Daily Gut: Women — The Next Endangered Species

There`s nothing I love more than female celebrities helping out troubled beasts or endangered species. You`ve got Pam Anderson worrying about the polar bears, Doris Day fretting over abandoned cats and dogs – and of course, Sheryl Crow passionately fighting for wild horses currently roaming our country. Apparently, Crow`s mad at the government for trying to remove 25,000 mustangs from the range, in an effort to send them to greener pastures.

I feel her mane.

But as much as I admire all their work protecting those who can`t protect themselves, it makes me wonder: would they do the same thing if they were the ones who became endangered?

I`m talking about women. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, Chinese, Doris Day, Endangered Species, family-planning policy
Posted Jan 13th 2010 at 1:35 pm in Daily Gut | 29289474 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/01/13/daily-gut-women-the-next-endangered-species/Daily+Gut%3A+Women+--+The+Next+Endangered+Species2010-01-13+21%3A35%3A26Greg+Gutfeld

For Conservative Movie Lovers: Hal Needham, Burt Reynolds and ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Part 1

These days, big-city philistines posing as cultural elites call it “flyover country.” From the comfort of a private jet, it looks like a vast ocean of emptiness. And yet, every election day, media newsrooms find themselves grudgingly painting that part of the map red — blood red.

To them, the American hinterland is part Deliverance, part Raising Arizona. Toothless gas-station attendants. Frumpy diner waitresses. Motor-home brothels hedging the highways. In the Heat of the Night racist police officers on the prowl, yee-haw! Ignorant picnicking churchgoers spewing toxic barbecue fumes into the pristine blue sky. Country-music lovin’ high school students destined to grow up into unwashed, uncouth, uneducated truckers.

Coast-bound libs fancy the South as kinda like Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, but with Wal-Marts. Flyover country. A nightmare realm.

Well, back in the summer of 1977, flyover country was pissed. The nation they loved was being run into the ground by the jet-setters. Skyrocketing inflation. Rampant unemployment. Plummeting GDP. Crushing misery index. Multiple oil crises. Vanishing trade surpluses. A wretched President. Ordinary people were scared and angry, looking for — what’s the word? — oh yeah, “change.” Spare or otherwise. (more…)

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Tags: 1970s recession, 82nd Airborne Division, A Christmas Story (1983), atlanta, Burt Reynolds
Posted Dec 5th 2009 at 6:40 am in Classic Hollywood, Featured Story, Film | 272722130 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2009/12/05/for-conservative-movie-lovers-hal-needham-burt-reynolds-and-smokey-and-the-bandit-part-1/For+Conservative+Movie+Lovers%3A+Hal+Needham%2C+Burt+Reynolds+and+%E2%80%98Smokey+and+the+Bandit%E2%80%99+Part+12009-12-05+14%3A40%3A15Leo+Grin

Daily Gut: The First National Single Cougars Convention

So the first National Single Cougars Convention took place last week in Palo Alto, California–and it featured lectures on the “positive aspects of dating younger men.” It also offered opportunities for the older ladies to mingle with young male flesh–all without the annoying claws of commitment. For the women, they felt desired. For the dudes, they got lucky without paying for drinks.

Now to me, this whole cougar thing is a fabricated farce. My guess: it began as a media trend invented by female reporters as a way to comp their drinks. They could go out to bars, get picked up by dudes, and then write it all off as a business expense. And so it became a phony trend, just like “push presents” for pregnant women, key parties for swingers, bird flu for alarmists, and global warming for jackasses. (more…)

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Tags: cougars, feminism, National Single Cougars Convention, sex
Posted Sep 4th 2009 at 1:22 pm in Culture, Daily Gut | 217598108 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/09/04/daily-gut-cougars/Daily+Gut%3A+The+First+National+Single+Cougars+Convention2009-09-04+20%3A22%3A32Greg+Gutfeld

Lonewolf Diaries: Hollywood Men, Grow a Pair and Marry the Dame!

