Yes, it’s real. Guess the Governator didn’t like the bill. Via techcrunch

The filming of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s latest novel, “Memories of My Melancholy Whores”, the story of a bachelor who for his 90th birthday decides to give himself the gift of a night of “wild love with an adolescent virgin.”… Never got off the ground. The movie has already been protested against and lost it’s funding without one “action”, being heard.

An anti-prostitution group is seeking to block production, charging the movie will promote child prostitution. But it seems the book was ok and would not have same impact as a film would, and eventually TV.

This is a very interesting story playing out. One thing to note, this is all taking place in Mexico where laws are a bit “different”.  Although, if we are able to censor ones work based on what one party thinks the possible outcome might be, I don’t know about you but that’s pretty scary shit. In no way are we endorsing prostitution, we are questioning this form of censorship. Read the full story at the huffpost and tell us your thoughts.

Michael Moore, “The most feared filmmaker in America….” hmmm I guess, at least that is what the voice over says in the trailer.  Well, his films do always spark controversy. Check out the trailer featuring a nicely place MIA track!

Read more about Moore here.

Opening in limited Engagement this Wednesday, September 23rd

That’s my Prez

via, the whoa

The Vanity Fair 100

Hitler’s so hot right now

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February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009

Oh man, this site.  5 Minutes of Entertainment at least.

via, BuzzFeed

You gotta love the guy.

Read more at the Daily Beast or where we found it, Hustlerworld

Shepard Fairey chimes in on the Rolling Stone cover

“It’s been six-plus months since Obama took office, and the Rolling Stone cover is the first image of Obama I’ve created in that time. As a candidate, his vision and his message of shared civic duty were inspiring, but as president he faces an unbelievable pressure to accomplish what he set out to do, despite the reality that he can’t do it alone. Much like my “Hope” image was intended to express his vision and his intellectual diligence, I also wanted this new image to convey his focus, but with the added weight and stress of responsibility. Whether media like the New York Daily News are looking to fan conservative flames with “liberals think Obama is the messiah” talking points, or just saying things like that to create juicy headlines, it should be obvious that this image is not about anything divine, but about dealing with the real world job at hand. While he is undoubtedly our leader, the question I placed inside the presidential seal “Will he take bold action or compromise too easily?” is one that I think we all need to ask about ourselves and what we’re doing to work toward what we believe in. The pitfalls of “politics as usual” aren’t reserved for politicians.

However, a lot can and will change. As Joe Strummer of The Clash once said, “The future is unwritten.” In my illustration I make reference to Gilbert Stuart’s famous unfinished portrait of George Washington to capture the idea that, although we’re quick to judge, it’s too early to tell how Obama’s presidency will turn out. Hopefully Obama and all of us who have stood behind him will do everything we can to fill in our incomplete future the way we’ve pictured it.”
- Shepard

Read the Rolling Stone Article here

Bill Clinton went to North Korea and got Euna Lee and Laura Ling pardoned.  Smooth talker.

Obama as the anti-christ.  Duh?…

via, buzzfeed

Take that Senator

After much success in DC, it seems that Greenpeace has brought Mark Jenkins’ Polar Bears to Rome to help sway some support for actions against Global Warming at the upcoming G-8 summit.  See more pics here

Man, this commercial is really awesome when you can’t understand anything.  Visually it is so on point.

After the jump is a pretty bland but informative video by the AP talking about it

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Being from DC, I hold a place in my heart for Marion Barry.  I wish I could still purchase one of those ‘Got Damn Bitch Set Me Up’ t-shirts.  Apparently he has gotten himself into another tangle, I liked this summary of his womanizing by the Washington Post

Right down the street from the TWBE office. Brooklyn, New York