Spike Lee called out film critics who suggested that Do the Right Thing would spark riots when it opened in 1989, while expressing his gratitude for late reviewer Roger Ebert, who praised the film after its Cannes debut. “He was very crucial in my career,” said Lee as he received the Ebert Director Award, named for the late film critic Roger Ebert, at the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards on Sunday.
“Your husband got behind me, because there was mother f–kers in the press who were saying that Do the Right Thing...
“Your husband got behind me, because there was mother f–kers in the press who were saying that Do the Right Thing...
- 9/11/2023
- by Carita Rizzo
- Rollingstone.com
Spike Lee blasted critics who suggested that “Do The Right Thing” would spark riots when it opened in 1989, while honoring one of the reviewers who came to the film’s defense. The remarks came as Lee received the Ebert Director Award, named for the late film critic Roger Ebert, at the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards on Sunday.
“Your husband got behind me when those mother f–kers in the press were saying that ‘Do the Right Thing’ was going to incite Black people to riot,” Lee said, as he accepted his prize from Chaz Ebert, the late critic’s wife. “That this film should not be shown in the United States.”
Lee cited David Denby and Joe Klein as two of the most prominent critical voices against the film, which has gone to be considered one of the greatest films ever made. The pair wrote, Lee recalled, that...
“Your husband got behind me when those mother f–kers in the press were saying that ‘Do the Right Thing’ was going to incite Black people to riot,” Lee said, as he accepted his prize from Chaz Ebert, the late critic’s wife. “That this film should not be shown in the United States.”
Lee cited David Denby and Joe Klein as two of the most prominent critical voices against the film, which has gone to be considered one of the greatest films ever made. The pair wrote, Lee recalled, that...
- 9/11/2023
- by Brent Lang and Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Everyone knows about the fabled and miraculous box office run of James Cameron’s “Titanic.” The film rode a wave of rave reviews, following months of bad press related to cost overruns, release date delays and behind-the-scenes melodrama, to a record-setting 600 million domestic and 1.8 billion worldwide total. Opening with just 28 million, it spent its first 15 weekends atop the domestic box office, still a record for consecutive Fri-Sun frames.
What of the films that perished in the first months of 1998? For three straight months, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s Oscar-winning romance/disaster feature sunk most of the competition. This was 1998, when big movies were not expected to open before the May-to-August summer movie season. The film that dethroned “Titanic,” an expensive, grimdark adaptation of “Lost in Space,” was itself a surprisingly “big” movie for its early April opening weekend.
That’s not to say the films were all bad, or...
What of the films that perished in the first months of 1998? For three straight months, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s Oscar-winning romance/disaster feature sunk most of the competition. This was 1998, when big movies were not expected to open before the May-to-August summer movie season. The film that dethroned “Titanic,” an expensive, grimdark adaptation of “Lost in Space,” was itself a surprisingly “big” movie for its early April opening weekend.
That’s not to say the films were all bad, or...
- 2/15/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Update, 9:26 Pm Pt: Miles Taylor appeared on Chris Cuomo’s CNN show and explained why he lied to Anderson Cooper in August about being Anonymous, the Trump administration figure who wrote a scathing New York Times op ed and book.
“Why should CNN keep you on the payroll after lying like that?” Cuomo asked Taylor, who has been a CNN contributor since August.
“It’s a great question, and I will just give you the blunt truth,” he said. “When I said in A Warning, I said in the book that if asked, I would strenuously deny it, that I was the author. And here’s the reason, because the things I said in that book were ideas that I wanted Donald Trump to challenge on their merits. We have seen over the course of four years that Donald Trump’s preference is to find personal attacks and distractions...
“Why should CNN keep you on the payroll after lying like that?” Cuomo asked Taylor, who has been a CNN contributor since August.
“It’s a great question, and I will just give you the blunt truth,” he said. “When I said in A Warning, I said in the book that if asked, I would strenuously deny it, that I was the author. And here’s the reason, because the things I said in that book were ideas that I wanted Donald Trump to challenge on their merits. We have seen over the course of four years that Donald Trump’s preference is to find personal attacks and distractions...
- 10/29/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Thompson is having quite the year so far. In June, the British actress, 59, acquired the title of capital-d Dame, thanks to Queen Elizabeth.
Then there is her still-thriving career. She joins her “Howards End” and “The Remains of the Day” co-star Anthony Hopkins in a BBC co-production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” that will stream on Amazon starting September 28. She plays Goneril, the devious eldest daughter of Hopkins’s tragic royal who takes advantage of his descent into madness.
The double Oscar winner is the main attraction in “The Children Act,” which is now in theaters and is also available on DirecTV. In the drama, based on Ian McEwan’s novel, she plays a British judge who must decide whether a teen boy suffering from leukemia can be forced to get a blood transfusion to save his life — even though it is against his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness.
