He's been nominated for Oscars, was recently awarded the French Legion d'Honneur, and won dozens of Grammies and other prestigious music awards. So it really isn't a big deal that U2 lead singer Bono has now been nominated for a little thing called the Nobel Peace Prize, is it? Think again. "It's just a huge honor to be even mentioned on the same list as people like Pope John … [Read more...] about Bono Nominated for Nobel
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Film Forum: The Patriot
Round two of Mel Gibson's war with the British.℘℘℘Jack L. Warner once said he hated the kind of movie in which the hero "writes with a feather." Hollywood's aversion to the quaint details of a distant historical period helps account for the scarcity of films dealing with the American Revolutionary War. But reluctance to alienate Great Britain probably had more to do with … [Read more...] about Film Forum: The Patriot