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What’s “Normal” in America? A Simon and Schuster petition reveals the confusions of the woke movement that inspired it.
Politics and law
A few days ago, 216 employees of Simon and Schuster, along with several thousand people from outside the trade publishing house, sent a petition to top executives of the company demanding that they stop publishing anyone who had anything to do with the Trump administration. Their rationale for making such a demand was that Trump’s presidency was a dangerous historical aberration. According to the
Wall Street Journal, the letter insists that Simon and Schuster not treat “the Trump administration as a ‘normal’ chapter in American history.”
The Godfather Actors You May Not Know Passed Away
The Godfather Actors You May Not Know Passed Away
By Tim Lammers/April 30, 2021 5:32 pm EDT
Many fans, film critics, scholars and industry organizations consider 1972 s The Godfather to be one of the greatest films ever made, a consensus that was solidified with 11 Oscar nominations and wins for Best Picture, Best Actor for Marlon Brando, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Even more amazing, the film s 1974 sequel, The Godfather: Part II, also nabbed 11 nominations (with six wins including Best Picture and Best Director for Coppola), while the final film in the trilogy in 1990 earned an additional seven Oscar nods.
did you serve on the capital regime, peter clemenza, also known the godfather? i don t know the godfather. that s the scene from godfather part ii in the federal trial of roger stone. prosecutors had wanted to play the clip for jurors. they say stone urged a witness to, quote, do a pentageli, in other words, lie to congress just as the character does in that movie clip. ari talked about this with the godfather director, francis ford coppola. do you think the prosecutors are right? they should be able to play your film in this case? if it s relevant to the case, and godfather has become part of the culture. from my point of view, anything that would take stuff from a