Open Thread Friday

Today's starters-- Media: Reacting to Muhammed cartoon controversy, student newspaper prints offensive Jesus toons, nothing follows. Popular blog web presence provider Hosting Matters is down at the moment, taking a number of popular blogs down with it. Tonight is opening night of "Flight 93;" in it's scoring 94 percent positive in Rotten Tomatoes online reviews (HT Roger Simon.)Politics: …

NPR's "Fresh Air" Offers Puffy Platform for Bush-Bashing "Dreamz" Dire

Movie Critic Says Bushies "Surrendered to Self-Parody Some Time Ago

Director Claims Bush Responsible for Horror Movie Rise

'Brokeback' Banned from Mass. Prisons

NYT: Rosie O’Donnell’s Big Gay Boat Ride + a Movie Critic's "Basic

Hollywood Elites Blame “Basic Instinct 2” Failure on Christianity

This one wasn’t hard to predict: With the box office failure of newly released “erotic thriller” called “Basic Instinct 2,” Hollywood elites are blaming the slumping interest in such films on Conservatives and the recent return to Christian values rather than the poor quality of the movies. According to Reuters (hat tip to Drudge):“Paul Verhoeven, director of the first ‘Basic Instinct’ (which…

More Movie Reviewers Plug Global Warming In 'Ice Age 2' Reviews

Gene Shalit Can't Help But Reference Global Warming In Ice Age II Revi

Time Highlights Mel Gibson And Pal Making Hollywood-Pleasing Political

CNN Headline News Strenuously Ties "V for Vendetta" Dictator to Presid

CNN Asks: "Is Hollywood Out of Touch with Middle America

While Jon Stewart and George Clooney have denied any disconnect between Hollywood and middle America, as reported by Tim Graham here, today’s American Morning aired a piece shortly before 8am that seems to disprove what these members of the liberal Hollywood elite were claiming. CNN entertainment reporter Brooke Anderson spoke to residents of small town Lebanon, Kansas, who expressed their view…

Clooney: We Need to “Understand” Terrorists, Not “Label” Them