Marlon Brando refused his Academy Award in 1973 for the lead role in The Godfather and had Native American Sacheen Littlefeather walk onstage instead. She delivered a quick message detailing how Hollywood depictions of Indians, Blacks, Asians, and many other ethnicities and cultures abused minorities by perpetuating racist stereotypes. Littlefeather, an Apache, couldn't deliver her full message because of time constraints but offered the complete text to the media following the telecast. In spite of her gracious delivery of Brando's intentions to refuse the award, some in the crowd booed. Some other Hollywood stars including John Wayne, Raquel Welch, and Clint Eastwood mocked Brando's crusade of enlightenment by cracking jokes later during the show. It was Hollywood's first massive WOKE moment at
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#MeCarthyism: Maher and man with obvious death wishes challenge modern American feminists
First let's talk about Christopher Degroot. He'll be dead soon. God rest his cathartic soul. a sampling of his insane notions... Here's Christopher's opinion piece in its ludicrous entirety. (I'm a GOOD man. I scoffed at sexist Christopher's ridiculous observations about self-protection in a dangerous world. He's a pig. You go, girls!) Now to HBO Real Time host Bill Maher. His provocative brand has been under assault by feminists over the years for Maher's refusal to accept the "nothing is funny" crowd. These New Years Hawaii trips are getting weird - Saget, forgive me! pic.twitter.com/UgehBTmIUv— Bill Maher (@billmaher) January 4, 2018 A lead group of snowflakes are offended by everything and Maher doesn't mind lancing their safe place
Jennifer Lawrence never forgets her hometown buddies
Jennifer Lawrence did one of her first radio interviews with me in 2009 for the release of the film The Burning Plain. She returned the next year for a chat about Winter's Bone, which would earn Jen her first Academy Award nomination. The first time we met, I walked into the WHAS radio studio and Jennifer said "Dude, I'm starstruck. I've seen you on TV my whole life!" She refers to me as her "first celebrity" friend. Last week on WDJX radio, she popped into an interview with singers Linkin Bridge as they prepared to go on Jimmy Kimmel Live, hosted by Jennifer Lawrence. Thanks for the shoutout, Jen. It gave me a hearty laugh. You rock!
#MeToo – Jennifer Lawrence’s mom clarifies the story about the fat-shaming producer
In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal, many Hollywood stars are revealing their own stories of enduring abuse. Louisville's Jennifer Lawrence told an awards show crowd about an incident where a female producer had actresses lined up nearly nude in order to fat-shame them. Jennifer's mom Karen was listening to our Hollywood reporter talk about it and called in to correct misconceptions and sloppy reporting about the story. Back in 2012, Jennifer was shining light on Hollywood's weight-shaming attitudes. Here is part of Jennifer's story from this week's awards show.
Yes he is your President
"The most important office in our democracy: citizen." - Barack Obama's eloquent farewell speech, January 10, 2017 ____________ Hey Meryl Streep. Sometimes your team wins. Sometimes your team loses. Suck it up, buttercup. A love of football and/or mixed martial arts does not define anyone's politics. America is a melting pot of all kinds of personal interests not necessarily aligned with any political philosophy. Don't blame your team's losing strategy on the other team. Sometimes you're simply overmatched. Millions of people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 then again in 2012 decided to try a different strategy in 2016. See: Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Donald J. Trump is about to be inaugurated as the 45th President of the
Dancing’ and Romancin’ uptown style
The best dance clip compilation ever is set to the 2015 smash Uptown Funk "All the squares go home!" Cynthia Robinson in Dance to the Music (1968)