Windows Toward the World (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... a torn gift tag flaps in the breeze—a fragment that will modify, punctuate the morning like a Forrest-Gump feather. Three words were left legible: All I need.
Clear Lake Reflections (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Bring it on.This storm is obviously personally intended for me.I'm sorry if anyone else becomes inconvenienced.I intend to stand on the roof, braced against the wind, like Lt. Dan in "Forrest Gump," railing against God."IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT?"Or maybe...
Building The Dam (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
It's Day 4 in Corvallis, with this afternoon's 2pm practice at Prothero Field being the last before the team straps on the full gear tomorrow. As we learned from that bumper sticker in Forrest Gump, "Shi..." well, just go to the 5:30 mark in the clip below and watch for about 30 seconds. Just do it. That kind of thing has been happening frequently these days, and it's now time to attempt...
The Amateur Gourmet (Free subscription) | yesterday
... denounced by the Pope? There's no clear thread. If you're to believe Claiborne's account, he's the Forrest Gump of food writers: bumbling along, he noshes his way through World War II, sampling his first French fare in Morocco; he parlays his military status into a stint at a hotel school in Switzerland which, later, gets him in the door at Gourmet Magazine where he becomes a receptionist,...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
... full retard" in his Oscar chasing roles, as Tugg did in Simple Jack . He uses examples such as Forrest Gump and Rain Man to make his case and the scene in the film actually goes on a bit longer than that. Well, as I was doing my searching, looking for the website simplejackmovie.com it was coming up empty even though it was still linked from Stiller's movie character's website tuggspeedman.com...
Movie-Moron (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Jnr), pretending to be an African-American, makes a point about characters like Rain Man and Forrest Gump - they never go “full retarded”, they always have some special skill.* Clip 2: While arguing over Speedman’s (Ben Stiller) abilities as a “one man g.p.s.”, Kirk (Robert Downey Jnr) forgets his own ethnic background. (more…) Bookmark It
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of old Hollywood films that trotted out able-bodied actors in disability drag, like Tom Hanks in “Forrest Gump,” Dustin Hoffman in “Rain Man” and Sean Penn in “I am Sam.” Stiller isn’t laughing at people with intellectual disabilities, I can imagine his publicist saying. He’s laughing at the way Hollywood portrays them. But for the estimated 14.3 million Americans with cognitive disabilities...
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... depiction of it any less broad than, say, Robert Zemeckis's toontown evocation of 60s Americana in Forrest Gump. The whole thing looks suspiciously freshly scrubbed, with West its preening poster boy. On-stage, West, shirtless and self-lacerating, does mere mimicry, clutching his microphone close and wailing with just the right sneer to allow a glimmer of crooked teeth; off-stage,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
As a Tampa Bay resident with Forrest Gump-like luck, I found myself sitting literally a foot away from the protesters from Uhuru during the Obama...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... that the episode benefited from being a production of Paramount, which had just developed useful “Forrest Gump” technology used for inserting Tom Hanks into to all sorts of old film footage. DS9 showrunner Ira Steven Behr has an astonishing story about spotting Charlie Brill (Darvin) in a Beverly Hills pizzeria as he was having a conversation about bringing Brill’s character back...
Defamer (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... a sendup of old Hollywood films that trotted out able-bodied actors in disability drag, like in Forrest Gump, in Rain Man and in I am Sam. Stiller isn’t laughing at people with intellectual disabilities, I can imagine his publicist saying. He’s laughing at the way Hollywood portrays them.But for the estimated 14.3 million Americans with cognitive disabilities and their families, such...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... novel," she said. The novel is one Parker hopes to have adapted for screenplay, reminiscent of Forrest Gump. MAYO Communications is a full service entertainment and public relations firm based in LA with bureaus in San Diego, New York and Bern, Switzerland. For more about MAYO Communications visit: or call 818-340-5300. For more about Paula Parker Designs visit: .
JFActivist (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... meant as comedic reference to Hollywood films that starred non-disabled actors in disabled roles (Forrest Gump, Rain Man, etc.), lots of folks aren't laughing, including the 14.3 million Americans with cognitive disabilities, their friends, and families. A clip of the movie and an unofficial transcript follows: ( WARNING: Much of the dialogue contains offensive language) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... and centrists that has quietly been gathering in private homes and restaurants, organized by Forrest Gump actor Gary Sinise. Of course, one or two positive moves in the direction of ideological diversity isn’t about to make a dent in Tinseltown’s near-uniform politics. Just ask Edgar Award-winning crime novelist and screenwriter Andrew Klavan, who’s had books and screenplays made...
