Christian Toto: ‘The Blind Side’ — Another Bush Sucker Punch?

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Christian Toto:

“The new drama “The Blind Side” tells the story of a homeless black teen who is taken in by a Christian family led by Sandra Bullock.

“It’s a heartwarming story based on the life of NFL lineman Michael Oher.

“So why does the film feel the need to awkwardly squeeze in a slam at former president George W. Bush?” (more…)

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Tags: Blind Side, Film, george w. bush, Politics, sandra bullock
Posted Nov 19th 2009 at 1:47 pm in Culture, Film, Politics | 265614200 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/19/toto-blind-side-another-bush-sucker-punch/Christian+Toto%3A+%27The+Blind+Side%27+--+Another+Bush+Sucker+Punch%3F2009-11-19+21%3A47%3A08Big+Hollywood

Political Correctness, Ft. Hood, and Hollywood

Almost before the echo of gunfire from the massacre at Ft. Hood had faded, the news media launched a pre-emptive rationalization for the slaughter committed by Muslim traitor Nidal Malik Hasan. To divert attention from the shooter’s inconvenient name (“I cringe that he’s Muslim,” said Newsweek’s Evan Thomas), the talking heads began speculating sympathetically about the fragile mental state of poor frazzled Hasan, who had never seen combat but nonetheless must have “snapped.” After all, surely there could be no rational, ideological motive for the mass murder, which President Obama labeled “incomprehensible.”  And “it’s certainly not about his religion, Islam,” denied Senator Lindsey Graham. Indeed, from listening to such “experts” as irrelevant diet book author Dr. Phil (“this is not a well act”), you’d think that Hasan was the victim, not the fourteen dead* and the nearly thirty seriously wounded that he left in his heartless wake. Even as a mountain of accumulating evidence irrefutably exposed Hasan’s act as premeditated violent jihad against the U.S. military, stubborn left-leaning commentators clung to their theory of mental derangement.

George Clooney in 2005’s  Syriana

Meanwhile the national discussion has segued to our own collective insanity, political correctness, which we are now discovering paved the very way for the massacre. It is this cultural and mental straightjacket that forced a U.S. Army general to say diversity is more important than losing American lives; that compelled our Homeland Security Secretary to reassure the Arab world that we’re doing everything we can to protect against a mythical Muslim backlash; that prevented people from speaking out about red flags that could have saved the lives of everyone murdered at Ft. Hood; and that prevents our officials from even naming the enemy. No such ailment afflicts the jihadists, however, who are celebrating Hasan as a hero, who have no problem acknowledging his ideological intent, and who recognize our political correctness as a self-inflicted fatal wound. Unlike our leaders and media elites, they don’t sap their wartime focus with hand-wringing and navel-gazing. (more…)

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Tags: "Redacted", al-Qaradawi, Arab film industry, Atlas Shrugs, Barrie Osborne
Posted Nov 17th 2009 at 4:48 am in Culture, Featured Story, Film, Military, Religion | 261714137 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mtapson/2009/11/17/political-correctness-ft-hood-and-hollywood/Political+Correctness%2C+Ft.+Hood%2C+and+Hollywood2009-11-17+12%3A48%3A07Mark+Tapson

The Future of Comics and Other Publishing

You can probably date yourself by remembering how much comic books cost when you were a kid. Was it a dime, a quarter, a dollar? Can you believe they cost $4 now?

As the greenies would say, that’s unsustainable. Comic books used to be common. If you went in any kids house in the 50s or early 60s you would probably find some. Not so much anymore. Comics once sold everywhere magazines were sold. You could buy them in drug stores, supermarkets, seven-elevens, newsstands, even some liquor stores. But the so called “newsstand market” was a hostile place to comics publishers, and a shrinking one.

These days, it’s hard to find comics anywhere outside of the comic book store. That means that comics have become a “destination product.” It’s something you need to know where it’s sold, you have to physically go there and if you’re lucky, they might have what you’re looking for. However, most comics retailers order to sell out. So the odds are, you may be unlucky if you don’t come on “comics day,” the day the books come in from the distributor.

And that’s another problem with comics these days. There is only one distributor. When I got in the business in the mid 80s, there were around ten distributors. But over the years they all went under leaving Diamond Comics as the sole place publishers can distribute through to the “Direct Market,” as we call it. It’s like government run health care, if there’s only one place to go for your needs, you have to like their terms. (more…)

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Tags: "Direct Market", Comic Books, comics, DC, Diamond Comics
Posted Nov 14th 2009 at 6:22 am in Art, Culture, Featured Story | 25654286 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhudnall/2009/11/14/the-future-of-comics-and-other-publishing/The+Future+of+Comics+and+Other+Publishing2009-11-14+14%3A22%3A37James+Hudnall

INTERVIEW: Former Miss California Carrie Prejean

Apart from the fact that she’s a smoking hot California babe and I’m a 47-year-old mother of two teenage sons, Carrie Prejean and I do have some things in common. We’re both from San Diego. We both attend The Rock, an urban mega-church pastored by former San Diego Chargers defensive back, Miles McPherson. And we’ve both been slammed as raging “homophobes” by the New Media left. 

