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Big Hollywood : Sophia Bush: Latest Celeb Vowing to Leave Country if GOP Wins the White House

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:55:46 +0000

Canada!

Big Hollywood : Golden Globe Recap: Winners, Losers and Streep's Classy S-Bomb

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:32:16 +0000

Kate Beckinsale's discussion on Conan of Seth Rogen's joke was hilarious: http://teamcoco.com/video/kate-beckinsale-porno-f... "What was so sad was, it was barely discernible."

Big Journalism : Homeland Security Spying On Your Social Media? More Hype Than News

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:40:54 +0000

Given that A) no one who has sufficient security clearance to actually know what is being monitored and how is going to say word one to the press, and B) the Obama administration has authorized lying about the existence of relevant documents in FOIA requests C) the referenced Privacy Compliance Review was constructed in an entirely self-serving fashion (you don't ask the Fox to construct his own "Hen House Access Review.") I think it is early to be very sanquine about what the Federal government is or is not monitoring. Understand that the technologies involved go way behind "what you and I would do simply by firing up our browsers." There is on-going research into expert systems that parse through large amounts of freely-available information to draw inferences and create associations about user behavior on the internet. This is stuff that you can't do unless you have several racks of distributed systems in your rec room. The individual info is innocuous, but the big picture that they're able to build from it is Orwellian. Check out Narus, Inc., for an example.

Big Hollywood : Golden Globes: In Which a Big Hollywood Writer Champions George Clooney - Twice!

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:17 +0000

I have no interest in Hollywood's self-indulgent parade of self-congratulation festivals. It's gotten to the point where "Oscar Winning" or "Award Winning" attached to a film actually makes me less interested in seeing it.

Big Hollywood : 'Carnage' Review: Polanski's Latest a Bloody Good Time

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:17:49 +0000

You know, there ought to be a way to rate authors on the Big sites, not just comments. If there were, I think we'd see that Mr. Hanlon's rating in the toilet right about now.

Big Hollywood : 'Carnage' Review: Polanski's Latest a Bloody Good Time

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:01:00 +0000

How dare you even post a review of that child rapist's film here? You owe the whole Big community an apology. The implied attitude is despicable, "Well, it's Roman Polanski, and his films are important enough to review positively despite the fact that he's an unrepentant child rapist." That's exactly what we hate in mainstream Hollywood, that they're willing to give Polanski a pass. Don't bring that garbage here!

Big Hollywood : Gibson's Upcoming 'Vacation' a Return to Action Form

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:10:40 +0000

Alec Baldwin, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Charlie Sheen -- all of them have shown themselves to be utterly despicable human beings, but are still accepted by the Hollywood elite. Not Mel Gibson. They will never allow him to atone, never forgive him, not because of his behavior which pales in comparison with the men I mentioned, but because of The Passion. Jodie Foster's practically the only one among them with some honor and integrity.

Big Hollywood : Mickey Rourke: 'I Think Most Actresses Are C**ts With a Capital K'

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:33:58 +0000

Just a word about Rourke's looks. We have way too many pretty boys in Hollywood as it is. His ravaged face is far more interesting than DiCaprio's. Was Ernest Borgnine's face ever pretty? Or Edward G. Robinson's? Bogart was actually a pretty darn ugly guy, and if John Wayne was handsome, it was due to a certain craggy manliness, not classic good looks. I smile every time I see Rourke's face, because it reminds me that he could pick up half the current generation's crop of pretty boys and beat the other half to death with them. ETA: And if the thought of listening to Shia LeBeouf scream "Oh, God! Please! Stop! Put me down!" while Mark Ruffalo screams "Oh, God! Please! Stop beating me with Shia LeBeouf!" doesn't make you giggle a little, you're probably a racist.

