sissies with radical leftists leading the cause. Tipping our hand to the enemy and openly “banning torture” defies all logic and denies the history of war. Now, before

Something didn’t sound quite right when I listened to Jon Stewart’s set-up for his sarcastic blast of CNBC’s Rick Santelli as a hypocrite who thinks federal bailout money for corporate America is just fine while a helping hand from Uncle

Michael Moore wrote a piece for the Huffington Post last week. I didn’t find out about it until today because I was doing more important things like volunteering and watching my 6 year-old daughter’s all-girl hockey team beat up on

NASCAR has become so much more than just an adrenalized racing sport. It’s a cultural touchstone, what the right rallies around whenever the next Michael Moore movie or Al Franken tome arrives on the scene. It’s ours. So it’s fascinating

Folks in Hollywood like to portray themselves as champions of the people. They proclaim support for socialists like Michael Moore; they decry the growing gap between rich and poor. Then they ask for tax breaks and pay raises. States across

It’s not that I’m offended by the idea of Obama pointing every barrel he can find in the direction of Rush Limbaugh. Seriously, that’s fine. What offends me is the lack of wit and charm in the attacks. Obama got

The Academy Award members painted themselves as a bunch of Commie rats last night, when they applauded madly during Communist sympathizer Sean Penn’s gleeful greeting to them after winning an award for portraying an assassinated homosexual leader, “You Commie, homo-loving

He’s the gift who just keeps on giving. This week’s featured Celebutard already figures like an incurable disease in my new book, “Celebutards: The Hollywood Hacks, Limousine Liberals and Pandering Politicians Who Are Destroying America” (Kensington). He is Sean Penn

During the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, few doubted Federico Fellini’s “8 ” was a masterpiece. The film was not merely contending for the Grand Prize; it was clear that no conventional prize could put a tag on the sheer

As a child, I noticed something about adults that kind of bothered me. If you said one wrong thing to some people you could set them off. Even something innocent or harmless. I remember when I was 11 my stepmom

by special Big Hollywood guest correspondent Michael Moore. Hi, gang. Michael Moore here. I’ve been thinking a lot about patriotism lately. I had an interesting conversation with my friend Joe about this, and I thought I’d share it. So me

When John F. Kennedy was elected president, I did not believe it was possible to top the Kennedy cult fantasy craziness summed up by violinist Isaac Stern when he visited the White House: I felt as though I were inside

While I was growing up in the liberal New York, my father, a rock-ribbed Republican and immigrant from communist Eastern Europe, was prone to hold grudges against entertainers. Thus, The Boycott was instituted to include a wide array of comedians,

So spake Oscar Levant. Comedian Fred Allen had another great quote: “You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and stuff it in a gnat’s navel and still have room for three caraway seeds and an agent’s heart.” Hollywood is

This Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremonies (8 p.m. EST) will give Hollywood one last award venue to bash the Bush administration. Is there any doubt some winners will jump at the chance to savage the president while he’s still in office?