It lasted for 20 years and was nearly the longest running prime time show ever except for the venerable Gunsmoke. Now comes the word that Law and Order has been cancelled.

In response, Instapundit made the following observation:

“IT MOVED LEFT, HEMORRHAGED VIEWERS, and now Law & Order has been cancelled.”

I personally stopped watching the show for that very reason. It became a trite presentation of the latest leftist cause de jour. They portrayed conservatives as bad, religionists worse, and politicians on the right the very worst—week after week. Only the quality of the show kept middle America from deserting it sooner.            *Top

(Roman Polanski via last.fm)

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein said the following in an interview when it was pointed out that there was a wide gap between how ‘Hollywood’ folks felt about the Roman Polanski affair and how the rest of America viewed it:

"Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion. We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11. We were there for the victims of Katrina and any world catastrophe."

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‘Capitalism Did Nothing For Me’

In the interview it was pointed out that he had amassed an estimated $ 50 Million fortune through the Western capitalist economic system yet that was his response.

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Am I the only one that thinks that the passage of Prop 8 (California’s Traditional Marriage Amendment) might have had something to do with Sean Penn winning an Oscar? Hardly!

For a couple of months now we have heard from movie reviewers nothing but raves and superlatives about Mickey Rourke’s acting performance in The Wrestler. However, since the Oscar nominations were announced, there have been whispers in the industry about what a shame that Rourke was up against Milk–Sean Penn playing a gay activist politician that was martyred.

I read that Penn, a very good actor, turned in a good performance in Milk, but who the heck saw that movie anyway? It was popular in San Francisco, played shortly in L.A. and most the big cities across the country but was virtually ignored in the heartland and by regular folks.

Meanwhile, The Wrestler was popular all across the country. Then there’s Gran Torino and Clint Eastwood’s incredible performance as a retired gun toting white bigot facing issues of life, death, family, religion, race, and change. He is intolerable but also self-sacrificing and somewhat redeemed at the end. A wonderful story and performance that goes completely unnoticed at the Oscars. Also extremely popular all across the country but not in Hollywood–too politically incorrect!

That is the point isn’t it? Politics and progressive social agendas play a big role in what pictures get made and which films receive all the honors in Hollywood. If you don’t think so, you haven’t been paying much attention to the motion picture industry in the last 20 years or so.

Did Sean Penn win his Oscar at least partially because he played a gay activist at a time when Hollywood is still reacting to the passage of Prop 8? I think so!

The picture business has always been sympathetic to the gay agenda and the industry came out overwhelmingly against the Traditional Marriage Amendment. Many actors and media folks continue to make snide remarks about Mormons, Catholics, and evangelical Christians which they lump together and characterize as ‘Fundie’ Christian bigots-homophobes-hatemongers who passed the ‘fascist’ Prop.

Should Sean Penn thank Prop 8 for his Oscar? Well at least Penn himself brought up the issue during his acceptance tirade:

“I think it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect, and anticipate their great shame, and the shame in their grandchildren’s eyes if they continue that way of support. We’ve got to have equal rights for everyone.   …”

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Response: Gov. Palin never claimed anywhere that dinosaurs were on the earth only 4,000 years ago–a false conjecture. Also, the supposed library book banning has been exposed as a complete hoax by CNN and USA Today. Sorry Matt, thinking and talking without a script is obviously not your forte.            *Top

The movie is based upon a series of books by Philip Pullman, who is an admitted atheist, and who reportedly wrote the books as an atheist answer to ‘Narnia’.

The books are known to be ‘anti-Christian and the movie has resulted in a number of concerns and negative reactions from leaders in the Christian community. Dr. Al Mohler, for one, has written an excellent review on the movie.

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Normally, a DVD would have been offered in January for the miniseries, four months after its showing. However, there are currently no plans for its release, and a top ABC executive revealed privately that “if Hillary weren’t running for president, this wouldn’t be a problem.”      < -Continue the rest of the story on the main page->

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The latest ‘Pirates’ movie takes the visual effects award.  That was the only really good thing about “Dead Man’s Chest“.  Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” proves that politics is alive and well in Hollywood despite the clamping down on award statements.  They should have called it the honorable “Dixie Chicks Award” after the recent political victory garnered by that group at the music awards.

Martin Scorsese finally won, a great director and long over due.  However, I will never forgive him for that Jesus movie he did, which shall remain unnamed.

Highlight of the night?: The music drowning out Al Gore.

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