Tuesday, March 28, 2006
George Clooney is the Coolest Celebrity Ever!
"I would say that, you know, we are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while. I think it's probably a good thing. We're the ones who talk about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. And we, you know, we bring up subjects. This Academy, this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this Academy. Proud to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch."
The is a snippet of George Clooney's acceptance speech at the Oscar's, I was instantly reminded of Michael Moore trying to get across a point like this a couple of years ago and going about it all wrong and pissing everyone off and insuring his place as an Oscar blooper. But Clooney did it with style and the crowd loved him.
At the Oscar's all the presenters and winners get a gift bag. This bag is filled with all kinds of expensive little goodies. Alot of the people that win these awards aren't multimillionaire celebs, but most are. The value of this year's bag was estimated at $180,000. Well, Mr. Clooney decided that since he makes close to twenty million dollars a movie and could afford to buy this bag if he wanted to that maybe it could serve a better purpose. He decided to give it to the united way to auction off, the money will benefit the United Way Hurricane Response and Relief Recovery Fund. How cool is that? I salute you Mr. Clooney.
There are many other things I have admired Clooney for over the years. Alot of very public fueds with Bill O'Reilly, most of which George Clooney got the better of, or at least came off looking better. I loved the fact that he made a small joke at the Golden Globes to the effect that why would someone with the last name of AbramOFF name their son Jack. Funny, but simple, still the family of Jack Abramoff got offended and demanded an apology, and George Clooney's response, NO. It was just a joke and a harmless one at that and he didn't see any reason to apologize.
George Clooney is the perfect mix of class, charm, heart, and nerve. He seems to understand the power of celebrity and uses it responsibly and for good. If we could just somehow instill these values in Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
The is a snippet of George Clooney's acceptance speech at the Oscar's, I was instantly reminded of Michael Moore trying to get across a point like this a couple of years ago and going about it all wrong and pissing everyone off and insuring his place as an Oscar blooper. But Clooney did it with style and the crowd loved him.
At the Oscar's all the presenters and winners get a gift bag. This bag is filled with all kinds of expensive little goodies. Alot of the people that win these awards aren't multimillionaire celebs, but most are. The value of this year's bag was estimated at $180,000. Well, Mr. Clooney decided that since he makes close to twenty million dollars a movie and could afford to buy this bag if he wanted to that maybe it could serve a better purpose. He decided to give it to the united way to auction off, the money will benefit the United Way Hurricane Response and Relief Recovery Fund. How cool is that? I salute you Mr. Clooney.
There are many other things I have admired Clooney for over the years. Alot of very public fueds with Bill O'Reilly, most of which George Clooney got the better of, or at least came off looking better. I loved the fact that he made a small joke at the Golden Globes to the effect that why would someone with the last name of AbramOFF name their son Jack. Funny, but simple, still the family of Jack Abramoff got offended and demanded an apology, and George Clooney's response, NO. It was just a joke and a harmless one at that and he didn't see any reason to apologize.
George Clooney is the perfect mix of class, charm, heart, and nerve. He seems to understand the power of celebrity and uses it responsibly and for good. If we could just somehow instill these values in Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
# posted by Brandon Michael Collinsworth @ 7:00 AM 
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Thought you might get a kick out of this:
"Actually, between George Clooney's posturing and the ode to pimpdom winning 'best song,' I think Oscar night was more of a fund-raiser for the Republican Party.
George Clooney made the only stand for liberal Hollywood, smugly declaring:
'We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while. I think it's probably a good thing. We're the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. ... (T)his group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud ... to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch.'
Forget about Hollywood being ahead of the big issues: Hollywood has never even been on time for the big issues. This is why, for example, in the middle of an epic war with Islamic fascists, Hollywood is still making movies about the Nazis. Now and then, just for variety, they tackle a more current topic, like the Jim Crow era.
Even on AIDS -- which is something you'd expect people like Clooney to know something about -- Hollywood was about seven years behind. Wait, no -- bad choice of words. Even on AIDS, Hollywood got caught with its pants down. Still no good. On AIDS, Hollywood got it right in the end. Oh, dear ... Note to self: Must hire two more interns to screen hate mail.
The point is: The Hollywood set didn't start wearing AIDS ribbons to the Oscars until 1992:
10 years after The New York Times described AIDS;
seven years after AIDS was the cover story on Life magazine;
seven years after AIDS was in People magazine;
five years after Oprah did a show on AIDS.
Only recently has George Clooney heard about segregation. (He's against it.) But he still can't nail down the details of something that ended nearly half a century ago.
Contrary to Clooney's impassioned speech, no theaters ever forced black people to sit in the back. If you were trying to oppress people, you would make them sit in the front, which are the worst seats in the house. Or you'd just make them watch a George Clooney movie."
--Ann Coulter, "It's Hard Out Here For a Wimp"
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20060309/cm_ucac/itshardouthereforawimp;_ylt=AoSfvU67c4xRTTDi1i_6iAc7vTYC;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--)
Not that I'm supporting these things, just passing them on b/c I thought it would do your blood good to boil a little bit. :))
"Actually, between George Clooney's posturing and the ode to pimpdom winning 'best song,' I think Oscar night was more of a fund-raiser for the Republican Party.
George Clooney made the only stand for liberal Hollywood, smugly declaring:
'We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while. I think it's probably a good thing. We're the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. ... (T)his group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud ... to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch.'
Forget about Hollywood being ahead of the big issues: Hollywood has never even been on time for the big issues. This is why, for example, in the middle of an epic war with Islamic fascists, Hollywood is still making movies about the Nazis. Now and then, just for variety, they tackle a more current topic, like the Jim Crow era.
Even on AIDS -- which is something you'd expect people like Clooney to know something about -- Hollywood was about seven years behind. Wait, no -- bad choice of words. Even on AIDS, Hollywood got caught with its pants down. Still no good. On AIDS, Hollywood got it right in the end. Oh, dear ... Note to self: Must hire two more interns to screen hate mail.
The point is: The Hollywood set didn't start wearing AIDS ribbons to the Oscars until 1992:
10 years after The New York Times described AIDS;
seven years after AIDS was the cover story on Life magazine;
seven years after AIDS was in People magazine;
five years after Oprah did a show on AIDS.
Only recently has George Clooney heard about segregation. (He's against it.) But he still can't nail down the details of something that ended nearly half a century ago.
Contrary to Clooney's impassioned speech, no theaters ever forced black people to sit in the back. If you were trying to oppress people, you would make them sit in the front, which are the worst seats in the house. Or you'd just make them watch a George Clooney movie."
--Ann Coulter, "It's Hard Out Here For a Wimp"
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20060309/cm_ucac/itshardouthereforawimp;_ylt=AoSfvU67c4xRTTDi1i_6iAc7vTYC;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--)
Not that I'm supporting these things, just passing them on b/c I thought it would do your blood good to boil a little bit. :))
Ann Coulter always gets my blood boiling, but her hatred of George Clooney only go farther to prove my point that he is the coolest man in the world.
Does she even pay attention to what she says? I also wonder about movie theater segregation laws, I guess I would have to look that up, but I would also say the front seats on the bus are the worst, but yet during Jim Crow era those were white folks seats, and personally I prefer the front of theaters.
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Does she even pay attention to what she says? I also wonder about movie theater segregation laws, I guess I would have to look that up, but I would also say the front seats on the bus are the worst, but yet during Jim Crow era those were white folks seats, and personally I prefer the front of theaters.
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