“‘As an African American who has supported Hillary, it’s tough,’ says one [movie] industry executive who asked not to be named. ‘You listen to Obama’s speech in Iowa, and it’s like your DNA kicks in. That’s hard to ignore. I’ve been very loyal, very dedicated. But this is rough. I don’t know what I’m going to do.'” — from Tina Daunt‘s 1.8.08 L.A. Times piece about Hollywood’s Clinton supporters suddenly tipping for Obama.
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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