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Dennis Hopper Dissed at Presidential Party
Fox ^ | 1/21

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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KEYWORDS: creativecoalition; dennishopper; hollywoodright; joepiscopo; mariovanpeebles; matthewmodine; snub; w2
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To: Hildy


Thanks for being so bold. I never get away with it.


81 posted on 01/21/2005 6:03:36 PM PST by Touch (Your eyes, they just see truth, you make them lie.)
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To: LisaMalia

I agree!!!


82 posted on 01/21/2005 6:04:55 PM PST by cwb
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To: proust

>>so Hopper has no idea how to get big PR for himself? And somehow this guy is vital to the GOP's interests?<<

Where is it written that a star has to make a big issue about his political beliefs? Maybe he's as tired of that as the rest of us.

And who said he is vital to the GOP's interest? Maybe he's just a guy who supports Bush and doesn't make a big deal of it.

Maybe you should write him a nasty letter.


83 posted on 01/21/2005 6:05:12 PM PST by SerpentDove
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To: ambrose

The ugly side of Republicanism. I see it here on FR more than makes me comfortable.


84 posted on 01/21/2005 6:06:16 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: ambrose

geez...who are the anally retentive handling this sort of things?


85 posted on 01/21/2005 6:07:10 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
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To: RedWhiteBlue

It's on Google through some public interest party.


86 posted on 01/21/2005 6:07:20 PM PST by cwb
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To: Trippin
But there's no way the WH would listen to the hyperactives in the self-proclaimed pro-family movement, but where did this come from? Surely this would have been mentioned on FR.

You know, maybe Hopper's phone call didn't come from any official source at all. This all seems really sketchy and not like the WH at all. They would have cancelled Macy Gray if they would have cancelled anyone.

87 posted on 01/21/2005 6:07:32 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: AmishDude; All
This all seems really sketchy and not like the WH at all. They would have cancelled Macy Gray if they would have cancelled anyone.

Agreed. There's something fishy about this story. We shouldn't take it at face-value.

88 posted on 01/21/2005 6:09:40 PM PST by silent_jonny (LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF ALL THOSE THAT THREATEN IT)
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To: ambrose

Nah. I don't buy this. Something else is going on. Let's find out what it is like we always have...


89 posted on 01/21/2005 6:11:52 PM PST by BobS
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To: silent_jonny

"Agreed. There's something fishy about this story. We shouldn't take it at face-value."

You can wait if you want. I say we form a lynch-mob.

:-)

/sarc


90 posted on 01/21/2005 6:11:53 PM PST by SerpentDove
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To: silent_jonny

Hey! You beat me by 12 seconds to question this.


91 posted on 01/21/2005 6:13:03 PM PST by BobS
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To: cwb
It's on Google

I understand that, since you stated that in your original post. What I'm wondering is why that information does not show up on opensecrets.org. They are supposed to have data on ALL political contributions. If he gave $50K, and it doesn't show up in the opensecrets database, then did the Kerry campaign not report the contribution, as they are required to do by law? Or, is the information you found incorrect.

92 posted on 01/21/2005 6:13:10 PM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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To: ambrose
Actors Dennis Hopper and Gary Busey, comedian Richard Belzer and boxing promoter Don King, were among those attending some of the parties.-Bush Officially Begins Second Term In Office UPDATED: 12:11 AM EST January 21, 2005

The report from the Freedom Ball: warm champagne and $5 beer. At the Patriot Ball, one disgruntled reveler complained, "There's no beef. There's no shrimp. This is the worst ball I've ever been to."

Hill Harper, an actor on "CSI New York," attended a sold-out event hosted by the Creative Coalition, a nonpartisan advocacy group for actors, writers, singers and other members of the entertainment industry.

Harper looked at an empty dance floor at 10:45 p.m.: "It doesn't seem like the most exciting crowd. Maybe we'll see some table dancing, maybe some stripping, maybe somebody will show some leg." - Friday, January 21, 2005 · Last updated 12:00 a.m. PT Bush dashes through night of celebrations

According to a New York Post source, Hopper was uninvited after religious groups complained about his dubious history, but a friend said he didn't go because of work reasons. Variety, however, said Hopper's appearance was KO'd because wife Victoria Duffy was a Kerry supporter.-Posted on Fri, Jan. 21, 2005 THE BUZZ

They report, you decide !

93 posted on 01/21/2005 6:13:30 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: silent_jonny

Sorry. 2 minutes and 12 seconds.


94 posted on 01/21/2005 6:14:06 PM PST by BobS
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To: Michael.SF.

Hopper IS a great actor. If you doubt me, check out the scene in TRUE ROMANCE where he faces off with Christoper Walken--one of the greatest in movie history (unless you're Sicillian, that is). Hint--Hopper is the normal one.


95 posted on 01/21/2005 6:14:41 PM PST by rbg81
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To: BobS

I understand Hopper's wife is a staunch, very liberal Democrat. Maybe she talked him out of attending.

I just don't buy the story as it's written.


96 posted on 01/21/2005 6:15:26 PM PST by LisaMalia (hmmmmmmm)
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To: Ciexyz

saw easy rider

heck i lived it and survived.


97 posted on 01/21/2005 6:16:47 PM PST by 537cant be wrong (no kittie! thats my pot pie!)
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To: Kirkwood; NewRomeTacitus

to some here ...one has to be a 100% FReeper Bushbot to be eligible to attend anything with an R on it.

Well..I gave about 4.5% of my pretax gross and fought those "Peace and Justice Center" pricks here for W when he visited or they marched and corraled at least a dozen voters for our side.

But...I'm a bit wild and disagree with W on some issues.

Doesn't that make me unwanted?

These high and mightys can kiss my butt...Hopper....eccentric as ever is damn sure welcome at my table.

this sort of thing makes us look like prigs.


98 posted on 01/21/2005 6:17:31 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
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To: rbg81

That is a great scene in True Romance--full of Tarantino dialogue :)


99 posted on 01/21/2005 6:17:51 PM PST by silent_jonny (LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF ALL THOSE THAT THREATEN IT)
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To: ambrose
Sheesh! First, there is no evidence Joseph Farah of World Net Daily or Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family had anything whatsoever to do with this Dennis Hopper inaugural matter. Lack of proof doesn't stop some people here from slandering Dobson and Farah.

Second, Dennis Hopper has done a lot of good film work other than in "Easy Rider." He was particularly good as "Shooter," the alcoholic father of a high school basketball player in the movie, "Hoosiers."

100 posted on 01/21/2005 6:17:54 PM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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