en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1404613 Comments by andyblv http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2012/02/21/hollywood-actress-who-plays-sarah-palin-hates-sarah-palin/#IDComment298232633 Ever since she delivered the most inept Boston accent I've ever heard in "30 Rock" and grated on my last nerve, I've not been able to stand Moore. To see her involved in such a consciously vicious hatchet job on Sarah Palin is not surprising. After all, this is the woman who proved she is a natural redhead by doing a bottomless scene in "Short Cuts" that went on for seemingly 10 minutes...classy! Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:27:20 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2012/02/21/hollywood-actress-who-plays-sarah-palin-hates-sarah-palin/#IDComment298232633 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/13/grammy-night-reflections-cool-j-in-charge-maroon-5-too-cool-for-beach-boys/#IDComment291750724 Nobody's said anything yet about Jennifer Hudson, who scored with a fine, tasteful tribute rendition of Whitney Houston's signature song, "I Will Always Love You". That cannot have been an easy task, with short notice and everything else going on, and she nailed it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:38:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/13/grammy-night-reflections-cool-j-in-charge-maroon-5-too-cool-for-beach-boys/#IDComment291750724 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/11/samuel-l-jackson-i-voted-for-obama-because-he-was-black/#IDComment290646108 Amazing - if a white actor had made similar remarks, he would be ridden out of town and drummed out of the business. How much do you want to bet there will be no repercussions with Jackson? Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:41:20 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/11/samuel-l-jackson-i-voted-for-obama-because-he-was-black/#IDComment290646108 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-announced-nine-best-pics-and-jonah-hill/#IDComment273197172 Very dismayed that "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" was nominated, which has received some of the lousiest reviews of the year. Guess Tom Hanks still has clout, despite his recent flops. Also that Michael Fassbender wasn't nominated, despite a stellar year. Happy about Oldman and "Moneyball"! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:42:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-announced-nine-best-pics-and-jonah-hill/#IDComment273197172 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/16/class-act-mark-wahlberg-opens-up-about-his-catholic-faith/#IDComment266507656 I realize quite well that he is not the character he is portraying and that as an actor he wants to play a variety of roles. But as a person with a conscience, wouldn't he want to appear in films that ultimately send out a positive and meaningful message to people? Now he can play the villain in such a piece or whatever. My point is that Hollywood churns out far too much filth these days and it would be nice if actors who feel the way Mr. Wahlberg does tried to take steps to turn this tide. He is only one man, and its quite a tide to buck, but to have a strong Catholic faith and then appear in a movie the Church calls offensive seems, well, hypocritical in some degree. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:28:23 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/16/class-act-mark-wahlberg-opens-up-about-his-catholic-faith/#IDComment266507656 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/16/class-act-mark-wahlberg-opens-up-about-his-catholic-faith/#IDComment266291525 I'm glad Mark Wahlberg has changed the path he was on and now has a strong faith, but could he put it into practice in the films he does? His new one, "Contraband" is rated offensive on the Catholic movie website for its violence and excessive profanity. Since he has a family he cherishes, couldn't he put his faith into practice by doing family-friendly movies only? Or would he even be able to work in Hollywood that way? Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:23:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/16/class-act-mark-wahlberg-opens-up-about-his-catholic-faith/#IDComment266291525 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kjanke/2011/12/29/will-american-horror-story-scare-programmers-into-following-its-lead/#IDComment250436346 The main reason I kept watching was Jessica Lange, who was flat-out brilliant. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:52:29 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kjanke/2011/12/29/will-american-horror-story-scare-programmers-into-following-its-lead/#IDComment250436346 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246026823 Dramatic much? I think Garner is great and an honorable man, even if we may not see eye to eye on politics. He has a right to his opinions. Yet you disparage the entire Republican party and every candidate it may have to offer because you find some people in it extreme? Even though I find a lot of Democrats to be deluded, naive and just plain wrong, I'll never say that I won't weigh each candidate in each race and if I find the Democrat to be superior not vote for him because of his party. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:16:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246026823 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sdowty/2011/12/18/meryl-streep-is-our-finest-actress-think-again/#IDComment241013560 I'm rooting this year for Glenn Close to win Best Actress in "Albert Nobbs". She is indisputably a fine actress, and, unlike Streep, has never won the award. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:00:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sdowty/2011/12/18/meryl-streep-is-our-finest-actress-think-again/#IDComment241013560 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/12/08/ptc-president-tim-winter-the-snooki-effect-is-real-and-devastating/#IDComment234910464 You said it! The amount of "watchable" television has shrunk to almost nothing, and I'm talking about for myself, an adult male. I don't have children, but MTV, VH1 and the bulk of the rest of it would be strictly off limits if I did. There's always been stupid programs on TV, but now so much of it seems positively evil to boot, a sad state of affairs indeed. Fri, 9 Dec 2011 02:54:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/12/08/ptc-president-tim-winter-the-snooki-effect-is-real-and-devastating/#IDComment234910464 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/22/worst-apology-ever-questloves-lame-response-to-bachmann-slam/#IDComment225923531 His "apology" reeks of insincerity and his actions in playing this song were beyond the pale. Just simple decency and fairness should preclude such actions and I would consider something like this cause for termination if his employers had any concern for the reputation of their show. