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

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:22:41 +0000

Ah, yes Bill. I grew up in the New Orleans of exactly this time period and Tate Taylor caught the time and place very well I thought.

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

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:01:09 +0000

The protagonist (Skeeter) is played by Emma Stone (and she was terrific). Ron Howard's daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, played the antagonist role (Hilly Holbrook) and though she too was terrific she's going to have to really watch being cast too often in these 'mean woman' roles; this is not the first one.

Big Hollywood : 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Review: Serious, Sober and Soporific

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:36:34 +0000

The unsubscribe function just routes to a 502 bad gateway error (in layman's terms "does not work"). I'm stuck having to get your scintillating monologue in my inbox until you finally tire of it . Since you seem to just be nattering to yourself; I'm hoping that will be soon. I subscribed to the thread thinking there might be some interesting conversation about this film, the book and the BBC television production, but of you made sure that couldn't happen.

Big Hollywood : 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Review: Serious, Sober and Soporific

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:52:59 +0000

Because I made the mistake of subscribing to all of the comments on this thread, 75% of which are yours and after your initial point (which you can rest assured everybody has now taken) have been inane. Can you cool it now?

Big Hollywood : 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Review: Serious, Sober and Soporific

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:55:48 +0000

Actually, it 's not Lenny who shoots George, but George who shoots Lennie (that's the spelling of the character's name actually). Are you finished with this yet because my email box is getting full of your inane posts..

Big Hollywood : 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Review: Serious, Sober and Soporific

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:01:40 +0000

Keith Olberman the anti-Kurt Loder (a thing that I had previously never conceived of); check out this valentine to 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and then consider who it is that likely just needed a snack or something before reviewing this film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...

Crasstalk : Light Rock Wars: The Battle Continues

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:15:28 +0000

He looks a little bit like Elizabeth Taylor, seriously.

Crasstalk : Light Rock Wars: The Battle Continues

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:08:34 +0000

God that's heinous, extra points for the shirt.

Crasstalk : Light Rock Wars: The Battle Continues

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:40:04 +0000

Apparently an old person who can't imbed videos (why?)[youtube 59BZxgohr9g&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g&feature=related youtube]

Crasstalk : Light Rock Wars: The Battle Continues

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:34:40 +0000

I too am an old person with a lifetime of these things at my fingertips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g&fe...

Crasstalk : The Rich Have Better Nuclear Bunkers Than You Do

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:46:18 +0000

Seriously, can you imagine a worse fate than hunkering down in that tube thing while the world detonates? I can, but only slightly ~ that would be hunkering down in that tube thing with my boyfriend (always apocalyptic in outlook at the best of times, in this case exuding smug I-told-you-so-ness) and his glowering none-to-bright son who would be in extreme withdrawal from World of Warcraft. That thing looks smaller and more uncomfortable than the tomb that Tuxedo King Harvey J Weinstein (no relation) was thrown in after his 1993 kidnapping and endured for 13 days: http://tinyurl.com/Tuxedo-King-Kidnap In an interesting side note one of the conspirators who acted as ransom negotiator with Weinstein's family but later claimed to have been coerced (the NYPD didn't believe that) , Aurelina Leonor has just been paroled: http://tinyurl.com/Aurelina-Leonor-Paroled Anyway, look at those ventilation conduits, how on earth are you protecting yourself when you are breathing the radio-active air? That thing is insane. This is what Harry looked like after 13 days in one: http://tinyurl.com/Tuxedo-King-Kidnapper

Big Hollywood : When You Replace Humility with Celebrity, Do Recovering Addicts Like Charlie Sheen Have a Chance?

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:01:59 +0000

Hummm, considering that an AA meeting in Hollywood would consist entirely of homeless down-and-outs and do-gooders I'm calling complete and utter bs on this story. Famous and wealthy addicts in Los Angeles do NOT attend 12-step meetings in Hollywood (they go to private meetings in Beverly Hills). I doubt if this person has ever even been there. The rest of the stepper bloviation about humility is equally dishonest really.

Big Hollywood : I Didn't Quit Drinking to Get High On Hope and Change

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:16:30 +0000

Dude, you should head East: Pasadena, Arcadia, Temple City, Sierra Madre, Alhambra, Monrovia are such bastions of right-wing ideology that you would think that tuning in to Dann Beck was one of the steps. Keep heading East and you pretty much don't dare attend an AA meeting without an NRA bumper sticker on your pick-up (women need not apply). They aren't shy about it either. Lots of crazy stuff from the podium. I sure didn't get sober to listen to a bunch of right wing loonies, but that was what was required. It is one of the many colossal problems with AA (along with the certifiable dual-diagnosed leaders and the rampant sexual and financial predation) that makes the whole thing not only unworkable but downright scary. The interesting thing to me was the number of right-wing wackos who were simultaneously ex-cons, now that's an interesting group.