Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with hollywood www.salem-news.com 2010 I believe there should be a new police investigation into the kung fu martial artist Bruce Lee’s mysterious and inexplicable sudden death at the young age of only thirty two. Echoing an immortal line from Bruce Lee’s film Fist of Fury, "How could a Fit Man Die?" Why would the Fittest Man in the World, take to carrying a gun about with him in his last few months on Earth? http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/bruce-lee.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/bruce-lee.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:56:00 PST Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted marine for nearly 25 years. As a drill instructor in the Marine Corps, he was responsible for training thousands of new recruits. But when Jerry’s nine-year-old daughter Janey passed away from a rare type of leukemia, his structured world began to collapse around him. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/semper-fi.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/semper-fi.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:37:00 PST In early 1991, something happened at the El Toro Marine air base that was so bad, so shameful, that it will not go away. It's the highly controversial death of Marine Colonel James Sabow. A fighter pilot, a hero of the Vietnam War, a man considered by those who knew him, to be 'general material'. http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/jim-sabow-video-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/jim-sabow-video-tk.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:45:00 PST As someone who could be said to “substantially support al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces,” I am writing to turn myself in under the new NDAA law. Please send a US military brigade, preferably the Marines (semper fi, guys!) to indefinitely detain me. http://salem-news.com/articles/december132011/indefinite-detention-kb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december132011/indefinite-detention-kb.php Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:55:00 PST They’ve finally come out and said it in no uncertain terms. After showing their solidarity for the oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka in various ways, like going on a one-day token fast, resolving not to shoot Tamil films in the island nation and not to take part in any of the shows there, Gen Y Tamil filmmakers have sent a clear message. http://salem-news.com/articles/november092011/sasikumar-porali-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november092011/sasikumar-porali-as.php Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:25:00 PST Meriamun is a man on a quest: he wishes to understand the mysterious circumstances of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s rule in the days of his father in the eleventh century, B.C.(2) Akhenaten is known to Meriamun as “the heretic,” the crazed Pharaoh who brought destruction to his kingdom by declaring monotheism. http://salem-news.com/articles/november032011/mahfouz-akhenaten-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november032011/mahfouz-akhenaten-ae.php Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:30:00 PDT A prominent political lawyer says that the US cannot continue to supply arms or economic aid to Israel who is under international pressure for its atrocities against humanity. In an exclusive interview with Press TV, Franklin Lamb, international lawyer, tells us more about the future of the US-Israeli relationship. http://salem-news.com/articles/october112011/funding-israel.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october112011/funding-israel.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:15:00 PDT Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress, is withholding basic heath care from children who live in the world’s largest outdoor prison, the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Specifically, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) “is keeping her House of Representatives committee from considering approval of $192 million in humanitarian program assistance”. http://salem-news.com/articles/october102011/racial-occupation-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october102011/racial-occupation-jw.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:51:00 PDT To better understand my view, either put Pink Floyd’s “MONEY” (DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1973) on while reading this or go to the link below and listen while reading it. Who knows, might help but then again maybe you’ll just get morose and ask yourself: “WTF, why am I browsing for more bad news on the web?” Whatever. Color me comfortably numb. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092011/fixing-stupid-rb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092011/fixing-stupid-rb.php Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:19:00 PDT US film star and Oscar winner Sean Penn has joined today’s demonstration in Tahrir Square, staged to protest recent unpopular moves by Egypt’s ruling military council. “The world is inspired by the call for freedom by the courageous revolution of Egypt,” Penn, waving an Egyptian flag, told Ahram Online from the square. “There are still struggles forward, there are constitutional issues, there [needs to be] a transition of power from the military to the people.” http://salem-news.com/articles/september302011/sean-penn-egypt-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september302011/sean-penn-egypt-ae.php Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:25:00 PDT A rare copy of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker film featuring the iconic dance sequence of Smooth Criminal was located this week in Studio City, California. Amy Redman, a raw stock broker who worked with Moonwalker’s director for years, came forward with three reels of film that contain over 30 minutes of footage. http://salem-news.com/articles/september302011/moonwalker-discovered-ml.