‘L.A. Times’ Writer Slams ‘Anti-Hollywood Crowd’ With Everything But Facts

The other day, the L.A. Times’ Patrick Goldstein responded to this post of mine with a beauty of a headline: 

“New Muhammad biopic drives the anti-Hollywood crowd nuts” 

You know, sometimes you just have to put politics aside and take a moment to admire the tactics of your opponents, because no matter how you slice it, that is one gorgeous humdinger of a headline.

At a glance, the headline intentionally furthers the whole “conservatives are intolerant” narrative with the inference that I somehow have a problem with a big-budget biopic about the prophet Muhammad. Later in his piece, Goldstein doubles down on that smear with this:

But as usual, the news has aroused a storm of derision from conservative bloggers, who always find a way to be offended by any high-minded Hollywood project.

Odd… Especially when the very first sentence – the opening line — of my piece says the exact opposite: (more…)

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Tags: big hollywood, L.A. Times, Muhammad biopic, Patrick Goldstein
Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 6:43 am in Film, Media Criticism, Religion | 257582105 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/05/l-a-times-criticizes-big-hollywood-with-everything-but-facts/%27L.A.+Times%27+Writer+Slams+%27Anti-Hollywood+Crowd%27+With+Everything+But+Facts2009-11-05+14%3A43%3A58John+Nolte

Harvey Weinstein: ‘Hollywood Has the Best Moral Compass’

The man behind the “Rally ‘Round the Child Rapist” movement spoke this howler out loud for the L.A. Times:

“In an interview, Weinstein said that people generally misunderstand what happened to Polanski at sentencing. He’s not convinced public opinion is running against the filmmaker and dismisses the categorization of Hollywood as amoral. “Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion,” Weinstein said. “We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11. We were there for the victims of Katrina and any world catastrophe.”"

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Tags: hollywood, L.A. Times, Polanski, weinstein
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If Jay Leno Wants Better Reviews He Can Start By Removing the Lapel Flag

Critics love David Letterman. They love him because he’s mean and liberal and does everything they demand: further the leftist agenda through the brutal use of humiliation to target any public figure (or their child) who might derail Leftist causes.

And contrary to conventional wisdom, Letterman’s not edgy. In fact, he’s just the opposite. Doing exactly what those who can criticize you want you to do is not edgy. Kissing the big Manhattan/Los Angeles bi-coastal ass of the elite is not edgy. He’s their jester; their puppet; their bitch. Worse, he’s about as funny as watching your old, half-deaf Uncle intimidate, humiliate and demean your Aunt and then smile at the rest of the family as though he’s just reaffirmed his manhood. Letterman reminds me of the Jason Robards character in “Parenthood” in more ways than you can imagine. In other words, he’s a jerk, but in a sad end-of-his-life kind of way.

Oh, and how the elite critics resented nice ole’ Jay Leno for cleaning Letterman’s ratings’ clock all those years. And now that Jay’s back eating up primetime, they couldn’t wait to jump all over him with sniffing disapproval fed through a filter of wrist-flicking dismissal.

After exactly one show the knives came out: (more…)

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Tags: David Letterman, jay leno, L.A. Times, nbc, New York Times
Posted Sep 15th 2009 at 4:57 pm in Entertainment, Featured Story, Politics | 225946166 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/09/15/if-jay-leno-wants-better-reviews-he-can-start-by-removing-the-lapel-flag/If+Jay+Leno+Wants+Better+Reviews+He+Can+Start+By+Removing+the+Lapel+Flag2009-09-15+23%3A57%3A24John+Nolte

Compliant ‘L.A. Times’ Gives Stone Leftist Platform

“You do your homework, you do your research, we always did, whatever you think of my work. Even going back to ‘JFK,’ I’ve always done as much research as we could. And there’s mistakes made, but there’s a lot of truth, you know, as much as we can put into these movies.” – Oliver Stone, as quoted in the L.A. Times.

