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Oscar Winning Actress Wins Hell for Conspiracy Theory Advocacy

Everyone is up in arms about an interview that took place with actress Marion Cotillard. The 32-year old Oscar winner appeared last year on the French cinema program Paris Premiere, during which she fueled the fire of the 9/11 conspiracy.

Apparently, the French star doesn’t buy the official account of the September 11 attacks. She also questions the 1969 landing on the moon.

In reference to what happened at the World Trade Center, Cotillard said, “We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes, are they burned? There was a tower, I believe it was in Spain, which burned for 24 hours.
It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there [New York], in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed.”

Obviously, the media is doing what it does best — stirring up unnecessary controversy. In fact, this recent exposure may create a backlash in Cotillard’s career. Many people feel that her comments are entirely disrespectful and lack referential merit. Why? Because she isn’t an American? Every nation is affected by what happens in America.

A lot of angry bloggers are quick to point out that, of course she believes this ridiculous conspiracy theory, she’s a silly actress. It’s true, actors are meant to entertain, not offer their wisdom. And who cares what some actress says about the September 11 attacks?

But it seems the media has created the perfect opportunity for rightists to put a lid on speculation — hasty generalizations about her intelligence as demonstrative of the idiocy of the theory. However, no one can deny, many questions remain unanswered.

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun is an American anti-war novel, written in 1938 by Dalton Trumbo. Published in 1939, the novel illustrates the cruelty of war through the perspective of an American soldier named Joe Bonham.

During WWI, Joe suffers a debilitating injury from an artillery shell. He wakes up to a new reality — life in a hospital bed with no limbs or ears, not even a face. Joe is also stripped of his communicative capacities, unable to see, speak or hear. The text reveals a state of near lifelessness and the following nine years depict his observations, thoughts of past and present and the torment of a life confined to the mind.

Johnny Got His Gun is often used for studies in American proletarian literature, as it critiques the manner in which war effects different social classes — the upper class initiates and profits from war, while the lower class fights and dies for it.

About the Author
Dalton Trumbo was originally from Colorado. In 1925, he moved to California and started working at a bakery in Los Angeles. He eventually developed a successful career as a writer, working for large names like Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures.

Following WWII, Trumbo was among a number of people in the entertainment industry called to testify before McCarthy’s House Committee on Un-American Activities. For refusing to answer questions about involvement with the Communist Party, Trumbo and nine others became known as the Hollywood Ten. He served a year in prison and was blacklisted from the film industry until 1959.

Conformity in the Classroom - Kindergartner Suspended for Mohawk

The Associated Press printed a news story today about a kindergarten student in Ohio who was suspended for his Mohawk haircut.

Apparently, this is his third violation — the school maintains that his mother received fair warning to comply with dress code regulations. According to the mother, however, this is simply a case of discrimination. She originally sent him to school with spiked hair. As the school had a problem with that, the mother has since left it flat. Upon a recent hair cut, the school opted for disciplinary action.

The school code states, “prohibiting students dress or grooming practices include those which … materially interfere with school, work, create disorder, or disrupt the educational program.”

Check out his haircut and judge for yourself. Haircut Suspension

This is ridiculous. To amplify the issue, the school didn’t even bother to mention specifics about what was wrong with the haircut or what measures the mother should take to make things right — only that it’s disruption to class.

Tina Fey on Weekend Update - Bitches Get Stuff Done

The upcoming presidential election has been dubbed among the most important in American political history. One of the hottest issues concerns which Democratic candidate deserves the most support — Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Tina Fey recently appeared on SNL’s Weekend Update and offered her take on the issue.