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september302011/moonwalker-discovered-ml.php Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:36:00 PDT The Marijuana positive urine test has been used for years to fine and incarcerate Marijuana users and even non-users who happened to be in the same room with a Marijuana party. If a person inhales Marijuana fumes directly by smoking or inhaling vaporized fumes from a vaporizer, the “medicine” will go directly through the lungs and into the blood stream. If a person is in the same room with smokers, he will also inhale “side smoke” which will end up the same way. http://salem-news.com/articles/september272011/mj-pee-test-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september272011/mj-pee-test-pl.php Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:01:00 PDT In the new book, “Raised by the Stars,” author Nick Thomas talks to the children of actors from cinema’s Golden Era about the joys and difficulties of growing up in the shadow of the Hollywood spotlight. Among those interviewed are the children of leading actors Errol Flynn, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Rosalind Russell, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, and Rex Harrison, as well as many supporting and character actors who were popular in the 40s, 50s, and beyond. http://salem-news.com/articles/september252011/hollywood-book.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september252011/hollywood-book.php Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:11:00 PDT To admit that The Oregonian would print BEER BONG OK, NOT BONG HITS as an OPED article on the editorial page Sunday, September 19, 2011 was like an electric shock. Maybe some of their editors, reporters or other stringers have severe pain problems or just want to enjoy the effects of an excellent tranquillizer after an arduous days work instead of a nasty old glass of beer or wine. http://salem-news.com/articles/september222011/potvsbooze-plr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september222011/potvsbooze-plr.php Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:28:00 PDT Vets on Set is a non-profit organization whose mission statement is to attain entertainment industry jobs for US military veterans. Their main purpose is to achieve this goal of job placement while highlighting little known benefits to employers. http://salem-news.com/articles/september152011/vet-jobs-mh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september152011/vet-jobs-mh.php Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:43:00 PDT Americans are increasingly discovering that one of the best, most effective medicines for a surprising range of ailments, is none other than cannabis, the notorious weed that is officially known as marijuana. In the beginning it was about getting this plant off the market so that synthetic rope and other newly developed goods made in noxious, smoke belching factories, could take its place. http://salem-news.com/articles/august312011/medical-marijuana-bk-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august312011/medical-marijuana-bk-pl.php Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:56:00 PDT Fans of old movies will probably be familiar with the films of Glenn Ford, including such classics as Gilda, Blackboard Jungle, Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Teahouse of the August Moon, and Fastest Gun Alive. Oddly enough, though he appeared in around 100 feature films, there has never been a biography on Ford ... until now. Ford’s son, Peter, recently authored "Glenn Ford: A Life" published by the University of Wisconsin Press. http://salem-news.com/articles/august292011/glenn-ford-nt.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august292011/glenn-ford-nt.php Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:09:00 PDT It is with gratitude that I share with you the latest documentary short film production from RL | A, "Indigenous America Asks Questions about U.S. Green Policies." As many of you are aware RL | A is in production with a feature documentary film entitled, "Who Are My People." http://salem-news.com/articles/august192011/native-green-rl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august192011/native-green-rl.php Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:24:00 PDT THE RUSS REPORT - Over the last twenty years, cancer has become a way of life for Angeleno Lesli Moore Dahlke who, in 1970, was given the opportunity to travel to Vietnam with the legendary Johnny Grant on a handshaking tour along with three other women. Her latest diagnosis, just days ago, of lymphoma, is a third cancer which she attributes to her exposure to Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam. http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/lesli-dahlke-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/lesli-dahlke-kr.php Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:29:00 PDT They are determined to succeed as film directors, yet they have never been to a cinema. They studied fine art at university but have never been to a gallery. They would have much in common with young conceptual artists in London, New York or Paris, but they have never left the tiny Gaza