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“John Boot” at Pajamas Media: With more than a billion dollars in global ticket sales, Avatar can’t be ignored as a cultural chord that is resonating around the planet. And anytime a movie sells more than $350 million worth of

Let this end the inane hair-splitting over how it’s okay to smear the United States Marines by making them “former” Marines in the form of mercenaries. The Marine Times: Lost amid the staggering commercial success of “Avatar” and obscured by

Some highlights form today’s must read article on Oliver Stone’s new Showtime project from the Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed: Director Oliver Stone’s upcoming Showtime documentary miniseries “Secret History of America” promises to put mass murderers such as Stalin and Hitler

The Mighty Denzel, The Mighty Gary Oldman, the adorable Mila Kunis, post-apocalyptic marauders with chainsaws….? Can I get in line now?

Three out of five leftists agree: Avatar is anti-American…. Time’s Joe Klein: But that wasn’t the most amazing thing about the movie: the Americans were the bad guys. They were a mercenary army working for corporate villains who wanted to

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Via the Corner, comes this excellent analysis [emphasis added]: If I were a military man or woman, I would find “Avatar” insulting. With one exception, the helicopter pilot played by Michelle Rodriguez — her character is twice referred to as

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Corrected: The federal enforcement agency involved in the incident with Mr. Yon at Sea-Tac was previously misidentified as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The article has been updated to reflect that it was Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who

Little terrorism, little murder, little fascism, little wife beating… Won’t hurt Beyonce’s standing in Hollywood one bit. Now, had she performed at Rush Limbaugh’s birthday party… Mediaite: On Sunday, Mediaite reported that singer Beyoncé Knowles had given a private New

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…so says Robert Butler in yesterday’s Washington Post: It’s everywhere at the multiplex these days: religion. Or if that word makes you uncomfortable, you can go with the more general “spirituality.” In movies as varied as the dead serious “The

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From Fox News: A senior official at the National Endowment for the Arts encouraged artists to promote President Obama’s political agenda in a conference call he organized with the White House. The NEA’s communications director Yosi Sergant eventually resigned in

TV Week: It may surprise some to realize that Sheen’s alleged behavior won’t even come close to the negative fall-out Woods has already received in the past month. “How can that be?” they’ll exclaim. It’s got to do with expectations.

Get well soon, sir! Updates will be posted here.

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Jonah Goldberg in The Los Angeles Times: In short, “Avatar” tells the tale of a disabled Marine, Jake Sully, who — through the wonders of movie magic — occupies the body of a 10-foot-tall alien so he can live among

[youtube oAE3sGQpD14 nolink] — NewsBusters: Cameron claims “Great wealth makes me uncomfortable,” and he has a track record of producing “quasi-Marxist epic[s],” as Newsweek described Titanic. Cameron himself said that Titanic was “holding just short of Marxist dogma.” Critic James

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[audio: /files/2009/12/dmiller-12-28-09-hr3-michael-moriarty.mp3] Andrew guest-hosted the Dennis Miller Radio Show this morning and our own Michael Moriarty joined him for a segment to discuss Obama, abortion, Hollywood and a host of other topics.

[youtube 2yzAzp7yMHU nolink] — As with everything they touch, Turner Classic Movies handles their yearly tribute with extraordinary class and delivers something subtle, lovely and touching; something always so much better than whatever the Oscars cook up that year. And

Looks as though fugitive director Roman Polanski has been receiving all kinds of support from those who believe being a “genius director” means never having to say you’re sorry. Not even for drugging and anally raping a thirteen year-old girl

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Over at the L.A. Times today, art critic Christopher Knight went after Big Government for reporting on the White House Christmas trees ornaments and the man, Simon Doonan, tapped to oversee the decorations for the White House. Knight’s objection to

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