Tag Archives: producer

NPR Affiliated News Producer Fantasizes About Leaving Rush Limbaugh for Dead

Posted on by
3

Sarah Spitz, a producer for the NPR affiliate KCRW based out of Santa Monica, recently learned a lesson about how private e-mail is isn’t. Spitz evidently made comments about how she fantasizes walking away from Rush Limbaugh if he was dying without helping him. Wow.

The thing is, I can certainly understand Spitz’s views of Limbaugh as an overbearing, ignorant buffoon. I offer as an example the following from Limbaugh’s 2009 interview with CNBC’s Mark Haines following Limbaugh’s comments calling Obama a political hack and stating unequivocally that he hopes President Obama fails:

Haines: I’m sorry a week after the inauguration you said you hope he fails. Are you now admitting that it was a stupid and mean-spirited thing to say?

Rush: No, it was an accurate thing to say, it was an honest thing to say and it came…

Haines: Well then how is that bipartisan?

Rush: Well, if you’ll let me explain.

Haines: Well so far you haven’t.

Rush: You’ve been contentious for no reason. It came after a thorough explanation and my belief that liberalism is what Obama represents destroys the free market, destroys capitalism and this stimulus plan is all about re-FDRing America, the New Deal and as a conservative I want liberalism to fail. I want the country to succeed. And that’s what I meant and that’s what I over and over again., You’ve got to stop reading these left wing media sites…

So, yeah, I can understand Spitz’s vehement distaste for the king of all dittoheads (or pinheads, if you want to go all O’Reilly). That said, though, picturing yourself walking away from a dying human being, no matter who he or she might be, is kind of sick.

The thing is, she is as a news producer in the public eye to a degree. If you make inflammatory statements like that and you’re a plumber or a doctor or a gas station attendant, it’s not very likely that it would be picked up on a national level. If you work in the field of journalism, if you …
Continue reading →



You Might Also Like ...

Schwarzenegger Beefing up Commission for the Status of Women with Geena Davis and Alexandra Gleysteen

Posted on by
2

Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis, who has a history of playing roles with a feminist beat to them (Thelma and Louise and A League of Their Own, to name a few), is moving on to a new role—working as an employee of the state of California. Yup, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has recently tapped Davis to join the Commission on the Status of Women. This is all pending approval from the California state senate, of course.

You know, I like Geena Davis. With the exception of that stupid Cutthroat Island, I think she’s made some great movie choices throughout her career. I mean, she was in Beetlejuice. ‘Nuff said. I honestly didn’t know, though, about the work she has done for women’s rights. It’s fairly considerable.

From News24:

Davis, who has starred in films such as Tootsie, The Accidental Tourist and Thelma and Louise, is the founder of the “Geena Davis Institute on Gender in the Media.”

She set the group up after watching G-rated films and shows with her young daughter with the aim of reducing gender stereotyping in film and television and increasing the percentages of female characters.

Continue reading →



You Might Also Like ...

Breast Shadow Puppets to Raise Money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Posted on by
5

Australian hit Busting Out! is on its way to Edinburgh to raise money for a Scottish breast cancer organization. The show, which features topless stars partaking in “breast-based contortions along with songs, dance, and comedy sketches,” is produced by the same people that brought us The Vagina Monologues.

From The Scotsman:

Busting Out! has been an Australian festival hit. Billed as a graphic and “raucously entertaining’” show – and an “empowering and affirming celebration of the female body” – it has been brought to Edinburgh by the original producer of the Vagina Monologues.

The early evening show includes performers Emma Powell and Bev Killick doing shadow puppets of the Taj Mahal and camels with their breasts, as well as inviting audience members to join a bra-removal competition. They are topless for much of its 75 minutes.

But while the show breaks taboos, said UK producer Mark Goucher, it is far removed from bawdy Fringe fare, such as Puppetry of the Penis or late-night cabaret acts.

“It is not vulgar, it is not Burlesque. It is really a celebration of women’s bodies,” he said.

Part of me cannot help but think that a show that proudly advertises “breast contortions” (which frankly sounds kind of painful) …

Continue reading →



You Might Also Like ...

Angelina Jolie Another Woman Making Strides in a Male-Dominated Field

Posted on by
17

Angelina Jolie is a hot button topic, no question. There’s the role she might or might not have played in the demise of Brad Pitt’s marriage to Jennifer Aniston. The fact that she chooses to adopt children from other countries when there are plenty of children in need right here in the USA. The blood vial necklace. The, uh, intense public kiss with her brother. The fact that her father is totally bananas. However, Jolie has forged a great path for women in the movie industry, particular in the action/adventure genre, with her $20 million dollar payout for next summer’s action flick Salt … and the victory is especially sweet when you consider that the role was intended for a man (well, if you consider Tom Cruise to be a man).

From Yahoo:

“It’s definitely unusual that a female has become an action star,” “Salt” producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura says. “But it’s a funny thing. She’s not a female action star; she’s an action star. She’s really the first female to transcend gender. I don’t think it’s occurred before.”

Continue reading →



You Might Also Like ...