Strip. http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/gaza-filmmakers-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/gaza-filmmakers-tk.php Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:39:00 PDT Eighty-one members of the US House of Representatives—about 20 percent of the total membership—are enjoying a late summer week-long, all-expenses paid trip to Israel. This hasbara (propaganda) trip happens every other summer (in non-election years), but this year’s excursion to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea comes at a time when voters back home are not thinking about Israel. They are worried about their under-water mortgages and disappearing 401Ks. http://salem-news.com/articles/august132011/israel-hiatus-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august132011/israel-hiatus-jw.php Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:43:00 PDT Gordon Gekko is a fictional movie character played by Michael Douglas (a role for which he won the best actor Academy Award). At the end of the first movie, in 1987, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) has turned him in for insider trading and the viewer is left with the impression that GG will go to jail. It’s 1993 before he “actually” does and he is in for almost eight years—released just after 9/11. http://salem-news.com/articles/july312011/gordon_gekko.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july312011/gordon_gekko.php Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:10:00 PDT Americans love freedom. They love it so much that they’ll even pretend they have it, when they haven’t had it for very long time. Are you free? http://salem-news.com/articles/july262011/capitalism_for_capitalists.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july262011/capitalism_for_capitalists.php Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:29:00 PDT The University of Texas (UT) system is suing the American actor Ryan O’Neal for possession of an irreplaceable portrait the renowned artist Andy Warhol created of the late actress Farrah Fawcett. Filed on July 8 in United States District Court, Central District of California, the university regents alleged that through a living trust, Fawcett bequeathed her entire collection of art to the University of Texas at Austin, her alma mater. http://salem-news.com/articles/july152011/farah-portrait-cr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july152011/farah-portrait-cr.php Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:50:00 PDT Agent Orange is current again. It is relevant again. It is becoming a talking point among many. It is highly emotional, a hot button tender spot, among all who discuss it. For those who fought, those who didn’t, those in favor and those against the war, it still remains this country’s most hated armed conflict — brutal and bloody. http://salem-news.com/articles/july132011/ao-drums-lmd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july132011/ao-drums-lmd.php Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:07:00 PDT This July, Americans celebrate Independence Day. It is the birthday of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It's a day of picnics, patriotic parades, ball games, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a reason to proudly fly the American flag. A day we celebrate the rights of all Americans, and the protection we share under our constitution. http://salem-news.com/articles/july042011/red-glare-lmd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july042011/red-glare-lmd.php Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:47:00 PDT For years now I have stopped people in their tracks for bashing the story about the older lady receiving a sizable settlement from McDonald's for horrific, life-changing burns from their excessively hot coffee; maintained at higher than usual temperatures to make it last longer. It is that last part that always made me support her; this was never a minor incident... http://salem-news.com/articles/june142011/hot-coffee-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june142011/hot-coffee-tk.php Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:27:00 PDT Artful Arnold Schwarznegger has become the Golden Boy from the Golden State who laid the Golden Egg, and wound up getting "egg on his face" for following his glorious gametes way over the top. After 14 years of pregnant pauses, he finally came clean and admitted an in-house liaison that resulted in begetting a 14-year-old out-of-wedlock child that goes beyond ethical bounds and political propriety. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/mister-terminator.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/mister-terminator.php Sat, 28 May 2011 15:32:00 PDT Butch Cassidy is talking to the Sundance Kid: ”Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.” The line comes in one of many memorable moments in the 1967 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman as Butch, and Robert Redford as the Kid. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162011/have-vision-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162011/have-vision-jw.php Mon, 16 May 2011 17:36:00 PDT Greg Mortenson, the controversial author of “Three Cups of Tea” was once scheduled to appear at the 2011 Mountainfilm but now is missing from the roster of announced speakers. Filmmaker Tom Shadyac and activist Tim Dechristopher are two of the better known confirmed speakers among at least a dozen high profile experts discussing the twin topics of “Awareness into Action” and “Image into Action.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/telluride-fest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/telluride-fest.php Fri, 13 May 2011 00:18:00 PDT