Big Hollywood : Daily Call Sheet: Where I Answer the 'Is George Clooney Our Paul Newman?' Question

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:27:41 +0000

You know, I actually liked Clooney in a couple of his early roles, and I admit my growing dislike is indeed tied to his outspoken and idiotic political opinions -- just like I can no longer watch a movie with Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon or Tim Robbins, and the list is growing. And ... I don't know where I'm going with this. He's at his best when he's a glib, charming, vaguely ruthless character with a heart. We see variations on that theme in From Dusk Til Dawn, Oceans 11 and Three Kings. But, I see his name, and those other names above, and I can no longer divorce myself from the visceral disgust that I feel when I think of their politcal statements. There are many other Hollywood liberals I still watch -- mostly those that don't talk too much about it, but Clooney and those in his circle are people who have clawed their way to the top of one of the most ruthlessly capitalistic industries in the world, who are firmly ensconced in "the 1%" yet spend their time trying to make it harder for others to achieve what they have, by bashing the capitalist system that made it possible. Screw them.

Big Hollywood : Daily Call Sheet: Where I Answer the 'Is George Clooney Our Paul Newman?' Question

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:19:18 +0000

I'm also torn about it, but for different reasons. I loved the movie, but I am afraid the series would soon become rather tiresome. I don't know if "endless road trip through zombified America comedy" has enough going for it minus the talents of the original cast. You have to admit the cast was great, and the TV series would have a hard time topping Harrelson, Stone, Breslin and Eisenberg. I'm just not sure there's enough potential plot there to make it consistently engaging minus the initial novelty of the movie and the strong cast.

Big Hollywood : Mickey Rourke: 'I Think Most Actresses Are C**ts With a Capital K'

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:08:01 +0000

Does anyone really think he's wrong about most actresses?

Big Hollywood : Mickey Rourke: 'I Think Most Actresses Are C**ts With a Capital K'

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:07:31 +0000

Will Rourke be given the same treatment for his gender slur that Mel Gibson was for his racial slur? Or Brett Ratner was for his sexual slur? Or will it be more like the treatment Polanski got for drugging and anally raping a teenage girl? Can't wait to find out.

Big Hollywood : Worst. Apology. Ever. - Questlove's Lame Response to Bachmann Slam

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:58:58 +0000

As Brett Ratner might say, "'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' is for (word for little bundled sticks of wood that IntenseDebate won't let me say)."

Big Hollywood : 'The Descendants' Review: Clooney Powers Payne's Latest Character-Driven Dramedy

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:18:18 +0000

Sorry, you lost me at "George Clooney."

Big Hollywood : 'Into the Abyss' Review: A Balanced Take on the Death Penalty

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:58:30 +0000

This is what I expected. Too many reviewers here, probably because they are so immersed in the Hollywood culture, are willing to label something balanced just because it's not shriekingly, disgustingly dishonest. Their perspective is skewed.

Big Hollywood : Alec Baldwin, Defender of Capitalism?

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:28:38 +0000

You still paying attention? See if you can spot the anti-capitalism signs. http://michellemalkin.com/2011/11/03/more-ugly-oc... Or am I still imagining things?

Big Hollywood : 'Occupy Hollywood' - The Left Begins to Eat Itself

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:08:25 +0000

Meh. They're really not all that good compared to some of the high quality product out there.

Big Hollywood : 'Occupy Hollywood' - The Left Begins to Eat Itself

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:04:40 +0000

"...Frank Rich figuratively – at least – sporting wood over the idea that this Occupy Wall Street nonsense will develop into a real class war." You know, I think this would be one of the cases where the oft-misused "literally" would have been fitting.

Big Hollywood : Zooey Deschanel Sings 'National Anthem' at World Series

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:47:17 +0000

Well, yeah, Rocky avenges Apollo Creed, saves justice, truth freedom and the American way and kicks the Soviet Union's ass with his *fists*. Of course I like it. And there's that training montage. Oh, man.

Big Journalism : CNN Finds 'Occupy Chicago' Protesters 'Fascinating to Watch'

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:37:26 +0000

I'm surprised none of the residents have come out and simply smashed the drums to pieces. The urban men are probably all too metro-sexual to do something like that.