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Will Ferrell's Sunday Night Live

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 04.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Cort Theatre, Will Ferrell, Laughing at Oneself, George W. Bush, Pavel Somov, Will Ferrell Bush, Self-Reflection, W, Self-Awareness, Snl, Comedy News

What can I say? I can't quite say "it'd be funny if it wasn't so true" - because it is true and it is funny. I can simply say this: in Will Ferrell's portrayal of "W", the Cort Theatre has finally met its historical Jester.

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What if Heath Ledger Lost?

Dan Abramson | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tropic Thunder, The Academy Awards, Josh Brolin, W, The Dark Knight, Revolutionary Road, The Oscars, Heath Ledger, Heath Ledger Death, Robert Downey Jr, Michael Shannon, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt, Award Season, Entertainment News

If for some reason any of the other actors win Best-Supporting Actor, they'll be viewed as that A-hole who deprived Heath of the posthumous honor.

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Reading The Pictures: An Arbus-Like End To George Bush, Comforter Of Man

Michael Shaw | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, False Intimacy, Photo, Dumbstruck, Kissing Disease, Injured War Veterans, Politics, W, Military Academy, Disgrace, Comforter, West Point, Dubya, Photos, Money, Young, Age, Staged, Cheerleader, Paid Money, Perversity, Photojournalism, Kissing, Intimacy, Picture, Perverse, Stolen, Giggles, Injured Soldiers, Photo Ops, Females, Comforter-in-Chief, Freakish, Freak, News, Injured Iraq Veterans, Arbus, Politics News

As the end approaches, "W" is regressing more-and-more into a familiar cocoon, seeking out the military for hearty cheer and farewell.

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A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Prop 6, Congress, Hiv, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ontario, Who, Dixie Chicks, Asia, China, Wolrd Health Foundation, Gay Adoption, Ali Partovi, Olympic Bird's Nest, Patna Women's College, The Killers, W Hotels, Premiere Wen Jiabao, Aids, Elvis Costello, World AIDS Day, Melissa Etheridge, Latin America, President Barack Obama, Rod Stewart, Nand Kishore Yadev, Sheryl Crow, The Police, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Emile Hirsch, Coldplay, India, Matthew Sheppard, James Franco, Starbucks, Gay Marriage, Jay-Z, Josh Brolin, Toronto, Prop 8, Spider-Man, Canada, Sean Penn, Keith Olbermann, California, Don MacKinnon, Lisa Gurry, W, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Senator Barbara Boxer, (RED), Elton John, World Health Organization, Kargil Chowk, Hear Music, Senator John v. Briggs, High School Music, John Legend, Unicef, Molly Johnson, Msn, Lucas Grabeel, United States, Harvey Milk, Gus Van Sant, Death Cab for Cutie, Into the Wild, President George W. Bush, Itunes, Carribean, Matthew Shepard, Ilike, Entertainment News

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

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News Anchor, W Actress Death Suspect In Custody

AP | TOM PARSONS | Posted 12.28.2008 | Media

Read More: W, Anne Pressly Suspect, Anne Pressly, Media News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Police for weeks had neither a suspect nor a motive in the beating death of a popular television anchorwoman. A suspect is n...

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MacBush

Norman MacAfee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Grosz, Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ronald Reagan, Hardball, Greenwich Village, Iraq, Jim Nolan, Movies, Grove Press, Rue McClanahan, Mission Accomplished, Katrina, Stacy Keach, Criterion Collection, Pier Paolo Pasolini, There Will Be Blood, Luis BuñUel, Cleavon Little, W., Barbara Garson, Macbeth, Oliver Stone, MacBird!, Kurt Jooss, Condoleeza Rice, Bertolt Brecht, Chris Matthews, Stanley Weiser, Jon Stewart, Salò: The 120 Days of Sodom, Thandie Newton, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lyndon Johnson, Willam Devane, Archilochus’s Hedgehog, Robert Kennedy, Entertainment News

Stone assembled a game cast to play the characters who've wrought destruction upon the world in these past seven years. Except for two or three, they are bland and vague versions of the real.

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Election Day: Reflecting Back Before Moving Ahead

Linda Kulman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Josh Brolin, Laura Bush, South Beach Diet, Curtis Sittenfeld, W., Vote, Oliver Stone, Inauguration, American Wife, Bush Administration, W Movie, Oliver Stone W, 2007 Presidential Election, Politics News

Why is this my W. moment when I've tried so hard to ignore all things Bush over the previous seven and five-sixths years of his presidency?

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In Paris, Obama May Be The Only Antidote to W-Induced Shame

Jessica Roy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Reaction to Elections, John McCain, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Electoral Map, Barack Obama, Election, Bush, Paris, France, Election Liveblogs, HuffPost Election Liveblogs, Voting Day, W, Electoral Votes, Obama Presidency, Foreign Affairs, Electoral College, Living Abroad Election, Obama President, Electoral Vote, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Voting, Politics News

One of the first things French people ask me after I tell them I am American is if I am voting for Obama. One guy actually tried to buy the Obama shirt I picked up at the DNC right off my back.

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An Old Fairy Tale Recycled for a New Age

Jessica Catto | Posted 11.29.2008 | Green

Read More: W, Congress, Paulson Bailout Package, Energy Policy, Economy, Financial Advice, Bernancke, Alan Greenspan, Green News

Hard times demand special skills and special steadfastness. Even though we have those attributes in good measure, given a choice, most of us still wou...