So when Andrew Breitbart asked me if I’d interview Carrie about her new book, Still Standing, out November 9 from Regnery, I chuckled and thought: The liberal faithful will think this is perfect: One “fanatical homophobe” interviewing another. 

Except that they would be wrong.

In case you’ve been living under a rock this year, Carrie Prejean is the former Miss California who became an accidental lightning rod in the spring. At a glitzy pageant held April 19 at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Carrie appeared poised to be crowned Miss USA. But during the final segment of the contest, a Q&A with pageant judges, Carrie drew as her questioner the gay gossip aficionado, Perez Hilton. 

Ignoring the longstanding pageant tradition of steering clear of politically charged questions, Hilton launched this salvo: “Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?”  (more…)

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Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Carrie Prejean, gay marriage, interview, Keith Lewis
Posted Nov 12th 2009 at 12:41 pm in Celebrity News, Culture, Featured Story, Political Humor | 260182346 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lvincent/2009/11/12/interview-former-miss-california-carrie-prejean/INTERVIEW%3A+Former+Miss+California+Carrie+Prejean2009-11-12+20%3A41%3A24Lynn+Vincent

Prime-time Threesome: ‘Gossip Girl’ Hits New Low?

The CW program “Gossip Girl” has often found itself in the glare of the political spotlight. It has often relished that position and used it to garner more attention from conservative critics and groups that are opposed to the salacious content of the program. With that in mind, the show, now in its third season, has once again grabbed the spotlight with a recent sexual threesome featuring three young adults on the program.

If you are not familiar with the show that was famously once called “every parent’s nightmare,” it revolves around a group of elitist and predominantly rich young people in New York City who often spend their time manipulating and betraying each other while being observed by an anonymous online author named “gossip girl.” The show is escapist fare for young people and adults who may envy the lives of the rich and outrageous. I have seen a couple of episodes of the program since its premiere several years ago. Although its ratings are not great, the program has shown a keen ability to grab a lot of attention and make headlines with some of its racier storylines. For instance, the media attention for the threesome episode came only a few short weeks after the show received a lot of attention for a kiss between two guys, one of whom is the show’s resident bad boy, Chuck Bass. (more…)

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Tags: CW, Entertainment Weekly, Gossip Girl, Hillary Duff, threesome
Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 11:27 am in Culture, Politics, Television | 261378119 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2009/11/11/primetime-threesome-did-gossip-girl-hit-a-new-low/Prime-time+Threesome%3A+%27Gossip+Girl%27+Hits+New+Low%3F2009-11-11+19%3A27%3A48John+P.+Hanlon

PRESENTING: The ‘Fourth Graders For Obama’ YouTube Channel

Here’s a little mid-week scare courtesy of the 4thgraders4obama YouTube Channel. (Don’t waste your time — I searched high and low and no luck finding the 4thgraders4bush YouTube Channel.) Yes, you read that right, an entire portal filled with nearly a dozen videos devoted to nine and ten year-olds singing, speaking and in general, getting awfully excited over a politician on the brink of having us all long for the good old days of Jimmy Carter. Here’s a taste:

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The programmer teacher is Ms. Clark (she makes a short appearance here), but there wasn’t anything that identified the actual school. In last week’s Elementary Epidemic you saw a mix of Obama-enthusiasm. Some of the videotaped students were reminiscent of POWs speaking against their will on camera as they blink a Morse code plea for help, others were truly excited — and it’s the excited ones that are most worrisome. They’re gone. Lost forever… Ms. Clark’s entire class is like that.

The 4thgraders4obama videos do give us a broader glimpse into the methodology at work in our nation’s classrooms. In a couple of the videos you’ll see the kids watching President Obama on television and the whole class is as giddy as though they were in line for Space Mountain. Other videos have the kids standing before the camera reading what sounds like love letters to the First Family. Public or private school — that makes no difference. You don’t do this to young minds. There’s a wide berth between infusing your children with values and this. (more…)

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Tags: Obama, private school, public school, school, school children
Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 5:09 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 25965471 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/11/the-fourth-graders-for-obama-youtube-channel/PRESENTING%3A+The+%27Fourth+Graders+For+Obama%27+YouTube+Channel2009-11-11+13%3A09%3A50John+Nolte

Part 1: The Super-Hero’s American Exceptionalism

Super-heroes are uniquely American in origin and reflective of the “Greatest Generation” that created them. Their progenitors can be traced to ancient myths though their direct foundation springs from American legends like Paul Bunyan and John Henry. Pulp literature fermented these heroes from the 1800s with Buffalo Bill, Nick Carter and on to Doc Savage. By the 1930s super-powered and costumed characters showed up in the newspaper comic strips including Popeye and the Phantom. 

