Last night, Michael Moore rallied the spirits of East Villagers and St. Mark's Bookshop fans by yelling, "Save St. Mark’s bookstore!" Capital New York reports that the opinionated filmmaker said of the shop's landlord, Cooper Union, "We’re appealing to their conscience and the integrity of their history, because they exist only because the people of New York have supported Cooper Union for all of these centuries."
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Angelina Jolie wasn't nominated for A Mighty Heart The Academy had less Anglophilia this year, as Atonement was shut out of Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Actor The critically acclaimed Zodiac was shut out "Falling Slowly" from Once was nominated (yay!) Jonny Greenwood is ineligible for his work on the There Will Be Blood score (boo!) Four of the five documentaries nominated are related to the Iraq war (the fifth is Michael Moore's Sicko); If the axiom about Best Picture winners having a film editing nomination is true, than No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are the two Best Picture front runnersThe main nominations are after the jump and who do you think should win an Oscar this year?
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Hundreds Turn Out For Michael Moore At St. Mark's Bookshop
Media Trickles In To Zuccotti Park, Wall Street Protestors Unfazed
"I'm gonna get as much media down here as I can so everyone will know what's going on." Michael Moore was trying to make his way through the scrum in Zuccotti Park after a fifteen minute appearance on MSNBC. Moore professed that he'd do everything he could amid shouts of "Move to Cuba!" and "We love you Michael!" before speeding away in his waiting SUV. Meanwhile, the majority of the several hundred protestors stationed in the park met in a General Assembly, and continued the slow work of hashing out finite goals for the ongoing occupation of Wall Street.
Michael Moore Heads To Saint Mark's Bookshop Thursday Night (9/29)
The struggling St. Mark's Bookshop is getting an assist from an infamous supporter of the underdog: Michael Moore! The rabble-rousing filmmaker, who spent his Monday night visiting with the Wall Street Occupiers, is planning to visit the bookstore tomorrow night for a signing.
Video: Michael Moore Visits, Encourages Occupation Of Wall Street
Around 7:30 p.m. last night, filmmaker Michael Moore visited the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park and gave a brief speech. "I am so impressed by what I'm seeing here," Moore said. "You have done something very important and very historic. It had to happen somewhere, it might as well have been here."
Bin Laden's Son: My Father's Killing Violated International Law
As part of a statement he sent to the New York Times, Osama bin Laden's son Omar bin Laden, declared that the killing of his father by US military forces in Pakistan "blatantly violated" international law. Speaking in the "editorial we," bin Laden's son stated that he "always disagreed with our father regarding any violence and always sent messages to our father, that he must change is ways and that no civilians should be attacked under any circumstances."
Gadhafi Promises "Long War," Calls Allies "New Nazis"
After U.S. and European forces started an attack on Libyan loyalists yesterday, strongman leader Moammer Gadhafi gave a 15-minute speech promising a "long war," "We will fight for every square in our land. We will die as martyrs." Gadhafi also referred to the allies as "the new Nazis" and said there would be a retribution against anyone aiding them, "We will fight and we will target any traitor who is co-operating with the Americans or with the Christian Crusade." Well, would it comfort him to know that Michael Moore hates this too?
Michael Moore on Maddow: Why Are We So Violent?
It was Bowling for Columbine revisited on The Rachel Maddow Show last night. Maddow has been covering the increased debate on gun control in the wake of the Tuscon massacre, and her guest was activist filmmaker Michael Moore, who asked the same difficult question that perplexed him in his smash hit 2002 documentary (which won an Academy Award): Why are Americans so trigger happy? The interview began with that stunning segment from Moore's film wherein K-Mart reps meet with two Columbine High massacre victims, whose presence persuades the company to stop selling handgun ammunition.
[UPDATED] Julian Assange Granted Bail
[UPDATE BELOW]WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted bail in England—with a host of conditions. A British judge earlier today reversed course and is allowing Assange to leave prison on a £240,000 bail (is Michael Moore helping pay?). But the WikiLeaker will have to live in a designated location, a mansion called Ellingham Hall, with a curfew from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.. He also must report to a police station each day at 6 p.m.
Michael Moore Cracks Wise About Judge in Citigroup Suit
A juror in a $2.2 billion lawsuit against Citigroup was targeted by the bank's lawyers yesterday because her name appears in the credits for Michael Moore's powerful documentary Capitalism: A Love Story. Juror No. 6, Donna Romo-Gianell, doesn't appear in the film and has never met Moore; her scene, in which she's interviewed about being an unemployed person playing Santa, ended up on the cutting room floor. But even the subtlest Michael Moore taint was enough to make Citigroup's lawyers want her off the jury.
Obama Gets Applause at West Point, Fox Erases It?
President Obama addressed the graduates at West Point Academy on Saturday, saying, "Adversaries want to divide us, but we are united by our support for you - soldiers who send a clear message that this country is both the land of the free and the home of the brave." His comments about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the threats of terrorism received applause from the graduates, but Fox News apparently didn't like it! Filmmaker Michael Moore posted the Fox video on Twitter, which features what seems to be an edited pause, making it look like Obama was met with silence when he said the country is poised to end the war in Iraq this summer. However, Michael Moore isn't exactly the most unbiased reporter. Watch the Fox version for yourself:
Oscar Loves Michael Clayton, Blood, Old Men, Juno
- Perhaps the big surprise (besides Juno getting nominated for Best Director and Best Picture) was Ruby Dee for her work in American Gangster (its only other nomination was for art direction)
Chris Elliott, Author
During the 80s golden era of Late Night With David Letterman, Chris Elliott was one of the people most responsible for the show's distinctively bizarre style. Playing characters like "The Guy Under the Seats" and "The Regulator Guy," Elliott's contributions were sometimes hilarious and sometimes baffling, but always memorable for their absolutely unadulterated weirdness. He went on to cultivate his peculiar "Chris Elliott" persona in cult classics like the TV show Get a Life and...
