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 100 Defining 
 Moments 
 of the '00s 

The iPod, Guitar Hero, Twitter—and some serious moments, too

Oct 30, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far:
  • April 2000: Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster.
  • October 2001: The iPod is released.
  • February
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hurricane Katrina • James Cameron • YouTube • Academy Awards • Al Gore • World Trade Center • iPod • September 11 • An Inconvenient Truth • Michael Moore • Michael Jackson • Napster • Metallica • Guitar Hero • Sacha Baron Cohen • Dreams From My Father • George W. Bush • Twitter • 9/11 attacks • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • PlayStation 2 • Stephen Fry • tweet • Jay-ZTV • Avatar (film)

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Chavez Supporters 
 Can't Take Moore's Joke 

Filmmaker's Jimmy Kimmel interview irks Chavistas

Oct 26, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - So Michael Moore and Hugo Chavez walk into a hotel, split a bottle and a half of tequila, and ... what's the punchline? There isn't one for Chavistas torqued over the filmmaker's joke to Jimmy Kimmel that the two partied down at the Venice Film Festival, and Moore's claim that he... More »

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Venezuela • joke • Jimmy Kimmel • Michael Moore • tequila • Hugo Chavez

payback

 Michael Moore Attracts 
 His Own Gadflies 

Veritable 'cottage industry' of negative docs on documentarian

Oct 23, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore makes a living speaking truth to power, and an assortment of other filmmakers are lining up to speak truth to him. “There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made,” he tells the Wall Street Journal. They include Fahrenhype 9/11, Celsius ... More »

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entertainment • film • Michael Moore • movies • documentary film • Capitalism: A Love Story • Shooting Michael Moore • Kevin Leffler • Flint, Michigan

Moore, Hannity Spar Over Capitalism

Filmmaker catches Hannity in fib about church attendance

Oct 7, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore and Sean Hannity didn't exactly take off the gloves, but they did mix it up in a spirited exchange about the roots of the financial crisis on Hannity's Fox News show last night. Moore, appearing to promote his latest, Capitalism: A Love Story, scored his best punch... More »

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Fox News • Michael Moore • Sean Hannity • Capitalism: A Love Story

box office roundup

 Zombieland Conquers US 

Woody Harrelson vehicle dethrones Meatballs in debut weekend

Oct 4, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland raked in $25 million to dominate the box office in its debut weekend, easily dethroning Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, which had held the top spot the previous two weekends. The R-rated comic horror movie starring Woody Harrelson drew an overwhelmingly young audience, with 56% under 25, Variety ... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Michael Moore • box office • Drew Barrymore • movie industry • movies • Woody Harrelson • Zombieland • Capitalism: A Love Story • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surrogates • The Invention of Lying • Whip It • Toy Story

MOVIE REVIEW

 Capitalism Is Moore 
 at His Messy Best 

Filmmaker's full-on assault on the system is his richest work yet

Oct 2, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore makes Wall Street feel his wrath in Capitalism: A Love Story, and the results, say critics, are frequently annoying, sometimes brilliant, and guaranteed to provoke—in short, everything you'd expect from Moore.
  • The movie, Moore's "liviest, most radical" yet, is no "eye-glazing tutorial on
... More »

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movie review • Michael Moore • documentary • Capitalism: A Love Story

preview

 Moore's Latest 
 Slams Love Affair 
 With Capitalism 

Filmmaker's 'magnum opus' sticks up for the little guy

Sep 7, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore’s latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, which had its debut last night at the Venice Film Festival, isn't likely to match the “political impact” of Fahrenheit 9/11, but you might still call it his “magnum opus: the grandest statement of his career-long belief that big... More »

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entertainment • film • capitalism • Michael Moore • documentary • movies • Capitalism: A Love Story

 Moore Rips 
 Tinseltown 
 Moneybags 
 at Film Fest 

'I can pay for my own movies now,' boasts filmmaker

Sep 6, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lefty gadfly Michael Moore couldn't resist deriding the same well-heeled execs who bankrolled his latest movie at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. "One of the beautiful flaws of capitalism is they will use the rope you give them to hang themselves if you can make a buck," Moore... More »

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Hollywood • film • Sicko • capitalism • Michael Moore • Venice Film Festival • movies • tinseltown

OPINION

 Fall Films Worth Seeing 


Aug 18, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Entertainment Weekly looks at the most promising movies for the fall. Here's a sampling:
  • 9: Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short about sentient rag dolls gets a big-screen treatment courtesy of producer Tim Burton.
  • The Informant: Matt Damon gained 30 pounds for Steven Soderbergh’s film on corporate
... More »

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entertainment • Leonardo DiCaprio • Michael Moore • Viggo Mortensen • Tim Burton • Cormac McCarthy • Megan Fox • Woody Harrelson

Moore Says
He Might Be Done With Documentaries

He's working on
two screenplays

Aug 1, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore’s upcoming Capitalism: A Love Story might be his final documentary, he tells the Detroit News. "While I've been making this film, I've been thinking that maybe this will be my last documentary," Moore says. "Or maybe for a while." Instead, the most successful... More »

