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Sarah Palin Responds to Gabrielle Giffords Tragedy; Decries "Mindless Finger Pointing"

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In a new video, Sarah Palin has decried the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords , along with the finger-pointing she believes has made her a scapegoat of sorts. Slamming critics who say she bears blame, she says “We must reject the idea that [when] a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker.” Check out her full video response here and comment below: Sarah Palin Speaks on Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Sarah drew criticism after it was discovered that Rep. Giffords was targeted in Palin’s crosshairs map of GOP takeover opportunities released last fall. Palin says media figures “manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.” Pointing fingers at finger-pointing, the former Governor adds: “We are better than the mindless finger pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy.” What do you think? Is Sarah Palin partly to blame?

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Chely Wright Speaks on Death Threats, Reaction to Sexual Orientation

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Chely Wright came out as a gay country artist in May 2010. But while some critics may believe that announcement was publicity-driven, Wright says the result has been anything but positive for her career. “I haven’t talked about the negative,” Wright said this week. “You won’t hear me bitching and moaning on my Facebook about the hate mail I’ve gotten. My life has been threatened. I get nasty letters every day, ‘I’m through with you Chely Wright, you’re going to hell.'” Has Wright received support from fellow singers? Only from Mary Chapin Carpenter, at least in public. “They wouldn’t want their fans to know they were LGBT friendly,” the singer says of private messages other stars have offered. “There are also artist friends who I never heard from again. There are a lot of other people in the industry that I had a friendly email relationship with, or would occasionally text with, that I have not heard a word from.”

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Miley Cyrus to Anchor Supernatural Thriller?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The movie offers continue to come in for Miley Cyrus. First, her mother reportedly optioned the rights for a music video to be made into a feature-length film. Now, the screenwriter behind Disturbia and Paranormal Activity 2 has said in a new interview that he hopes to work with Cyrus on “Wake,” a big screen version of Lisa McMann’s book series. “It’s sort of a vehicle for Miley Cyrus,” Landon says. “She is looking to sort of get out of her cutesy Hannah Montana image… She wanted to do something a little edgier and a little darker, so we’re making this movie hopefully… It’s about a teenage girl who has a rare form of narcalepsy. When she’s within a certain distance of someone sleeping, she passes out and goes into their dreams.” Landon says there’s “definitely a spooky element to it.” Cyrus has made it clear she hopes to be taken seriously as a movie actress. She just finished filming LOL with Demi Moore and Ashley Greene.