Oscars attack Trump: Celebs unleashed on Hollywood's big night

James Hibberd•@JamesHibberd Posted on February 26, 2017
The first salvo against Donald Trump was fired only a few minutes into the Oscars — and then they just kept on coming.  In what might be an unprecedented numbers of jokes, allusions, and sincere articulations inspired by a single person during an awards telecast, Hollywood’s most luminous tackled Trump and his policies during the the 89th annual Academy Awards. From host Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue, to the acceptance speeches, to those blue ribbons on tuxedo lapels, there were direct and indirect references to the 45th president throughout the ceremony.......To Read More.....

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Debra J. Saunders
Actress Meryl Streep likely set the stage for a very political Academy Award ceremony Sunday night when she accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes in January. Now the question is, will President Donald Trump be watching what is likely to be a four-hour verbal pounding of his person and policies?  Streep indirectly panned Trump’s immigration policies as she warned about kicking out people from diverse backgrounds out of the country. She also delivered a scorching indictment against Trump without naming him when she knocked the moment during the campaign when “the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back.”.........Robert Davi........ the rare conservative actor in Hollywood. He wrote a cheeky piece on Breitbart in which he proposed that Streep, Chelsea Handler, Richard Gere, Robert De Niro and other liberal scolds “do away with the rules, barriers, and tickets” and invite all immigrants — be they legal, undocumented, convicted criminals and/or unvetted — to the Oscars and the after-parties.   What a kidder...........To Read More....