Then there is her still-thriving career. She joins her “Howards End” and “The Remains of the Day” co-star Anthony Hopkins in a BBC co-production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” that will stream on Amazon starting September 28. She plays Goneril, the devious eldest daughter of Hopkins’s tragic royal who takes advantage of his descent into madness.
The double Oscar winner is the main attraction in “The Children Act,” which is now in theaters and is also available on DirecTV. In the drama, based on Ian McEwan’s novel, she plays a British judge who must decide whether a teen boy suffering from leukemia can be forced to get a blood transfusion to save his life — even though it is against his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness.
- 9/13/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Life in Pieces‘ Gigi may be gone, but thanks to her will, she’ll continue to shine bright like a diamond.
Because she’ll be an actual diamond.
As you’ll see in this exclusive sneak peek at Thursday’s episode (CBS, 9:30/8:30c), Joan’s mother left some very specific instructions for her children: Namely, that her remains be turned into jewelry. And the idea makes Jen, who’s along for the visit, as uneasy as it’s probably making you right now.
PhotosYour Guide to TV’s 100+ Reboots and Revivals: Knight Rider, Dynasty, Greek, L.A. Law, Twin Peaks...
Because she’ll be an actual diamond.
As you’ll see in this exclusive sneak peek at Thursday’s episode (CBS, 9:30/8:30c), Joan’s mother left some very specific instructions for her children: Namely, that her remains be turned into jewelry. And the idea makes Jen, who’s along for the visit, as uneasy as it’s probably making you right now.
PhotosYour Guide to TV’s 100+ Reboots and Revivals: Knight Rider, Dynasty, Greek, L.A. Law, Twin Peaks...
- 11/8/2016
- TVLine.com
Larry Wilmore used a portion of his Saturday “Nightly Show” panel at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour to reflect on the biggest story in his genre of satirical news — the terrorist murders in France at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.
“It’s very tragic … and I think we were all affected,” Wilmore replied when a reported asked for his thoughts. “We talked to Jon (Stewart) that day and, whoa, his whole office was kind of numb.”
Stewart is not only Wilmore’s former “Daily Show” boss, he is the creator of “The Nightly Show.”
Also Read: Anonymous Declares War...
“It’s very tragic … and I think we were all affected,” Wilmore replied when a reported asked for his thoughts. “We talked to Jon (Stewart) that day and, whoa, his whole office was kind of numb.”
Stewart is not only Wilmore’s former “Daily Show” boss, he is the creator of “The Nightly Show.”
Also Read: Anonymous Declares War...
- 1/11/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Following a week of mass shootings and hostage-taking by radical Islamic terrorists in France, the hacktivist group Anonymous has declared war against jihadist groups responsible and has vowed to attack them online.
After 12 were left dead Wednesday at the offices of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and two hostage situations ended in shootings around the city on Friday, an upload to Anonymous’ Belgian YouTube account promised a response to “al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other terrorists,” according to the post’s description. Watch the video.
“‘We are declaring war against you, the terrorists,” a representative for the group said. The speaker,...
After 12 were left dead Wednesday at the offices of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and two hostage situations ended in shootings around the city on Friday, an upload to Anonymous’ Belgian YouTube account promised a response to “al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other terrorists,” according to the post’s description. Watch the video.
“‘We are declaring war against you, the terrorists,” a representative for the group said. The speaker,...
- 1/10/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Few directors can be said to have changed the way films are made, but Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday at 83, was one of them. His first film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), ended decades of Hollywood censorship of adult content and freed the movies for mature language and subject matter ever after. His second film, "The Graduate," was the first serious mainstream movie to feature a rock soundtrack (spawning Simon and Garfunkel's hit "Mrs. Robinson") and, through its casting of Dustin Hoffman, expanded Hollywood's notion of what a leading man ought to look and sound like.
Nichols wasn't born in America (he and his family escaped from Nazi Germany when he was a child), but he was one of the best chroniclers of contemporary America -- its politics, its aspirations, its dreams, its aristocracy, and its successes and failures -- in movies. His youth in Manhattan as the son...
Nichols wasn't born in America (he and his family escaped from Nazi Germany when he was a child), but he was one of the best chroniclers of contemporary America -- its politics, its aspirations, its dreams, its aristocracy, and its successes and failures -- in movies. His youth in Manhattan as the son...