Pencil This In
FUNDRAISER: It's the 3rd Annual Summer, Sex and Spirits cocktail and shopping extravaganza. Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC), in conjunction with Brooklyn Indie Market join forces for the fundraiser, "an evening of mixing and mingling with retail therapy!" There will be $4 drink specials, 1/2 price sangria pitchers, a deejay and a giveaway...we're also guessing everyone will walk away with at least one free condom.
"Sicko" Trip May Get Government Check Up
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and his distributor, Harvey Weinstein, appeared at a press conference yesterday to question why the government is investigating Moore's trip to Cuba for his upcoming film, Sicko. The film, which premiered at Cannes and is scheduled to open in a few weeks, questions the American health care system and, at one point, Moore takes three September 11 rescue workers to Cuba to get health care treatment for them there.
Scott Elliott, Director
Wallace Shawn has long enjoyed a fruitful career as a character actor in mainstream movies (Clueless, Princess Bride, Chicken Little). He also happens to be one of the world’s most significant dissident writers. His plays The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and The Fever – to name just a few – have garnered much praise (and controversy) for their unflinching examinations of brutality. Shawn’s plays are political but not polemical; through his writing he questions everyone’s complicity – liberal intellectuals especially – in the horrors unleashed out of sight and out of mind.
Elsewhere in the ist-a-verse
Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don't need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the roads. So, grab your sunscreen and your favorite hangover cure, as we take a tour of end of summer fun from -ist cities all over the damn place.
Dan Gregor, Comedian, Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz
Dan Gregor, Comedian, Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz
Sundance Journal: The Winners
We are back from planet Sundance and slowly recovering from our intergalactic journey. When you are at the festival it feels like everyone is complaining about how tired they are or how they cannot get into the films and parties they want, about feeling overwhelmed by all the options, how they feel the festival isn't truly about "independent film" anymore, the declining swag, the celebrities, etc. In retrospect, it all seems so silly. So yes, the festival has become bigger than the britches it originally set out to inhabit and it has become an industry driven event, but if you can weed through all the stars, schmoozing and marketing, the festival is a unique and incredible happening built upon a foundation of community, experimentation and love of the craft. People often lose sight of this.
New Health Guidelines
- Eat more fruits and vegetables
- Drink more low-fat milk
- Eat more whole grains
- Exercise at least 30, even up to 90, minutes a day
Okay, Gothamist knows we should eat better. But up to 90 minutes at the gym? We'll need Phillip Torrone to help us install a geek gym if we're going to get anything done. Anyway, we liked some of the reaction from New Yorkers to the new guidelines, as captured by Newsday. A hot dog vendor said the government "wants to kill the business of hot dogs. ... You can't eat anything these days." So true. Plus:more ›
- Drink more low-fat milk
- Eat more whole grains
- Exercise at least 30, even up to 90, minutes a day
Okay, Gothamist knows we should eat better. But up to 90 minutes at the gym? We'll need Phillip Torrone to help us install a geek gym if we're going to get anything done. Anyway, we liked some of the reaction from New Yorkers to the new guidelines, as captured by Newsday. A hot dog vendor said the government "wants to kill the business of hot dogs. ... You can't eat anything these days." So true. Plus:
"When it comes to diet advice, New Yorkers listen to who looks really good in a bikini in the Hamptons, not the government saying 'Eat more grain because we say it's better for you,'" said Ken Friedman, co-owner of the Spotted Pig in Greenwich Village, where a top-seller is gnudi, a carb-free "pasta" favored by his model clientele.Funny that - Joe DeSalazar's Eating In recipe was Spotted Pig's Ricotta Gnudi!
Republican Convention: Day 1 Notes
The Republican National Convention opened yesterday with two of its more liberal politicians, Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain, taking the stage. Senator McCain, whose dalliances with the other side have confused the more right-leaning conservatives, won the affection of delegates by "mauling" Michael Moore, who was at the convention under the auspices of writing for USA Today. On the Today Show Tim Russert called Moore the GOP's favorite pinata; Moore, for his part, seemed to revel in the attention. Related: Analysis of Day 1 from NY Times and Washington Post says it's all about terror and September 11. And then there's the Republican Party platform (PDF) that's driven by the social conservatives in the party.
Stuff To Do When Not Conventioning
Other interesting events: Tomorrow's round-the-clock-till-it's-done reading of the Odyssey and the Iliad; Wednesday's reading of the Constitution with Alec Baldwin, Chuck Close, Khaliah Ali, and Joanne Woodward. And let us know what events you're checking out!
Big Protest Moves Through Manhattan
The NY Times reports that there were small protests yesterday, including one the Central Park, where people stood on top of garbage bags - to protect the lawn. Now, that's humor.
The Democratic Convention Televised
For our money, we're enjoying the pictures of Ron Reagan, who interviewed Michael Moore, taking the future of America on a pub crawl, via MSNBC's Hardblogger. Gothamist is sure someone is live-blogging the convention. Also, since Gothamist thinks it's going to be a little slow in NY, news-wise, for the next month, as everyone gears up for the Republican National Convention, so expect more posts on animals!
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