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By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsShe's Catherine Zeta-Jones, CBE, if you please. Today the Welsh actress-turned-Hollywood celebrity became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in a Buckingham Palace ceremony. Prince Charles bestowed the honor in recognition of Zeta-Jones' acting career and charity work. When the Queen's Honours List was announced last year, The Daily Mail sniped that Zeta-Jones "has not lived in the U.K. for over a decade, preferring the life of a sun-soaked tax exile." The Order of the British Empire was created by George V in 1917 to recognize "distinguished service to the arts and ...
Politics in Our Movies: From 'Mr. Smith' to 'Casino Jack'
By James Grady - Politics DailyAll across America this lame-duck congressional season, we're driving past malls or walking down Main Streets where theater marquees offer two major motion pictures "about" politics: "Casino Jack" starring Kevin Spacey and "Fair Game" starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. But the truth is, every movie is "about" politics. Every work of art creates a vision of reality and rules for that realm. Even when a movie is not a fact-driven documentary, what's on film are "people" making choices of conscience and circumstance. On some level, choice always involves politics -- and that includes the ...
'Casino Jack': Abramoff Film Should Be Required Viewing for New Lawmakers
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyNewly elected Senate and House members will hit town next week for what is quaintly called "orientation." Activities include posing on the Capitol steps for the freshman class picture, caucusing with party leaders and learning the quickest routes to the members-only elevators and subterranean trams. Missing from their schedule, alas, is a screening of "Casino Jack," starring Kevin Spacey as uber-lobbyist and mega-fraudster Jack Abramoff. Along with an equally sleazy K Streeter (and former Capitol Hill staffer) named Mike Scanlon and a few underlings, Abramoff ripped off millions of dollars ...
Pot Culture Experts Weed Out 'Stoniest' Movies
By David Moye - AOL News
(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 ...
Bob Ney's Redemption after Jack Abramoff Scandal
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyThose of us who were sucked into the wreckage left behind by Jack Abramoff share a form of PTSD -- Post Traumatic Scandal Disorder. When you go through a D.C. scandal together, you're like war buddies: You share an experience that no one else can understand, but you also remind each other of painful emotions. When we Abramoff scandal survivors see each other, we never discuss the topic – it's an open Department of Justice investigation after all – but we communicate with our eyes the shared understanding of shock and pain in our lives. So after not speaking to former Rep. Bob Ney ...
Emily's Post: From Gossip Fodder to Gossip Columnist
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaving been fodder for every gossip column in town, starting today I'm turning the tables -- and becoming one D.C. gossip columnist who fully gets what it's like to be on the receiving end. Everybody knows Washington politics is not for the meek or thin-skinned. And I've lived, worked and loved D.C. politics and media since I was 18 years old. In the years since, I've toiled on the Hill, at the State Department, in the Bush 43 administration, and for the Washington bureaus of two TV network news divisions. I've also counted chads in the Florida recount, run for my life from the Capitol on ...
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