The characters we now recognize as super-heroes crystallized with the debut of Superman in 1938. Representative of the American experience, Superman was the ultimate immigrant. Not merely from another country, the Man of Steel came from a whole different planet! With his success, publishers released a myriad of titles featuring crime-fighting patriotic adventurers who all fought for “truth, justice and the American way.” That included those who were born on an all-female island (the star-spangled Wonder Woman), from Atlantis (the Sub-Mariner), robots (the Human Torch) or even dead people (the Spectre and Kid Eternity)! Gaining super powers even reformed criminals as in Plastic Man’s case.  (more…)

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Tags: American Exceptionalism, batman, DC, Doc Savage, Fatalik
Posted Nov 10th 2009 at 12:52 pm in Art, Culture, Featured Story | 25935461 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mtodd/2009/11/10/part-1-the-super-heros-american-exceptionalism/Part+1%3A+The+Super-Hero%E2%80%99s+American+Exceptionalism2009-11-10+20%3A52%3A11Mort+Todd

‘Sesame Street’: Habitat for Political Correctness

Having received some criticism for my last post about “Sesame Street,” I would like to briefly respond to some of the questions and assertions in the comment section. 

What’s so bad about saying “we share common humanity despite ethnic/religious/linguistic differences?” 

A main tenet of the multiculturalism and Enviro-Statism inculcated by Modern Liberal educators and as practiced on “Sesame Street” — exemplified in “We All Sing the Same Song,” is the diminishment of the unique greatness of American culture. 

Political Correctness and its Critical Theory are shamefully deployed against American culture to create a false front of “equality” to less free, less successful, and deviant cultures around the globe. 

That is neither a healthy, nor appropriate form of values inculcation upon young American children, nor is it a responsible expenditure of American tax dollars.  (more…)

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Tags: children, DVD, environmentalism, pbs, Sesame Street
Posted Nov 9th 2009 at 8:28 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics, Television | 260138173 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2009/11/09/sesame-street-habitat-for-political-correctness/%27Sesame+Street%27%3A+Habitat+for+Political+Correctness2009-11-09+16%3A28%3A01Adam+Baldwin

Natalie Portman: Meat’s a Sin, Free Polanski

Natalie Portman is a vegetarian – a vegan, to be precise – and she thinks you should be one too. At least, that’s the impression I get from her article at the Huffington Post. In fact, she really goes so far as to infer that those of us who eat animals or animal products are inhumane beasts.

Apparently, reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals transformed her from a vegetarian to being a full-fledged vegan activist:

I’ve always been shy about being critical of others’ choices because I hate when people do that to me. I’m often interrogated about being vegetarian (e.g., “What if you find out that carrots feel pain, too? Then what’ll you eat?”).

I’ve also been afraid to feel as if I know better than someone else — a historically dangerous stance (I’m often reminded that “Hitler was a vegetarian, too, you know”). But this book reminded me that some things are just wrong. Perhaps others disagree with me that animals have personalities, but the highly documented torture of animals is unacceptable, and the human cost Foer describes in his book, of which I was previously unaware, is universally compelling.

But she somehow managed to overcome those fears and tell you exactly why you should think the way she does. Well done, Natalie! (more…)

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Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Rights, Eating Animals, Huffington Post, Jeffrey Dahmer
Posted Nov 9th 2009 at 6:44 am in Celebrity News, Culture, Featured Story | 255250263 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pmeister/2009/11/09/defining-natalie-portman/Natalie+Portman%3A+Meat%27s+a+Sin%2C+Free+Polanski2009-11-09+14%3A44%3A39Pam+Meister

EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT: ‘Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks’

Excerpt From: “Still Standing” — Chapter 6

The other girls began to react to what had transpired between Perez and me as soon as the lights went down. Miss Vermont later told FOX News, “A lot of people were  shocked. We were all kind of giving each other those eyes. We couldn’t believe it.”

As soon as I got back to the tent behind the stage to change, someone shouted, “California, Access Hollywood wants to interview you.”

“Why me? I didn’t win.”

As I walked back and put my flowers down, I felt all eyes on me, which was strange because I wasn’t the winner, but there was this sort of buzz in the air, and it seemed to be buzzing around me. Part of it was that many of the house moms, who looked after the girls at the pageant, were coming up to me and whispering that I did the right thing in standing up for traditional marriage; they told me they were proud of me. I appreciated their kind words, but really my primary thought, after the letdown of losing, was to get out of this tight gown, take off all my makeup, eat a cheeseburger, and just go home and recover from the stress and strain of the last three weeks—weeks in which I had not seen my family, except in the audience. (more…)

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Tags: "Still Standing", Carrie Prejean
Posted Nov 8th 2009 at 9:03 pm in Culture, Featured Story, Politics, Religion | 252878167 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cprejean/2009/11/08/embargoed-for-release-until-9pm-pt-sunday-november-8-2009/EXCLUSIVE+BOOK+EXCERPT%3A+%27Still+Standing%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+My+Fight+Against+Gossip%2C+Hate%2C+and+Political+Attacks%272009-11-09+05%3A03%3A44Carrie+Prejean