- 11/20/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
The 2014 Toronto Film Festival lineup got a lot stronger this morning by adding several new titles to the Special Presentations, Masters, Documentaries, Vanguard and Contemporary World Cinema selection as well as announcing the Mavericks and Discovery Programme picks. Most notable selections begin with Special Presentations additions of The Weinstein's St. Vincent starring Bill Murray and Melissa McCarty and James Franco's The Sound and the Fury. The St. Vincent screening will be a world premiere and suggest Murray will be walking the Tiff red carpet... now that's a get for the fest I'm sure brings a smile to their face. In the Masters selection we have Studio Ghibli's The Tale of Princess Kaguya as well as the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep. The Vanguard selection has added The Voice, the lastest film from Persepolis helmer Marjane Satrapi and in the Mavericks selection...
- 8/19/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Bill Murray starrer St. Vincent will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of this week’s wave of programming that includes Discovery.
The Discovery section includes the upcoming world premiere of Stories Of Our Lives, a portmanteau of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex testimonies by anonymous filmmakers from Kenya.
Selections include first-looks of Ross Katz’s Us comedy Adult Beginners, Sarah Leonor’s French Legion drama The Great Man, Isidora Marras’ Chile-Argentinian psychothriller I Am Not Lorena and UK drama X + Y.
“Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay and David Gordon Green all presented their first features in our Discovery section,” said Tiff artistic director Cameron Bailey. “It’s a great place to spot new talent first.”
Besides St. Vincent, Festival Additions includes concert film cum road movie Roger Waters The Wall, while the world premiere of Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body takes its place among the Masters strand.
Tiff Docs arrivals...
The Discovery section includes the upcoming world premiere of Stories Of Our Lives, a portmanteau of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex testimonies by anonymous filmmakers from Kenya.
Selections include first-looks of Ross Katz’s Us comedy Adult Beginners, Sarah Leonor’s French Legion drama The Great Man, Isidora Marras’ Chile-Argentinian psychothriller I Am Not Lorena and UK drama X + Y.
“Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay and David Gordon Green all presented their first features in our Discovery section,” said Tiff artistic director Cameron Bailey. “It’s a great place to spot new talent first.”
Besides St. Vincent, Festival Additions includes concert film cum road movie Roger Waters The Wall, while the world premiere of Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body takes its place among the Masters strand.
Tiff Docs arrivals...
- 8/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Whether or not you agree with his recent comments in Playboy, there's no denying Gary Oldman is one of the great actors of our time.
Ever since breaking out in 1986's "Sid and Nancy" as the self-destructing Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, Oldman has transformed himself from one role to the next. A true chameleon, the actor changes his voice for every part and is nearly unrecognizable in films like "True Romance" (1993) and "The Contender" (2000). Despite his enormous influence among fellow actors, Oldman shuns the spotlight and has only once been nominated for an Oscar. Oldman turns in yet another stirring performance (despite limited screen time) in this summer's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes".
From his famous ex-wife to his rejection from a prestigious drama school, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Gary Oldman.
1. Gary Oldman was born on March 21, 1958 in London, England to Kathleen Cheriton and Leonard Bertram Oldman.
Ever since breaking out in 1986's "Sid and Nancy" as the self-destructing Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, Oldman has transformed himself from one role to the next. A true chameleon, the actor changes his voice for every part and is nearly unrecognizable in films like "True Romance" (1993) and "The Contender" (2000). Despite his enormous influence among fellow actors, Oldman shuns the spotlight and has only once been nominated for an Oscar. Oldman turns in yet another stirring performance (despite limited screen time) in this summer's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes".
From his famous ex-wife to his rejection from a prestigious drama school, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Gary Oldman.
1. Gary Oldman was born on March 21, 1958 in London, England to Kathleen Cheriton and Leonard Bertram Oldman.
- 7/11/2014
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
This 1998 tale of a sexually voracious presidential candidate was overtaken by real-life events involving a certain Monica Lewinsky
Director: Mike Nichols
Entertainment grade: B–
History grade: D
In 1996, an anonymous author (later revealed to be Joe Klein) published Primary Colors, a roman à clef inspired by the events of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992.
People
The novel of Primary Colors begins with a disclaimer: "this is a work of fiction … None of these events ever happened." Well, all right, but it's not difficult to make out the parallels between winsome, sexually voracious Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta) and Bill Clinton; nor between his ambitious, long-suffering wife, Susan (Emma Thompson), and Hillary Clinton. The hair and make-up departments have enhanced the impression, though Travolta's greyed-out eyebrows – and his raspy, Clintonesque southern accent – sometimes veer towards pastiche.
Politics
Our hero, Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), is the grandson of a civil...
Director: Mike Nichols
Entertainment grade: B–
History grade: D
In 1996, an anonymous author (later revealed to be Joe Klein) published Primary Colors, a roman à clef inspired by the events of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992.
