Creepy: Polanski’s Producer to Make ‘Erotically Charged’ Film

Culture
May 1st, 2018 3:38 PM
Since when did it become art to ruin and destroy the image of Christian religion? The Hollywood Reporter released information today about the upcoming film Blessed Virgin, a film which centers around … wait for it … a “visionary nun whose illicit relationship with another nun led to her execution.”  

Really? Director Quentin Tarantino Thinks Statutory Rape Is ‘Not Rape’

Culture
February 6th, 2018 11:53 AM
Hollywood has never really been a shining advocate of clear lines between right and wrong. But when it comes to Tinseltown's favorite rapey auteur, Roman Polanski, somehow the moral boundaries are not applicable anymore. In an interview with Howard Stern in 2003, brought to light by Jezebel, director Quentin Tarantino defended convicted child rapist Roman Polanski as innocent. His reason? “He…

Natalie Portman, ‘Feminist,’ Signed Petition to Pardon Child Rapist

Culture
January 10th, 2018 3:19 PM
The Golden Globes were hailed by the media as a “night of solidarity and kickass acceptance speeches,” according to Glamour. However, the media failed to see the hypocrisy of it all.  

Hollywood Rorschach: Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen and Child Rapist Polans

July 12th, 2010 12:51 PM
The timing of today’s announcement from the Swiss that fugitive director Roman Polanski will not face extradition to the United States coming just a couple days after we all witnessed Hollywood’s reaction to the audio tape of Mel Gibson’s raging, racist rant is fitting. What an interesting opportunity for a side-by-side look at Leftist Hollywood’s values.It’s unlikely that anyone who’s…

Too Late: Polanski’s Chief Media Apologists Attempt to Backtrack

May 18th, 2010 1:03 PM
Editor's Note: The following was originally published yesterday at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood blog.After news broke of fugitive child rapist Roman Polanski’s second accuser, the L.A. Times’  Patrick Goldstein wrote the following: As an admirer of his work, I’ve tried to see things from Polanski’s point of view in the past, but if these charges turn out to be true, it would be harder…

Hollyweird Double Standard: Hate the Pope, Love Roman Polanski

April 14th, 2010 4:20 PM
Double standards are often nothing of the sort, and charges of double standards are often dodges by the disingenuous designed to convince the sophomoric that adhering to any kind of standard is inherently unjust.  But then there are some actual double standards that are so shamelessly transparent that one should be embarrassed to even utter them.Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood-Elsewhere.com does…

CBS's David Edelstein Praises 'Victim and Victimizer' Roman Polanski

February 24th, 2010 12:07 PM

Bozell Column: Cultural Winners and Losers

December 31st, 2009 2:27 PM

Petitions Against Domestic Trials for Polanski, KSM Show Hollywood's T

December 7th, 2009 10:31 AM
Hollywood liberalism has some strange priorities. During the last couple months, two high-profile criminals have been slated to face justice in American courts. The first drugged and raped a young girl in 1977. The second orchestrated the most deadly attack against American civilians in our nation's history.Decisions to try them in the United States were controversial, but a petition against the…

Author Gore Vidal Labels Polanski Victim a ‘Young Hooker

October 28th, 2009 3:54 PM
Plenty of celebrities issued crazy statements in their efforts to defend director and rapist Roman Polanski but none went as far as author Gore Vidal did when he labeled Polanski's victim a "young hooker." In an Oct. 28 interview with The Atlantic's John Meroney about a variety of topics, Vidal claimed he didn't "give a f---" about the Polanski case. "Look, am I going to sit and weep every…

Shales Defends Polanski: Hollywood 13-Yr. Olds Are Different

October 6th, 2009 2:17 PM
WaPo TV critic Tom Shales [file photo] has come up with a creative new defense of Roman Polanski: Hollywood thirteen-year olds aren't really thirteen.NB reader FT pointed us to an online exchange between a reader and Shales today that included this [emphasis added]:Tom Shales: Hello, Dunn Loring, I didn't want to sign off without trying to answer your question. I didn't realize I had written a…

ABC’s Cokie Roberts on Polanski: As Far as I’m Concerned, Just

October 5th, 2009 4:37 PM
Longtime ABC journalist Cokie Roberts on Sunday harshly criticized fugitive director Roman Polanski, going so far as to joke, "As far as I’m concerned, just take him out and shoot him." Appearing on the internet-only segment of This Week, she bluntly stated, "But, Roman Polanski is a criminal. You know, he raped and drugged and raped and sodomized a child. And then was a fugitive from justice." …

Not a Catholic Priest? Boston Globe Pretty Quiet on Child Rapist Polan

October 3rd, 2009 7:18 PM
When it comes to the awful abuse of children, it sure seems like the Boston Globe doesn't get too worked up unless the words Cardinal, bishop, or priest is in someone's job title.Over seven years ago, beginning on January 6, 2002, the Boston Globe initiated a relentless, no-stone-unturned investigation into terrible abuse in the Catholic Church. By the time the calendar year 2002 ended, the Globe…

Bozell Column: Hollywood's Favorite Rapist

October 1st, 2009 12:29 PM