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The News International (blog)
April 22, 2018
The list of Forman's movies is long and varied. But a common streak is evident in almost all of his films: the struggle against senseless and useless authoritarianism. 'People vs Larry Flint' (1997), which is based on a real court case, shows how freedom of expression is crushed on the pretext of obscenity.
WTHR
April 14, 2018
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian caricaturist Mihai Stanescu, censored for mocking the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, has died at 78. Daiana Stanescu said her father died early Saturday in Bucharest following a long illness. Under communism, Stanescu made fun of Ceausescu'sÃâà...
WTHR
April 14, 2018
CINCINNATI (AP) — The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati says it plans to celebrate the life of singer and activist Mavis Staples with one of the museum's highest honors. The center will present Staples with the Everyday Freedom Hero Award at a reception on Friday. StaplesÃâà...
Haaretz
April 14, 2018
Larry Flint” (1996) was an ill-advised attempt to paint the Hustler magazine publisher as a free-speech advocate. “Man on the Moon,” based on the life of cult hero Andy Kaufman, did win its star, Jim Carrey, a Golden Globe. But it also failed to fully convey Kaufman's pioneering style of offbeat comedy or theÃâà...
WZZM13.com
April 14, 2018
The movie world is paying respects to the late Milos Forman. The Czech filmmaker, whose American movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus won numerous Academy Awards, died Saturday at 86. Here is how stars are reacting to the news on social media, starting with actor Josh Gad, whoÃâà...
Times of India
April 14, 2018
You deserve the death penalty first, just like your friend Salman bhaiLarry Flint. In Kathua, an eight-year-old girl from the nomadic Bakerwal community had gone missing from near her house on January 10 and a week later, her body was found in the same area. In the Unnao case, a 17-year-old girl hasÃâà...
ABC News
April 14, 2018
The late AP Entertainmenter Writer Bob Thomas contributed to this report. ———. This story has been corrected to show the name of the 1996 film about the Hustler magazine publisher is "The People vs. Larry Flynt," not "The People vs. Larry Flint" and that "Taking Off" was released in 1971, not 1969.
WTHR
April 14, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation finds that even as Hollywood moguls, elite journalists and politicians have been pushed out of their jobs or resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, the world of medicine is more forgiving. Even when doctors are disciplined, their punishmentÃâà...
Twitchy
April 10, 2018
Exclusive: In the 2008 election Larry Flint made a fake Sarah Palin Sex Tape that was applauded by NBC https://t.co/1G2YMIIGVu. — Rob Tam (@robtr2) April 11, 2018Ãâà...
Washingtonian.com
March 17, 2018
The year after that John F. Kennedy Jr. brought the Hustler publisher Larry Flint to dine with George magazine. The New York Times boycotted, with then DC bureau chief Michael Oreskes (yes, him) calling the event “unseemly” and a “circus.” But Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, willÃâà...
Raw Story
March 10, 2018
“Has anyone offered, has anyone, including Larry Flint, but I want to ask this in universal sense, has anyone offered to pony up the million dollars to protect her and say 'here, I'm good for it, go tell your story'?” Smerconish asked. “At least ten individuals in the last three days alone,” Avenatti replied.
ExpressNewsline
March 10, 2018
"Has anyone offered, has anyone, including Larry Flint, but I want to ask this in universal sense, has anyone offered to pony up the million dollars to protect her and say "here, I'm good for it, go tell your story"?" The agreement uses pseudonyms, referring to Clifford as Peggy Peterson and another individualÃâà...
The New Civil Rights Movement
March 10, 2018
“Has anyone offered, has anyone, including Larry Flint, but I want to ask this in universal sense, has anyone offered to pony up the million dollars to protect her and say 'here, I'm good for it, go tell your story'?” Smerconish asked. “At least ten individuals in the last three days alone,” Avenatti replied.
KMBZ
March 8, 2018
And that famous United States vs Larry Flint Flint case one of his famous quotes is. It has to protect dirt bags like me so that it will protect you from the lowest of the low. You have to protect people like me. So that we are all protected. 57677. And hey it is sump pump time around Kansas City to spring rainsÃâà...
