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In defense of John Cusack

Tom Davis | Posted 08.25.2008 | Living


Tom Davis

I owe a debt of gratitude to John Cusack, actually. His portrayal of an obsessive compulsive record-store owner in High Fidelity kind of validated the kind of existence I had in the early 1990s.

John Cusack Talks Politics With Keith Olbermann (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.21.2008 | Entertainment


John Cusack, whose new film "War, Inc" is in theaters and whose MoveOn.org ad is tearing up the airwaves, was the #1 story on "Countdown" Friday night...

John Cusack, et al, Try to Slip a Big Wad of Hot, Slippery Propaganda Past Bill O'Reilly!

Bill Cusack | Posted 06.14.2008 | Entertainment


Bill Cusack

The crucial facts are all represented in War Inc.'s satire, Mr. O'Reilly; they're just presented in a way that reveals a side of reality not commonly seen in other media outlets, most especially yours.

War, Inc: Cusack's Savage Satire Strikes a Chord with Soldiers and Their Families

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.12.2008 | Entertainment


Arianna Huffington

John Cusack's righteous rage over the billions being pocketed in Iraq by companies like Blackwater, and Halliburton, is the beating heart of his brilliant War Inc. The film pulls off the near-impossible: it finds a savage, reality-altering humor amidst the tragedy of Iraq. READ MORE The Big Story You May Have Missed During the Obama v. Clinton Finale The Senate Intelligence Committee's "Phase II" report on how the Bush White House used -- and abused -- pre-war intelligence in the run-up to the war in Iraq never uses the word, but we all know what it's called when someone presents something as fact that's directly contradicted by the evidence. A lie. Not a mistake. A lie. READ MORE Five Word Speech Submissions: Boy, Are You Guys Good!

Embedded With Hilary Duff

Paul Hipp | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment


Paul Hipp

2008-05-29-hipp_duff.jpgHilary and I did these songs in one session in LA and one in Bulgaria. She was in character the whole time and a delight to work with.

John Cusack's War: The Actor Battles to Un-embed Hollywood With His New Film, War, Inc.

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2008 | Entertainment


Jeremy Scahill

Cusack's new Film, War Inc., is a powerful, visionary response to the cheerleading culture of the corporate media and a pliant Hollywood afraid of its own shadow.

Live Blogging With John Cusack This Afternoon at Crooks & Liars

Howie Klein | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment


Howie Klein

John Cusack and his colleagues have taken Eisenhower's 1961 warning and updated it into a chilling movie set in the not too distant future, at a time when, unfortunately, no one remembers what Ike said or why.

The Real Blackwater Scandal: Build a Frontier, You Get Cowboys, Part II

John Cusack | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics


John Cusack

Naomi Klein: Companies like Blackwater and Halliburton are already roaming the world looking for new markets in other frail states - new governments to guard, new war zones to privatize.

The Real Blackwater Scandal: Build a Frontier, You Get Cowboys

John Cusack | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics


John Cusack

Naomi Klein: Give a bunch of pumped-up guys guns, and send them to a place where they're above the law, and they'll act like cowboys.

Calling Things What They Are: More From My Conversation with Naomi Klein

John Cusack | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics


John Cusack

Klein: In the book, I raise the question, "Why is it that we refer to Richard Perle merely as an ideologue -- rather than, say, as an arms dealer with an impressive vocabulary?"

HuffPost Exclusive: My Interview with Naomi Klein

John Cusack | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics


John Cusack

I sat down with Naomi Klein to talk about her audacious and revelatory new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. And the camera was rolling.

HuffPost Exclusive: a Scene from John Cusack's War Inc.

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

Cusack's powerful new film pulls off the near-impossible: finding a savage reality-altering humor amidst the tragedy of Iraq.