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entertainment • film • capitalism • Michael Moore • documentary • movies • political movies

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Pam Heads Back to Baywatch 

Plus, two celebs face divorce, and more

Jul 9, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only is Baywatch coming to the big screen: Pamela Anderson may be coming with it. The actor and her red swimsuit are rumored to be making a cameo appearance in the “tongue in cheek” comedy, the New York Daily News reports. Elsewhere:
  • The wives of Eddie Furlong
... More »

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entertainment • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • Michael Moore • Kate Hudson • Pamela Anderson • celebrity divorces • Baywatch • David Alan Grier

 Michael Moore 
 Wants to 
 'Save Our 
 CEOs'

Teaser trailer is actually stunt for new movie

Jun 15, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Let the viral marketing begin. Michael Moore pulled a fast one on New York moviegoers Friday night when, instead of a conventional trailer for his new film, he appeared onscreen Will Rogers-style asking for donations to “save our CEOs,” the New York Daily News reports. Audience reactions were... More »

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entertainment • executive compensation • Michael Moore • documentary • bailout • Wall Street bailout • financial meltdown

Moore's New Movie Targets Wall St. 'Bloodsuckers'

After Bush, GM, and guns, filmmakers sets sights on 'robber barons' behind crisis

Jun 11, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore promises to tear chunks out of the people behind the Wall Street meltdown in his new movie, USA Today reports. The documentary filmmaker, who calls the financial crisis "the biggest robbery in the history of this country," is targeting the corporations and politicians responsible. He... More »

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Wall Street • Michael Moore • documentary • documentary film • financial crisis

OPINION

 Michael Moore: 
 9 Ways to Rise 
 From GM's Ashes 

Let's use their facilities to overhaul America's transit

Jun 1, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The end of General Motors is an opportunity for an America that now owns 60% of the company, writes Michael Moore. Let’s take advantage of the death of a firm that built poor cars, battled environmental rules, and shipped jobs away by using its facilities to implement a new... More »

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energy • environment • alternative energy • bankruptcy • General Motors • Michael Moore • public transportation • electric cars • hybrid car

OPINION

 Moore: I'm Not Dems' Limbaugh 

People agree with me

Mar 6, 09 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Just as Democrats are gleefully strapping Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, President Bush’s team once hatched a plan to tie filmmaker Michael Moore to Democrats. But, Moore writes for the Huffington Post, there’s one crucial difference between him and Rush: “The American people agree with me,... More »

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Democrats • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Michael Moore • liberal • George W. Bush • Republicans • Bill Maher Grid

 Fed-Up Photog 
 Ready to 
 Sue Moore 

Filmmaker used iconic pic without permission

Jan 15, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Moore may have gone too far this time: Prize-winning photographer Michael Yon is readying a lawsuit against the filmmaker for using one of his iconic photos from Iraq without permission, the New York Post reports. The image of an American soldier carrying the bloody body of an Iraqi child... More »

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Iraq • photography • lawsuit • photograph • Michael Moore • copyright infringement • photojournalist • Michael Yon

 Dixie Chicks 
 Sued for Libel 
 in Murder Case 

Lead singer accused plaintiff of murdering 3 boys

Dec 5, 08 2:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Outspoken country music stars the Dixie Chicks are being sued for libel and defamation by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old Arkansas boys murdered 15 years ago. Plaintiff Terry Hobbs claims Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines accused him of the murders at a Little Rock rally in support... More »

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murder • DNA • libel • Michael Moore • Dixie Chicks • Natalie Maines • Steve Branch • Christopher Byers • Damien Echols • Jessie Misskelley • Jason Baldwin • Terry Hobbs

(AP) - Michael Moore will release his new anti-Republican film online and for free. The movie, Slacker Uprising, follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. The first major film to be released in such a way, it will be available for three weeks as a free... More »

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film • Michael Moore

OPINION

 Moore
 to Caroline:
 Pick Yourself

Obama-Kennedy '08 says it all

Aug 20, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Word is that Barack Obama will pick Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, or Tim Kaine as his running mate, but Michael Moore isn't buying. He thinks it’s time for Caroline Kennedy to “pull a Cheney.” In an open letter on his website, Moore implores JFK’s daughter, who... More »

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Michael Moore • Obama 2008 • Bill Maher • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • vice presidential sweepstakes • vice presidential candidate

Opinion

 Moore: How to Lose the Election

Filmmaker has some tongue-in-cheek advice for Obama

Aug 19, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The public mostly agrees with the Democratic agenda—it’s overwhelmingly pro-choice, anti-war and pro-environment. Yet those amazing Democrats find ways to lose elections. In an excerpt from his new book, Mike’s Election Guide, filmmaker Michael Moore explains how Barack Obama can repeat this incredible feat in six... More »

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Barack Obama • Michael Moore • Obama 2008 • Bill Maher

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