‘Sesame Street’: It’s About My Children, Not the Puppet

Just as I suspected, it has happened.  They are trying to “Falwell” me and my colleagues here at Big Hollywood for raising concerns about “Sesame Street’s” description of Fox News as “Trashy.” We are “stupid,” “idiotic” and we are whining and pathetic (impressive debate tactics there, Mr. Socrates).  And, according to PBS’ own Ombudsman, Michael Gelter, we are….  right:

I don’t know what was in the head of the producers, but my guess is that this was one of those parodies that was too good to resist. But it should have been resisted. Broadcasters can tell parents whatever they think of Fox or any other network, but you shouldn’t do it through the kids

I was planning on letting the issue die after being romanced by Media Matters, but I noticed something fascinating.  I’ve written here about a lot of subjects.  Mostly about theatre and the arts, and I also defended that “racist-fascist” Rush Limbaugh,  but, never has a post of mine gotten the kind of hate-filled comments this one did.  Also, for the first time I started receiving hate e-mails… the long, rambling, Holden Caufield kind of e-mails (you can forgive me for feeling a little “Grouchy”).  What gives?  Why was this post different? (more…)

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Tags: big hollywood, Fox News, free to be you and me, holden caufield, Media Matters
Posted Nov 6th 2009 at 1:49 pm in Culture, Television | 25944687 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2009/11/06/sesame-street-its-about-my-children-not-the-puppet/%27Sesame+Street%27%3A+It%27s+About+My+Children%2C+Not+the+Puppet2009-11-06+21%3A49%3A58Stage+Right

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Prejean’s Attorney Responds to ‘Inaccurate and Misleading’ Rumors

In an exclusive to Big Hollywood, Carrie Prejean’s attorney Charles LiMandri, released an official statement today regarding ”inaccurate and misleading” rumors leaked to the media within hours of Ms. Prejean reaching an agreement with The Miss California USA pageant, an agreement with assurances of confidentiality:

“In my 26 years of practice, I have never dealt with a situation quite like this.  We came to a confidential agreement and yet within hours, rumors about what happened in the mediation were flying around the web and being accepted by news organizations as absolute fact. Carrie and I plan to continue to honor our confidentiality agreement with the other parties. But I can tell you this; many of the rumors circulating are inaccurate and misleading.”

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Tags: Carrie Prejean, Charles LiMandri, confidentiality agreement, Miss California USA, rumors
Posted Nov 6th 2009 at 10:17 am in Culture, Politics | 25921888 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/06/exclusive-carrie-prejeans-attorney-responds-to-inaccurate-and-misleading-rumors/EXCLUSIVE%3A+Carrie+Prejean%27s+Attorney+Responds+to+%27Inaccurate+and+Misleading%27+Rumors2009-11-06+18%3A17%3A12Big+Hollywood

PBS Ombudsman: ‘Sesame Street’ Fox News Slam Crossed Line

Earlier this week, Big Hollywood’s Stage Right broke the story of a ”Sesame Street” episode which referred to Fox News as “Pox News” and “trashy.” In response to the episode, PBS also received a number of complaint letters from viewers which prompted a reply from PBS Ombudsmen Michael Getler:

I don’t know what was in the head of the producers, but my guess is that this was one of those parodies that was too good to resist. But it should have been resisted. Broadcasters can tell parents whatever they think of Fox or any other network, but you shouldn’t do it through the kids.

In response to Stage Right using “Sesame Street’s” unfortunate behavior as an example with which to speak for the many, many many parents frustrated with the idea of partisan programming aimed at children, some online outlets responded with the expected and usual dismissive snarky contempt. But now that PBS is on record agreeing with Stage Right, we’re left to wonder if they find PBS ”stupid,” “asinine,” “absurd,” and “idiotic.”

You can read Getler’s full article here, along with some of the complaint letters PBS received. (more…)

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Tags: Michael Getler, Ombudsmen, pbs, Sesame Street, Stage Right
Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 1:58 pm in Culture, Media Criticism, Theatre | 258774164 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/05/pbs-ombudsman-sesame-street-fox-news-slam-crossed-line/PBS+Ombudsman%3A+%27Sesame+Street%27+Fox+News+Slam+Crossed+Line2009-11-05+21%3A58%3A44John+Nolte

Note to Andrew Sullivan: Don’t Blame Breitbart For My Thought Crimes

Dear Andrew Sullivan,

Thank you for your Halloween Daily Dish in response to my Big Hollywood blog about the latest LGBT assault on Mormons.  We actually met once, briefly, at DC Pride, circa 1990.  I had never heard of you or The New Republic.  I do remember liking your accent.

