[ToddBush]

Not that I like Anti-American movies, but nude scenes are always okay.

[Fintan]

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The sort-of-clothed Ms. Howard.

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[Vision]

Andy Griffith needs to lay down the law

[Sloth]

Meanwhile Ron's daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, will appear in an explicit sex scene in the new Lars von Trier film called "Manderlay." Bryce got her breakthrough in Hollywood the old-fashioned way - through nepotism.

That may be, but having seen her in The Village, I know that she is a very good actress, in addition to being *hot*.

[Buck W.]

The Da Vinci code is not an assault on Christianity. It is a novel.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Opus Dei, a Catholic group featured in the book, is asking that the movie be given an adult rating because children should be protected from prevarication about Catholicism.

Many feel children should be protected from prevarication by Catholicism. Who decides? I doubt Pope Benedict is too worried about the film.

[martin_fierro]

Meanwhile Ron's daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, will appear in an explicit sex scene in the new Lars von Trier film called "Manderlay."

It involves Latex and Latex Products.

[fortunecookie]

In just the last few years, a short time, the word 'actress' has all but disappeared. In a world where some womyn don't like words like history and seminar and chairman and freshmen because of their masculine qualities, women womyn are ok calling themselves the once-male 'actor' and not the feminine 'actress'. Hmm.

[ErnBatavia]

Bryce got her breakthrough in Hollywood the old-fashioned way - through nepotism. She appeared in her daddy's flicks.

Hey, it works...Nicolas Cage, Penny Marshall and Gwyneth Paltrow come to mind immediately. There's a zillion of 'em - pretty much a closed shop.

[feyler]

Ron Howard is a democrat. But it was Ronald Reagan who gave Howard his big break. And Ron's mother, Jean Speegle Howard, loved Ronald Reagan. Ron was at the DNC Convention when Al Gore ran for President. Andy Griffith is also a democrat. Ron was on Letterman back in the 1980's and Letterman asked him what it was like to work with John Wayne in the Shootist. He said he showed Wayne a picture of himself with Henry Winkler on the cover of TV GUIDE. Wayne said , "Oh, Big shot , huh. "