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  • July 2008

    • Brolin, Others in W Cast Busted in Bar Brawl

      Shreveport Times  |  Jul 13, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      Brolin, Others in W Cast Busted in Bar Brawl

      (Newser) - Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, actors filming Oliver Stone's W in Louisiana, were among the cast and crew members arrested after a barroom tussle, reports the Shreveport Times . The busted thespians had interfered with police attempts to subdue a fellow patron, and were charged with interfering with police. Brolin was released after paying $334 bail. More »

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      police  • Louisiana  • fight  • misdemeanor  • Oliver Stone  • Josh Brolin

  • April 2008

    • Inside Oliver Stone's Leaked Bush Biopic Script

      Slate  |  Apr 8, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Inside Oliver Stone's Leaked Bush Biopic Script

      (Newser) - The script for Oliver Stone’s biopic about George Bush has leaked to the press, and Juliet Lapidos picked through it to find some choice lines for Slate: The future president’s proudest moment at Yale? Pouring “cheap vodka into a large garbage can” while another frat pledge “mixes in orange juice.” The day after he turns 40, a hung-over Bush gives up on a jog: “Heart POUNDING in his chest. ... Then leans over, retching.” More »

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      George W. Bush  • film  • Dick Cheney  • alcoholism  • Yale  • Oliver Stone

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages in Colombia

      BBC  |  Dec 29, 07 9:52 AM CST

      Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages in Colombia

      (Newser) - Helicopters sent by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to rescue hostages from Colombian rebels have landed at the edge of a Colombian wilderness and are awaiting a go-ahead from the rebels, the BBC reports. Guerrillas plan to release two women, seized more than five years ago, and a young boy fathered in captivity. International observers shadowing the operation include filmmaker Oliver Stone. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Oliver Stone

  • September 2007

    • Writer Blames Clintons for Stalled DVD

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 6, 07 1:44 PM CDT

      Writer Blames Clintons for Stalled DVD

      (Newser) - The Clinton campaign has blocked the DVD release of "The Path to 9/11," the writer of the controversial miniseries tells the LA Times. Democrats criticized it when it aired last year, and writer Cyrus Nowrasteh says the Clintons don't like the way it portrays Bill's presidency. "This is a bad precedent, a dangerous precedent," he says. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • censorship  • ABC  • Oliver Stone

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