“Marriage is just a title,” “It’s a prejudice institution,” or my personal favorite, “I don’t need a piece of paper to prove my love.” We hear these nice little soundbytes from the cowardly men of Hollywood time and time again. Even more sadly, is that all too often, their leading ladies are conned into going along with it. Women, what are you thinking?! Don’t you realize that these chumps are playing you like a fiddle?

I was a groomsman at one of my best friend’s wedding this weekend. As I gazed across at the Bridesmaids all teary-eyed with an air of longing, I couldn’t help but think to myself, “Man, Johnny Depp’s a douche.” The truth is that behind every anti-marriage sermon given from a Hollywood hubby, there’s an incredibly disappointed lady. I don’t care how much of a “strong, independent woman” you are; all little girls dream of their perfect wedding day. Before the feminists get upset, let me tell you that none of this comes from a place of sexism. It comes from an endeared heart. It’s why little boys would rather play “Space Aliens” and little girls would rather play “House.” Your inherent ability for compassion and nurturing is what makes you the best among us. (more…)

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Tags: Brad Pitts, feminism, Johnny Depp, kurt russell, marriage
Posted Aug 25th 2009 at 5:28 pm in Culture, Lone Wolf Diaries | 211550277 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/08/25/lonewolf-diaries-hollywood-men-grow-a-pair-and-marry-the-dame/Lonewolf+Diaries%3A+Hollywood+Men%2C+Grow+a+Pair+and+Marry+the+Dame%212009-08-26+00%3A28%3A09Steven+Crowder

In Defense of Katherine Heigl

The London Times recently ran an article about Katherine Heigl and her comments indicating that the ire directed at her by the press (especially the Internet) is the result of sexism. The article wasn’t particularly enlightening, but it did call to attention the bad rap this young actress has gotten from the media. It also made some commentary about the general condition of women in Hollywood. The closing paragraph defended Heigl, but didn’t go far enough.

While its fun and all to smack Hollywood people around (as I did with Megan Fox), it is occasionally important to do the opposite. The plight of Katherine Heigl in the media has a lot to do with her background and what is expected of actresses in today’s Hollywood cesspool. In broader terms it speaks volumes as to what the left expects from women in our society. (more…)

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Tags: Barbara Boxer, Christopher Hitchens, feminism, Feminists, Hillary Clinton
Posted Aug 18th 2009 at 5:12 am in Celebrity News, Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 20555881 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lscott/2009/08/18/in-defense-of-katherine-heigl/In+Defense+of+Katherine+Heigl2009-08-18+12%3A12%3A14Leigh+Scott

The Day After: My First Impression of Sarah Palin

I wrote this piece for some friends a week after John McCain named a relatively unknown woman from Alaska as his running mate.  Since only ten people ever read it, I thought I would re-post it here, perhaps the most revealing day in the storied history of Modern Feminism.  Yesterday, over one-hundred and sixty years after Susan B. Anthony joined the movement for women’s suffrage, just five American women actively held the title of Governor of their state.  Today, there are only four, and rather than be enraged by the sudden decline to less than ten-percent of all state-executive offices, the entrenched modern feminist powers are rejoicing, because it is they who brought down the governorship of Sarah Palin. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, feminism, Hilary Clinton, Kim Gandy, NOW
Posted Jul 27th 2009 at 10:15 am in Politics | 191554313 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jdboreing/2009/07/27/the-day-after-remembering-my-first-impression-of-sarah-palin/The+Day+After%3A+My+First+Impression+of+Sarah+Palin2009-07-27+17%3A15%3A09Jeremy+D.+Boreing

Bill Maher: Harmless

While I’d be the first to admit I’m not quite Alan Alda, I like to think I’m still a feminist, in a Flintstone sort of way (read conservative).

Yeah, my wife would probably be the first one to tell you, I’m a caveman with heart. At the end of the day, however, I support women’s rights, especially when it comes to them being treated with respect.

