The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Natalie Portman Explains Why Lesbian Scenes Are Like CGI Special Effects in 3-D

Whatever it takes to sell tickets: “Everyone was so worried about who was going to want to see this movie [The Black Swan] . . . I remember them being like, ‘How do you get guys to a ballet movie? How do you get girls to a thriller?’ And the answer is a lesbian scene. […]

Prediction: ‘The Black Swan’ Will Break Record for DVD Sales of Ballet Movies

Here’s the trailer for Natalie Portman’s new R-rated movie: Locking Lips With ‘Black Swan’ Trailer – Watch more horror Whether or not Portman gets an Oscar here, her performance will be watched — over and over and over again — on DVD by guys who never before watched a ballet movie: As Nina becomes paranoid […]

The Devil Wears Nada

Anne Hathaway likes being naked. As a matter of fact, she’s pretty sure you want to see more of her naked: Fans of Anne Hathaway will get to see a lot of her in “Love and Other Drugs.” The 28-year-old actress is nearly naked — a lot. “Well, I’ve had a chip on my shoulder […]

VIDEO: Democrat Jane Harman Admits, ‘Ahmadinejad Was . . . My Boyfriend!’

Profiting from the sale of dual-use technology to Iran? Rep. Jane Harman (D-Transylvania) might have gotten away with this monstrous scheme, had it not been for Young Mattie Fein: You knew when Ladd Ehlinger Jr. went to Hollywood, he’d produce something brilliant. Here’s the script: FRAU HARMAN: Ahmadinejad! Ahmadinejad! We have done it! I’m going to set […]

Obama’s Hollywood Disaster

ROSSYLYN, Va. — Just as I predicted, President Obama’s Hollywood fundraiser produced a traffic catastrophe in Los Angeles: While I was in Los Angeles yesterday, I got a call from my friend Joe Fein, who told me he wouldn’t be able to make it to an event featuring Pamela Geller, author of The Post-American Presidency, that he had hoped to attend. […]

Ladd Ehlinger Jr. Goes Hollywood

My latest column at The American Spectator: HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — On a sound stage near Santa Monica Boulevard, actress Valerie Novak flubs a line and director Ladd Ehlinger Jr. asks her to repeat it. “And — action!” Novak nails the line this time and continues with her dramatic monologue when the director’s cell phone rings, […]

Fear and Loathing in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — I’m at a sound stage near Santa Monica Boulevard where Ladd Ehlinger Jr. is directing his latest series of political ads. There is something of an embargo about the exact nature of the production, and I’m on deadline for The American Spectator, so I can’t give you the full story now. However, […]

You Thought Mel Gibson Had Problems?

At least when Mel was shouting ugly things, he had the excuse of being drunk. Oliver Stone, not so much: Director Oliver Stone belittled the Holocaust during a shocking interview with the Sunday Times today, claiming that America’s focus on the Jewish massacre was a product of the “Jewish domination of the media.” The director […]

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