Also in Thursday morning’s briefs: Bill Clinton heads to Monaco for celebrity fundraising, Obama is criticized for helping Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film on Osama bin Laden, and a pair of fan-friendly sites team up for ticket initiative.
Kanye West Hosts Cannes Party and Premiere
The hip-hop artist debuted Cruel Summer at a beachside venue in Cannes Wednesday night. The project, a fusion of short film and art installation, will be available to the public for two days of screenings via www.cruelsummer.com. Rumors flew that he would perform as happened last year at the festival, but West opted out this time around.
President Clinton, Prince Albert Raise Cash in Monaco
The first annual Nights in Monaco gala raised $750K for the former president’s William J. Clinton Foundation and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Princess Caroline, Diane Kruger, Joshua Jackson, Billy Zane and Rose McGowan were among the attendees. The event coincided with the Cannes Film Festival, about a 45-minute drive away.
Entertainment One Nabs Freaky Deaky
Charlie Matthau’s homage to the ’70s will go to eOne, the company announced from Cannes. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1988 novel of the same name, the film stars Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White and Christian Slater in a darkly comic tale of murder, manipulation, money and movies. It premiered last month at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Around the ‘net…
Obama Admin Under Fire for Hollywood Bin Laden Access
The Administration is taking some heat for granting Kathryn Bigelow access to the Navy SEAL team that killed the Al Qaeda leader last year, The Guardian reports.
Sony Snaps up Ethan Hawke Time-Travel Thriller
The sci-fi action thriller Predestination has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. The story “chronicles the life of…
Gay Fish has finally swam out of his solid gold coral kingdom to address the court about his Katrina-era “George W. Bush doesn’t care about black people” comment making the former president feel all grody on the inside. Kanye West didn’t launch one of his signature BITCH BOGUS responses. Nope, Gay Fish let his silky panties droop as he calmly sashayed up ye high road. I prefer my Gay Fish with an extra drizzle of CRAZY CUNT BITCH on top, so I’m not exactly devouring what he’s serving.
In an interview with a radio station in Houston today, Kanye had this to say about Dubya calling Gay Fish’s comments one of the most disgusting moments in his entire presidency:
“I definitely can understand the way he feels, to be accused of being a racist in any way, because the same thing happened to me, where I got accused of being a racist,” West replied, referring to the aftermath of his run-in with Taylor Swift last fall. For both situations, it was basically a lack of compassion that America felt in that situation. With him, it was a lack of compassion of him not rushing, him not taking the time to rush down to New Orleans. For me, it was a lack of compassion of cutting someone off in their moment. But nonetheless, I think we’re all quick to pull a race card in America. And now I’m more open, and the poetic justice that I feel, to have went through the same thing that he went [through] — and now I really more connect with him on just a humanitarian level.”
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Full Story »George W. Bush’s memoir isn’t a picture book filled with doodles and scratch ‘n sniff pages. I wish. If it was I’d be the first bottom (Definition of “bottom” – My kindergarten teacher’s nickname for ass cheeks. Not the other thing, you dirty fuck!) on the carpet to watch Bush show us experts from his book at Barnes & Noble. No, Bush’s memoir is filled with words, a lot of them. And in his book he gives a shout out to GAY FISH! Bush says that one of my favorite moments in television history was also one of the most disgusting moments in his entire presidency. Almost as disgusting as the time Laura snuck spinach into his brownies to trick him into eating more green veggies. DAMN THAT LAURA!
In an interview with Matt Lauer airing on NBC next week, Bush explains why he wasn’t laughing with the rest of us when he watched Kanye West’s random punchline followed by Mike Myers’ “IS THIS REAL LIFE?” face and Chris Tucker’s “What in the…” bulging eyes. EW reports:
“He called me a racist,” Bush tells Lauer. “And I didn’t appreciate it then. I don’t appreciate it now. It’s one thing to say, ‘I don’t appreciate the way he’s handled his business.’ It’s another thing to say, ‘This man’s a racist.’ I resent it, it’s not true.”
Lauer quotes from Bush’s new book: “Five years later I can barely write those words without feeling disgust.” Lauer adds, “You go on: ‘I faced a lot of criticism as President. I didn’t like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time
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