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11 Dec 2010 14:12

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Culture: Winona Ryder doesn’t use the Internet for some stupid reason

  • I don’t use the internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
  • Winona Ryder • Explaining that she never uses the internet outside of her Blackberry (for e-mail). “I have my e-mail on my BlackBerry, and that’s about it. I’ve never read a blog, ever,” she says. Her reasoning? Because she’s fucking weird Because she doesn’t want to take the suspense out of seeing a movie. Hey, Ms. Ryder, you know people use the internet for other things besides reading Perez Hilton, right? Perhaps this is why you haven’t had many major roles in the last decade. Just saying. (On a side note, she has an iPad; Ron Howard got her one after the filming of her upcoming movie, “The Dilemma,” wrapped.) source

31 Oct 2010 10:32

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Culture: Ron Howard: The “electric cars are gay” line stays in “The Dilemma”

  • It is a slight moment in ‘The Dilemma’ meant to demonstrate an aspect of our lead character’s personality, and we never expected it to represent our intentions or the point of view of the movie or those of us who made it.
  • Director Ron Howard • Explaining why the gay joke made in “The Dilemma” stays in, despite the uproar against gay jokes in general at the moment. Howard feels the joke is important to understanding Vince Vaughn’s character, and that his film is getting lots of negative attention at the moment because of the timing of it, in which Anderson Cooper seems to be taking on gay bullying as a personal crusade of his. (Cooper called out the movie’s trailer for the use of the phrase.) While it’s controversial, we kind of agree with Howard. Comedy is a slippery slope and not one that should be so strongly affected by PC concerns. source