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flyonthewall2983 wrote:It's Tuesday and no one mentioned Gary Busey?

tavernier wrote:Just got back from the taping of tonight's Daily Show and Jon Stewart explains how the gal from Once "asked" to return to the stage to speak.

domino harvey wrote:I've been seeing some references lately to Cotillard making "controversial" comments either at our after the Oscars-- anyone know what she said?

Marion Cotillard 'in shock' over 9/11 row, but will not apologise

Marion Cotillard, the Oscar-winning French actress, will not apologise over remarks she made describing the 9/11 attacks as a conspiracy and believes that the comments had been taken out of context and misunderstood.

Cotillard, who won the Best Actress statuette last week for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, has claimed that the September 11 atrocity had been orchestrated by the owners of the Twin Towers.

The comments, made in an interview first broadcast a year ago, have resurfaced on the internet since her Oscar victory.

Cotillard said that the towers were destroyed not as part of a terrorist plot, but because it would have been too expensive to rewire them. She also reheated an old conspiracy theory about the 1969 moon landing never having happened.

The actress's agent, Bastien Duval, told The Times that Cotillard, who charmed the crowd with her emotional acceptance speech after winning her Oscar, was "still in shock" at the angry reaction to her comments in the United States.

Mr Duval said that the interview was filmed after a broadcast on Coluche, a French comedian killed in a motorcycle accident in 1986, and she had simply made clear that she intended to form her own opinion about the events of September 11 rather than follow the official version, that it was a terrorist attack led by al-Qaeda.

"This reportage has been taken out of context and one can only condemn such practices," he said.

"Marion deplores that. She is currently filming in Chicago and has a lot of work. She is in an ocean of happiness and voila, this row blows up. It's rather strange. It's an old report, not at all current. Why bring it out now ?

"I talked three times to Marion overnight. This is worrying her. She is still in shock and does not really know how to react. She doesn't have to apologise for a badly presented and badly interpreted reportage."

He added: "She hopes that the Americans will have enough distance to understand, but her career is not just American. She can make films everywhere."

The New York Post has said that the 32-year-old actress had jeopardised the goodwill created by her Oscar win with her comments about the "money-sucking" towers.

It pointed out that she was soon to start filming her biggest role yet, in Public Enemies with Johnny Depp.

Readers of the Post's online edition were less charitable, dozens of them posting comments attacking Cotillard.

"She's just another moron talking about a subject she knows nothing about," said one. "The fact the she's also French adds insult to injury."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today said it would not revoke Ms Cotillard's Oscar.

"The opinions expressed by Academy Award winners are solely their own," said Leslie Unger, a spokeswoman for the Academy, whose 5,829 members voted Ms Cotillard the best actress of 2007, beating other nominees, including Julie Christie.

"Ms Cotillard is free to express whatever views she has, but they have nothing to do with the Academy or the Academy Awards. Oscars are not revoked in light of any expressions of opinion. The Oscar is recognition of work done in film; nothing more and nothing less."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today said it would not revoke Ms Cotillard's Oscar.

"She's just another moron talking about a subject she knows nothing about," said one. "The fact the she's also French adds insult to injury."

fiddlesticks wrote:

"She's just another moron talking about a subject she knows nothing about," said one. "The fact the she's also French adds insult to injury."

This should be moved directly into the Rediculous Customer & Critics Reviews thread.

Belmondo wrote:

fiddlesticks wrote:

"She's just another moron talking about a subject she knows nothing about," said one. "The fact the she's also French adds insult to injury."

This should be moved directly into the Rediculous Customer & Critics Reviews thread.

Not so fast. There was a time when much of the world would be heavily influenced by either the English model or the French model. The French lost and have never gotten over it. And, after their capitulation and collaboration in World War II, they simply can't forgive us for saving their pompous asses and compensate by putting forth crackpot "auteur" theories and political nonsense which, if anything, should all be moved to the Jerry Lewis thread.
Just an opinion ... merde.

Cotillard said that the towers were destroyed not as part of a terrorist plot, but because it would have been too expensive to rewire them.

Antoine Doinel wrote:There's a "freedom fries" joke in here somewhere....

fiddlesticks wrote:it was my congressman that came up with Freedom Fries (or at least made them famous)

Three of the nine finalists for the foreign language film nomination will now be chosen by a committee.

In the past, all nine films were chosen by a vote of all academy members who had seen a minimum number of eligible films.