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:58:18 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/22/worst-apology-ever-questloves-lame-response-to-bachmann-slam/#IDComment225923531 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment225060799 Lists such as this one are valuable if only to make people question the conventional wisdom. I think DiCaprio does have talent, but he's often cast badly. I think several of his films with Scorsese would have been improved without his miscasting. Try as he might, he often ends up looking like an insufficiently mature pretender. Meryl Streep has given perhaps a handful of incredible performances, but also a lot of overly mannered, mechanical and irritating ones. When she's bad (her preening performance in "Mamma Mia" anyone?) she's unwatchable. Plus, I hate what seems to be the automatic impulse to hand her awards for any old thing she does. Tom Hanks started out likeable and engaging, then his ego seemed to balloon out of control until now he does horrible vanity projects like "Larry Crowne". It makes me gag when I hear people compare George Clooney to Cary Grant - he's not even in the same neighborhood, and it says volumes about our present-day dearth of elegance in leading men. As for the older stars, I think all contributed a good number of decent performances, but also did flawed work as well. The only one I would really agree with is Gregory Peck: "To Kill A Mockingbird" was wonderful, but he's so often stolid and wooden onscreen, though I admit I need to see a lot more of his work. I could easily add another 10 people to your list among the current crop, echoing previous references to Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Lopez, Diane Keaton, Warren Beatty, Seth Rogan, Phillip Seymour Hoffman (being disheveled and gross is great acting?), Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck. Wow, and I'm just getting started - believe it or not, there are actors I love too, but so many who I can't understand how they still find work! Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:07:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment225060799 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2010/11/05/sarah-palin-and-gov-jan-brewer-make-cher-look-dumb-and-angry/#IDComment108059666 Its amazing to me that these aging hippies in the entertainment industry, living in their elite, pampered, insulated enclaves like Beverly Hills or Malibu have the sheer gall to lecture average Americans with their "enlightened" political views. Please spare us, Cher - hearing leftist ideology spout out of your carved-up, no downright mummified mug is nauseating in the extreme! I think a lot of her bitterness is due to Sonny, who made her what she was and who was a conservative Republican. She famously hated him after their divorce until he died, when she made a spectacle of herself grieving at his funeral. Then this famously revered by the gay community diva turned against her own daughter for daring to be lesbian! Frankly, I find much more to admire in Sarah Palin's example than in Cher's. Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:11:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2010/11/05/sarah-palin-and-gov-jan-brewer-make-cher-look-dumb-and-angry/#IDComment108059666 http://theberry.com/2010/09/22/sjp-some-might-argue-that-its-not-just-bad-lighting-11-photos/#IDComment100435429 She really is extraordinarily ugly. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:31:18 +0000 http://theberry.com/2010/09/22/sjp-some-might-argue-that-its-not-just-bad-lighting-11-photos/#IDComment100435429 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2010/09/13/jane-fonda-once-a-traitor-always-a-traitor/#IDComment98571130 She should have been thrown in jail. What "Hanoi Jane" did was every bit as bad as what "Tokyo Rose" did. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:51:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2010/09/13/jane-fonda-once-a-traitor-always-a-traitor/#IDComment98571130 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/09/03/todays-open-thread-91/#IDComment96788699 Toshiro Mifune...what a screen presence! He's a titan in this one, one of Kurosawa's best (and most fun) films. Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:06:41 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/09/03/todays-open-thread-91/#IDComment96788699 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/07/30/todays-open-thread-61/#IDComment89890356 I've lived in Las Vegas since 1962. Not personally acquainted with mafia types, ahem, but I certainly saw them around town growing up. "Casino" may not be Scorsese's best, but he did a great job of capturing the the atmosphere and the scene around here in the 70's. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:58:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/07/30/todays-open-thread-61/#IDComment89890356 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmoriarty/2010/07/30/colonel-wests-high-noon/#IDComment89835099 Col. West is one very impressive man and he will have my vote whenever he runs for national office. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:57:20 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmoriarty/2010/07/30/colonel-wests-high-noon/#IDComment89835099 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/07/23/cyndi-lauper-bush-a-criminal-evangelism-bullsht-nsfw/#IDComment88343702 What an irritating, incoherent mess she's become. You need to work on that inner rage some, Cyndi - I know you'll never have a future career other than performing at gay pride fests, but you had a good ride for a few years! Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:48:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/07/23/cyndi-lauper-bush-a-criminal-evangelism-bullsht-nsfw/#IDComment88343702 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/07/22/the-onanistic-oeuvre-of-oliver-stone/#IDComment88097104 Boy, Mom sounds like she was a real piece of work! And I disagree with the writer that Stone is Hemingwayesque - more like Norman Mailerish. He was another individual with modest talent which was eventually frittered away and who ended up wallowing in pathetic macho posturing - only in Stone's case its pathetic leftist posturing. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:05:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/07/22/the-onanistic-oeuvre-of-oliver-stone/#IDComment88097104