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  • Halle: There Are No Great Roles for Black Women (Catwoman Claims Hollywood "Racist")

    01/27/2005 3:18:57 PM PST · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 175 replies · 4,703+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 1/25/05 | Henry Meller
    When she became the first black woman to win the best actress Oscar, Halle Berry hoped she would be the first of many. Three years on, however, no woman has repeated her success. So Miss Berry, 38, has launched a savage attack on Hollywood producers and directors, accusing them of racial prejudice. "The struggle for a woman of colour to find good material is still very present, and it's a struggle I fight every day," she said. Miss Berry said there was such a shortage of decent roles on offer that she had resorted to buying the rights of books...
  • Bush win seen as 'almost too dire'

    06/02/2004 9:51:12 PM PDT · by kattracks · 56 replies · 353+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 6/03/04 | Steve Miller
    <p>The Bush administration is controlled by a "right-wing conspiracy," and the prospect of President Bush's re-election is "almost too dire to bear," NAACP Chairman Julian Bond told a gathering of liberal activists yesterday.</p> <p>Mr. Bond's remarks came in his opening address to the three-day "Take Back America" conference at Washington's Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, which will also feature presentations by billionaire left-wing financier George Soros, failed Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.</p>