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  • Race row as actor Robert Downey Jr 'blacks up' for new film

    03/07/2008 10:31:11 AM PST · by aft_lizard · 54 replies · 550+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | mar 7, 2008 | unk
    Actor Robert Downey Jr has in the past been applauded for his edgy roles. But his latest may be a step too far - as the actor dons make-up to play a rather convincing looking black man in a new Hollywood film starring comic actor Ben Stiller. In a still from film Tropic Thunder, Downey Jnr is sandwiched between Ben Stiller, and a blonde Jack Black.
  • House to Vote on Praising McKinney Police

    04/04/2006 7:25:09 PM PDT · by OkeyDokeyOkie · 60 replies · 1,641+ views
    The Houston Chronicle ^ | April 4, 2006 | Laurie Kellman
    WASHINGTON — House Republicans, reacting to the confrontation last week between Rep. Cynthia McKinney and a Capitol Police officer she is accused of hitting, pressed for a resolution Tuesday to commend the police force for its professionalism. Democratic leaders did not defend McKinney or her charge of racial profiling. "I don't think any of it justifies hitting a police officer," said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "If it did happen I don't think it was justified." Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said all lawmakers, staffers and visitors in the building have...