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 | 211550274 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

Review: ‘Julie and Julia’ A Masterpiece

I don’t recall liking much of Nora Ephron’s work other than “When Harry Met Sally.” In fact, if I knew she made “Julie and Julia,” I probably would have avoided it, since “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail” just kind of mash together in my mind. But “Julie and Julia” is more than good: it’s brilliant cinema.

The first thing that grabbed me was the character work. The hero, Julia Powell (her real life blog is here) is a foodie blogger played by Amy Adams. I’m used to watching Amy Adams over my kid’s shoulder in “Enchanted,” which plays in our house on continual loop. I didn’t know Amy knew how to turn down the volume and play a “plain-Jane, yet interesting”… but she’s awesome. This isn’t her usual glowing, perky role where she turns it on like a fire-hose. And she doesn’t turn invisible like when she played a piece of cardboard in “Doubt.” (more…)

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Tags: "Sleepless in Seattle", "When Harry Met Sally", "You've Got Mail", Amy Adams, Appetite for Life
Posted Aug 11th 2009 at 8:24 am in Reviews | 20284247 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dtennapel/2009/08/11/julie-and-julia-is-awesome/Review%3A+%27Julie+and+Julia%27+A+Masterpiece+2009-08-11+15%3A24%3A16Doug+TenNapel

Review: ‘Julie & Julia’–Traditional Filmmaking With Traditional Values

It’s rare enough these days to see a movie in which one story is well-told, much less two stories. It’s even more rare when a filmmaker is able to balance two completely different plotlines and make both equally enjoyable and compelling. Yet with her new film “Julie & Julia,” writer-director Nora Ephron (“Sleepless in Seattle,” “You’ve Got Mail”) pulls off such feats so impressively that the movie could possibly wind up with an Oscar nomination at the end of the year now that the Academy has expanded the awards to ten nominations and will likely finally include a couple of comedies each year.

“Julie & Julia” follows the amusingly parallel lives of chef Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep), who achieved worldwide fame while revolutionizing the art of cooking starting in the ‘50s, and Julie Powell (Amy Adams), a young New York City woman searching for identity in 2002. Powell longs to be a successful writer like her friends and yet is trapped processing insurance claims from victims of the World Trade Center attacks. (more…)

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Tags: academy awards, Amy Adams, blogs, Chris Messina, cooking
Posted Aug 7th 2009 at 1:04 pm in Reviews | 20231040 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ckozlowski/2009/08/07/review-julie-julia-traditional-filmmaking-with-traditional-values/Review%3A+%27Julie+%26+Julia%27--Traditional+Filmmaking+With+Traditional+Values2009-08-07+20%3A04%3A42Carl+Kozlowski

Reflections on Marriage

I suppose after 15 years of marriage I should stop wondering aloud how on earth I ended up with this woman. Least ways I should stop wondering aloud when my lovely wife is within earshot. Not that after so many years it matters much, but the truth is that I don’t know how we ended up together.

We had our first date 20 years ago and if anyone at the time had told me that the silly girl with the wild red hair would be the mother of my children and my life’s partner I would have laughed out loud. Bachelorhood was too much fun. Besides I had a very definite mental picture of what my wife would look like – what her personality would be – and frankly she just didn’t match it. The workings of the heart continue to amaze me. The brain plans and strategizes and works overtime attempting to get the loins and heart on the same page. The loins are always eager to cooperate; the heart, however, is not a team player. The heart is constantly going off on its own mucking up the works. Such was the case for me. In time I found myself longing for the silly redhead. All my intellectualizing failed to win my hearts cooperation. I realized I couldn’t live without her.

She of course tells a different story. According to her she knew after our first date that I was her one and only; that no other man would do. Honestly, who can blame her? (more…)

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Tags: "What's Love Got to Do With It", Bachelorhood, divorce, Langton Hughes, marriage
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 at 5:02 pm in Culture, Other | 19797047 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/08/03/reflections-on-marraige/Reflections+on+Marriage2009-08-04+00%3A02%3A11Joseph+C.+Phillips

I Now Pronounce You Government and Wife

A new Gallup poll shows that married people are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats. The propensity for marriage among Republicans was the same regardless of race or age groups. So this is my formal call to all single Democrats who want to get married; it’s time to change your party affiliation or you’ll go through life alone, or worse, with some flaky narcissist with commitment issues.