People
The novel of Primary Colors begins with a disclaimer: "this is a work of fiction … None of these events ever happened." Well, all right, but it's not difficult to make out the parallels between winsome, sexually voracious Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta) and Bill Clinton; nor between his ambitious, long-suffering wife, Susan (Emma Thompson), and Hillary Clinton. The hair and make-up departments have enhanced the impression, though Travolta's greyed-out eyebrows – and his raspy, Clintonesque southern accent – sometimes veer towards pastiche.
Politics
Our hero, Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), is the grandson of a civil...
- 5/29/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Here's something to add to the threatdown: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report's Twitter accounts were hacked Sunday night. So who was behind it—maybe unhappy Bill O'Reilly fans or, gulp, bears? No, neither... Apparently, the action came via some sympathizers of Anonymous, the international group of "hacktivists" who have been active in recent Sopa and Pipa protests. The hacked Comedy Central pages first linked to a private twitter account (that's since been suspended) and uploaded a photo and the message, "Watch your security, bro <3." Following that, The Daily Show tweeted, "Ignore our last several tweets. #HackedAgain," before deleting...
- 1/23/2012
- E! Online
George Clooney's political drama is bleaker than The West Wing and packs a stronger punch
British parliamentarians know their opponents are in front of them but their enemies behind, and American primary campaigns are a contest between enemies. It can be a bitter fight. Has President Obama forgiven and forgotten Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comments, during their primaries, about a possible Rfk-type assassination? I wonder.
George Clooney's political drama The Ides of March is about a Democratic primary campaign unfolding in the key state of Ohio, in an atmosphere heavy with fratricidal betrayal behind the scenes. Clooney directs, and has co-written the screenplay with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, author of the original stage play, Farragut North. It sticks to the traditional Hollywood supposition that the Democrats are the ones with ideals ripe for dramatic disintegration. Republicans are presumably utterly lost from the outset.
The movie is slower,...
British parliamentarians know their opponents are in front of them but their enemies behind, and American primary campaigns are a contest between enemies. It can be a bitter fight. Has President Obama forgiven and forgotten Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comments, during their primaries, about a possible Rfk-type assassination? I wonder.
George Clooney's political drama The Ides of March is about a Democratic primary campaign unfolding in the key state of Ohio, in an atmosphere heavy with fratricidal betrayal behind the scenes. Clooney directs, and has co-written the screenplay with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, author of the original stage play, Farragut North. It sticks to the traditional Hollywood supposition that the Democrats are the ones with ideals ripe for dramatic disintegration. Republicans are presumably utterly lost from the outset.
The movie is slower,...
- 10/27/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Emma Thompson, John Travolta, Primary Colors Primary Colors (1998) Antonio Capuano's Pianese Nunzio: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 4 Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Elaine May, adapting Newsweek political columnist Joe Klein's novel, Primary Colors is a surprisingly effective fictionalized account of Bill Clinton's run for the White House. In the film, Southern senator Jack Stanton (John Travolta) is an affable, slimy, untrustworthy, and perennially horny fellow. His goal — and that of his party's movers and shakers — is the White House. Obstacle to be removed: an alleged affair with a 17-year-old black woman that resulted in a [...]...
- 6/8/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Bon swa Zoners! I hope your week is going well. I am sitting here with a slight bellyache from recently partaking in too much Americone Dream (again) – if you believe there is such a thing as too much carmel-y and waffle cone-y goodness! Stephen and the gang were on fire for yet again with two great Words, plus the Jimmy Fallon sketch reinforced the notion that sometimes a little goofiness with friends is just what we all need. What was your favorite segment from this week?
Monday
Anonymous Hacks The Colbert Report
Suddenly I’m wearing a mask? I don’t understand. It wasn’t even ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Wednesday!
Bon swa Zoners! I hope your week is going well. I am sitting here with a slight bellyache from recently partaking in too much Americone Dream (again) – if you believe there is such a thing as too much carmel-y and waffle cone-y goodness! Stephen and the gang were on fire for yet again with two great Words, plus the Jimmy Fallon sketch reinforced the notion that sometimes a little goofiness with friends is just what we all need. What was your favorite segment from this week?
Monday
Anonymous Hacks The Colbert Report
Suddenly I’m wearing a mask? I don’t understand. It wasn’t even ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Wednesday!
- 3/8/2011
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
Episode Number: 7029 (February 28, 2011)
Guests: Michael Scheuer
Segments: Anonymous Hacks The Colbert Report, Tip/Wag – Joe Reed & Levi’s Ex-Girlfriend Jeans, Art Stephen Up Challenge – Phillips de Pury Auction
Videos: Monday, February 28, 2011
Did anyone else catch the Charlie Sheen reference in the intro to the show? Luckily for me the hubby sent me a link to one of the many, many Sheen mashups out there or I wouldn’t have caught it. I’m so out of the pop culture loop.
