Charlize Theron (pics) Cares About Labor, Not From Antarctica
I just got back from a Congressional Quarterly hosted panel that featured James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters, Leo Gerard of the United Steelworker's Union, filmmaker Stuart Townsend and his girlfriend Charlize Theron.
Townsend just made a film called "Battle In Seattle" which documents the WTO riots in Seattle in 1999. Though happily critical of America, no actual Americans seem to have been used in getting this film to the silver screen. As Leo Gerard pointed out:
"It took an Irishman with funding from Canada to make this film."
Foreigners sure like telling us what's wrong with our country, eh?
Theron didn't speak until the very end, so in the spirit of the event, I have included photos (below the fold) of what appeared to be her primary purpose in attending: namely, to look hot, which she did extremely well.
When she was asked her thoughts on being in the film she responded that labor was important to her because she was from a continent in which there were labor issues. Which narrows her place of birth down to six of the seven continents I believe.
Pics below the fold.
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Well Janet, for someone who is quite educated you sure are a little too high strung about the profession of journalism or just bitter… I'm sure Charlize understands the depths there are to being a reporter, may it be a sports reporter on the local field or a "journalist" entrenched with the boys at war. Frankly I thought she had a decent interview and wasn't mocking the whole field… So have a couple of night caps, hit the sheets, and in the morning you won't remember getting all worked up over what some hot actress said.
Re: Charlize Theron's attack on the Press on the Jon Stewart show :
Would someone please tell Charlize Theron that when she exoriates the "press" for not handling important stories she undermines the work of very serious journalists who actually do investigate and report stories (often at great risk to themselves) whose work not only inform the films that she and her boyfriend direct and perform in but provide readers with insight about how critical decisions are made at life's many levels. Just as there are good actors in film and television, there are many different levels of reporting within the field of journalism. To condemn all of the Press (when she is actually talking about entertainment journalism) with one mighty cliche is disingenuous and self-indulgent.