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Joe Scarborough's L-O-N-G Defensive Rant On Frum Dispute, Trump Visit
December 5th, 2024 5:21 PM
Joe Scarborough goes on a 20-plus-minute rant. He defends Mika for having said of David Frum's comment about Pete Hegseth, “If you’re too drunk for Fox News, you’re very, very drunk indeed,” that it was "a little too flippant for the moment we're in." Frum wrote a column in response accusing Joe and Mika of being "fearful." Scarborough also defended the decision he and Mika made to travel to…
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Clint Eastwood: Is This Any Way to Treat a Legend?
November 2nd, 2024 1:30 PM
There’s a new Clint Eastwood movie opening this weekend. That might be the last time we can stay that.
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Macho Joe: I'd Die Before Negotiating Like 'Snowflake' McCarthy
January 6th, 2023 10:01 PM
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says he'd die before negotiating with the conservative holdouts like "snowflake" Kevin McCarthy is doing.
Variety Slams Eastwood Film: ‘Piggybacks on Trump’s Demagoguery’
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December 16th, 2019 5:08 PM
If I had a dollar for every time a critic championed a progressive show or movie for being “timely,” I’d be rich. But now that a film is timely in favor of the right, suddenly this is an abomination. In a Saturday column published in Variety, Owen Gleiberman complained about director Clint “Eastwood’s way of spinning our attitude toward the media” in his latest movie that was released on Friday.…
With 'Jewell,' NY Times Suddenly Can’t Handle Hollywood Fictionalizing
December 14th, 2019 11:56 PM
New York Times reporter Marc Tracy made the front of Friday’s Business section with a story on press outrage over the treatment of late Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs, in “Richard Jewell,” directed by Clint Eastwood. Journalists are suddenly outraged over the common practice of Hollywood fictionalizing stories based on real life by adding details to juice up the story. Many…
Atlanta Journal Constitution Demands Disclaimer on 'Richard Jewell'
December 11th, 2019 5:45 PM
The level of chutzpah is high for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which smeared Richard Jewell as a bomber in 1996, and refused to pay him one red cent in remorse, and now protests that one of its reporters is unjustly smeared in the new Clint Eastwood film titled Richard Jewell.
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‘Richard Jewell’ Film Paints Press as ‘Reckless, Corrupt, Immoral’
November 23rd, 2019 12:40 PM
Timing is everything for living legend Clint Eastwood The actor/director served up American Sniper after Hollywood stopped firing cinematic shots at the U.S. Military. The results? Sniper earned $350 million at the U.S. box office. Two years later Eastwood directed Sully, just when movie goers craved a true American hero story. That movie hauled in $125 million domestically.
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Red State America Likes Eastwood; Can Lib Hollywood Replace Him?
October 26th, 2019 1:30 PM
At 89, Clint Eastwood isn’t slowing down. In fact, his upcoming drama Richard Jewell began shooting in July and is primed to make its Oscar season debut Dec. 13. Eastwood is known for his unfussy filmmaking. Still, given his age it’s reasonable to think he wants to tell as many stories as possible before he leaves this mortal coil. And then what?
Is Warner Bros. Taking a Turn to the Right?
October 12th, 2019 12:32 PM
Everyone knows the saga surrounding the left-wing media company WarnerMedia. The AT&T-owned conglomerate’s divisions continue to engage in progressive groupthink, and viciously attack conservative counterparts to the messages being delivered on their news or entertainment offerings. Low-rated CNN, run by committed liberal Jeff Zucker, is obviously the worst offender when it comes to news…
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'Richard Jewell' Trailer Released About a Fake News Victim
October 4th, 2019 10:30 PM
More than twenty years before the students of Covington Catholic high school were branded as racist by much of the mainstream media for the high "crime" of merely standing in place while a leftist activist beat a drum in their vicinity there was another prominent victim of fake news. His name was Richard Jewell. He was the security guard who saved many lives during the 1996 Summer Olympics when…
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Film Critics Lose Their Minds Over Eastwood’s Patriotic ‘Paris’
February 17th, 2018 1:30 PM
Clint Eastwood did it again with his newest film, The 15:17 to Paris. The 87-year-old icon drove liberal critics batty with his 2014 smash American Sniper. Heroism? Sacrifice? All-American values? It’s like garlic to some film critics. They’d rather swoon at films depicting the U.S. Military in an unsavory fashion.
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‘Sully’ — The Movie America Needs Right Now
September 10th, 2016 10:32 AM
Clint Eastwood understands the cultural zeitgeist better than just about any Hollywood star. His “Dirty Harry” films arrived when the public had had enough of unchecked crime. Eastwood delivered “Unforgiven” just when we were ready to deconstruct the western genre. You don’t stay a star for more than five decades without understanding the culture at large. Yet “Sully” defies our current age.
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Graham Beckel Offers Odd Defense of Clint Eastwood 'Esquire' Interview
August 8th, 2016 5:19 PM
During a recent interview with Clint Eastwood -- and his son, Scott -- on the Esquire magazine's website, the popular actor and director criticized the current atmosphere of political correctness, telling writer Michael Hainey that when he was growing up, people could say a lot more and not be called a racist.
When the Cable News Network decided to discuss that topic, one of the panelists…
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Fox's Bill O'Reilly Claims Upcoming GOP Convention Will Be 'Boring'
July 12th, 2016 7:28 PM
During a lengthy interview with a reporter from the Adweek magazine and website, Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel discussed several topics, including the fact that he will not attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18-21 because he thinks the event will be “boring.”
When asked why he believes that, the host of the top-rated weeknight news program -- The O'Reilly Factor…
