Showing posts with label Film Industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film Industry. Show all posts

January 19, 2016

Multi Millionaire Black Celebrity Laments Few Black Nominees For Academy Awards. Disabled? No So Much



Multi Millionaire Movie Mogul Celebrity

Lee says, "it doesn’t matter what color they are." But complains there are not enough black actors. Huh? Well, which is it? Does skin color matter or not? So how many persons with disabilities appear in, produce, direct movies,  and get nominated? How many are in that magic room with those who decide? If there are enough black persons will that make it fair? Equitable? Who decides how many black actors must get awards? Spike Lee? When will the multi millionaire Lee complain as loudly that there are no persons with disabilities getting awards?

[From article]
I’m personally tired of seeing movies in which all the actors are white when it doesn’t matter what color they are.
[. . .]
Dr. King Said “There Comes A Time When One Must Take A Position That Is Neither Safe, Nor Politic, Nor Popular But He Must Take It Because Conscience Tells Him It’s Right”.
[. . .]
As I See It, The Academy Awards Is Not Where The “Real” Battle Is. It’s In The Executive Office Of The Hollywood Studios And TV And Cable Networks. This Is Where The Gate Keepers Decide What Gets Made And What Gets Jettisoned To “Turnaround” Or Scrap Heap. This Is What’s Important. The Gate Keepers. Those With “The Green Light” Vote.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/01/18/spike-lee-winner-of-lifetime-achievement-oscar-this-year-wont-attend-february-ceremony-in-protest

Spike Lee, Winner of Lifetime Achievement Oscar this Year, Won’t Attend February Ceremony
by Roger Friedman
January 18, 2016 8:52 am

October 4, 2015

Massachusetts Politicians Support Teamster Union Officials Charged By US Attorney




Don't expect the Justice Department to help Carmen Ortiz prosecute Democratic party supporters. US Rep. Capuano appears to be unable to distinguish between reality and Hollywood, a pervasive error among low and no information civilians. It indicates that dumbed down society has moved into government. Capuano objects to broad brush painting of union abuses, but it is OK when black extremists accuse white people of being racists, and enjoying white privilege. As in Leninist Russia it is all about the almighty party. No more individual rights. The party rules. Promoting good deeds of miscreants is why crime families thrive in the United States and Mexico. They help people without a bureaucracy. Poor vulnerable people recognize the failure of government and place their allegiance with criminals. Government lost its credibility and was easy pickings for criminals to run their own candidates. It explains the lawlessness of the White House and the reluctance of Congress to stop the abuses. Elected officials who speak for union suspects show they prefer support of unions to federal prosecutors. Where were these officials when the FBI, Justice Department attorneys and police agencies were running wild with James Bulger's gang? Harvard Law Professor of ethics "On Leave" Lessig runs for president to fight corruption. Is there no way to fight it other than becoming president? Of the five law schools in Boston and Cambridge which one speaks out about government corruption?   

[From article]
“I couldn’t disagree with that more,” U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano said yesterday. “Every city, every group has bad actors in it — including the U.S. Attorney’s Office, I might add. Anybody who paints that kind of broad brush is making a humongous mistake.
“You may have seen a recent movie lately that involves some people in the U.S. Attorney’s Office that didn’t do the right thing in Boston,” he added, referring to “Black Mass,” which tells of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger’s unholy alliance with the FBI.
[. . .]
The Teamsters have built a political power base that’s thrown its weight behind Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Attorney General Maura Healey, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and other high-profile Democrats. Healey and Goldberg have refused to return donations they’ve gotten from the Teamsters.
“The attorney general feels strongly that the actions that are alleged by these individuals shouldn’t reflect on the good work of an entire organization,” Healey campaign spokesman David Guarino said.
[. . .]
U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, a former union ironworker, said the allegations are “stuff that used to happen in the ’40s and ’50s.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/10/dems_stand_behind_the_teamsters
Dems stand behind the Teamsters
Saturday, October 3, 2015
By: Matt Stout
Boston Herald

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Padma Lakshmi

[From article]
How about City Councilor Tim McCarthy saying of the union that a President’s Commission once described as a totally owned subsidiary of girlfriend-strangler Whitey Bulger: “They have turkey giveaways.”
Hey, councilor, so did Al Capone.
The Local 25 thugs are accused of threatening to “break the pretty face” of a Bravo TV star whom they also called a “bleepin’ whore.”
Her name is Padma Lakshmi — she’s an Indian-American. No big deal, the Democrat hack­erama agrees.
[. . .]


