Tag: polanski

  • #MediaMemes: Lions Gate, Foggy Mountain, Toy Soldiers

    #MediaMemes: Lions Gate, Foggy Mountain, Toy Soldiers

    Director James Cameron journeys to deepest part of ocean // Blood Sport In a High-Rise: Winslet in Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’ on DVD // Houston Teen Killed at ‘Project X’-Inspired Party // Lions Gate Shares Up after ‘Hunger Games’ Weeekend // LionsGate Releases Sexy ‘Mad Men’ Song “Zou Bisou Bisou” // ‘Mad Men’ Actress Lip-Synced “Zou…

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  • roman polanski set free after swiss reject US extradition request

    roman polanski set free after swiss reject US extradition request

    flashback: interview w/ peter levenda on polanski from ap: The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing to provide confidential testimony…

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  • media/memes: distractions, accidents & muckraking

    media/memes: distractions, accidents & muckraking

    forget afghanistan & health care: let’s argue football!* update: house panel passes college football playoff billsnl criticized over tiger woods domestic violence skit while rihanna on show*law & order svu: following the adl script?* weezer cancels tour after bus accident*on john lennon’s death: don’t softsoap me – gimme some truth* as the world turns: cbs…

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  • 10/29 newspurge: mystery, media/memes & mayhem

    history/mystery: how a girl’s stark words got lost in the polanski spectacle*video: ‘make mine freedom’ – 1948 cold war cartoon*castro sister ‘spied for cia’*the lost jfk tapes: the assassination on nat geo in nov*lies about lockerbie, 9/11 & terrorism*video: world’s largest pyramid discovered in lost mayan city* media/memes: duping liberals the way fox dupes moderates,…

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  • murder/mayhem: balloon boy, bodies, lawyers & lies

    murder/mayhem: balloon boy, bodies, lawyers & lies

    body on los angeles balcony mistaken for halloween decoration*balloon boy case bursts open in US*dc mom convicted of murdering 4 daughters could walk free*pilot tried to save haber, controversial wolf biologist, after cessna crash in washington state*pagans gang member dies in wv jail*scotland aquarium worker bitten by shark*judge dreadful killer a hero: austrian dad kills…

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  • interview w/ peter levenda of ‘sinister forces’

    interview w/ peter levenda of ‘sinister forces’

    for the last couple of years, the three volume set of ‘sinister forces: a grimoire of american political witchcraft’ has always been within arm’s reach. i’ve learned that whenever something in the news has reverberations back through the history/mystery of 20th century america, i can just jump to the indices & start to see some…

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  • the polanski polemic: cokie says ‘take him out & shoot him’

    from raw replay: ABC’s Cokie Roberts disagrees with celebrities who have called for charges against Roman Polanski to be dropped. “Roman Polanski is a criminal,” Roberts said Sunday. “He raped and drugged and raped and sodomized a child. And then was a fugitive from justice. As far as I’m concerned, just take him out and…

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  • director roman polanski arrested in switzerland

    director roman polanski arrested in switzerland

    from seattlepi: Director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland as he arrived in the country for a film festival and could be extradited to the United States to face 32-year-old charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, The Associated Press reported Sunday. video: interview w/ the director of ‘roman polanski: wanted & desired’ Polanski,…

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