Quaids say people want to 'whack' them

Randy Quaid and wife due back in California court
Santa Barbara, CALIF. — Randy Quaid and his wife are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for an arraignment on felony Vandalism charges, although it remains to be seen whether the couple will return from Canada for the hearing. The couple have been staying in Vancouver in recent weeks and have sought asylum there from a mysterious group they have dubbed "Hollywood star whackers." With a string of missed court appearances on a previous criminal case, the couple had to post $1 million ba...

Randy Quaid and wife due back in California court
SANTA Barbara, Calif. (AP) — Randy Quaid and his wife are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for an arraignment on felony Vandalism charges, although it remains to be seen whether the couple will return from Canada for the hearing. The couple have been staying in Vancouver in recent weeks and have sought asylum there from a mysterious group they have dubbed “Hollywood star whackers.” With a string of missed court appearances on a previous criminal case, the couple had to post...

In ABC Interview, Quaids Lay Out Chilling Evidence for Star Wacker
Watch the interview: The couple have accused a mysterious Hollywood cult they call the “Star Whackers” of attempting to kill them for their money. They also attribute the deaths of celebrities such as Heath Ledger, David Carradine and Chris Penn to the “Star Whackers” and said the listed causes of death — drug Overdose for Ledger and accidental Asphyxiation for Carradine — were “flat out Fraud.” “They follow us, they tail us,” Randy Q...

Wait continues for Randy Quaid, wife at court
Santa Barbara, CALIF. — A judge in California has agreed to delay an arraignment for Randy and Evi Quaid until late Tuesday morning. The Quaids' attorney appeared briefly in a Santa Barbara court around 9:40 a.m. and told the judge he needed another hour. The couple have not been spotted at the Courthouse, and attorney Robert Sanger did not definitively state they would show. Randy and Evi Quaid face felony Vandalism charges and are free on $1 million bail. They were arrested in Septemb...

Randy Quaid and wife due back in California court
SANTA Barbara, Calif. (AP) - Randy Quaid and his wife are due back in a Santa Barbara courtroom for an arraignment on felony Vandalism charges, but it remains unclear whether the couple will return from Canada for the hearing. The Quaids have been staying in Vancouver and in recent weeks have publicly claimed their lives are in danger. They posted $1 million bail to guarantee their appearance Tuesday. Randy and Evi Quaid have a history of missing court appearances, which led a judge last month...

Jean-Luc Godard to get honorary Oscar, questions of anti-Semitism remain
Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that it will bestow an Honorary Oscar on iconic Swiss-French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard on Nov. 13. The announcement has raised a new question and revived an old one. First, will Godard show up to accept the award? Second, is he an anti-Semite? Godard, who will mark his 80th birthday in December, is one of the originators, and among the last survivors, of the French New Wave cinema, which he helped kick-start in 1960 wit...

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Films tell story of WWII elephant rescue in Burma
LONDON (AP) — Videos and other documents are casting new light on how a British tea planter used elephants to rescue hundreds of Burmese Refugees stranded by flood waters during World War II. Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Monday that the donated films and documents tell the story of the rescue in full for the first time. Gyles Mackrell organized the Evacuation of 200 people from Burma into India in June 1942 as the Japanese army advanced. The Refugees, who had trekked thr...

I Love Being on the Side of My President
First of all, I know I should blog more, I don't know why I don't, I beat myself up about it all the time. I should blog first thing right after breakfast. You know, about 1:30. Anyway, Arianna and I are like an old married couple, except instead of having obligatory sex on our Birthdays, we blog or do panel. Happy Birthday, darling, you're not getting older, you're getting closer to your own fuck-you money. And I hope this doesn't ruin your birthday, but I have to say, watching George Bush ta...

On the record: Jason Kenney
Last updated Monday, Nov. 01, 2010 5:05PM EDT Jason Kenney, the federal Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, visited The Globe and Mail editorial board on Monday. The following is an edited transcript of that meeting, which focused on the government’s new Legislation regarding Refugee claimants and Human Smuggling, and the recent situation with Refugees coming from Sri Lanka. Click on the links for more information about the Legislation and the different responses to ...

'Learning to Die in Miami': From Operation Peter Pan to Yale
'Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy' by Carlos Eire Free Press, 304 pp., $26 "Having just died, I shouldn't be starting my afterlife with a chicken sandwich, no matter what, especially one served up by nuns." Thus begins Carlos Eire's irreverent, deeply affecting "Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy," his personal narrative of a heartbreaking footnote in U.S. history. In 1962, at the age of 11, Eire and his 13-year-old brother, Tony, were part of the Pedr...

Burmese refugee clinic appeals for funds
AAP A Burmese Refugee clinic on the Thai-Burma border, supported by Australia, faces a major Budget shortfall which is threatening health services as the global Recession curbs Donor support. The Mao Tao clinic in Mae Sot, which treats more than 150,000 patients a Year - mostly Burmese Refugees - faces a Budget shortfall of over $A350,000. Australian volunteer Katie Camarena, who is supported by the Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), says funding remains the clinic's main challenge. Advertis...

Films tell story of WWII elephant rescue in Burma
LONDON -- British tea planter Gyles Mackrell organized one of the most remarkable rescue missions during World War II - by using elephants when nothing else would do. Now researchers have released new information that tells, for the first time, the full story of Mackrell's successful effort to use the animals to evacuate hundreds of desperate Burmese Refugees stranded by a rain-swollen river. On Monday, Britain's Cambridge University put online a video shot by Mackrell, which together with his ...

