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Kanye West's Dad Critiques Son James Hirsen
THE LEFT COAST REPORT
Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. Standing Ovations for Al Gore at Sundance In the film "An Inconvenient Truth," former vice president, former candidate for president and current prophet of paranoid conspiracies Al Gore plays himself. At the recent Sundance film festival the movie received numerous standing ovations from audiences.
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The so-called documentary follows Gore as he travels around giving presentations to his admirers on, of all things, climate change. In reality show style, the film shows a "spontaneous" Gore as he diligently works on his laptop by himself (supposedly unaffected by the camera crew that's present). He's also seen speaking to crowds and informing folks about the imminent threat of global warming. The movie was produced by longtime activist and Dem supporter Lawrence Bender (producer of "Pulp Fiction"). The festival guide accurately calls the movie "activist cinema at its very best." The Left Coast Report believes Gore may have a whole new career as an actor. If they ever make another sequel to "The Lord of the Rings," he'd make a perfect walking tree.
2. Kanye West's Dad Critiques Son Kanye West is under fire because of February's Rolling Stone cover. Wearing a crown of thorns with blood running down his face, the rapper posed as Jesus Christ for the cover shot. Inside the publication, Ray West, a sociology professor and former Black Panther, takes his son to task. Evidently Kanye's father disapproves of the degrading lyrics in his son's songs. "I've stated to him very clearly that he needs to move beyond the negative language and the 'n****r' statements," Papa West explained to Rolling Stone. Sounding similar to Bill Cosby, Kanye's father continued, "It's alright to say 'b***h' and 'm***er f***er' on the corner, but when you start operating on a different level you can't talk like that. Fine, you're trying to get some street acceptance. Now that you got that, get back to your roots." Sounding a familiar parental refrain, he finished up with the statement, "You know that's not where you came from. You know that's not how you were raised." The Left Coast Report hopes someone sends Kanye a DVD of "Father Knows Best."
3. Roger Ebert Defends Controversial Sundance Film Like so much of the other stature-seeking Hollywood fare, the film dwells on darkness, evil and amorality in an apparent effort to achieve the proper degree of "edginess" that will attract the attention of mainstream critics. Cassavettes achieves his end in the person of Roger Ebert, who wrote in the Chicago Sun Times that the film "portrays affluent kids and their parents who live in a wasteland of ignorance, moral bankruptcy and general cluelessness." Ebert notes that two audience members loudly walked out of the screening. "It is impossible to imagine any character in this movie attending a movie, reading a book or having a thought not focused on self-gratification," Ebert wrote. "The film wallowed in a lifestyle of drug abuse, alcoholism, careless sex and nonstop f-wordery" and contains "scenes of cruelty and violence, and a murder as stupid as it is heartless," the famed critic also reported. But it's Ebert's conclusion that is so tragically typical of the old media's cinema "experts." "One reaction might be to recoil from the film. My reaction was to admire Cassavetes and his cast for so mercilessly portraying a worthless segment of society," Ebert explained. The Left Coast Report thinks since Ebert loves portrayals of worthless segments of society he'll really enjoy CSPAN reruns of the D.C. "anti-war" rally.
4. Steven Spielberg and George Clooney Motivated by Bush Newsweek's Feb. 6, 2006 issue features directors who "made the most moving, provocative films of the year." Bennett Miller ("Capote"), Steven Spielberg ("Munich"), George Clooney ("Good Night and Good Luck"), Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain") and Paul Haggis ("Crash") are billed by the news magazine as filmmakers who took "risks with stories that were radical, controversial and divisive." One of Steven Spielberg's statements is particularly telling. "Maybe I shouldn't get into this. [Pause] I just feel that filmmakers are much more proactive since the second Bush administration," Spielberg shares, adding the qualifier, "I wouldn't just say Bush. The whole neo-conservative movement." Clooney readily agreed claiming that the reason is "because it's polarizing." Funny thing though, in the same interview Spielberg claimed to have been working on "Munich" for six years. The Left Coast Report says that since Dubya wasn't in the Oval Office six years ago, Spielberg must've come up with his theory by using "Artificial Intelligence."
5. U.N.-Starring Roles for Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman Looks like the United Nations is once again heading to Hollywood for a mini makeover. It really should come as no surprise. The global organization has a long history of aligning itself with Hollywood's hottest whenever its sagging face is in need of a lift. Beginning in the 1950s, it brought on board such beloved Tinseltown figures as Audrey Hepburn and Danny Kaye.
Over the years famous emissaries have been given distinguished titles, too, like "goodwill ambassadors" and "messengers of peace." Harry Belafonte and Danny Glover are a couple of the U.N.'s more recent envoys. The two spread a lot of "goodwill" in the direction of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and other assorted lefty hall-of-famers. Now evidently Nicole Kidman has decided to join the Kofi club. Funny how life sometimes imitates art. In 2005 Kidman starred in a movie called "The Interpreter" where she played a U.N. employee on the big screen. Kidman ostensibly plans to assist in advancing women's rights around the world by lending her name to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). According to a U.N. press release, the actress will focus attention on "critical gender concerns such as ending violence against women." Curiously, UNIFEM links these weighty feminist concerns with so-called "reproductive rights," the U.N. euphemism for abortions anytime anywhere. Another celebrity dignitary who has been boosting the U.N. for quite a span is actress and hubby snatcher Angelina Jolie. Jolie routinely talks up the U.N.'s refugee agency and, to her credit, has put forth an extensive amount of her own time, effort and money to promote a cause in which she apparently passionately believes. In her capacity as a goodwill ambassador, Jolie recently told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that she is ashamed the U.S. hasn't ratified the United Nations' treaty on children's rights. "I am absolutely ashamed Washington has not formally ratified the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Being an American I think it's horrible. I think Congress should ratify that. If we really care about that how dare we not ratify it?" Jolie said. As an adoptive and currently expectant mom, Jolie apparently hasn't read the provisions in the treaty that diminish and impair the rights of parents. While in Davos, Jolie and fiancé Brad Pitt also stopped by for a chat with Secretary General Kofi Annan to see if Pitt could join the ranks of U.N. celebrity pitchmen. The Left Coast Report supposes that Angelina and Brad would be a dream duo for the U.N. Together they could hawk the merits of the scandal-ridden global organization and rebuild its facade for star-struck folks the world over. Editor's Notes:
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