I don’t know why, but the thought of Stephen getting online and looking at bits about himself and the Anonymous controversy makes me smile. “Pwned? Don’t make me Lol. Omg, u r making me woot and squee, Tumblr please, #youvegogtmaildotorg!” The thought of Stephen taunting Anonymous both amuses and slightly scares me. I’m curious as to what Anonymous thinks of their hat tips. At any rate, Anonymous...
Guests: Michael Scheuer
Segments: Anonymous Hacks The Colbert Report, Tip/Wag – Joe Reed & Levi’s Ex-Girlfriend Jeans, Art Stephen Up Challenge – Phillips de Pury Auction
Videos: Monday, February 28, 2011
Did anyone else catch the Charlie Sheen reference in the intro to the show? Luckily for me the hubby sent me a link to one of the many, many Sheen mashups out there or I wouldn’t have caught it. I’m so out of the pop culture loop.
I don’t know why, but the thought of Stephen getting online and looking at bits about himself and the Anonymous controversy makes me smile. “Pwned? Don’t make me Lol. Omg, u r making me woot and squee, Tumblr please, #youvegogtmaildotorg!” The thought of Stephen taunting Anonymous both amuses and slightly scares me. I’m curious as to what Anonymous thinks of their hat tips. At any rate, Anonymous...
- 3/1/2011
- by DB
- No Fact Zone
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Replay
Eagle-eyed viewers of last Thursday's 'The Colbert Report' (Weeknights, 11:30Pm Et on Comedy Central) noticed that the Guy Fawkes-style mask associated with the shadowy Internet group "Anonymous" was momentarily superimposed onto Stephen Colbert's face during a discussion he was having about the group.
This has fueled speculation that Colbert is in some way in cahoots with Anonymous, which has gained notoriety for hacking the website of companies like Visa and Amazon, as well as the Church of Scientology.
Colbert addressed this speculation on Monday:
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Eagle-eyed viewers of last Thursday's 'The Colbert Report' (Weeknights, 11:30Pm Et on Comedy Central) noticed that the Guy Fawkes-style mask associated with the shadowy Internet group "Anonymous" was momentarily superimposed onto Stephen Colbert's face during a discussion he was having about the group.
This has fueled speculation that Colbert is in some way in cahoots with Anonymous, which has gained notoriety for hacking the website of companies like Visa and Amazon, as well as the Church of Scientology.
Colbert addressed this speculation on Monday:
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- 3/1/2011
- by Jeremy Taylor
- Aol TV.
Welcome back to a new week of episodes—if “Anonymous” doesn’t take the show down with his nefarious hacking. Now that Stephen’s on his radar, who knows what will happen? We all saw the mark on Stephen’s face…
Let’s meet our guests–some brave enough to come back for a second or fourth encounter–from the worlds of politics, journalism, music, and biology.
Monday, 2/28: Michael Scheuer
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center bombings, it’s sobering to realize that the Us, with all its resources, has still not managed to capture the mastermind of that destruction. Michael Scheuer, a 20+-year veteran of the CIA and author of the new book Osama bin Laden, believes he knows why, and he has expressed his views widely and strongly.
Currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies,...
Let’s meet our guests–some brave enough to come back for a second or fourth encounter–from the worlds of politics, journalism, music, and biology.
Monday, 2/28: Michael Scheuer
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center bombings, it’s sobering to realize that the Us, with all its resources, has still not managed to capture the mastermind of that destruction. Michael Scheuer, a 20+-year veteran of the CIA and author of the new book Osama bin Laden, believes he knows why, and he has expressed his views widely and strongly.
Currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
During last night's Colbert Report, a Guy Fawkes mask was superimposed over Stephen Colbert's face for a split second, Fight Club-style, during his interview with Salon's Glenn Greenwald about the online hacking group Anonymous. Said Guy Fawkes mask is kind of a mascot/icon for said online hacking group. Did The Colbert Report get hacked? Is Stephen Colbert now a hacker? Read more here and check out the corresponding videos below. The first one shows the whole interview, with the mask appearing around the 3:20 mark. The second shows the internet-ified close-up edit.... More >>...
- 2/25/2011
- by Stefanie Lee
- TV.com
Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert described Anonymous, the Internet group that originated on imageboard 4chan, as a "hornets nest" and described the actions of Aaron Barr, the computer security expert that tried to go up against the group, as "sticking your penis in the hornet's nest." However, Colbert had another message for the members of the group, one he delivered subliminally. The question now is...is Stephen Colbert actually a "/b/tard?"...
- 2/25/2011
- by Jon Bershad
- Mediaite - TV
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Hello Zoners! I hope the State of Your Union (wherever it may be) is strong! If anything, I hope the state of our stomachs is strong enough for the beeftacular tacos some of us will inevitably buy (despite all warnings to the contrary) because Stephen made it look so tasty and harmless! From coked-up vacuums to the Nazi-ometer, this week really delivered on its promises (probably via a toaster with wheels). What were your favorite clips?
