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| Sarandon attacks Oscars control |
| 2003-05-28 |
| Look who's back. Susan, just shutup. Oooooops, sorry. Don't want to infringe on your free speech. Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon has accused organisers of the Academy Awards of being obsessed with control. The star, who won best actress in 1996, said she resented the way they tried to regulate what actors said and did. "The organisers have gone over the top trying to control it and make sure nothing happens," she told the BBC's TV and radio listings magazine, Radio Times. "I resent they make you sign a piece of paper saying you'll never sell the statuette, except back to them for $1 (60p). I changed that to 'market value'. It's only an Oscar, not sperm." Thinking of selling yours? You career keeps heading where it's heading, you may have to. Thank God for Ebay. Sarandon, 56, was a presenter at this year's Oscars, where she and partner Tim Robbins were seen flashing peace signs at cameras. But despite being one of Hollywood's most outspoken anti-war stars, she refrained from making a political statement from the podium. Mikey Moore must've drawn short straw to be idiot spokesman for the lefties. She also tried to sell dove-shaped peace brooches to other stars in aid of land-mine victims. "You'd be surprised who wouldn't even wear one," she said. "I guess they're nervous of me." That's good. Looks like she's planning a second career in Jewelery Sales. Smart move. Good planning to have something to fall back on. Sarandon won her Oscar for Dead Man Walking and has four other nominations dating back to 1982. Anti-death penalty, Susie, Sean Penn...it had everything! Explaining her anti-war stance, she told the Radio Times that the world had belonged to her generation, but they "screwed up. Now we have to unscrew it. Maybe things have to get so bad before we wake up." Like if my career goes so far down the tubes, I'll be the answer to a trivia question. "I lost a very dear friend in the Twin Towers on 11 September and thought the shock was so huge that American arrogance would be diminished. I think Bin-Laden thought the same thing.He was wrong too. "Instead, our president has turned it into one of the most divisive times since the Civil War." Really? You should get out more Susan. Hang out with some real people instead of your Hollywood friends. Because methinks you're full of shit. Her views led to her being the subject of a "witch-hunt", she said. Yes, the magic word. Well it looks like they found one, doesn't it? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #12 Mike N. : I think it's a reference to that old Monty Python bit, you know: "Every sperm is sacred," etc etc. What is that, the "Meaning of Life?" After all, she was talking to the Beeb. |
| Posted by: therien 2003-05-28 23:57:14 |
| #11 We could have responded by ignoring the threat. We did ignore threats. Sept 11, 2001 was the result. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-28 22:30:38 |
| #10 OK - I'll say it: Spunky little gal! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-28 22:11:29 |
| #9 tu3031: eeewww! - nope, shan't pay for that flick. |
| Posted by: Tony 2003-05-28 18:49:03 |
| #8 The world belonged to her generation? ...talk about arrogance. Still, it is fun to watch the moonbats continue to make complete @$$e$ of themselves every time they open their cake holes. Life is good. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-05-28 18:16:50 |
| #7 b4 sept 11 we allowed small two-bit countries to kill our people, destroy our interest around the world and did didly. Now just how is that American arrogance???? |
| Posted by: Dan 2003-05-28 17:41:52 |
| #6 You expect a showbiz personality not reading from a script to make sense? When pigs fly... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-05-28 17:25:31 |
| #5 Mike N.: No. But she might see lots of it in her next movie. Susan Sarandon stars in "How the Mighty Have Fallen". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-28 16:48:56 |
| #4 And what the hell was the sperm bit about? Can anyone make sense of that for me? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-05-28 16:43:36 |
| #3 Anybody else notice that she had to whine about the Academy Awards to the Beeb? Think she'll ever get another Oscar? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-05-28 16:42:47 |
| #2 "I lost a very dear friend in the Twin Towers on 11 September and thought the shock was so huge that American arrogance would be diminished." Typical drivel from the self-loathing set. Gosh, Sept. 11 was awful but maybe something really GREAT could have come out of it. We could have responded by ignoring the threat. Yet another reason why the face and the voice of the liberal wing of the Democratic party will drag Kerry/Edwards or whomever to an ignominious and resounding defeat in 2004. |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-28 16:38:56 |
| #1 So tell 'em "no" Suzie. "I ain't signing - You give me a statue, It's mine to do what I want with. Don't like it? Don'e give me the damn statue." Simple ideas for simple people. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-28 16:32:35 |