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regret what we as a country have done so far.
Continuing the great Hollywood tradition of bashing America from the safety of other countries, actor Harrison Ford has now joined the club. According to the Australian website TheAge.com, Ford launched into a diatribe against America’s Iraq policy, gun laws, and violent films, while ensconced in Madrid. I wonder if he’d give the same speech back in the barbaric United States? At a safe distance from his homeland, Harrison Ford launched a broadside at U.S. policy on Iraq, his country's gun laws, and the film industry for producing video games for teenagers. "I'm very disturbed about the direction American foreign policy is going," said Ford, with U.S. post-war casualties having exceeded those during the actual conflict. "I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East. I don't think military intervention is the correct solution. I regret what we as a country have done so far." think American films right now are suffering from an excess of scale. Lots of movies we're seeing now are more akin to video games than stories about human life and relationships," said Ford, while noting "12- to 20-year-olds are maybe the largest economic force in the U.S. movie business." "I'm very troubled by the proliferation of arms, at the fact so many people in the United States carry guns. It obviously contributes greatly to the crime problems we have. I'm sure gun laws should be strengthened in the United States. I just don't know the correct mechanism." CronWatchNews.
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YORK- On Sunday, March 14 the magnificent American Diva of contemporary
cabaret, Rebecca Spencer will be performing in New Hope,
Pennsylvania, USA at the well known Odette's Cabaret. Her debut at that club
is sold out! But you still have a chance to see her here in town. Tomorrow
night, Friday, March 12, Rebecca will be presenting an encore performance of
WIDE AWAKE AND DREAMING at 7:00pm at Mama Rose's. This new Manhattan nightclub
is located at 219 Second Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets. The cover
charge is $ 17.50 with a two drink minimum and reservations can be made by
calling the club at (212) 533-0558. If you have not had the chance to see her
show, I urge you to make the trip! Our thanks to all of you who have. As has
been announced earlier, Becky will be honored this month at a private dinner
on March 29 hosted by Back Stage. Her debut solo CD was chosen for a 2004 Back
Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Excellence in Cabaret. She has also been
honored this week internationally as the Singer of the Month by the
Monthly Herald. Ms. Spencer is widely admired in the inner circle of cabaret
and musical theater in the United States. Attending one of her performances
would be a pure delight.
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