Monday:
Stephen Rejects Keith Olbermann’s Power
The storied notion that power corrupts, while absolute power corrupts absolutely seems to never have occurred to this Cosa Nostra we’re calling our Congress who...
Hello Zoners! I hope the State of Your Union (wherever it may be) is strong! If anything, I hope the state of our stomachs is strong enough for the beeftacular tacos some of us will inevitably buy (despite all warnings to the contrary) because Stephen made it look so tasty and harmless! From coked-up vacuums to the Nazi-ometer, this week really delivered on its promises (probably via a toaster with wheels). What were your favorite clips?
Monday:
Stephen Rejects Keith Olbermann’s Power
The storied notion that power corrupts, while absolute power corrupts absolutely seems to never have occurred to this Cosa Nostra we’re calling our Congress who...
- 1/30/2011
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
Anonymous has been at it again. Following Primary Colors's version of Clinton comes O: A Presidential Novel. Mark Lawson on the tradition of insider political fiction, from Disraeli to The West Wing. A preview from tomorrow's Guardian Review.
Also in tomorrow's Review: Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on why Anna Nicole Smith is a true operatic heroine, Andrea Levy on why she wrote Small Island, Stefan Collini in praise of Eric Hobsbawm and Sarah Churchwell on the scandalous Lillian Hellman
A successful political career demands a tradeoff between fame and anonymity. A leader needs to be known – an Obama, Blair or Clinton has the global recognisability of a rock star – but high-level politics also frequently depends on the exercise of secrecy. The unattributable briefing ("a party insider, speaking on condition of anonymity", "a source travelling with the prime minister") is a standard tool of political journalism, offering an early first...
Also in tomorrow's Review: Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on why Anna Nicole Smith is a true operatic heroine, Andrea Levy on why she wrote Small Island, Stefan Collini in praise of Eric Hobsbawm and Sarah Churchwell on the scandalous Lillian Hellman
A successful political career demands a tradeoff between fame and anonymity. A leader needs to be known – an Obama, Blair or Clinton has the global recognisability of a rock star – but high-level politics also frequently depends on the exercise of secrecy. The unattributable briefing ("a party insider, speaking on condition of anonymity", "a source travelling with the prime minister") is a standard tool of political journalism, offering an early first...
- 1/22/2011
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
Someone anonymous who's "been in the room with Obama" has penned O a tell-all novel about the president's 2012 re-election campaign (you know, the one that hasn't happened yet). The tone and appeal of the book will be similar to that of 1992's Primary Colors, the Clinton expose also written by "anonymous," who turned out to be journalist Joe Klein.
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- 1/19/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Filmology
Simon & Schuster today is about to market the heck out of O, its anonymously written and self-proclaimed provocative novel about Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. That's right -- the campaign that hasn't happened yet. Supposedly, it's penned by someone "who's been in the room with Obama". This is kinda different from Primary Colors, the thinly disguised roman a clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and also written anonymously until journalist Joe Klein came forward to claim responsibility. That novel sold a ton of copies for rival publishing house Random House, and S&S is obviously trying to capitalize on that success. Will Hollywood bite? "We haven’t discussed it with anyone yet, but it’s early, and no one’s read a thing about it until today," S&S publisher Jonathan Karp just told Deadline. Primary Colors was deemed a stiff at the box office when Universal made it...
- 1/18/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Greetings, Zoners! It’s time for a quick round-up of some Colbert news nuggets from the past couple of weeks. Today we’ve got a couple of stragglers from the “Best of 2010″ category, a nostalgic look back at the beginning of Stephen’s relationship with Wikipedia, a chance to vote for Stephen, and a few other odds and ends. Here’s your zeitgeist for Sunday, January 16th.
Best of 2010 reduxPolitico’s Top 10 Late Night Moments, at #10: “Colbert annoys Congress: When it was announced that Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert would testify before Congress, the question was not about his purpose… but about his tone: Would he be in character? Within just seconds of opening his mouth during that September hearing, it was clear that Colbert would be just as devious as he is on his show… The performance did not go over well with buttoned-up politicians on both sides of the aisle…...
Best of 2010 reduxPolitico’s Top 10 Late Night Moments, at #10: “Colbert annoys Congress: When it was announced that Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert would testify before Congress, the question was not about his purpose… but about his tone: Would he be in character? Within just seconds of opening his mouth during that September hearing, it was clear that Colbert would be just as devious as he is on his show… The performance did not go over well with buttoned-up politicians on both sides of the aisle…...
- 1/16/2011
- by Ann G
- No Fact Zone
From Donald Rumsfeld's memoir to David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel, here are the 21 books that you won't want to miss in 2011.
