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(Sept. 27) -- If California residents choose to legalize marijuana in November, one of the biggest effects could be on the movie industry. Not the movies so much, but on the ratings system, according to entertainment writer and pot culture expert Shirley Halperin, co-author of a new book, "Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide" (Abrams Image). "Legalization could definitely help with the ratings system," Halperin told AOL News. "For instance, when the Meryl Streep comedy 'It's Complicated' came out last Christmas, it got an 'R' rating mainly because there was a pot scene where ...
Northern Ireland PM Steps Down Amid Sex Scandal, Imperiling Peace Process
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIn a story that is getting more bizarre -- and more troubling -- by the moment, Northern Ireland Prime Minister Peter Robinson resigned yesterday amid a financial scandal surrounding his wife's affair with a teenager. The scandal -- which has roiled the country's deeply traditional society -- now threatens to derail its fragile peace process as well. ...
It's Not That Complicated -- Aging Gracefully Takes Years of Practice
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyAs Melinda suggests, the talented Meryl Streep does seem to scoop up most of the parts for mid-career female actors in Hollywood lately, while Diane Keaton, the original Annie Hall, seems to get the rest. Though these "over 40" dowagers are perfectly fine role models for women in the American mid-life demographic, I personally aspire to the Helen Mirren mold of seniority -- maybe because I'd love to speak with a plummy British accent. Incidentally, for those unfamiliar with the code, "over 40" euphemistically describes women who are actually "over 50." (I know this because I have ...
'It's Complicated': The Answer to Movies about Women
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailyBeing thousands of miles away from my grandmother's ham and too much of a hypochondriac to risk death by annoyance on an airplane, I decided to be "Jewish" this Christmas -- and opt for Chinese food and a cheesy chick flick. As Melinda Henneberger so subtly noted here, "It's Complicated," Nancy Meyers' grown-up version of good girl gone battle-axe, seemed to fit the stereotype.Actually what I love about Meyers' films, most notably "Something's Gotta Give" and "Private Benjamin" (sue me), is that they don't (at least didn't) conform to any of the stereotypes Hollywood would have us believe ...
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