PopCulture.com
March 6, 2018
27, 2018, and his estate is estimated to be worth around $43 million, which seems like a surprisingly low number considering that in October of 2017 Town and Country reported that his Hustler competitor Larry Flint has a net-worth estimated to be around $500 million. After his passing, it was announcedÃâà...
Times of India
March 1, 2018
First class tickets to leave India were given by the BJP with the blessing of PM ModiLarry Flint. In the wake of economic offenders like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya fleeing the country, the Cabinet was discussing the contours of a new law to confiscate assets of those who get away with unpaidÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
February 27, 2018
... in “White Men Can't Jump,” “Natural Born Killers,” “No Country for Old Men” and the HBO movie “Game Change.” In 2010, he received an best supporting role nomination for his role in “The Messenger.” He was nominated for best actor in a leading role Oscar for the 1996 film “The People vs. Larry Flint.”Ãâà...
WAAF.com (blog)
February 26, 2018
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Lexology
February 24, 2018
Larry Flint, your typical sexist beer ads would not rise to the level of illegally obscene. As explained by the FCC “obscene content” must meet a three-pronged test established by the US Supreme Court, “it must appeal to an average person's prurient interest; depict or describe sexual conduct in a 'patentlyÃâà...
The National
February 20, 2018
This unexpected change of direction set the tone for a new-look Harrelson, starring in critically acclaimed movies such as 1996's The People vs Larry Flint, for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination; Michael Winterbottom's 1997 drama Welcome to Sarajevo, and the Coen brothers' 2007 BestÃâà...
News-Press Now
February 3, 2018
Survivors include: his wife; children, Lori Flint Petersen (Pete) and Christopher Flint (Betsy), all of St. Joseph; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Charles Flint (Joan), St. Joseph, and Larry Flint (Karen), Lees Summit, Missouri; sister, Helen McClain, Louisburg, Kansas; and numerousÃâà...
CBS Sacramento
December 28, 2017
Seaman isn't too happy about pornographic publisher Larry Flint's Hustler Hollywood chain opening up nearby. “Why is it going there closer to us?” Seaman said. She and other neighborhood activists say the county is allowing the area to be filled with too many businesses that are bringing the area down.
Deadline
October 16, 2017
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is looking to impeach Donald Trump with a newspaper ad. The founder of the iconic adult entertainment empire, who has taken out similar ads that led to success, took out a full-page ad offering $10 million for information that would lead to the impeachment of Donald Trump.
PEOPLE.com
October 14, 2017
In an interview from the red carpet of the Comedy's Central's 2005 roast of Pamela Anderson, Love was asked by comedian Natasha Leggero what advice she has for young women trying to make it in Hollywood. “Ummm… I'll get libeled if I say it,” Love, 53, says at first in video of the chat unearthed by TMZ.
NPR
November 20, 2013
Joseph Paul Franklin, the white supremacist who was convicted of eight murders, suspected in as many as 20 others and who shot Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in 1978, was put to death Wednesday in Missouri. St. Louis Public Radio followed the news overnight as Franklin ran out of legal challenges.
411mania.com
December 31, 1999
That's a beautiful name—just ask Larry Flint. Althea is a badass in a Furiosa kinda way. We can probably assume Liam Neeson taught her some very particular skills, right? Maggie Grace dies in a lot of things, so I'm kinda hoping she lives through this. This might also be a cool chance for her to be a seriousÃâà...
The Digital Bits
December 31, 1999
Larry Flint fame. He was 86. You can read more here at The New York Times. Sadly, we must also recognize the passing of actor R. Lee Ermey, best known as the drill instructor in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, though other notable film roles include Toy Story 1-3, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, andÃâà...
Tri-City Herald
December 31, 1999
Raul Mendez Garcia celebrates his U.S. citizenship Monday by posing for photos with Barry Moravek, left, and Larry Flint, members of the Sons of the American Revolution, during a ceremony held at the U.S. District Court in Richland. Senior Judge Ed Shea conducted the swearing-in ceremony for 25 localÃâà...
Yahoo Finance UK
December 31, 1999
Al Jean, the veteran Simpsons writer, said the professor had “a sense of humor as vast as the universe” . He recalled that Hawking would tell jokes when he came to the show's 'table reads', and wrote the mistaken identity line, sending himself up when Homer shouts out “Larry Flint is right, you guys stink!”Ãâà...
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