Irony is what happens when a Hollywood director (Oliver Stone) goes to Latin America, produces a film favorable to one of the most maniacal and politically obnoxious figures in the region (Hugo Chavez), and then returns to the States to tout what he sees as his own astounding “research” skills. In what world would legitimate research on Chavez result in any favorable representation in film or any other venue, for that matter? (more…)

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Tags: chavez, documentary, L.A. Times, Oliver Stone, Venezuela
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Oliver Stone Chavez Doc: See Uncle Hugo Ride a Bike

In an interview earlier this week with the L.A. Times, director Oliver Stone said counter-programming the image of Hugo Chavez as a “bellicose dictator-cum-comic opera figure” was one of the goals of this documentary, which makes one wonder if Stone isn’t some kind of right-wing sleeper agent. The score that hits at the 40-second spot is reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy and pretty priceless over the shot of a tubby, middle-aged Socialist clumsily riding a little kid bike straight for a brick wall.  (more…)

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Tags: "South of the Border", Hugo Chavez, L.A. Times, Latin America, Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone ‘Warmly Embracing’ Hugo Chavez in Blame America Doc

In today’s L.A. Times director Oliver Stone discusses his upcoming documentary “South of the Border,” about the “warmhearted” Hugo Chavez. [emphasis added]:

Oliver Stone is shown warmly embracing Hugo Chávez, nibbling coca leaves with Evo Morales and gently teasing Cristina Elizabeth Fernández de Kirchner about how many pairs of shoes she owns. …

“I think he’s an extremely dynamic and charismatic figure. He’s open and warmhearted and big, and a fascinating character,” … ”But when I go back to the States I keep hearing these horror stories about ‘dictator,’ ‘bad guy,’ ‘menace to American society.’ I think the project started as something about the American media demonizing Latin leaders.

Guys like Stone are forced to rationalize that the American media is right-leaning in order to avoid their head exploding due to an acute case of FacingTheTruth-itosis. But maybe the doc will be more critical than we’re led to believe in this article. During their warm embrace, it’s possible Stone whispered hard-hitting questions in Hugo’s ear about reports such as this from the not-so-conservative Human Rights Watch. (more…)

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Tags: Bolivarian Movement, Hugo Chavez, L.A. Times, Oliver Stone, Tariq Ali
Posted Sep 1st 2009 at 10:22 am in Entertainment, Film, Politics | 21599066 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/09/01/oliver-stone-warmly-embracing-hugo-chavez-in-new-doc/Oliver+Stone+%27Warmly+Embracing%27+Hugo+Chavez+in+Blame+America+Doc2009-09-01+17%3A22%3A14John+Nolte

Michael Moore’s Anti-Americanism Doesn’t Always Sell Overseas

This week, as the buildup to the upcoming movie “G.I. Joe” continues, the L.A. Times claimed that…

Yet overseas, where big action films often earn 60% or more of their ticket sales, rah-rah American sentiment doesn’t play well. So those references have vanished from the advertising.

Big Hollywood’s John Nolte gave that theory a thorough fisking, providing numbers showing that while “rah-rah America” movies aren’t guaranteed big foreign box-office returns, they aren’t automatically guaranteed to fail. He also points out that many “anti-rah rah” movies have even less appeal.

Oh, is it still okay to say “foreign?” Just checking, seeing as many schools are replacing “foreign language” departments with World Language departments. We’re all just one, big, happy World Family, right?

Okay, back to the topic at hand. John’s post got me to thinking. If anti-war movies such as “Rendition” and “A Mighty Heart,” despite the hype and the A-list star roster didn’t bring in the beaucoup bucks, how about anti-American movies made by one of the biggest anti-Americans on the planet, Michael Moore? (more…)

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Tags: A Mighty Heart, academy award, Bowling for Columbine, Cannes, Capitalism: A Love Story.
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The Great Lie: ‘Americanism’ Doesn’t Sell Overseas

If you think the national news media is biased, spend some time rummaging through the world of entertainment news. Today’s L.A. Times piece about the marketing of “G.I. Joe” has an especially priceless whopper:

Yet overseas, where big action films often earn 60% or more of their ticket sales, rah-rah American sentiment doesn’t play well. So those references have vanished from the advertising.

The Great Lie told by Leftist Hollywood and the media who shill for them is that in order to make money the likes and dislikes of an “international” audience must be considered, and international audiences loathe Americanism.