MA Attorney General Maura Healey

Maura Healey, the attorney general, is a lesbian. Apparently the Teamsters’ “homophobic slurs,” as listed in the indictment by an Obama appointee, don’t bother her. Hey, as long as the check clears, right Maura?
Imagine if five Republicans from the Tea Party had committed the same kind of racist, homophobic assault that the honor guard of Local 25 is accused of. [. . .]
It’s just “the alleged behavior of a few,” alibied state Treasurer Deb Goldberg. In other words, just Democrats being Democrats.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2015/10/carr_dems_line_up_to_kiss_thugs_pinky_rings_big_surprise

Carr: Dems line up to kiss thugs’ pinky rings ... big surprise!
Saturday, October 3, 2015
By: Howie Carr
Boston Herald

January 13, 2014

New Film Shockingly Patriotic




[From article]
While celebrating American heroism and sacrifice, the film also leaves the distinct impression that rules of engagement in battles with the enemy, encouraged by a “liberal media” that puts the human rights of terrorists above the lives of our troops, threatens ultimate victory in this global struggle.
[. . .]
The timing of the film could not be more significant. Terrorism expert Peter Bergen has recently written that “…al Qaeda appears to control more territory in the Arab world than it has done at any time in its history.”
[. . .]
He writes that in the Middle East, a captured terrorist “knew that the way out was to announce he had been tortured by the Americans, ill-treated, or prevented from reading the Koran or eating his breakfast or watching the television. They all know Al Jazeera, the Arab broadcasters would pick it up, and it would be relayed to the U.S.A., where the liberal media would joyfully accuse all of us of being murderers or barbarians or something. These terrorist organizations laugh at the U.S. media, and they know exactly how to use the system against us.”
[. . .]
We all harbor fears about untrained, half-educated journalists who only want a good story to justify their salaries and expense accounts.”

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/60415#.UtQj2N00i6Z

New Patriotic Movie Blasts the Media

By Cliff Kincaid
Monday, January 13, 2014






November 2, 2013

Online Video Streaming Service Threats To Filmmaker Profits


[From article]
Major TV broadcasters on Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to shut down Aereo Inc., a streaming-video startup backed by media mogul Barry Diller that they allege is stealing their content and putting their fundamental business model at risk.

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-352663/

Broadcasters Ask Supreme Court to Intervene in Aereo Case
By AMOL SHARMA and SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN
Updated Oct. 11, 2013 4:56 p.m. ET
Wall Street Journal

February 22, 2013

Academy Awards Predictions


http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/

February 22, 2013, 8:00 am
Oscar Predictions, Election-Style
By NATE SILVER
538 Blog New York Times

March 20, 2012

DVD Pirates, Low Police Priority, Low Interest

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hollywood_strikes_blow_against_pirates_E4Kfeo4Ed5ZMygMBYwRocP

Hollywood strikes a blow against pirates
John Crudele
New York Post
Last Updated: 12:44 AM, March 20, 2012
Posted: 11:52 PM, March 19, 2012

December 10, 2011

Harvard Grad Charged With Theft of Millions

One more politician busted for theft of taxpayer funds. He has a Harvard degree. The ruling class steals some more.

[From article]
Daniel "Adams, a 50-year-old Barnstable resident and former political operative,"

http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_1210lights_camera_busted_cops_director_scammed_millions_from_the_state/

Lights! Camera! Busted!!
Cops: Director scammed millions from the state
By Dave Wedge And Renee Nadeau Algarin
Boston Herald
Saturday, December 10, 2011

August 6, 2009

Obama Stirs up Class Animosity


http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/eazlant/2009/08/06/dems-crank-up-class-warfare-what-about-hollywood/

Hollywood Gets a Pass as Desperate Dems Crank Up Class Warfare Machine
BigHollywood.com
by Edward Azlant