Hollywood GOP Closes Its Wallets to Whitman & Fiorina
If Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina end up beating the odds on Tuesday, you can BET Hollywood won't make their thank-you lists. The two Republican candiates have mounted spirited challenges to their Democratic challengers Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Gov. Jerry Brown, but the Industry’s band of Conservatives have largely decided to sit out these hotly contested races. TheWrap found a pathetically thin list of Fiorina Donors with industry ties (only one hand necessary), and less than two ...

TBS topper on programming push - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
Even though he once toiled as an agent under Michael Ovitz at CAA, Turner Broadcasting CEO Phil Kent says he now relishes being a Hollywood outsider. But Kent may just be kidding himself -- Turner's push into original programming has given him and the cabler New clout in the biz over the past five years. On the occasion of Turner's 40th anniversary, Kent, in a rare interview, shared with Daily Variety his approach to Hollywood as his company redoubles efforts to produce more programming for its ...

Family affair on Hollywood Boulevard - Back Page - IOL
Actress Diane Ladd, left, actor Bruce Dern, and actress Laura Dern pose after all received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Los Angeles - It was a family affair on Monday for Laura Dern, her father Bruce Dern and mother Diane Ladd. The acting dynasty was honoured during a ceremony along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the first time three stars were dedicated to family members at the same time. The pink terrazzo stars were unveiled alongside each other outside the W Hote...

et - Full Story
Arabs are the most maligned Group in the history of Hollywood — so says Dr. Jack Shaheen, noted media critic, author and host of the new Documentary film produced by the Media Education Foundation, Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People. In Shaheen’s eyes, it is a given that Arabs will be showcased negatively in Hollywood. Of the more than 1,000 movies Shaheen watched that portrayed Arabs, he found that only a dismal six to seven percent could be considered positive or non-...

First Cover of New Hollywood Reporter Riles The Wrap
The Hollywood Reporter's new guise as a weekly glossy has debuted on its website, revealing that the first redesigned issue will showcase an "actress roundtable" with six of this Oscar season's most celebrated ladies — all of whom are white, The Wrap kindly informed its readers. Under Janice Min, who was brought in by Richard Beckman to helm THR after a stint editing Us Weekly, the publication has ditched the daily print model that had become economically unfeasible — especially in...

Laura Dern, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd each honored with Walk of Fame stars in Hollywood
Los Angeles — It was a family affair Monday for Laura Dern, her father Bruce Dern and mother Diane Ladd. The acting dynasty was honored during a ceremony along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the first time three stars were dedicated to family members at the same time. The pink terrazzo stars were unveiled alongside each other outside the W Hotel Hollywood along Hollywood Boulevard. "I ask the universe that these three stars right here — when I'm dead and gone or if I'm still...

Hollywood hit makers head to India
India is experiencing a Surge in interest as a location for foreign Film-makers amid hopes that the presence of overseas productions will boost the home-grown industry. The information and broadcasting ministry said that it has cleared 11 projects this year and has nine more in various stages of approval while in 2009 24 films were given the green light. "We have given permission for more than 100 Movies in the last three to four years," said D.P. Reddy, the joint secretary (films) at the depa...

Down Below: L.A.'s Underground Bars on Citysearch®
Who says Los Angeles is superficial? Night owls know that you can go way below the surface at some of L.A.'s Hottest nightspots. From downtown's gorgeous Edison speakeasy to Echo Park's uber-cool music dungeon Echoplex, see where the party people literally go underground (basement-style) in the City of Angels. Swanky is the operative word at this boiler-room-turned-lounge, where patrons can disappear into the depths of urban L.A. and enjoy hand-crafted cocktails under the glow of old-school Holl...

Laura Dern, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd each honored with Walk of Fame stars in Hollywood
Los Angeles — It was a family affair Monday for Laura Dern, her father Bruce Dern and mother Diane Ladd. The acting dynasty was honored during a ceremony along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the first time three stars were dedicated to family members at the same time. The pink terrazzo stars were unveiled alongside each other outside the W Hotel Hollywood along Hollywood Boulevard. "I ask the universe that these three stars right here — when I'm dead and gone or if I'm still...

For your amusement: an updated 2008 Obama ad.
It did not age well.  Oh, my, did it not age well. (Via Battle ‘10) Although I suspect that the participants in said video would bitterly argue my observation, assuming that any of them are sober at this moment.  No, wait, it’s 8 AM on the Left Coast; they won’t start the anticipatory Heavy Drinking until about 1 PM my time. Moe Lane (crosspost) PS: Vote. PPS: Hey! If politics is Hollywood for the ugly, does that mean that Hollywood is politics for the stupid? PPPS: ...

For your amusement: an updated 2008 Obama ad.
It did not age well. Oh, my, did it not age well. (Via Battle ‘10) Although I suspect that the participants in said video would bitterly argue my observation, assuming that any of them are sober at this moment. No, wait, it’s 8 AM on the Left Coast; they won’t start the anticipatory Heavy Drinking until about 1 PM my time. Moe Lane (crosspost) PS: Vote. PPS: Hey! If politics is Hollywood for the ugly, does that mean that Hollywood is politics for the stupid? PPPS: ...

President Obama hands treats to a child who looks an awful lot like... Heath Ledger
President Obama got a haunting little October surprise Sunday night when he invited local kids to the White House for handouts of candy and dried fruit in celebration of Halloween. One little angel, dressed up as Heath Ledger's Joker from "Dark Knight,"  bore a frighteningly close resemblance to the Obama "socialism" look created by Firas Alkhateeb and adopted by some who criticize the president's liberal beliefs. Fast forward to (1:50 in the video above...