More recently, about five years ago, I shot you an email to say thanks for a column you’d written about the threat of Islam to gays.  You sent a nice thank you back.  I’ve also admired your calling the hate crimes bill “boutique legislation” and urging your readers to stop sending checks to the Human Rights Campaign.

I appreciate the restraint of your posting, “A Gay Voice Against Marriage Equality,” though the title concerns me a little, as the last thing I want is for LGBTers to assume I am some kind of Anita Bryant (she was very active when I was coming out, and we don’t need a repeat of that).  Few things are as terrifying as the thought of becoming the object of gay fury (which I understand you’ve had some experience with).  It’s a sorry state of affairs when people within the gay community no longer feel they can speak freely without risking ostracism or threats.  I sometimes wonder if there should be a hate crimes bill to protect gay people from other gay people.

That said, there are a couple of points in your piece I’d like to address.

First, one does not have to ”search high and low” to find lesbians and gays who are suspicious of the cause formerly known as same-sex marriage.  Contrary to popular mythology, not all of us feel a pressing need for “marriage equality,” nor do we derive our self-worth from the state.  I know gay Californians who voted for Prop 8 last year because they sincerely believe it is in the best interest of children (some of whom will grow up to be gay), and of society as a whole (which includes gay people), to uphold the ideal of the man-woman nuclear family. (more…)

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Tags: 8: The Mormon Proposition, Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Breitbart, Andrew Sullivan, Chastity Bono
Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 5:03 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 256154179 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cwinecoff/2009/11/05/note-to-andrew-sullivan-dont-blame-breitbart-for-my-thought-crimes/Note+to+Andrew+Sullivan%3A+Don%27t+Blame+Breitbart+For+My+Thought+Crimes2009-11-05+13%3A03%3A35Charles+Winecoff

‘Sesame Street’ Trashes Fox News

Add one more soldier to the Left’s war on Fox News:  Oscar the Grouch.

Last week, in a re-broadcast of an episode that originally aired two years ago, Oscar starts his own news network, GNN (Grouchy News Network).  An irate viewer calls in to berate him that the news is not grouchy enough:

“I am changing the channel. From now on I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”

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Later in the episode, Anderson Cooper from 4th place CNN, guest stars as a reporter for GNN.  He interacts with “Walter Cranky” and “Dan Rather-Not” —  Muppets representing real-life liberal news personalities — and they talk about “Meredith Beware-a” and “Diane Spoiler.” But no affectionate nicknames for Fox News personalities; no Spill O’Reilly or Brittle Hume — nope, and the only disparaging characterization of real-world news is reserved for Fox:  Fox is a POX.  It is trashy.  They didn’t even attempt to try “MessyNBC.”

If Mom and Dad watch cable news, it’s better than 50/50 they watch “POX News.”  So what gives? PBS — a network partially funded with my tax dollars — has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch “trashy” news?  The message is clear, I can’t even sit my kids in front of “Sesame Street” without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. And don’t tell me, “If you don’t like it change the channel.”  There are no channels left! It’s everywhere. Just last week I had Obama’s service and volunteerism promoted on every single major network, including Disney and Nickelodeon. (more…)

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Tags: "Learning From the Left”, Anderson Cooper, Fox News, Jerry Falwell, Julia L. Mickenberg
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 at 3:37 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics, Television | 255466519 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2009/11/03/l-is-for-leftist-thats-good-enough-for-me/%27Sesame+Street%27+Trashes+Fox+News2009-11-03+10%3A37%3A24Stage+Right

Anguish of the Apostate: Second Thoughts Are Best

“Intellect loses its virtue when it ceases to seek truth and turns to the pursuit of political ends.” – Robert H. Bork 

In a “Big” way, Andrew Breitbart has injected into our modern cultural/media zeitgeist a foundational reminder of why it is so intellectually critical, even fun, to inspire and embrace the notion that “there’s nothing better than having convivial relations with people with whom you disagree.”

To that end, may I humbly share my own ideological apostasy and second thoughts that began in 1989. 

In that year, my oldest child was born and I found myself – as do many Los Angeles parents — driving around the city to various ‘play-dates’, supermarket excursions, pediatrician visits, and the 12-miles-distant playground of the ‘progressive’ pre-school where my wife and I intended to enroll our children. (I also began more closely scrutinizing and fearing the withholding taxes from my paycheck increasing the governmental intrusion into my young family).  (more…)

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Tags: Andrew Breitbart, Apostate, Howard Stern, Robert H. Bork, Rush Limbaugh
Posted Nov 1st 2009 at 6:41 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 255550158 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2009/11/01/anguish-of-the-apostate-second-thoughts-are-best/Anguish+of+the+Apostate%3A+Second+Thoughts+Are+Best2009-11-01+13%3A41%3A22Adam+Baldwin

Let’s Not Offend Hollywood’s Delicate Geniuses

In 2006, while accepting the Academy Award for playing a husky, grizzled version of himself, George Clooney famously gushed, “…this Academy, this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I’m proud to be a part of this Academy. I’m proud to be part of this community. I’m proud to be out of touch.”

