Posted on 01/21/2005 5:19:46 PM PST by ambrose
Dennis Hopper should be hopping mad, some Hollywood actors said this week.
Hopper, who organized The Creative Coalition's Ball after the Ball Thursday night as part of the activities surrounding President Bush's inauguration, apparently got a surprise phone call from the Presidential Inaugural Committee Wednesday night - telling him not to come to his own party.
"I feel terrible that the White House inaugural committee that invited Dennis decided to disinvite him," "Sopranos" actor Joe Pantoliano told reporters at the event, where the entertainment - aside from mingling with some of Tinseltown's stars - was singer Macy Gray.
Hopper reportedly was not given an explanation for the insult. A call to the PIC had not been returned by press time.
Thursday's ball at the Reagan Building in Washington featured names such as Pantoliano - the group's co-director - along with actor and director Tony Goldwyn, Mario Van Peebles, Joe Piscopo, Matthew Modine and other actors. Various politicos like Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., also attended.
But many were sorry about the absence of Hopper, who was the organizer and chair of the event and who personally wrote letters to and called the evening's headliners to invite them.
"I was very disappointed. I was told he was all of a sudden disinvited by the Inaugural Committee ... but he's with us in spirit," Goldwyn, who played the dark character Carl Bruner in the 1990 smash-hit "Ghost," and more recently co-starred in "The Last Samurai," told reporters on the red carpet Thursday.
Hopper, a Hollywood icon and long-time actor, director and producer who has starred in films such as "Speed," "Easy Rider" and "Apocalypse Now," is a hard-core supporter of Bush, although his wife did partake in fund-raising activities for Sen. John Kerry, Bush's Democratic challenger in the 2004 presidential election.
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He was probably photographed with Kid Rock.....
Gee yeah... not only did he claim to be one he even planned a party for the President in order to complete his disguise....
That was a quote from the producer of the video, Nile Rodgers. And what does the Left have to do with any of this?
Who's Joe Pantoliano trying to fool. My wife and I used to watch his show "The Handler". It got canceled and I felt bad for him until I read some horrible comments he has made about The President. Here he is trying to sound all innocent.
Well, according to the article he organized the party. Normally, the host is invited to his/her own party.
One source said Hopper canceled his trip to Washington when he was "uninvited" from the official presidential party after "religious groups complained about his [sketchy] history."
The GOP's Big Tent is getting smaller and smaller since the election. Intolerant hypocrits are starting to pi$$ me off.
Would you mind giving me a link that confirms your assertions.
Same ole, same ole. The left is attempting to make a Christian the fool by obfuscation, lies and distortion.
As for Niles Rodgers I don't know his politics so I can't comment on his motivations but I can comment on the accuracy of his quote. It is BS.
Sounds pretty intolerant to me.
Just my opinion.
OK.
Yeah, Pantoliano hates Bush. He was at anti-war rallies and stuff. Nogoodnik.
CWB,
I'm not quite sure if your just uninformed or knowingly lying but your characterization of Hopper is completely false and misleading.
From your own source. If one were to do a searc for Hopper you would realize that Dennis Hopper is a staunch Republican, but it's his wife that is a Democrat.
His Kerry fundraising was listed as a n effort done on behalf of his wife.
Geesh:
http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/blog/page.cfm?PageID=610
The zealots need to get off of their high horse and find out if this story is true or not and stop trying to slander Mr Hopper in order to cover their own butts.
"We were dismayed this week when my invitation to participate in the 'Celebration of Freedom' event . . . was withdrawn by the Presidential Inaugural Committee""However, ... I would still like to express my support for President George Bush and our next four years."
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