The mistletoe has been put away, the presents unwrapped, the New Year's Champagne uncorked, and you still haven't quite finished Franzen's Freedom. But new books on how to run the world, turn around Starbucks, deal with a famous father, and even join a club are all coming out in the next few months. So get ready for the new literary season.
Related story on The Daily Beast: This Week's Hot Reads
Here is The Daily Beast's picks of the most controversial, intriguing, and just best reads for the first few months of 2011.
January
How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next RenaissanceBy Parag Khanna
From the author of Second World comes a guide to the future of international relations in an increasingly chaotic and fractured world.
The mistletoe has been put away, the presents unwrapped, the New Year's Champagne uncorked, and you still haven't quite finished Franzen's Freedom. But new books on how to run the world, turn around Starbucks, deal with a famous father, and even join a club are all coming out in the next few months. So get ready for the new literary season.
Related story on The Daily Beast: This Week's Hot Reads
Here is The Daily Beast's picks of the most controversial, intriguing, and just best reads for the first few months of 2011.
January
How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next RenaissanceBy Parag Khanna
From the author of Second World comes a guide to the future of international relations in an increasingly chaotic and fractured world.
- 1/3/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a Wtf Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there's no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate. Herewith this week's leftover links, in no particular order: Why Does Reality TV Present Women As Marriage Obsessed Bimbos? Jon Stewart, the Modern Day Edward R. Murrow? Anonymous Twitter Account Named Music Critic of Year by Village Voice Doh: The La Times' Amy Kaufman Had The Scoop On Natalie Portman and Didn't Know It...
- 1/2/2011
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
During a segment on this morning's The Chris Matthews Show, host Chris Matthews asked his panel to hand out year-end awards. Most of the broadcast was a fun discussion with good-natured praise and jabs for the year's most notorious political celebrities. However, for the category of who demonstrated the biggest "Chutzpah" of the year, one nominee had guest Joe Klein nearly foaming at the mouth with anger.
- 12/26/2010
- by Matt Schneider
- Mediaite - TV
Episode Number: 6160 (December 15, 2010)
Guests: Omar Wasow, Laird Hamilton
Segments: Scanner-Defying Pancakes, World War 3.0 – Omar Wasow, Tiny Triumphs – Lethal Drug Shortage, Laird Hamilton, Sign Off – Winter Fashion Tip
Videos: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Looks like the folks at The Colbert Report were getting into the Christmas spirit with all the red and green lighting on the set last night, not to mention the candy-cane stripes on the ‘columns’ behind our own Stephen-Claus.
Let me just get this out in the open right now, the Tsa pancake report nearly did me in on so many levels. I was laughing so hard, I was crying, and as always, just when I was thinking, “Nah, he won’t actually eat that pants-cake,” he did, much to the squealing delight of the faithful (present company included). He always looks like a mischievous little boy when he elicits that kind of reaction from the audience. If you’re like me,...
Guests: Omar Wasow, Laird Hamilton
Segments: Scanner-Defying Pancakes, World War 3.0 – Omar Wasow, Tiny Triumphs – Lethal Drug Shortage, Laird Hamilton, Sign Off – Winter Fashion Tip
Videos: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Looks like the folks at The Colbert Report were getting into the Christmas spirit with all the red and green lighting on the set last night, not to mention the candy-cane stripes on the ‘columns’ behind our own Stephen-Claus.
Let me just get this out in the open right now, the Tsa pancake report nearly did me in on so many levels. I was laughing so hard, I was crying, and as always, just when I was thinking, “Nah, he won’t actually eat that pants-cake,” he did, much to the squealing delight of the faithful (present company included). He always looks like a mischievous little boy when he elicits that kind of reaction from the audience. If you’re like me,...
- 12/16/2010
- by LoriE
- No Fact Zone
In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens wrote a withering attack on Glenn Beck and the Tea Partiers, asserting that they are "canalizing old racist and clerical toxic-waste material that a healthy society had mostly flushed out of its system more than a generation ago, and injecting it right back in again." He suggests that Beck and his followers:
... need and want to sublimate the anxiety into hysteria and paranoia. The president is a Kenyan. The president is a secret Muslim. The president (why not?--after all, every little bit helps) is the unacknowledged love child of Malcolm X. And this is their response to the election of an extremely moderate half-African American candidate, who speaks better English than most and who has a model family. Revolted by this development, huge numbers of white people choose to demonstrate their independence and superiority by putting themselves eagerly at the...
... need and want to sublimate the anxiety into hysteria and paranoia. The president is a Kenyan. The president is a secret Muslim. The president (why not?--after all, every little bit helps) is the unacknowledged love child of Malcolm X. And this is their response to the election of an extremely moderate half-African American candidate, who speaks better English than most and who has a model family. Revolted by this development, huge numbers of white people choose to demonstrate their independence and superiority by putting themselves eagerly at the...