My apologies for bringing up old crap, but Clooney’s statement, especially the part about how he’s so proud to be out of touch, is one of the most bafflingly odd things I’ve ever heard coming from Clooney, who’s also famous for telling anyone who’ll listen that everybody tells him all the time how brave he was for making a black and white movie about the red scare. It’s very revealing that Clooney would say this, to cheers, a mere three years after a child-rapist was handed an award by that same Academy. (more…)

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Tags: "Next Karate Kid", "The Sting", academy awards, Arrested Development, Atheism
Posted Oct 30th 2009 at 6:54 am in Celebrity News, Culture, Entertainment | 253134105 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2009/10/30/lets-not-offend-hollywoods-delicate-geniuses/Let%27s+Not+Offend+Hollywood%27s+Delicate+Geniuses2009-10-30+13%3A54%3A17Cam+Cannon

Boo-Hoo: Gays’ Lachrymose Last Resort in the War Against Mormons

There are more histrionics on display in the two-minute trailer (see below)for the pro-gay-marriage ”documentary,” 8: The Mormon Proposition, than in all the episodes of Oprah I can remember seeing.

A blonde woman, tears running down her face, looks into the camera and pleads, “Why did the Mormons do this to us?”

In a crowd of what I presume are gay activists (and not film goers), a young man sobs so hard that he has to be comforted by a female friend.

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A bulldyke (I’m guessing) stares out at the viewer, her despondent face sopping wet.

And one of the stars of the film, a pretty gay boy (and ex-Mormon) named Tyler Barrick – who seems have been inspired by Barbra Streisand in A Star Is Born – clings to his husband and bawls, “I can’t believe that people could hate us this much!” Really?  I can. (more…)

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Tags: 8: The Mormon Proposition, AIDS, Atlantis Cruises, Barbra Streisand, Christo-Fascists
Posted Oct 30th 2009 at 5:03 am in Culture, Featured Story, Film, Politics, Religion | 251290160 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cwinecoff/2009/10/30/boo-hoo-gays-lachrymose-last-resort-in-the-war-against-mormons/Boo-Hoo%3A+Gays%27+Lachrymose+Last+Resort+in+the+War+Against+Mormons2009-10-30+12%3A03%3A41Charles+Winecoff

Pissing on Jesus: Hollywood Hates Us Exhibit 11,567

“Larry David would never do this to Muslims. He doesn’t have the guts.”

That’s missing the point.

Hypocrisy or a fear of how some wacko extremist might react has nothing to do with this. Hollywood constantly singles out Christians for cruel ridicule and the worst kind of stereotyping for one simple reason…

They hate us.

They hate our guts.

There’s nothing more complicated to this question than that.

I promise you that if every Muslim on the planet was as gentle as a kitten, it would still be Christians singled out by the entertainment industry at every opportunity. (more…)

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Tags: Christ, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ
Posted Oct 29th 2009 at 5:54 pm in Celebrity News, Culture, Religion, Television | 255366311 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/29/pissing-on-jesus-hollywood-hates-us-exhibit-11567/Pissing+on+Jesus%3A+Hollywood+Hates+Us+Exhibit+11%2C567+2009-10-30+00%3A54%3A43John+Nolte

Hilary Swank: I Allow a Six Year-Old to See Me Nude

One day a few years ago, back in Scotland, my brother and his friend Kenny were reminiscing about the knocks and scrapes of growing up. It was all fairly normal stuff until Kenny suddenly blurted out: 

‘Yeah, it’s like the first time you win a square go with your dad!’ 

Now for those among you who did not grow up in West Fife let me explain the meaning of ‘a square go.’ This is a game that requires you to take turns punching your opponent in the face as hard as you can, until one of you passes out or begs the other to stop. 

Naturally my brother looked at Kenny in shock. And for the first time in his life Kenny began to suspect that smacking your dad really hard in the face and vice versa was not necessarily a universal bonding experience.  (more…)

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Tags: Hilary Swank, Joanna Coles, Marie Claire, nude, six year-old
Posted Oct 28th 2009 at 4:41 pm in Celebrity News, Culture | 254230190 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dkalder/2009/10/28/hilary-swank-i-allow-a-six-year-old-to-see-me-nude/Hilary+Swank%3A+I+Allow+a+Six+Year-Old+to+See+Me+Nude2009-10-28+23%3A41%3A43Daniel+Kalder

Burnt Offering: Artists Must Unite to Protect Free Speech

So I wake up groggy and after getting my morning green tea –- yeah, I seem to be going through that phase — coffee doesn’t go well with global warming. Anyway, I start the computer and begin my ritual of clearing out emails; a daunting but necessary task where depending on my time and interest I sometimes randomly open something to read.  

