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Al Gore, Hot Air Concert Promoter James Hirsen
THE LEFT COAST
REPORT
Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. Al Gore, Hot Air Concert Promoter Al Gore has just announced ambitious plans for a rock and pop concert to promote global warming awareness. The concert is set to take place this coming July 7th in London, Washington, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and, of course, Kyoto. The estimated global audience is projected to be 2 billion people. Gore and co-organizers are boasting that their line-up of artists will "dwarf" other global charitable events like Live8 and Live Aid concerts.
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Gore and buds may not like a recent article by Nigel Calder, former editor of New Scientist magazine, which appeared in the London Times. Calder's message seemed to be aimed directly at Gore. "When politicians and journalists declare that the science of global warming is settled, they show a regrettable ignorance about how science works," the scientist wrote. Calder decried the fact the twenty years ago climate research "became politicized in favor of one particular hypothesis." That is of course the subject of Gore's gassy global crusade. Calder had an inconvenient question for those who subscribe to Gore's worldview.
"While sea-ice has diminished in the Arctic since 1978, it has grown by 8% in the Southern Ocean. So one awkward question you can ask, when you're forking out those extra taxes for climate change, is 'Why is east Antarctica getting colder?" 2. Clint Eastwood Praises Bush, Opposed to Iraq War Showing the independent streak one would expect from the actor who portrayed "Dirty Harry," Clint Eastwood has taken a unique position in a town famous for its uniformity of ideas. In an interview with Fox News, the Oscar-winning director expressed his admiration for President Bush. "I think — you know, I kind of admire the tenacity he has," Eastwood said. When asked about Bush's legacy, Eastwood responded, "You've got to admire somebody who stands up for what they believe regardless of how the polls go. "A lot of presidents do everything by the polls. They do a focus group then all of a sudden they say, 'OK, that's what I'm going to be for because that's where focus group is leading me.'" Eastwood squinted as he expressed his disagreement with Bush's policy in Iraq.
"I wasn't for going in there," Eastwood said. "Only because democracy isn't something that you get overnight. I don't think America got democracy overnight. It's something we had to fight for and believe in." 3. Charlize Theron Equates America and Cuba Displaying some star-sized ignorance, Charlize Theron recently equated oppression in Cuba with oppression in America. Theron appeared on CNN to promote a movie that she produced called "East of Havana," a documentary about Cuban rap. During the interview, she slandered the nation that has given her the opportunity to prosper. "Well, I would argue there's a lack of freedom in America," Theron said. Theron claimed that journalists in the U.S. were fired for commenting about the war in Iraq, just like rap singers in Cuba had to show their lyrics before they were allowed to perform. When asked, "Do you think the lack of freedoms in Cuba are parallel to the lack of freedoms in the United States?" Theron replied, "Well, I would, I would compare those two. Yes, definitely." 4. The Influence of '24' The Left typically dismisses the influence of entertainment content with claims like "it's only fiction" or "music, television and movies don't really affect the way people behave." Apparently, an exception has been made when it comes to the liberal's least favorite television show, "24." A non-profit advocacy group, Human Rights First (HRF), is concerned that in watching "24" U.S. interrogators will be influenced to copy the techniques of Keefer Sutherland's alter-ego, Jack Bauer. HRF's Web site states that "the portrayal of torture in popular culture is having an undeniable impact on how interrogations are conducted in the field. U.S. soldiers are imitating the techniques they have seen on television — because they think such tactics work." One of HRF's activities involves monitoring torture scenes depicted on prime-time television. In order to lobby the Fox series, the group brought a West Point commander and retired military interrogators to Hollywood for meetings with "24"'s producers to present concerns about torture scenes. Tony Lagouranis was a participant in the meetings. The former U.S. Army specialist actually played a real life role in questioning prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Lagouranis claims he saw fellow interrogators imitate techniques they learned from watching a DVD of the Fox show. On a recent episode of "24," Keefer's character was seen torturing his own brother. Perhaps the military will have to keep siblings apart from now on. HRF also found examples of television torture on "Alias," "The Wire," "Law & Order," "The Shield," and even "Star Trek: Voyager." Haven't these folks seen Rosie O'Donnell co-hosting "The View?" 5. Hollywood Chases Anna Nicole Smith's Sister, Buys Female Astronaut Story Word has it that Anna Nicole Smith's half-sister, Donna Hogan, is being deluged with offers to grab the rights to her book manuscript "Train Wreck." Among other things the book claims that Anna Nicole Smith froze her late husband's sperm and used it to conceive her daughter Dannielynn. The fight over the child's half billion-dollar inheritance is bringing a parade of would-be fathers forward to claim paternity including Zaza Gabor's husband.
No doubt production on a made-for-TV movie will start soon. Another project that Hollywood has already purchased could be called "The Runaway Astronaut." The bizarre story that dominated the news cycle about female astronaut Lisa Nowak, who while wearing diapers to avoid having to make pit stops traveled 900 miles as part of an alleged plan of attack on a rival over a fellow astronaut, has TV movie written all over it as well. A production company, Granada America, has bought the film rights to the story by optioning a New York Times article written by reporter John Schwartz, who will also be a researcher for the production. Editor's notes:
The Left Coast Report is put together by James L. Hirsen and the staff of NewsMax — The Left Coast Report Archives Get your FREE copy of James Hirsen's new book 'Hollywood Nation' — Click Here Now.
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