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CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — Michigan Filmmaker Michael Moore is bringing his blockbuster documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" to President Bush's adopted hometown — and has invited the film's star to attend. When it appeared that no movie theater in the president's home county would show the anti-Bush documentary, Moore promised a copy to the Crawford Peace House, a facility for seminars, meetings, or workshops dedicated to peace. A theater in Waco picked up the movie last week, but Moore later offered to come to Crawford to introduce his movie and discuss it afterward. Organizers expect about 1,000 people to attend the show...

A few days after Michael Moore's blockbuster documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 opened in theaters, a friend approached Roy Mitchell with a strange look on his face. Mitchell, an Army staff sergeant, is a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where he is recovering from the loss of his left leg in an explosion in Afghanistan. As the friend approached him that day, he studied Mitchell's face, then told him something that shocked him. "You're in that 9/11 movie," he said, then added: "Man, it doesn't make you look good." It was the first Mitchell knew that Moore's controversial...

Just as his "Fahrenheit 9/11" opens nationwide, several filmmakers are readying documentaries aimed at debunking Michael Moore, and a new film festival is being planned that will feature such works as well as other documentaries well to the right of Moore's films. Scheduled Sept. 9-11 in Dallas, the American Film Renaissance, as the festival will be known, has just been announced by co-founder Jim Hubbard, who said it is bankrolled primarily by some "big-time conservative donors." Hubbard currently is negotiating to show two films critical of Moore. The first is "Michael Moore Hates America," made by newcomer Michael Wilson and...

A week ago I published an open letter to Move America Forward, where I disagreed with their campaign to get theaters to opt out of showing F911. One of the suggestions that came up during the subsequent discussion was that someone could make a flyer for people to hand out outside theaters. We here at MOOREWATCH think this is a great idea, and have made this flyer. You can download the flyer here. Note that the URL at the bottom of the flyer has not gone live yet, but will tomorrow. We’d like to spread the word about this as...

Angry Moore Accuses The White House US director Michael Moore has said the White House is trying to keep his latest movie out of American cinemas.The reason - it could seriously damage President Bush's re-election hopes.The powerful documentary is to be shown at the Cannes film festival on Monday. Fahrenheit 911 charts Mr Bush's actions after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. It also explores commercial links between the Bush family and the family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Oscar-winning Moore claims it will turn voters against "the dumbest man who ever ran for the...

Limbaugh's pill use not extraordinary, lawyer says BY DANIEL de VISE ddevise@herald.com Rush Limbaugh's attorney mounted an offensive Monday, accusing Palm Beach County prosecutors of smear tactics and likening his client to any ordinary American with chronic pain. ''This nation is full of people who take medication every day and will do so for the rest of their lives,'' said Roy Black, speaking in a news conference in Miami. Discussing the prescription-drug abuse allegations in unprecedented detail, Black reasoned that the quantity of medicine Limbaugh is accused of ingesting -- 1,800 pills in 210 days -- works out to roughly...

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In a conversation with NEWSWEEK, Blair spoke of his feelings since his career went up in flames: “I can’t say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for those who have stood by me, been tough on me, and have taken the time to understand that there is a deeper story and not to believe everything they read in the newspapers.” Or so Jayson says. full story

Brit Hume reported that Bill Clinton, Michail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren will do voice work in a production of "Peter and the Wolf". I just caught the tail end of his report. Any comments?