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THE BATTALION
Actors protest the prospect of war
By Mark Caro
KRT CAMPUS
Movies may, for the most part, be politically tame and notori
ously slow to respond to current events, but some stars are doing
their best to compensate with their mouths.
So there was actor Ed Norton at the Berlin International Film
Festival earlier this month saying, “It must be good to be in
Germany and France because I have completely forgotten what it
is like to be proud of your government.”
Norton's “25th Hour” director Spike Lee was on the same
page regarding U.S. plans to invade Iraq, saying at a festival
news conference, “Too many people are being bowled over by
(President) Bush and Tony Blair in Britain. It's ludicrous to
expect the whole world to follow what they want. America does
n't have the moral right to tell other people what to do.”
Other celebrity war opponents have included Martin Scorsese
(“Any sensible person must see that violence does not change the
world and if it does, then only temporarily.”); George Clooney
(“The government itself is run exactly like The Sopranos.’”);
Dustin Hoffman (“I'm not anti-American, but I am against the
current administration's policy.”); and Richard Gere (“I keep ask
ing myself where all this personal enmity between George Bush
and Saddam Hussein comes from. It's like the story of Captain
Ahab and the great white whale from ’Moby Dick.”’)
Then there was Sean Penn's “fact-finding” mission to Iraq in
December, during which the actor said, “If there is a war or
continued sanctions against Iraq, the blood of Americans and
Iraqis alike will be on our hands.” (Penn is suing producer
Steve Bing for $10 million claiming he lost a movie role
because of his Iraq trip.)
Celebrity outspokenness is nothing new (recall Jane Fonda's
notorious trip to North Vietnam) and may enliven the public
debate, but not everyone in the entertainment community is
thrilled to see actors and filmmakers atop political soapboxes.
“I think people always think success in show business gives
them the right to be moral political arbiters,” director Joel
Schumacher (“Falling Down,” “Phone Booth”) said. “I'm not in
that camp. I think you can privately do whatever you want, but
I’m always suspicious of how much ego is involved. I think the
government will survive no matter what Ed Norton thinks of it.”
Dennis Hopper also attended this year's Berlin Film Festival
and was asked for his opinions on the prospect of war, but his
answer didn't make headlines. “I said, ‘I don’t think this is the
place to discuss it,’” Hopper said. “And that was the end of it.”
He added: "We live in the United States of America, and we
have the right to speak and talk about anything we want. I find it
a little embarrassing, because I think that right now we need to
support the decision that's been laid down by our government to
go after Saddam and try to get him to disarm, which is what the
United Nations is talking about, and not to give Saddam a mixed
message that maybe he can get out of this."
Actress Janeane Garofalo, however, believes entertainers can
provide a useful alternative viewpoint when the media, in her
mind, is so in synch with the government. “These same corporate
entities have an interest in war, have an interest in profiting from
war,” Garofalo told the Washington Post, claiming that too many
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Salma Hayek and Edward Norton arrive at the Beverly Hilton Hole!
for the 6th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Sunday Jan.S
2003 in Los Angeles, Calif.
anchors and reporters “are willing to be a mouthpiece for the
establishment and for White House propaganda.”
Given the widespread speculation that war in Iraq may begin
in mid-March, the March 23 Academy Awards ceremony could
become a political speech-a-thon. Oscars producer Gil Cates
said the show's policy will be the same as it was 12 years ago
during the Persian Gulf War: Presenters will be expected to slid
to the script.
"I'm asking them to present best animated feature,” Cates
said. "I'm not asking them to talk about anything other than that
and if they wanted to talk about anything else, I wouldn't ask
them to present the award."
Award winners, however, are another story. “If somebody
wins the Academy Award and they have 30 seconds to say thank
you, while I think it's inappropriate for them to do anything else,
1 don't think it's unethical,” he said, adding that pins and ribbons
also won't be outlawed.
As for his overall view of entertainers playing politics, Cates
said, “I make the distinction between actors that I would make
with ordinary citizens. I think it's always interesting to hear a
smart person discuss something, and 1 think it's always sad to
hear a stupid person discuss something.”
JACKSON
Michael Jackson put curse on
Spielberg, Vanity Fair claims
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Jackson paid a
witch doctor to place a curse on
DreamWorks partners David Geffen and
Steven Spielberg, and
wears a prosthetic tip on
his nose, claims an article
in Vanity Fair magazine.
Titled "Losing His Grip,"
the article also includes
an interview with an
unnamed California pros
ecutor who investigated
child molestation allega
tions against the pop star.
The prosecutor said Jackson befriended
young boys "and as soon as they started
sprouting whiskers — whoosh — they were
out the door."
Jackson denied allegations that he sexual
ly molested a 13-year-old boy in 1993. He
reached a multimillion-dollar settlement
with the teen and was never charged.
A representative for Jackson had no com
ment Tuesday.
Jackson allegedly paid a witch doctor
$150,000 in 2000 to put a hex on several
Hollywood figures. Spielberg was allegedly
included because he did not allow him to star
as Peter Pan in "Hook." He blamed Geffen for
sabotaging his career, the magazine said.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Both Spielberg and Geffen are partners
in the DreamWorks entertainment compa
ny, which includes a movie studio and a
record company.
The article also claims that Jackson
wears a prosthesis for the tip of his nose
because of a lack of cartilage due to exces
sive plastic surgery.
The magazine appears on newsstands
beginning this week.
Agent confirms Kournikova-
Fedoriv marriage, divorce
NEW YORK (AP) — From Russia, with love -
for a short time, anyway.
Tennis star Anna Kournikova and hockey
player Sergei Fedorlv
were married and
divorced, his agent said,
confirming rumor that
began 1 1/2 years ago.
"He was married to her.
I hone stly don't know
when he got married to
her - all I know is that
he was married," agent
Pat Brisson said Monday. "He's kind of sur
prised that everyone's asking him the
same question."
Asked about reports of a marriage, the
Detroit Red Wings' forward told The Hockey
KOURNIKOVA
News magazine for its March 14 issue: %
are true. We were married, albeit brief, ant
we are now divorced."
He said he doesn't keep in touch wi
Kournikova, 21.
'Joe Millionaire's' Andrich
copes with newfound fame
NEW YORK (AP) - The price of fames
high these days for "Joe Millionaire" winn
Zora Andrich, and the pay out may below.
In the last month, Andrich has gone from
a chateau in France to making local corpo
rate appearances and working the ta!
show circuit.
Evan Marriott, her made-for-TV boyfrien:
has been absent from all her events. SN
wasn't wearing the diamond ring Marriott
gave her on the last episode of the Fox tele
vision series.
Andrich was there on behalf of the
Capri Casinos, Inc., a gaming company base:
in Biloxi, Miss., which threw a party to launct
a new advertising campaign and celebrate#;
opening of the Nasdaq Tuesday morning.
"It's really odd," the 29-year-old NewJefse)
schoolteacher said. "For real celebrities,
entrance into the spotlight is gradual. BytliE
time they make their $20 million mo*
they're prepared to handle the fame. Forme
it was normal one day, crazy the next."
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