‘New York Times’: Hollywood Wrong on Polanski

Dear Hollywood,

Wake up call: Your position on the Polanski matter is even too decadent for the New York Times:

“Roman Polanski was arrested on Saturday at the Zurich airport on an American-issued warrant. But to hear the protests from the French, the Poles and other Europeans, you might have thought the filmmaker was seized by some totalitarian regime for speaking truth to power. …

“But hold on a moment. After being indicted in 1977, didn’t Mr. Polanski, now 76, confess to having sex with a 13-year-old girl after plying her with Quaaludes and Champagne? Didn’t he flee the United States when the plea bargaining seemed to fall apart, raising the prospect of prison time? Isn’t there a warrant for his arrest? …

“In Europe, the prevailing mood — at least among those with access to the news media — seemed to be that Mr. Polanski has already “atoned for the sins of his young years,” as Jacek Bromski, the chief of the Polish Filmmakers Association, put it. (more…)

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Posted Sep 30th 2009 at 7:39 am in Celebrity News, Politics | 23794277 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/09/30/new-york-times-bring-polanski-to-justice/%27New+York+Times%27%3A+Hollywood+Wrong+on+Polanski2009-09-30+14%3A39%3A09Big+Hollywood

Celebutard of the Week: Joe Jackson

In the unappetizing race to scavenge the remaining flesh from the bones of Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson, the star’s Daddy Dearest, is turning the singer’s death into a spectacle unimagined by Barnum & Bailey.

Joe, to whom his son left nothing in his will, is the architect of the star’s final world tour, putting him on display like a freakish piñata. Joe also disrupted a weird press conference this week to promote his record label, unable to resist waiting a millisecond to profit from what is shaping up as the biggest celeb death of the decade.

This is why Joe Jackson is my Celebutard of the Week – in keeping with my book, Celebutards: The Hollywood Hacks, Limousine Liberals and Pandering Politicians who are destroying America. (Kensington.)

In his life, the superstar was clearly damaged beyond repair, reconfiguring his face and allegedly sleeping with underage boys. You need to look only as far as Jackson’s relationship with his father to understand where it all began. Jackson has said in interviews that his father was a tyrant, beating him mercilessly if he missed a dance step, ridiculing his dark skin and wide nose. (more…)

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Tags: Barnum & Bailey, Celebutards, Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson, pedophilia
Posted Jul 2nd 2009 at 7:09 am in Celebrity News | 17509427 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/apeyser/2009/07/02/celebutard-of-the-week-joe-jackson/Celebutard+of+the+Week%3A+Joe+Jackson2009-07-02+14%3A09%3A27Andrea+Peyser