- 12/10/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
--By Max Evry
Movies based on or inspired by real life events are commonplace, but every once in awhile one comes along that taps into something so current it hits a raw nerve with the public. This week sees the release of such a film, David Fincher's "The Social Network," based around the founding of the Facebook website, which -- at over 500 million users and counting -- is dominating human interaction the way arguably no device has since the telephone.
Currently at the height of its popularity, Facebook has been an accelerator pad for public discourse, and Fincher's film and its depiction of founder Mark Zuckerberg (the world's youngest billionaire) is less a biopic than a document of history still being written. Whether Zuckerberg and his website will still have the sway it has today five years from now is anybody's guess, but we're going to take a...
Movies based on or inspired by real life events are commonplace, but every once in awhile one comes along that taps into something so current it hits a raw nerve with the public. This week sees the release of such a film, David Fincher's "The Social Network," based around the founding of the Facebook website, which -- at over 500 million users and counting -- is dominating human interaction the way arguably no device has since the telephone.
Currently at the height of its popularity, Facebook has been an accelerator pad for public discourse, and Fincher's film and its depiction of founder Mark Zuckerberg (the world's youngest billionaire) is less a biopic than a document of history still being written. Whether Zuckerberg and his website will still have the sway it has today five years from now is anybody's guess, but we're going to take a...
- 10/1/2010
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Aha! Someone was listening during Obama’s press conference the other day, when he was sure to note that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar had inherited a rotten Minerals and Management Service, “plagued by corruption for years.” Today on The Chris Matthews Show, Joe Klein of Time magazine acknowledged that unlucky inheritance, calling the Bp oil spill catastrophe “more Bush’s second Katrina than Obama’s first.”...
- 5/30/2010
- by Rachel Sklar
- Mediaite - TV
Paramount has picked up "Fun Size," a comedy spec from "The Colbert Report" writer Max Werner, for Josh Schwartz to produce with his Fake Empire shingle partner Stephanie Savage.
The acquisition is the first to be made under a two-year, first-look deal that Fake Empire recently inked with the studio.
The company's deal officially begins June 1, but the script so impressed Schwartz that the producer -- best known for such youth-centered TV series as "The O.C.," "Gossip Girl" and "Chuck" -- jumped on the project, which would be made for less than $20 million.
Loglines are being kept under wraps, but "Fun" is described as a cross between "Superbad" and "Adventures in Babysitting" that is set on Halloween.
"Fun" was brought to Fake Empire by Lis Rowinski, the shingle's new vp features. Schwartz and Savage will produce with Anonymous Content.
" 'Fun Size' is exactly the kind of project we're targeting at Paramount: funny,...
The acquisition is the first to be made under a two-year, first-look deal that Fake Empire recently inked with the studio.
The company's deal officially begins June 1, but the script so impressed Schwartz that the producer -- best known for such youth-centered TV series as "The O.C.," "Gossip Girl" and "Chuck" -- jumped on the project, which would be made for less than $20 million.
Loglines are being kept under wraps, but "Fun" is described as a cross between "Superbad" and "Adventures in Babysitting" that is set on Halloween.
"Fun" was brought to Fake Empire by Lis Rowinski, the shingle's new vp features. Schwartz and Savage will produce with Anonymous Content.
" 'Fun Size' is exactly the kind of project we're targeting at Paramount: funny,...
- 5/25/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Journalist Joe Klein, who writes for Time magazine, appeared on The Chris Matthews Show on NBC April 18 and suggested the vocal right pundits that include Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are guilty of possible seditious behavior. On NBC's April 18 "The Chris Matthews Show," Time columnist Joe Klein suggests that Gop vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, along with Fox personality Glenn Beck of inciting sedition. The Chris Matthews Show featured Klein, John Heilemann, New York magazine; Kathleen Parker, the Washington Post and Norah O'Donnell on Sunday. "I did a little bit of research just before this show - it's on this little napkin here. I looked up the definition of sedition which is conduct or language inciting...
- 4/19/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
On the heels of a politically motivated film festival that wrapped Saturday in Dallas, a couple more are on the way, including a bipartisan effort from directors Barry Levinson and John Sayles and one that, like the Dallas effort, leans to the right. From Levinson and Sayles comes the Political Comedy Festival, a function of Levinson's alma mater, the American University School of Communication. The festival opens Thursday in Washington with the new Sayles satire Silver City and also includes the feature films Wag the Dog, Primary Colors, Election, Bob Roberts and the Preston Sturges classic The Great McGinty. Scheduled speakers include Levinson and Primary Colors anonymous author Joe Klein, as well as speechwriters for former Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
- 9/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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