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NEWS ABOUT: Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone stories: 13 news summaries

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez paid President Obama a high compliment at the UN today, asserting that he doesn't have the same satanic odor as George Bush. "I don't smell sulfur anymore," the Venezuelan leader told the General Assembly. "It's gone. Now it's the smell of something else—it's the... More »

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United Nations • Venezuela • Oliver Stone • UN General Assembly • George W. Bush • President Obama • Hugo Chavez

Stone Takes on 'Secret History of America'

Director will look at
'under-reported' events in Showtime series

Aug 19, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oliver Stone is nothing if not ambitious. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the director is prepping a 10-part documentary series entitled Secret History of America, which promises to examine important but under-reported events from the past 60 years. Stone, who will provide the narration himself, calls the Showtime project “... More »

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entertainment • cable TV • Showtime • Cold War • Vietnam War • Oliver Stone • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory • American history

(Newser) - Will Gordon Gecko have a change of heart? The fictional Wall Streeter who famously declared that "greed is good" in 1987 is returning to the big screen, Access Hollywood and Variety report. Michael Douglas and director Oliver Stone have signed on for the Wall Street sequel, which will catch... More »

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Wall Street • Hollywood • Oliver Stone • movies • Michael Douglas

La. Prosecutors
Clear Brolin
in W Bar Brawl 

But feisty actor still has fightin' words for Russell Crowe, critics

Jan 6, 09 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Louisiana prosecutors have agreed to drop all charges against Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright for a July barroom brawl the two allegedly got into while filming Oliver Stone’s W. Brolin and Wright, along with five members of the film’s crew, faced misdemeanor charges from the fight, People reports.... More »

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film • fight • Oliver Stone • Sean Penn • Josh Brolin • actor • criminal charges • Milk • brawl

 Stone Shooting Chavez Flick 

Director sticking with politics for follow-up to W

Dec 11, 08 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone is following up his Bush biopic with a documentary on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the new wave of Latin American leftism, Variety reports. Stone, who joined Chavez earlier this year in an effort to broker a deal to free hostages held by Colombian rebels, has... More »

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Latin America • film • Venezuela • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • documentary • film director • Oliver Stone • Hugo Chávez

MOVIE REVIEW

 Low Approval Ratings Greet W. 

Stone's third presidential biopic his weakest

Oct 8, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - If early reviews are any indication, Oliver Stone might want to avoid waving a “Mission Accomplished” banner. His George Bush biopic, W., is “a gutsy movie,” writes Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter, “but not necessarily a good one.” The movie comes... More »

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film • movie review • Oliver Stone • Josh Brolin • George W. Bush • biopic

MOVIE PREVIEW

 Stone's W. 
 Aims for 
 the Center 

Portrait of the president is for the 60% of folks with an 'open mind'

Sep 24, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oliver Stone is looking to attract the political center with his new movie, W., about the life our 43rd president, USA Today reports. The film, a satirical biopic starring Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, is neither hagiography or damning indictment. “I'm not interested in that radical... More »

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satire • Oliver Stone • Josh Brolin • movies • George W. Bush • biopic

Brolin, Others in W Cast Busted in Bar Brawl

Assorted actors filming Oliver Stone's movie released on bail in La.

Jul 13, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

Inside Oliver Stone's Leaked Bush Biopic Script

Slate looks at some key W moments

Apr 8, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(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
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Dick Cheney • film • alcoholism • Oliver Stone • Yale • George W. Bush

Dutch Brace
for Terror
Before Koran Shredding

Right-wing pol vows to air anti-Muslim film

Jan 21, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - The Dutch government expects violent protests in response to an anti-Muslim film—said to include images of the Koran being shredded—that a right-wing lawmaker has vowed to make public this month. Geert Wilders, one of nine members of an extremist party in the Dutch lower house, aims to expose... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Muslims • Netherlands • freedom of expression • Oliver Stone • Josh Brolin • Sundance Film Festival • Geert Wilders • Dutch government • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • George W. Bush

Director Rips Bush in Colombia Hostage Drama

Rescue undermined
by US, says Stone

Jan 7, 08 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Maverick Hollywood director Oliver Stone had a front-row seat on the scene of the failed hostage rescue mission in Colombia last month—and has returned blaming that nation's government and President Bush. "Shame on Bush,” Stone told the Guardian. Colombian rebels reneged on a deal to free two... More »

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Latin America • United States • Colombia • Oliver Stone • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • George W. Bush • hostage

Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages
in Colombia

Chavez sends choppers into jungle

Dec 29, 07 9:52 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Writer Blames Clintons for Stalled DVD

'Path to 9/11' on hold as Hillary's campaign moves forward

Sep 6, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(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. "... More »

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

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