On Monday, I wrote an article concerning Bill Maher’s recent attempt to one-up his friend, David Letterman, on the stupid ladder. During his opening monologue on his June 12 “Real Time” show, Maher took his shot at the Palin girls and later went on to state how he believed his pal’s jokes were “harmless.” A claim he continued to echo as recently as yesterday in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN: (more…)

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Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Bill Maher, David Letterman, feminism, National Organization for Women (NOW)
Posted Jun 17th 2009 at 6:03 pm in Entertainment, Politics | 163626139 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jarone/2009/06/17/bill-maher-harmless/Bill+Maher%3A+Harmless+2009-06-18+01%3A03%3A27Jimmy+Arone

People Magazine’s Pathetic Predictability

In the 1984 NBA draft, the Portland Trail Blazers used the second pick to select University of Kentucky star Sam Bowie over then 21-year-old Michael Jordan, marking the greatest oversight in our nation’s history.  Until now.  On newsstands today you’ll find People Magazine’s “100 Most Beautiful” edition.  Anyone modestly attentive to American culture will notice the conspicuous absence of the flyest honey ever to rep the GOP on the national stage: Sarah Palin.

This error would be egregious even without context, but wait until you hear who actually made the list:

There is an entire spread called “Barack’s Beauties” featuring seven Obama staffers who are among the USA’s finest 100–easily the highest number of executive branch hotties since the Coolidge administration. (more…)

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Tags: 100 Most Beautiful, 1984 NBA draft, Adonis, beehive, ben affleck
Posted May 6th 2009 at 5:03 am in Featured Story, Media Criticism, Political Humor | 126938186 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/05/06/working-title-people-palin-piece/People+Magazine%27s+Pathetic+Predictability+2009-05-06+12%3A03%3A43Alexander+Marlow

Review: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

For something you expect to be a light, fluffy, slightly moronic romantic comedy, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” has an awfully seedy undercurrent to it. The over-arching story might be about the redemption of Conner Meade (Matthew McConaughey), a flashy, Manhattan-based, fashion photographer who uses women like Kleenex, but that doesn’t mean the film opposes the idea that emotionless sexual encounters with strangers can still be fun. As Conner learns life lessons about true love, much of the supporting cast comically, and as though it’s their duty, seeks out sex with those they’ve just met. 

Ultimately a movie has to be about something, and while “Ghosts” has its share of problems in every other area, having your protagonist go off in a wholesome direction while celebrating your supporting players sleazy ways, undercuts the one spot where the film had a chance to succeed — with a cohesive, unified theme.

It also leaves an unseemly aftertaste. (more…)

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Tags: Breckin Meyer, feminism, ghosts of girlfriends past, jennifer garner, matthew mcconaughey
Posted Apr 30th 2009 at 6:33 am in Reviews | 12118243 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/04/30/review-ghosts-of-girlfriends-past/Review%3A+Ghosts+of+Girlfriends+Past2009-04-30+13%3A33%3A56John+Nolte

How I Stopped Worrying about Tobacco Companies and Loved Second Hand Smoking

I quit smoking years ago but love second hand smoking. I especially love watching women smoke. It is more of a cinematic fascination. It looks good. Women are magic and when they come with their own pyrotechnic effects, they are precious.

There’s nothing more American than a strong, beautiful woman blowing smoke in my immigrant face. It makes me feel like a full-fledged American citizen. I’m enchanted by the smoky veil of the American dream and feel the mighty fume coming out of the American land, a Native genie rising from the bottled mysterious desert of endless imagination… 

Tobacco was the first intimate bridge between the European settler, the American land and its native population. Smoking tobacco was one of the first peaceful cultural exchanges between settlers and natives. Tobacco was also one of the first uniquely American exports to the world and through the burning of this magnificent plant the New World covered the old world with the purifying smoke of freedom.  (more…)

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Tags: anti-smoking, feminism, feminist, Rob Reiner, second hand smoke
Posted Mar 26th 2009 at 7:52 am in Media Criticism, Politics | 89310125 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ykochar/2009/03/26/how-i-stopped-worrying-about-tobacco-companies-and-loved-second-hand-smoking/How+I+Stopped+Worrying+about+Tobacco+Companies+and+Loved+Second+Hand+Smoking2009-03-26+14%3A52%3A12Yervand+Kochar