HAVING WATCHED DON LEMON'S PROGRAM YESTERDAY, "I" WAS NOT IN THE LEAST SUPRISED AT FOX MAKING HISTORY TODAY... (674 hits)
HAPPENING NOW@FOX FOR THE FIRST TIME A BLACK MAN HAS 'ANCHORED A WEEKLY PROGRAM ...ITS PURPOSE WAS TO HAVE A DISUCSSION ON HOW THE BLACK MALE IS MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR SANDY HOOK THEN THE NRA...IN SPECIFIC JIMMY FOXX AND HIS MOVIE...'ONLY IN AMERICA'...
WILL WE NOW TAKE UPTHE LEAD TAHT FOX HAS OFFERED US?!?...NOT TO MENTION THE NEED FOR PENN. SCHOOLS TO BE HANDING OUT PROTECTIONS FOR STD!!!................... (N..............................U.......................P)
Premiere of bloody 'Django Unchained' canceled; movie still scheduled to open on Christmas
LOS ANGELES – In the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, The Weinstein Company announced Monday that its star-studded Los Angeles premiere for Quentin Tarantino’s violent new film “Django Unchained” had been canceled.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event,” a Weinstein rep said in a statement to FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “However, we will be holding a private screening for the cast and crew and their friends and families."
The premiere was scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, and Christoph Waltz due to walk the red carpet.
The star and director of the film differed over the weekend about Hollywood’s responsibility when it comes to violence in film.
Actor Jamie Foxx told the Associated Press that the entertainment industry needs to start bearing some responsibility for violent content it produces. "We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence," Foxx said. "It does."
But director Quentin Tarantino, who has built his career on depictions of graphic violence in films like “Inglourious Basterds” and “Kill Bill,” said he was tired of having to defend his movies, noting that “tragedies happen” and the blame should fall on those guilty of committing them.
“Django Unchained” is not the only big Hollywood holiday movie to respond to the tragic murders in Newtown, Conn. The premiere for Tom Cruise’s action flick “Jack Reacher” was postponed over the weekend, as was the slated premiere for the family comedy “Parental Guidance.”
But the cancellation of the "Djano Unchained" premiere was not enough for those outraged by the facts that Tarantino’s latest work still intends to open on Christmas Day, and its New York press junket went ahead as planned on Saturday, despite Friday’s tragedy.
“Hollywood now feels it needs 2 cancel a violent movie premiere, but feature it anyway in a few weeks. What is the point?” tweeted one, while another called the release day timing “disgusting.”
Following the Aurora, Colo. massacre in July, in which a lone gunman opened fire during a midnight screening of “Dark Knight Rises,” The Weinstein Company's president Harvey Weinstein, who has a home in Connecticut, called for a summit in which filmmakers could discuss the affect on-screen violence has on society.
A rep for Weinstein Co. did not respond to a request for further comment.
Merry Christmas Irma.
Tuesday, December 25th 2012 at 3:31AM
Steve Williams
ME, "I" SAY THINGS LIKE THIS WORKS SO SUCCESSFULLY FOR CONSERVATIVES BOTH BLACK AND WITE AND ALL SKIN COLORS INBETWEEN...
THEY WOULD BE TOTAL FOOLS TO STOP NOW. (NUP/ SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@STEVE, WHO IS THE S-T-A-R OF THIS MOVIE?!?...
AND WHO WITH BLACK SKIN CAN WE SAY MADE THE MOVIE TO KILL FIRST RESPONDERS?...
BUT, STEVE, I AM ONE WHO SAYS EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A GOOD REASON...AND FOR EVERY 10 NEGATIVES O MY PEOPLE, I HAVE 100.LOL!!!
AND, I SHALL CLOSE WITH...JAMMIE FOXX IS NOW A MORTAR/ LIVING LEDGEN IN HIS OWN TIME AND THE MOVIE HAS NOT EVEN COME HERE AND YET JUS TLIKE A BANNED BOOK...THIS MMOVIES ALREADY HAVE MAJOR AWARDS AND A BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR NOD...
AGAIN, ONLY IN AMERICA. (NUP/ SMILE)
THANKS BROTHER RABBIT AND MERRY CHRISTIMAS...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
