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Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone; Bill Maher; Valerie Plame James Hirsen THE LEFT COAST
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Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. Bill Maher's Dick Cheney Death Wish One Hollywood comedian is apparently unhappy that Vice President Dick Cheney is still with us. HBO host Bill Maher asked his guests, including former conservative Joe Scarborough, why the Huffington Post pulled comments of bloggers who were expressing disappointment that Vice President Cheney was not killed in the recent assassination attempt in Afghanistan. Referring to the bloggers, Rep. Barney Frank wisecracked, "They said the bomb was wasted," which was met with a combination of laughter and applause from Maher's uni-lefty audience. Maher argued that people should be able to express regret about Cheney not dying. He justified his position with another applause line, saying, "I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people wouldn't be dying needlessly tomorrow." "I'm just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That's a fact," Maher blathered.
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The Left Coast Report imagines ABC executives are patting themselves on the back for their decision to replace Maher with Jimmy Kimmel. 2. Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone Friends Again? Evidently, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone wants to be Tom Cruise's bud again.
A while back Redstone publicly severed the business ties between Cruise and Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures, citing the actor's eccentric behavior and Scientology-based feud with Brooke Shields. Cruise has since taken the position of heading well-known Hollywood studio brand United Artists. The two former pals reportedly haven't spoken since the falling out. But Redstone recently told People magazine "he [Cruise] was a great friend," adding that he looked "forward to being his friend again." Redstone even attempted to downplay Cruise's embarrassing eviction from the Paramount lot. "What happened was, I just gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal. In the course of it, they asked me what was going on. I said, ‘You know, he would no longer be in the lot,'" Redstone stated. "They treated that like I was firing him. I didn't fire him! I had nothing to do with it. But they treated it explosively. And I didn't like it," Redstone said. 3. Valerie Plame Flick on the Hollywood Docket Warner Bros. has acquired the life rights of ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame and husband Joseph Wilson. The studio is reportedly developing a movie that will tell the story of Plame's supposed outing. Plame's upcoming book "Fair Game," for which Simon & Schuster reportedly paid Plame an advance in the neighborhood of $2.5 million, will be the basis for the feature. Akiva Goldsman and Jerry and Janet Zucker will co-produce the flick. (The Zuckers got to know Plame and Wilson because of their common interest in embryonic stem cell research, aka cloning.) There's one glitch that may give Plame and her Hollywood friends a headache. Before her work can be published or made public in a film, the CIA has to approve. The Left Coast Report hopes the CIA opts to preserve Valerie and Joe's privacy and nixes both projects. 4. Hollywood Polar Opposites Like Ozzie Osbourne and Ward Cleaver, the Oscars and Movieguide's Annual Faith & Values Awards (MAFVA) couldn't be any more different. MAFVA recently handed out a Libertas Award to a film that promoted "positive American values," Grace Awards for the most inspiring performances in television and film that "best displayed God's grace toward us as human beings" and Epiphany Prizes to television shows and movies that did the most to increase man's love and/or understanding of God. Al Gore didn't win anything. "The Pursuit of Happyness," my personal fave, took a Libertas Award, and "Happyness" real life dad, Chris Gardner, was honored for his positive contribution to the culture. Grace Awards went to legendary actress Shirley Jones for her role as Aunt Batty in Hallmark's "Hidden Places" and Oscar Isaac for his role as Joseph in "The Nativity Story," a film on the birth of Jesus. "The Nativity" and ABC television feature "The Ten Commandments" each won an Epiphany Prize and $50,000 from the John Templeton Foundation. "Charlotte's Web" was honored with a Crystal Teddy Award for Best Family Movie, and "The Queen" received the Papa Bear Award of Excellence for Best Movie for Mature Audiences. 5. Hollywood Nation Spotlight This week's News is Big Entertainment and Entertainment is Big News picks are:
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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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