We all pretty much know that most Democrats can’t be trusted and that’s reflected in this marriage poll. It’s not that Democrat women are ugly, because we’ve seen too many cute ones out there. The men aren’t hideous either, unless you think a soft, effeminate man hen-pecked his whole life by his domineering mother is hideous. The main reason people don’t get married is out of a fear of divorce– a fear of a breaking of vows. And Democrats talk with their feet when it comes to making commitments with those who philosophically have no grounding to keep any commitment. Did Obama shut down Gitmo? Will he get health reform finished before August recess? Is he going to cut taxes for most Americans? (more…)

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Tags: big government, Democrats, marriage, Obama, republicans
Posted Jul 15th 2009 at 6:36 am in Featured Story, Politics | 182698105 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dtennapel/2009/07/15/i-now-pronounce-you-government-and-wife/I+Now+Pronounce+You+Government+and+Wife2009-07-15+13%3A36%3A58Doug+TenNapel

Lonewolf Diaries: Marriage Is for Suckers and Ugly Folk

If you’ve been taking notes from such brilliant minds as Bill Maher, Cameron Diaz or ever taken a moment to observe Hollywood in the past few decades, you’d know that marriage is a dead institution. I mean, who gets married anymore (unless you’re gay)?! It’s like, “Hellooooooooooo”!

I happened to catch Cameron “My Career is Over Thanks to HD” Diaz discussing the intricacies of marriage on “Real Time with Bill Maher” this week. A lot of tinseltown jibber jabber ensued but you needn’t be bored with the self-indulgent details. Cameron basically proclaimed that she’s glad that she’d never gotten married because she “definitely would have been divorced (multiple times).”  She just needed to do what was right for her and that that was constantly changing. Maher, of course, agreed and praised Cameron in her wisdom for having learned to put herself first and foremost, before all others in her life. Marriage can’t work because you have to look out for “Numero Uno”… That’s the Hollywood way! (more…)

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Tags: "Family Values", Bill Maher, cameron diaz, divorce, marriage
Posted Jun 30th 2009 at 5:14 pm in Celebrity News, Lone Wolf Diaries | 17439816 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/06/30/lonewolf-diaries-marriage-is-for-suckers-and-ugly-folk/Lonewolf+Diaries%3A+Marriage+Is+for+Suckers+and+Ugly+Folk2009-07-01+00%3A14%3A03Steven+Crowder

40 Nights of Great Sex

My first thought when I saw Dr. Stacy Spencer’s new book “Naked and Unashamed” was, “wait a minute. A Christian minister preaching about sex?” My second thought was, “why not?” Heathens aren’t the only ones that like to swing from the chandeliers; quiet as its kept Christians enjoy sex just like everyone else. Moreover, good sex is a natural and important part of a good marriage and good marriages are one of the foundations of Christian life.

The book grew out of a “40 Nights of Great Sex” bible study program begun by Spencer, Senior Pastor of the New Direction Christian Church in Memphis Tennessee, and his wife of 16 years, Rhonda. The couple looked into the Christian community and saw marriage – God’s first church – in trouble. The high divorce rate in our country is a well publicized statistic. What is less well known is that, depending on the poll, the divorce rate among practicing Christians is as high as that of non Christians. Christians are also seeing rising rates of adultery and indulgences in pornography. Spencer felt a calling to restore the sheen to Christian marriage and started the workshop as a way to begin healing relationships by providing couples a safe place to talk honestly about intimacy within the covenant of marriage. (more…)

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Tags: "Naked and Unashamed", Christianity, divorce, Dr. Stacy Spencer, marriage
Posted Apr 28th 2009 at 6:02 am in Entertainment, Politics | 118870No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/04/28/40-nights-of-great-sex/40+Nights+of+Great+Sex2009-04-28+13%3A02%3A40Joseph+C.+Phillips

Is Hollywood’s Hard Left Lost in Victory?

Politically speaking, it’s quiet in Hollywood. Too quiet.

It’s not a foreboding kind of stillness like the sunrise on a battlefield before the ranks are formed. It’s not an anticipatory breed of shush as “jocund day stands tiptoe” before a big game or the opening of Christmas gifts. (more…)

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Tags: bush, Gay, hollywood, Left, liberals
Posted Mar 4th 2009 at 6:33 am in Media Criticism, News, Politics | 7210246 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jslewinski/2009/03/04/is-hollywoods-hard-left-lost-in-victory/Is+Hollywood%27s+Hard+Left+Lost+in+Victory%3F2009-03-04+14%3A33%3A35John+Scott+Lewinski