Let’s see how that’s working out with some overseas numbers for a few “big action films.” (more…)

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Tags: GI Joe, hollywood, International Box Office, L.A. Times, National Treasure
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 at 12:15 pm in Entertainment, Media Criticism | 19778282 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/08/03/the-great-lie-americanism-doesnt-sell-overseas/The+Great+Lie%3A+%27Americanism%27+Doesn%27t+Sell+Overseas2009-08-03+19%3A15%3A09John+Nolte

Celebrity Enforcer E! Takes Their Shot at Those Who ‘Love Them Some Jesus’

Hollywood’s neo-blacklist against mainstream conservative values and those who believe in them isn’t an actual list. It’s worse. It’s nothing tangible you can point to, but rather a bullying peer pressure system like a high school in a John Hughes film. And it works something like this…

The big stars and directors are the cool kids – the jocks – the preppies – James Spader in “Pretty in Pink.” They own the school, strut the halls and decide who’s in and who’s out based on one’s ability and willingness to conform into one of them.

The Motion Picture Academy is the Student Council packed with James Spaders who game the system in order to keep the pecking order ordered and to their liking.

Variety and the Hollywood Reporter are the school paper. Both are staffed with wannabes and once-weres who protect the myth and clothe the emperor living for those moments when James Spader gives them a taste of the inside where they can bask in his glow. (more…)

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Tags: e!, Heidi Montag, James Spader, Jamie Foxx, Jesus Christ
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‘Oh Dear,’ Miley Cyrus is Closer to the Lord

 
“Holy Rollers”

“Oh dear…” Elizabeth Snead over at the L.A. Times laments in her headline upon learning Miley Cyrus is, thanks to her boyfriend Justin Gaston, “closer to the Lord”:

Miley Cyrus says she’s gotten much holier since she started hanging out with her God-fearing underwear-model squeeze Justin Gaston.

“I’ve never been closer to the Lord since I met him,” she says on on the “Rachel Ray” show that airs Friday. “He’s really made me read my Bible.”

We’d have to agree with Miley about feeling all holy roller. Because every time we see Justin, we say to ourselves, “Oh, thank heavens!” (more…)

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Tags: clebrity culture, Elizabeth Snead, Justin Gaston, L.A. Times, miley cyrus
Posted Apr 9th 2009 at 10:27 pm in Celebrity News, Politics | 102454One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/04/09/oh-dear-miley-cyrus-is-closer-to-the-lord/%27Oh+Dear%2C%27+Miley+Cyrus+is+Closer+to+the+Lord2009-04-10+05%3A27%3A49John+Nolte

A 12-Step Liberal Recovery Program

Most 12-step programs start out by requiring that people understand that they’re powerless over their addiction and that only by turning their lives over to a Power greater than themselves can they be restored to sanity.  Far be it for me to suggest that I am that Power, but clearly someone has to step in and try to rescue these poor liberal souls.  Even the most harebrained among them deserves that much.

First, though, they have to acknowledge that Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha, Dick Durbin, Charles Rangel, Harry Reid and Charles Schumer, are not moderates, but, rather, leftists with a Socialist agenda.  Furthermore, they must recognize that the New York Times, the Washington Post, the L.A. Times, CNN, the three major networks, the news magazines and the New Yorker, are not objective in their reporting of political events, and neither are Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher, in their commentary.  If these entities and individuals are not on the payroll of the DNC, they certainly should be.  They certainly put in longer hours than Howard Dean. (more…)

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Tags: "under God", 10 Commandments, 12-step programs, abc, ACLU
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Joining the ‘endless parade of crazed right-wing culture critics…’

My wife and I argue about once a year. It comes from nowhere and starts for no reason. It’s a cleansing of sorts where we burst into a litany of long held grievances: You live in the bathroom! You leave dirty dishes in the sink! You have the TV too loud at night! You drive too fast…! Anyone listening to this little rock throwing contest would think we were crazy, and this kind of “crazy” is what came to mind while reading the L.A. Times own Patrick Goldstein’s burst into a fit of rock throwing at Debbie Schlussel. (more…)

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Tags: Debbie Schlussel, L.A. Times, Patrick Goldstein, watchmen
Posted Mar 6th 2009 at 8:39 am in Media Criticism, Politics | 73802153 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/06/joining-the-endless-parade-of-crazed-right-wing-culture-critics/Joining+the+%27endless+parade+of+crazed+right-wing+culture+critics...%27+2009-03-06+16%3A39%3A51John+Nolte