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    Aug 17, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'Tropic Thunder' brings issues about cinema and race back to the fore

    WHAT IS going on in the zeitgeist when an African American is poised to become president and Robert Downey Jr. is in blackface? In the new comedy " Tropic Thunder," Downey plays actor Kirk Lazarus, a Russell Crowe-ish Aussie who is cast as a black soldier in a blood-and-guts Vietnam War epic. Method Man that he is, Lazarus dyes his skin, mats his hair and revamps his voice into a guttural drawl that's equal parts plantation and blaxploitation. His flared sideburns might have been modeled on Jim Brown's in "100 Rifles."
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    WHAT IS going on in the zeitgeist when an African American is poised to become president and Robert Downey Jr. is in blackface? In the new comedy " Tropic Thunder," Downey plays actor Kirk Lazarus, a Russell Crowe-ish Aussie who is cast as a black soldier...

    Tags: Tropic Thunder, Quentin Tarantino, Denzel Washington, Bill Murray, Civil Rights

    2. Aug 17, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Sometimes satire's as subtle as a thunderstorm

    The movie " Tropic Thunder" spreads insult and caricature like napalm across our social sensibilities. It puts an actor in blackface and portrays a Jewish producer as an amoral money grubber. But it's the repeated use of the word "retard"—the "R-...

    Tags: Jonathan Swift, Tropic Thunder, Osama bin Laden, Multi-Sport Events, Literature

    3. Aug 15, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Film critics stand firm against 'Tropic Thunder' protests by advocates for the disabled

    It's one of "Tropic Thunder's" most talked-about scenes and perhaps its most politically incorrect. In the new R-rated comedy, Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) counsels flagging action star Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) on what it takes to win awards when playing a mentally disabled character. Speedman needs the advice because his recent turn as a farm boy in "Simple Jack" was a fiasco.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    It's one of "Tropic Thunder's" most talked-about scenes and perhaps its most politically incorrect. In the new R-rated comedy, Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) counsels flagging action star Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) on what it...

    Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Tropic Thunder, Newspaper and Magazine, Sean Penn, Paramount

    4. Aug 8, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Birthdays

    87 Esther Williams Actress 71 Dustin Hoffman Actor 56 Robin Quivers Radio-TV personality 32 Drew Lachey Singer 27 Roger Federer Tennis player

    Tags: Esther Williams, Roger Federer

    5. Jul 28, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Liz Smith: Begging for a run of 'The Walker'

    People who marry for money have the hardest job. You don't get the money. You just get to look at it!" This is a line from Paul Schrader's 2007 movie The Walker. It's uttered by, none other than, the living legend Lauren Bacall. This movie played a lot of...

    Tags: Paul Schrader, Santa Monica, Murder, Project Runway, Woody Harrelson

    6. Aug 8, 2008 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. Happy Birthday!

    Dino DeLaurentiis, producer, 89 Esther Williams, actress, 87 Dustin Hoffman, actor, 71 Deborah Norville, news anchor, 50 The Edge, guitarist (U2), 47 Kool Moe Dee, rapper, 46 Scott Stapp, singer, 35 Drew Lachey, singer (98 Degrees), 32 Countess...

    Tags: Esther Williams, Celebrity

    7. Aug 10, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Woody Allen reflects on 'Vicky Christina Barcelona,' love and his life

    THE ONLY place <a href=&quot;http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/people/woody-allen"><b>Woody Allen</b></a> ever really wants to be is in his bed. "My spot on the bed is my spot in the world," he explains. It's where he watches baseball games, and reads, and where he writes, usually in the morning, because if he starts at night, he sometimes gets so excited he can't go to sleep. It's where the act of imagination is actually "pleasurable and I might go cast the people and see my characters come to life. And I put the music in and I see the characters playing their scenes to the beautiful music behind them. You know, I get a kick out of that. And if nobody else does, that's too bad."
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    THE ONLY place Woody Allen ever really wants to be is in his bed. "My spot on the bed is my spot in the world," he explains. It's where he watches baseball games, and reads, and where he writes, usually in the morning, because if he starts at night, he...

    Tags: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Orson Welles, Javier Bardem, Cinema Industry

    8. Aug 8, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. ALMANAC

    On Aug. 8, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile. In 1876 Thomas Edison received a patent for his mimeograph. In 1937 actor Dustin Hoffman was born in Los Angeles. In 1942 six convicted Nazi...

    Tags: Saddam Hussein, George Bush, Parliament, Summer Olympics, Government

    9. Aug 4, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Heath Ledger in 'Dark Knight': Bravo!

    Great actors, even those who have been blessed with longevity, often bear a tragic mark. It's not just the ups and downs of stardom that can make for a cruel career. Rough inner seas are typically the very reason someone seeks to be among what William Hazlitt, that lyrical witness of the early 19th century British stage, called &quot;the motley representatives of human nature."
    Times Theater Critic
    Great actors, even those who have been blessed with longevity, often bear a tragic mark. It's not just the ups and downs of stardom that can make for a cruel career. Rough inner seas are typically the very reason someone seeks to be among what William...

    Tags: Marlon Brando, Values, Judy Garland, Tim Burton, Heath Ledger

    10. Jun 20, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. 'Get Smart' gets lost and misfires

    <b>(C+)</b> Steve Carell has always been a master of implosion. He's at his pungent, original best suggesting currents of thought and feeling roiling right beneath the surface and also running deep, so when he lets them out the effect is cathartic, funny and revelatory all at the same time. Carell smooching Catherine Keener endlessly in The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a contemporary comic milestone, kicky and true. And he was keenly sympathetic as the suicidal academic who shakes off self-loathing in Little Miss Sunshine to become part of a family team. He never broke character: He made speeding through an automatic door seem like a triumph of the will.
    Sun Movie Critic
    (C+) Steve Carell has always been a master of implosion. He's at his pungent, original best suggesting currents of thought and feeling roiling right beneath the surface and also running deep, so when he lets them out the effect is cathartic, funny and...

    Tags: Music Industry, Peter Segal, Medical Specialization, Dwayne Johnson, Catherine Keener

    11. Jun 14, 2008 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  11. Fox hires Huckabee to comment on politics

    Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator. His "campaign experience and knowledge of politics makes him a great addition to our ongoing election coverage," Bill Shine, senior...

    Tags: Litigation, Jane Fonda, Trials, Quentin Tarantino, Goldie Hawn

    12. Jul 11, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Inside scoop about making movies from moviemakers

    Sun Movie Critic
    In the first episode of ElvisMitchell: Under the Influence, the former New York Times film critic interviews the late director Sydney Pollack and elicits the sort of practical yet also profound knowledge that found its way into Pollack movies such as...

    Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Groucho Marx, New York Times, Bill Murray, John Leguizamo

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