Sharon Stone films banned in China after 'karma' comment

Associated Press ^ | 5-28-08

[kingattax]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sharon Stone's "karma" comment is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China.

Actress Sharon Stone suggested last week that the May 12 earthquake could have been the result of bad karma.

The 50-year-old actress suggested last week that the devastating May 12 earthquake in China could have been the result of bad karma over the government's treatment of Tibet. That prompted the founder of one of China's biggest cinema chains to say his company would not show her films in his theaters, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter.

"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," Stone said Thursday during a Cannes Film Festival red-carpet interview with Hong Kong's Cable Entertainment News. "And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"

Actress Sharon Stone suggested last week that the May 12 earthquake could have been the result of bad karma.

[kingattax]

[AU72]

The Chicoms are pretty touchy about that “Mandate of Heaven” stuff.

[MNlurker]

Didn’t see that coming...

[jonsie]

Now that’s KARMA!

[Bon mots]

Why are all the good looking women in Hollywood so mentally deficient?

At any rate, she stands to lose not a single cent because if anyone really wanted to see her films, pirated versions are sold openly in shops in China. They used to be sold openly up front, now you actually have to walk in the store to the back row where they are still sold openly.

[Slapshot68]

Heh...China and I have something in common.

[balch3]

John Hagee says Katrina was God’s judgement and the MSM gets in an uproar. Some Hollywood lib says this, and crickets.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

POTD!

[Danae]

[Patrick1]

Don’t see how the regime can last banning Catwoman.

[BGHater]

I didn’t know Sharon was a pastor.

[Izzy Dunne]

Instant Karma’s gonna get you.

[joebuck]

All China accomplished was to help jump start a pretty much dead career. This will make her a hero in La-La Land. If you listen to the entire interview where she made the statement, it’s pretty clear she’s dumber than a box of rocks. (not that there was any doubt.)

[LYSandra]

Does she even do anything any more? I love her comment she doesn’t like people to hurt each other but guess it was ok to bash Bush which I read her idiotic comments during Katrina and war comments. Ding Bat alert!

[HIDEK6]

"And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"

Is this person really that stupid?

[AU72]

I guess Sharon an Richard Gere won’t be making the Olympics.

[Eagle Eye]

Responding to persistent allegations of bimbitude, Stone told reporters that she was in fact a member of MENSA, with an IQ if 148. She stuck with that story for several years, until MENSA's national marketing director loudly pointed out that she was not a member, and never had been.

http://www.nndb.com/people/586/000022520/

[Jack Hammer]

Peersonally, I’m a great fan of anything (or anyone) that puts a flea in the collective Chinese ear.

[Cheburashka]

Why are all the good looking women in Hollywood so mentally deficient?

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A careful winnowing process. Smart women are harder to manipulate, and the camera can't tell if you are smart or an idiot, so why not hire the dumb? It's not like there aren't a lot of them.

[SaxxonWoods]

Paraphrasing Sharon Stone-Brain:

“Your government has been oppressing Tibet for decades, so children and adults who live in the poor interior of China and have nothing to do with the government should die. It is only karmic justice.”