If your mailbox is like mine you receive an overwhelming amount of political stuff and reading it all can be a time-suck of enormous proportions. Let’s face it, if you don’t derive your living from this stuff, no matter how much of a concerned citizen you may be, there comes a point where you have to say, “Ah, is this paying my mortgage?” That’s reality biting you in the ass and so the knee-jerk reaction is to press delete and move on to something that may add a few more dollars to your already crumbling retirement fund. But, and I stress BUT, like the” pusher man” (remember that song, G** D**** the Pusher Man?) who you cannot seem to get away from, the sheer volume of political noise coming at you can’t be ignored and after just one peek … aaahhh your fix takes hold.   (more…)

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Tags: David Axelrod, Fox News, Free Speech, MSNBC, nancy pelosi
Posted Oct 26th 2009 at 2:28 pm in Art, Culture, Featured Story, Media Criticism, Politics | 25301063 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rdavi/2009/10/26/burnt-offering-artists-must-unite-to-protect-free-speech/Burnt+Offering%3A+Artists+Must+Unite+to+Protect+Free+Speech2009-10-26+21%3A28%3A31Robert+Davi

I’ve Seen the Future and It Is…Safe?

This is an awkward way to begin, but I must start off with two apologies. First I apologize for being too long absent from this site, due to many deadlines, too much travel to wonderful places, and a protracted bout with that deadly killer flu thing that is the current deadly killer flu thing going around. I intend not to stay away so long from now on.

Next I must apologize to the non-geek contingent of our readership. The essay which follows might not be your cup of tea Klingon blood wine. It hinges too much on a presumed knowledge of obscure science fictiony things that only those with a truly Jonah Goldbergian depth of geek arcana can fully appreciate. Then again, I might be underestimating the level to which the fantastical subdivision of pop culture has permeated the mainstream. You might grok this if you know at least two Vulcans other than Spock, who Tim Drake is (as opposed to Dick Grayson), what the Kzinti are, and where the word ‘grok’ came from. If not, you’re excused without penalty. (more…)

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Tags: Chris Roberson, Flight Rings, flu, Flying cars, future
Posted Oct 25th 2009 at 4:44 pm in Culture, Entertainment, Featured Story | 250806125 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwillingham/2009/10/25/ive-seen-the-future-and-it-is-safe/I%27ve+Seen+the+Future+and+It+Is...Safe%3F2009-10-25+23%3A44%3A05Bill+Willingham

A Name Americans Should Know – Jodie Evans and the Obama- Hollywood-Terrorist Connection

How much access can a possible agent of influence for state sponsors of terrorism buy from President Barack Obama? For Jodie Evans, a progressive Hollywood activist, the going rate appears to be $30,400 for dinner and a conversation.

Last week in San Francisco, Obama headlined a three million dollar fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. The San Francisco Chronicle reports about 160 people paid $30,400 or more per couple for a private dinner with Obama followed by a reception costing $500 to $1000 that drew over 900 attendees. Among those at the dinner was the leftist, so-called antiwar group Code Pink co-founder, Jodie Evans.

The Chronicle reports Jodie Evans had a several minutes long conversation with Obama at the fundraiser.

Why does Jodie Evans merit such face time with the president even though she acts as an agent of influence for the anti-American governments of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, as well as Middle Eastern terrorists?

Over the life of the campaign, Jodie Evans became one of Obama’s top donors, giving the maximum $2300 to his respective primary and general election funds and tens of thousands of dollars more to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint Obama-Democratic National Committee fund.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, code pink, Democrat National Committee, Fidel Castro
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 at 5:00 pm in Culture, Featured Story, Obama, Politics | 251790No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/taylorking/2009/10/23/a-name-americans-should-know-jodie-evans-and-the-obama-hollywood-terrorist-connection/A+Name+Americans+Should+Know+%E2%80%93+Jodie+Evans+and+the+Obama-+Hollywood-Terrorist+Connection2009-10-24+00%3A00%3A39Kristinn+Taylor+and++Andrea+Shea+King

Andrew Breitbart: The C-Span Interview

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Tags: Andrew Breitbart, big government, big hollywood, breitbart, Breitbart.com
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 5:50 pm in Culture, Politics, Video | 25125819 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/22/andrew-breitbart-the-c-span-interview/Andrew+Breitbart%3A+The+C-Span+Interview2009-10-23+00%3A50%3A17Big+Hollywood

4 Simple Rules For Running Your Sex Life So It Doesn’t Piss Me Off

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Tags: David Letterman, harvey weinstein, jay leno, roman polanski, sex
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 3:35 pm in Culture, Politics | 25102218 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aklavan/2009/10/22/klavan-on-the-culture-how-to-have-sex/4+Simple+Rules+For+Running+Your+Sex+Life+So+It+Doesn%27t+Piss+Me+Off2009-10-22+22%3A35%3A44Andrew+Klavan

Balloon Boy: The Right of Every American To Be a TV Star

People have it all wrong about Richard Heene.  He’s not the perpetrator of a poorly-executed hoax, but a victim, a victim of America’s callous disregard for those who suffer from the silent plague that is Media Absence Disorder (MAD).

