Andrew Leigh is a screenwriter and recovering journalist. He is currently producing and writing a documentary feature tentatively titled "Porkers," which is either about government spending or competitive hot dog eating. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, Weekly Standard, National Review, and Sculpture magazine. Andrew also serves on the board of directors for American Film Renaissance, a nonprofit organization promoting greater diversity in film.
Andrew Leigh
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Did Myley Cyrus’s pals just win Best Foreign Picture?
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Stage Right: “Smile” was also a signature Jerry Lewis song. And perhaps more appropriate in light of his movie career.
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Eddie Murphy likes tranny hookers. Just saying.
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Andy: I disagree! Happy now?
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I hate when Oscar nominees are too “cool” to show up.
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Seymour Philip Hoffman???
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That sound you hear is the sound of 10 million remotes changing channels.
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Best Oscar short? Time to shotgun another PBR. (And I have a friend who won this category once.)
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Ben Stiller should host next year.
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If I wasn’t getting paid all this dough to live-blog, I’d change channels.
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Where’s Myley Cyrus?
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Oh boy. Now we’re going to get a political speech about downtrodden subprime mortgage holders. Oh, that’s not what Slumdog Millionaire is about?
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Kate Winslet ranges all the way from partial to full frontal nudity.
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The Wynn guy looks like he went to Mickey Rourke’s plastic surgeon.
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I’m rooting for Jerry Lewis to win an Oscar tonight.
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Just checking in. Isn’t that the guy from Project Runway? That’ll bring in the red-state viewers!
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The Lives of Other Inconvenient Truths
by Andrew LeighIt comes as no surprise that the liberal blogosphere did a collective spit-take over the National Review’s recent list of the top 25 conservative films of the past 25 years (full disclosure: the Buckleyites invited me to comment on one selection).
One lefty blogger wrote, “In the end, right-wingers cannot excape [sic] from the fundamental fact that great art challenges assumptions and received wisdom and calls on us to look at the world with new eyes — and therefore is inherently progressive.”
If true, then the left’s claim on the arts is about to weaken. Because the “assumptions” and “received wisdom” of the Establishment these days are predominantly progressive. After all, who is the Establishment now? No matter your ideology, surely you must agree that there’s nothing more tired and cliche than a “rebellious” artist infusing his work with the same old leftist bromides. (more…)
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Bill Gates: Release the Mosquitos!
by Andrew LeighTrue story: Bill Gates — yes, that Bill Gates — released a swarm of mosquitos at a technology conference. He did it (or so he claims) to demonstrate how malaria spreads. Reportedly, he waited a minute or two before he informed his well-heeled audience that these particular blood-suckers weren’t carrying the dread disease. (Only three died of heart attacks!)
This calls to mind The Simpsons‘ Mr. Burns, who shouts “Release the hounds!” whenever he tires of visitors. Gates’ version is somewhat more subtle, but perhaps as effective — especially to mosquito-phobic people like myself. (I wonder if anybody sued? Talk about deep pockets!) (more…)
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Bird of a Different Feather
by Andrew LeighYesterday the Guardian, a left-leaning British newspaper, ran a column accusing Pixar of the unforgivable crime of hypocrisy.
When it comes to Toy Story and WALL-E, the Guardian has a point. After all, any movie that preaches the evils of consumerism and, at the same time, expects its audience to snap up Buzz Lightyear and EVE dolls, has a serious case of split personality.
The problem is, the article lumped all Pixar films together. But there are notable exceptions: the movies of Brad Bird. He wrote and directed such classics of free expression as The Incredibles and Ratatouille. These movies celebrate individualism and, dare I say it, free markets. (more…)
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Ben Stein’s Commencement Day Off
by Andrew LeighLet me start by laying my cards on the table: I have no personal beef with evolution. I believe evolutionary theory can be perfectly compatible with religion. And I sincerely (if perhaps naively) hope this doesn’t devolve (get it?) into a debate over evolution.
Having said all that: Does anybody else find it supremely ironic that Ben Stein made a documentary about academia’s intolerance toward those who question evolutionary theory — and then a university effectively rescinded an invitation to speak? Seems to me that nothing in Ben Stein’s Expelled is more compelling evidence of the truth of his thesis than that. (more…)
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