Warren Beatty | Madonna | Yoko Ono Beatty: Reagan Wanted Happy Ending for ‘Reds’ Warren Beatty says that when he showed “Reds,” his four-hour epic about the Bolshevik revolution to President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1981, the president had two comments. “First he said, he …
Read More »Grrr! Barbra Streisand … Shut the !@#$% Up!
Barbra Streisand is a great singer, but she lacks class. Like most performers, Streisand thinks her fans care about her politics, so she took the opportunity to snipe at President Bush at a recent concert at Madison Square Garden, a concert where standard admission tickets went for $240, plus taxes …
Read More »Your Grrrs: Nov. 28, 2006
Here are some of your responses to Mike’s last column: Neal L. does some talking on George Clooney: While I agree that Clooney has, to his credit, done some fine acting, he certainly doesn’t limit himself to letting “his work do the talking.” In fact, according to WorldNetDaily, Clooney joked …
Read More »Photo Finish
Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Dear Viewers, We surprised ourselves Friday night and got back to D.C. for the show from our road trip to Georgia. Click on the links in the photo and video boxes above to see my photo …
Read More »Pickering Battle a Symbol of Ideological War
WASHINGTON – After nearly four years of battle, Senate Democrats have succeeded in keeping Judge Charles Pickering (search) from being confirmed to the federal bench, but the proud conservative warns that the war is now theirs to lose. “My confirmation struggle lasted four years and although I would prefer confirmation, …
Read More »Harry Potter's Unclear Future
Harry Potter | Owen Wilson | Odds and Ends Harry Potter Kids Not Signed Scary news: The kids from the Harry Potter movies are not signed up to do any more sequels after the fourth film is released this fall. Agreements for Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson only …
Read More »Theron, 'North Country' Oscar-Bound
‘North Country’ | Rob Thomas | Daylight in New York Charlize: We Created a ‘Monster’ Oscar season really gets going tomorrow when Niki Caro‘s carefully made film “North Country” finally opens. Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand, two past winners of the Best Actress award, will undoubtedly, and deservedly, be nominated …
Read More »After the Address…
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: In a snap Gallup poll taken after the president’s address Tuesday night, in which far more Republicans than Democrats responded, the vast majority says their reaction to the speech was positive. In fact, nearly half say their reaction was “very positive.” What’s …
Read More »Intellectual Honesty
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: President Bush was repeatedly portrayed as the less intellectual candidate during last year’s presidential campaign, but it turns out he and former Democratic candidate John Kerry (search) had nearly identical grade averages while at Yale University in the 1960s. Kerry’s newly released …
Read More »Putting Americans in Danger…
Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Putting Americans in danger by reporting controversial stories, that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points” memo.” As you may know,CBS News (search)[on its program “60 Minutes II] ran pictures of Iraqi prisoners being tortured by American soldiers. Big story, …
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