Sadly, the dead white males who imposed the Constitution on America enumerated only negative rights that limit the power of the government over its citizens.  But if you squint your eyes and look beyond obstacles like the plain text, lurking in there somewhere behind the penumbras and emanations is the positive right of every American to be a TV star.  Those with MAD are not cretins to be shunned but civil rights visionaries at the edge of a new frontier of governmental largess and probably a lot of profitable litigation.

It’s obvious that American society has failed the Heene family.  After he and his brood’s triumphant appearances on Wife Swap, Heene was left media-deficient and was forced to feed his addiction with crude YouTube videos.  In one, he speculated that Hilary Clinton is a shape-shifting space reptile, which would be totally cool if true.  In another, he claimed that he spoke to aliens at a local fast food restaurant, which is actually pretty typical, at least at Southern California fast food joints.

This sad state of affairs was a direct result of the deep, black emptiness in Heene’s life that could never be filled by superficial things like work, religion or family.  Like all MAD-men, he craves, needs, must have the validation that only comes from having his mug flashing across America’s television screens.  He not only wants his MTV, he has to have it.  And we owe it to him. (more…)

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Tags: Aliens, balloon boy, Colorado, constitution, Media Absence Disorder
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 6:55 am in Culture, Politics, Television | 24957836 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2009/10/22/balloon-boy-the-right-of-every-american-to-be-a-tv-star/Balloon+Boy%3A+The+Right+of+Every+American+To+Be+a+TV+Star2009-10-22+13%3A55%3A09Kurt+Schlichter

Pop Culture Exploits Matthew Shepard Tragedy to Create ‘Thought Crimes’

Quick: when I say “Matthew Shepard,” what do you think? A man killed because he was gay? Or just some poor sap in the wrong place at the wrong time? More on that in a minute.

Hate crime legislation aimed at making it a federal crime to assault someone for being a homosexual passed the House last week, and could be on its way to becoming law. It sounds great, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t be against a law that would prosecute someone for targeting another person based on bigotry and bias? What could be wrong with this scenario?

Plenty. I’m all for prosecuting criminals for their acts, especially violent criminals. I’m pro-death penalty, if truth be told. I figure that if you deliberately take someone else’s life, you should pay by forfeiting yours. Not very PC of me, but there you have it.

However, it bothers me that individuals may soon be prosecuted for not just the crime, but the “behind the scenes” thoughts that may have contributed to that crime. Ken Klukowski, writing for Fox, explains why: (more…)

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Tags: 1984, 20/20, Camille Paglia, Elizabeth Varga, Hate Crimes
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 5:07 am in Culture, Featured Story, Law, Politics | 246654155 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pmeister/2009/10/22/pop-culture-exploits-matthew-shepard-tragedy-to-create-thought-crimes/Pop+Culture+Exploits+Matthew+Shepard+Tragedy+to+Create+%27Thought+Crimes%272009-10-22+12%3A07%3A36Pam+Meister

Daily Gut: Rebels, Eccentrics and Berkeley

So last Saturday I spoke at UC Berkeley, my alma mater. The city itself is as delightful as ever – a mix of fall leaves, bright sun and tramp feces. And with that combination of serene elements, I can’t think of a better starting point for my Gregalogue.

See, when I arrived at Berkeley as a freshman some 25 years ago, the city not only helped to transform my political self, but reinforced a cynicism already brewing inside me concerning the meaning of true rebellion. I was a punk in high school, for sure, and embraced generic left wing dogma – for it impressed teachers and even won extra credit in various classes. As a teenager, it also gave me what I craved: attention, some relevance, and a chance to get lucky with hippie chicks. That last desire was never achieved – because I had attended an all boy high school. But no matter, I practiced on the drama students. (more…)

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Tags: Berkeley, conformity, heroin chic, hippie chicks, hippies
Posted Oct 21st 2009 at 3:39 pm in Culture, Daily Gut, Politics | 25059078 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/10/21/daily-gut-rebels-eccentric-and-berkeley/Daily+Gut%3A+Rebels%2C+Eccentrics+and+Berkeley2009-10-21+22%3A39%3A17Greg+Gutfeld

Davi Discusses the HAPPY Act on ‘Fox and Friends’

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Obviously, the Left opposes The HAPPY Act. Anything that takes money from an out-of-control central government and gives it back to the people who actually earned it is anathema to them — but there’s been some polite opposition from our side, as well.

What you might call “killing the good in pursuit of the perfect” reasoning: (more…)

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Tags: Fox and Friends, HAPPY Act, Pets, Robert Davi, tax. taxes
Posted Oct 21st 2009 at 12:12 pm in Culture, Politics | 25047060 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/21/davi-discusses-the-happy-act-on-fox-and-friends/Davi+Discusses+the+HAPPY+Act+on+%27Fox+and+Friends%272009-10-21+19%3A12%3A10Big+Hollywood