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Sympathy for "W", Not For Voters

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, W, Oliver Stone, War, 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, Terrorist, Terrorism, Movie, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Stone's movie is kind to "W" in that it makes a case that George spent most of his life swimming in water too deep for his swimming skills. The tragedy is that voters never recognized that.

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Go And See W.

Ben Cohen | Posted 11.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oliver Stone, George W. Bush, Movie Reviews, Josh Brolin, W., Movies, Oliver Stone W, Entertainment News

Brolin's performance is certainly worthy of an Oscar, and his mastery of Bush's body language and speech pattern is remarkable. It is worth seeing the film for that alone.

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W. Makes the Grade

Alec Baldwin | Posted 11.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, George Bush, Josh Brolin, W., Oliver Stone, Stacy Keach, Oliver Stone W, Bush Legacy, Jfk, Nixon, Movies, Entertainment News

Brolin hits every note beautifully and only grows stronger as the film goes on. His only problem is that people simply want Bush to go. They are too exhausted to discuss his legacy now.

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McCain's Smear Campaign Will Have an Impact Long After Election Day

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robin Hayes, John McCain Lies, John McCain, Rasmussen Poll, Mccain Smears, Real Americans, Jeremiah Wright, W., Mccain Obama Socialist, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Colin Powell Endorsement, Oliver Stone, Michele Bachmann, fivethirtyeight.com, Palling Around With Terrorists, Bill Ayers, Oliver Stone W, Sarah Palin, Robin Hayes Liberals Hate Real Americans, Colin Powell Meet the Press, Country First, Voter Fraud, Fierce Urgency of Now, Socialists, Politics News

McCain has gone "all in" with a strategy focusing exclusively on smearing and lying about Obama, win or lose, he has created a dangerous situation for November 5 and the four years to follow.

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The Other, Darker Side of "W"

Russ Baker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Josh Brolin, Oliver Stone, George W. Bush, W., Film, Jfk, Movies, Entertainment News

Compared to Stone's deeply disturbing JFK, a film that encourages us to think big and dig beneath the familiar surface, W. is Stone at his most tepid and superficial.

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Is "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder" About to Become a Reality?

Russ Wellen | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, George Bush, War Crimes, Iraq, W., The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Politics News

Charlotte Dennett has pledged that, if elected, she will appoint Vincent Bugliosi, author of The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, as special prosecutor.

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Understanding W.

Charlie Rose | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment

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I spoke with with Oliver Stone and Josh Brolin about their new movie, W. Brolin, who plays Bush, told me about what he did to prepare for such a role.

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Pity W, Pity Us More

Lionel | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Psychiatry, Oliver Stone, Richard Dreyfuss, W, Bush Administration, George W. Bush, Jeffrey Wright, George Bush, George Bush Movie, Iraq, Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of a President, Entertainment News

I saw W opening day and it was great. Most of you won't see it. You feel that you'd be betraying your anti-Dubya sentimentality. Or that if you're pro-W, you wouldn't dare add to Oliver Stone's coffers.

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Dear Sarah Palin, Please leave - we don't need your sort in Ohio!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

In the old days of the West, when someone did irreparable harm to a community, the Sheriff took the culprit to the edge of town. He told that person ...

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G. W. Bush's Film Legacy

Zorianna Kit | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment

While Jay, Dave, Conan always roast whoever resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, can anyone remember any sitting president that has been so frequently portrayed as a buffoon on the big screen?

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W.: A Commentary On the New Oliver Stone Moviee

Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment

W. is structurally anchored by a straightforward depiction of the buildup to the Iraq War punctuated by a series of quick, erratic flashbacks chronicling the rise of the improbable Shrub.

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"W." Premieres: Stars Talk Bush, McCain And Sarah Palin's Intelligence

Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, Film, W., Oliver Stone Bush Movie, Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone W, Oliver Stone Bush, Sarah Palin, W Premiere, Celebrities Talk Politics, Entertainment News

Oliver Stone's much-awaited "W." premiered in New York at the Ziegfeld Tuesday night. Joining Stone on the red carpet were the film's stars, including...

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New York Times On "W.": The Film Is Surprisingly Plausible

New York Times | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: W Movie, W, Film, Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone W, Oliver Stone Bush, W Film, Entertainment News

"It was wacky stuff that at the end of the day took us out of the movie," Mr. Stone said in a recent interview in a back corner of the restaurant at ...

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Oliver Stone On "W": "It's Not A Political Film"

Maxim | Posted 11.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: W, Oliver Stone Bush, Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone W, Entertainment News

In the November issue of Maxim (on sale nationwide on Tuesday, October 21), Oliver Stone, the maker of such incendiary dramas as Platoon, Born on the ...

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A Plague Upon the White House

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Religion, W, Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone W, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, Oliver Stone W Movie, Politics News

McCain evidences the underlying motivator attributed to Bush in Oliver Stone's movie: the distorted priorities of a son of privilege doing battle with the legacy of more gifted and responsible family ancestors.

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Well-Rehearsed Sarah Still Managed To Scare Me

Brian Ross | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Dick Cheney II, Vice Presidential Debate, W., Cheney, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, David McKiernan, Vice Presidential Debates, Animatronic Sarah, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Bush, Debate, Robot Sarah, Palindroid, Home News

There wasn't much substance coming out of Sarah Palin as she tried her best to avoid answering the questions last night. What did slip out, though, you should truly find frightening.

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